LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jan gordon

13 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jan gordon

  • Poor Folk in Spain (Cram Edition)
    Cora Gordon / Jan Gordon
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Poor Folk in Spain pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Poor Folk in Spain' by Jan Gordon and Cora Gordon offers a fascinating glimpse into the social life and customs of early 20th-century Spain. This meticulously prepared print edition revives a classic explo...
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    27,13 €

  • The Luck of Thirteen
    Cora Gordon / Jan Gordon
    A battered carriage rattles through rain-soaked mountain passes, while distant cannon fire echoes across a land in turmoil. In the heart of the early twentieth century, a determined traveller braves the unknown, capturing the raw, unvarnished spirit of the Balkans as few ever have. This vivid travel memoir plunges readers into the very soul of Montenegro and Serbia during a tim...
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    21,31 €

  • Two Vagabonds in the Balkans
    Jan Gordon
    'Two Vagabonds in the Balkans' is an evocative and immersive travel narrative that documents a journey through Southeastern Europe during the transformative years of the mid-1920s. Following the end of the Great War, Jan Gordon explores the rugged landscapes and vibrant cultures of regions such as Bosnia, Serbia, and Albania, offering a firsthand account of a territory often mi...
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    25,18 €

  • On Wandering Wheels
    Cora Gordon / Jan Gordon
    'On Wandering Wheels' is a captivating travelogue that captures the spirit of adventure during the late 1920s. Written by the celebrated artist-travelers Jan and Cora Gordon, the work documents their extensive journey across the United States in a modified Ford sedan. As the couple traverses the American landscape, they provide a unique outsider’s perspective on the country’s d...
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    27,09 €

  • The Politics of Public Opinion in the Novels of Anthony Trollope
    Jan Gordon
    The Politics of Public Opinion: Trollope's ’Tenth Muse’ takes as its subject the rise of public opinion in the nineteenth-century British novel as (1) a uniquely collective narrative form posing as a singular voice and (2) a 'voice' that distances itself from re-sponsibility by disguising its presence. As both immanent and transcendent, public opinion is aligned with 'empty uni...
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    50,16 €

  • The Luck of Thirteen
    Cora Gordon / Jan Gordon
    Journey through the heart of the Balkans with Jan and Cora J. Gordon’s 'The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia.' This captivating travelogue offers a glimpse into the landscapes and culture of Serbia and Montenegro during a fascinating period of history.Originally published in the early 20th century, 'The Luck of Thirteen' recounts the authors...
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    23,16 €

  • Two Vagabonds In Languedoc
    Cora J. Gordon / Jan Gordon
    First published in 2006. Part painting in prose, part delightful narrative, this book is filled with clever observations, memorable characters and the authors’ own paintings and drawings. It will prove irresistible to anyone interested in the culture of the French village. ...
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    60,96 €

  • The Luck of Thirteen
    Cora J. Gordon / Cora JGordon / Jan Gordon
    Originally published in 1916, this work details the travels of an English couple around the Balkans during the First World War. It contains a wealth of observations on the area, and gives great insight into the contemporary views of the conflict. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, au...
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    35,05 €

  • Live Online Learning
    Carole A. Gordon / Jan Schyma / Sarah Cornelius
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    76,14 €

  • De Gjouwer
    Jan Jakob Lodewijk Ten Kate / Lord Byron George Gordon
    De Gjouwer: Fragment Eener Turksche Vertelling (1840) is een boek geschreven door Gordon, Lord Byron George. Het boek vertelt het verhaal van een jonge Turkse man genaamd Hassan die verliefd wordt op een mooie vrouw genaamd Zuleika. Het verhaal speelt zich af in het Ottomaanse rijk en beschrijft de cultuur en de gebruiken van die tijd. Het boek bevat ook gedichten en beschrijvi...
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    25,85 €

  • De Gjouwer
    Baron George Gordon Byron Byron / Jan Jacob Lodowijk Kate
    De Gjouwer: Fragment Eener Turksche Vertelling, by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron and Jan Jacob Lodowijk ten Kate, offers a glimpse into early 19th-century Dutch literature and its fascination with exotic locales and themes. This translated fragment presents a Turkish narrative, likely inspired by Byron’s own travels and his influence on European Romanticism. Ten Kate, a well-...
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    20,05 €

  • A Balkan Freebooter
    Jan Gordon
    Written in 1916, A Balkan Freebooter is the sequel to the collaborative project The Luck of Thirteen, which American author and artist JAN GORDON (1884-1944) wrote with his wife, Core Josephine Gordon, about their adventures in Serbia.This is the transcription of a story told to Jan by Petko Moritch, a pseudonym used to protect Jan’s acquaintance. Petko was something of Robin H...
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    28,69 €

  • A Balkan Freebooter
    Jan Gordon
    ''A Balkan Freebooter'' is a non-fiction book that recounts the true adventures of Petko Moritch, a Serbian outlaw and comitaj. The author, Jan Gordon, provides a detailed account of Moritch’s life, from his early days as a bandit to his eventual transformation into a heroic figure in the eyes of the Serbian people. The book delves into the political and social climate of the B...
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    36,65 €