Cormac McCarthy
41) Sodoma i Gomora
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Series
Border trilogy volume trzecia część
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Polish
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Ostatnia część Trylogii Pogranicza łączy "metafizyczny western" o zmierzchu kowbojskiego świata z poruszającą historią miłosną. Rok 1952, Alamogordo, pogranicze amerykańsko-meksykańskie. Billy Parham i John Grady pracują jako vaqueros na rancho. Ich życie to rodeo, wędrówki po pustkowiach Nowego Meksyku, męska przyjaźń -- na śmierć i życie. Podczas wizyty w burdelu w miasteczku Juárez Grady zakochuje się w pięknej prostytutce,...
43) Pasażer
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Polish
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"Pass Christian, Mississippi, 1980: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips up the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from a Coast Guard tender into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that...
45) Child of God
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English
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In 1960's Tennessee, Lester Ballard is a violent loner who has lived in the woods and caves since early childhood. He has no sense of right or wrong or how normal society operates.
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English
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John Grady Cole (Damon) and his best friend Lacey Rawlins (Thomas) leave Texas, head south of the border in search of adventure, and find work as horse wranglers. But when Cole embarks on an illicit and passionate affair with the beautiful daughter (Cruz) of the wealthy ranch owner who is his employer, events are set in motion which forever change the lives of all involved.
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English
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In rural west Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Instead of reporting the discovery to the police, Moss decides to just take the two million dollars he finds for himself. This puts Anton Chigurh, a psychopathic killer, on his trail. Anton dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even his employer in the pursuit of...
48) The counselor
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English
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A lawyer makes a risky entrance into the drug trade, and gambles that the consequences won't catch up with him.
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English
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Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen bring to the screen Cormac McCarthy's sizzling bestseller with heart stopping thrills. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene containing a pickup truck loaded with heroin and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Tommy Lee Jones leads a powerful cast that includes...
52) The unbelievers
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English
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"The Unbelievers follows renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and in the modern world politically motivated approaches toward important current issues"--Cover.