Product info / Cechy produktu
Rodzaj (nośnik) / Item type
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książka / book
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Dział / Department
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Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
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Autor / Author
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Tom Rob Smith
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Tytuł / Title
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Secret speech
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Język / Language
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angielski
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Wydawca / Publisher
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Pocket Books
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Rok wydania / Year published
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2010
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Rodzaj oprawy / Cover type
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Miękka
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Wymiary / Size
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11.0x17.6 cm
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Liczba stron / Pages
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486
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Ciężar / Weight
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0.2500 kg
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ISBN
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9781847398444 (9781847398444)
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EAN/UPC
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9781847398444
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Stan produktu / Condition
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nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty
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The Secret Speech performs this tricky balancing act by taking the reader back to 1949, with Leo the unreformed agent of the state, behaving with the callousness he once possessed before his life was turned upside down. We are then taken to the mid-fifties, after the death of Stalin (as cracks begin to show in the totalitarian Soviet State). Khrushchev's famous denunciation of the Stalin era ushers in significant changes, and Leo Dormidov (along with his wife Raisa and their daughters) are in danger, as the power of the police is undercut - and, in fact, the police are now identified as enemies of the state. This is only one of the dangers that Leo faces: there is now a ruthless enemy on his trail - as ruthless as Leo was himself in the days of his authority and acclaim.