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The Mexico City Reader
ISBN: 9780299197148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of cronicas - short texts that are a cross between literary essay and urban reportage - about life in Mexico City today. This is not the City of Palaces of yesteryear, but the vibrant, chaotic, anarchic city of the 1980s and 1990s - the city of garbage mafias, corrupt ex-presidents, and spectacular crime. Taken together in all their variety, these texts form a mosiac of life in Mexico City. Like the visitor wandering through the city streets, the reader should expect to be constantly surprised. vibrant urban spaces in the world. Like the streets of the...
The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of cronicas - short texts that are a cross between literary essay and urban reportage - about life in Mexico Ci...
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73,87 |
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Sailing to the Far Horizon: The Restless Journey and Tragic Sinking of a Tall Ship
ISBN: 9780299201906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Of the legions of wayfarers who shared in the tall ship Sofia's diverse and colorful history, only seventeen were on board when she went down. Of those who survived to tell the tale, none has... until now. More than twenty-five years ago, Pamela Sisman Bitterman began her journey on board a 123-foot, sixty-year-old sailing ship being readied for its second global circumnavigation. The details of events from this journey endure as vividly today as when Bitterman was a naive shellback swabbie, later ship's bos'un, and finally acting first mate. In the end, she was merely one on a liferaft of...
Of the legions of wayfarers who shared in the tall ship Sofia's diverse and colorful history, only seventeen were on board when she went down. Of thos...
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118,22 |
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San Juan : Memoir of a City
ISBN: 9780299203702 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "San Juan: Memoir of a City" conducts readers through Puerto Rico's capital, guided by one of its most graceful and reflective writers, Edgardo Rodriguez Julia. No mere sightseeing tour, this is culture through immersion, a circuit of San Juan's historical and intellectual vistas as well as its architecture.
In the allusive cityscape he recreates, Rodriguez Julia invokes the ghosts of his childhood, of San Juan's elder literati, and of characters from his own novels. On the most tangible level, the city is a place of cabarets and cockfighting clubs, flaneurs and beach bums, smoke-filled... "San Juan: Memoir of a City" conducts readers through Puerto Rico's capital, guided by one of its most graceful and reflective writers, Edgardo Rodrig...
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177,40 |
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San Juan: Memoir of a City
ISBN: 9780299203740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "San Juan: Memoir of a City" conducts readers through Puerto Rico's capital, guided by one of its most graceful and reflective writers, Edgardo Rodrí guez Juliá . No mere sightseeing tour, this is culture through immersion, a circuit of San Juan's historical and intellectual vistas as well as its architecture.
In the allusive cityscape he recreates, Rodrí guez Juliá invokes the ghosts of his childhood, of San Juan's elder literati, and of characters from his own... "San Juan: Memoir of a City" conducts readers through Puerto Rico's capital, guided by one of its most graceful and reflec...
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73,87 |
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Into the Hearts of the Amazons : In Search of a Modern Matriarchy
ISBN: 9780299216405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Into the Hearts of the Amazons is part rousing travel adventure through a little-known world and part popular ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women earned their legendary status in a remote corner of southern Mexico. To satisfy his curiosity about this culture, Tom DeMott journeyed to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where he discovered a thriving modern-day matriarchy among the people of the Isthmus--a cultural crossroads, breeding ground for rebels, and home to a half-million Zapotecs. DeMott integrated himself into the culture by joining in the rites of spring (where women pelt the men with...
Into the Hearts of the Amazons is part rousing travel adventure through a little-known world and part popular ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women...
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103,44 |
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The Ice Cave: A Womanas Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
ISBN: 9780299218447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For Lucy Jane Bledsoe, wilderness had always been a source of peace. But during one disastrous solo trip in the wintry High Sierra she came face to face with a crisis: the wilderness no longer felt like home. The Ice Cave recounts Bledsoe s wilderness journeys as she recovers her connection with the wild and discovers the meanings of fear and grace.
These are Bledsoe s gripping tales of fending off wolves in Alaska, encountering UFOs in the Colorado Desert, and searching for mountain lions in Berkeley. Her memorable story The Breath of Seals takes readers to Antarctica, the wildest... For Lucy Jane Bledsoe, wilderness had always been a source of peace. But during one disastrous solo trip in the wintry High Sierra she came face to fa...
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73,87 |
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Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites
ISBN: 9780299221706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With its rugged shoreline and deep, cold waters, Lake Superior offers exciting opportunities for travel, exploration, and enjoyment. From the Grand Sable Dunes and Apostle Islands of the south shore to mountain-studded St. Ignace Island and majestic Thunder Cape on the north, the lake is deeply ingrained in North America's cultural and environmental heritage. "Around the Shores of Lake Superior" is an ideal trip planner and a unique guide to the region. As author Margaret Beattie Bogue follows the Lake Superior shoreline clockwise through Minnesota, Ontario, Michigan, and Wisconsin, she...
With its rugged shoreline and deep, cold waters, Lake Superior offers exciting opportunities for travel, exploration, and enjoyment. From the Grand Sa...
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236,52 |
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Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites
ISBN: 9780299221744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With its rugged shoreline and deep, cold waters, Lake Superior offers exciting opportunities for travel, exploration, and enjoyment. From the Grand Sable Dunes and Apostle Islands of the south shore to mountain-studded St. Ignace Island and majestic Thunder Cape on the north, the lake is deeply ingrained in North America’ s cultural and environmental heritage.
" Around the Shores of Lake Superior" is an ideal trip planner and a unique guide to the region. As author Margaret Beattie Bogue follows the Lake Superior shoreline... With its rugged shoreline and deep, cold waters, Lake Superior offers exciting opportunities for travel, exploration, and ...
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113,28 |
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Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica
ISBN: 9780299223205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Brian Bouldrey traveled to the island of Corsica, with its wine-dark Mediterranean waters, powdered-sugar beach sand, sumptuous cuisine, and fine wine. And then he walked away from all of them. Brian Bouldrey traveled to the island of Corsica, with its wine-dark Mediterranean waters, powdered-sugar beach sand, sumptuous cuisine, and fine w... |
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103,44 |
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Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character : British Travel Writers in Pre-famine Ireland
ISBN: 9780299225209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. British tourists in Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were both charmed and repulsed. Picturesque but poor, abject yet sublime in its Gothic melancholy, the Ireland they experienced did not fit their British sense of progress, propriety, and Protestantism. "Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character" draws from more than one hundred accounts by English, Scottish, Welsh, and Anglo-Irish tourists written between 1750 and 1850 to probe the moral judgments British observers made about the Irish countryside and its native inhabitants. Whether consciously or not, these travel...
British tourists in Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were both charmed and repulsed. Picturesque but poor, abject yet sublime in its...
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256,24 |
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An Atlas of Russian History, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780300014457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1967 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This atlas, which combines thorough scholarship with the most practical features for use, will become an indispensable supplement to texts on Russian history for the historian, the student, and the inquiring layman. The book contains thirty-four handsomely drawn maps--accurate, uncluttered, and easy-to-read--that show how Russia's boundaries have changed from the formation of the embryonic state of Kievan Rus in the ninth century to the most recent revisions resulting from World War II. Each map is accompanied by concise, descriptive text. The atlas will be a permanent addition to the...
This atlas, which combines thorough scholarship with the most practical features for use, will become an indispensable supplement to texts on Russian ...
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162,33 |
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Dr. Beach's Survival Guide: What You Need to Know about Sharks, Rip Currents, and More Before Going in the Water
ISBN: 9780300100280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Here, from the nation's most renowned beach expert, is the first complete guide to beach safety. Stephen P. Leatherman (a.k.a. Dr. Beach) introduces the gamut of beach hazards--from sharks to rip currents to jellyfish--revealing which dangers should be of greatest concern and how best to minimize their risks. His scientifically sound advice, interspersed with fascinating facts and anecdotes, makes this book a perfect reference for the millions of travelers and vacationers who visit the ocean shore every year.
Practical answers to these intriguing questions and more: - Which U.S. beach... Here, from the nation's most renowned beach expert, is the first complete guide to beach safety. Stephen P. Leatherman (a.k.a. Dr. Beach) introduces t...
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140,81 |
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Touring Gotham's Archaeological Past: 8 Self-Guided Walking Tours Through New York City
ISBN: 9780300103885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This pocket-sized guidebook takes the reader on eight walking tours to archaeological sites throughout the boroughs of New York City and presents a new way of exploring the city through the rich history that lies buried beneath it. Generously illustrated and replete with maps, the tours are designed to explore both ancient times and modern space. This pocket-sized guidebook takes the reader on eight walking tours to archaeological sites throughout the boroughs of New York City and presents a... |
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173,08 |
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London: A Musical Gazetteer
ISBN: 9780300104028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed in the city--from Handel's house to Berlioz's rooms, from cathedrals and churches to recording studios and concert halls. It provides historical information on auditoriums and opera houses, theatres, conservatories, museums, libraries, galleries, graves, memorials and statues, orchestras, music publishers, auction houses, and places of musical interest in the greater London area. The book includes biographical accounts of some 125 composers and...
This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed...
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103,69 |
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These Sad But Glorious Days: Dispatches from Europe, 1846-1850
ISBN: 9780300105605 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Margaret Fuller-journalist, critic, radical feminist, and political activist-was a foreign correspondent for the New-York Tribune from 1846-50. This engrossing book provides the first complete edition of Fuller's dispatches from England, France, and Italy, which began as engaging travel sketches but soon turned into moving and dramatic eyewitness accounts of the most widespread revolutionary upheaval within modern history. "Fuller's letters are extraordinarily good. They will be of interest to scholars of American literature and history, women's studies, and European literature and...
Margaret Fuller-journalist, critic, radical feminist, and political activist-was a foreign correspondent for the New-York Tribune from 1846-50. This e...
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243,03 |
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Understanding Geographical and Environmental Education
ISBN: 9780304332717 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These papers aim to provide a substantial review of the literature pertaining to a comprehensive range of traditional and contemporary research paradigms and research methods. The book is designed as a reference work for novice researchers in the fields of geographical and environmental education. These papers aim to provide a substantial review of the literature pertaining to a comprehensive range of traditional and contemporary research par... |
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1108,73 |
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A World Atlas of Military History 1861-1945
ISBN: 9780306803321 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. With a large index, concise commentary, and dozen of charts of statistics, this book can serve as a basic reference and a unique perspective on a turbulent era of military history.
With a large index, concise commentary, and dozen of charts of statistics, this book can serve as a basic reference and a unique perspective on a turb...
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76,82 |
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Thunder at Hampton Roads: The U.S.S. Monitor--Its Battle with the Merrimack and Its Recent Discovery
ISBN: 9780306805233 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "On March 9, 1862, the ""battle of the century"" took place at Hampton Roads. The U.S.S. Monitor, the world's first all-iron fighting ship, repulsed the Confederate ironclad Merrimack."
"On March 9, 1862, the ""battle of the century"" took place at Hampton Roads. The U.S.S. Monitor, the world's first all-iron fighting ship, repulsed t...
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84,50 |
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Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo
ISBN: 9780306805592 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic--it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen Decisive Battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better...
Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has be...
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96,03 |
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A Traveller in Italy
ISBN: 9780306810787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Tuscan landscape, writes H. V. Morton, "is embroidered everywhere by human living, and there is scarcely a hill, a stream, a grove of trees, without its story of God, of love or death." Morton's stories and observations of Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia, and Veneto, whether relating to the fantastic reconstruction of the La Scala opera house or the superstitious lovers at Juliet's Tomb, make his style as engaging as the landscape and people he evokes.
The Tuscan landscape, writes H. V. Morton, "is embroidered everywhere by human living, and there is scarcely a hill, a stream, a grove of trees, witho...
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111,41 |
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