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Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day
ISBN: 9780399535123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The fun and fascinating follow-up to the international bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants
Why do people put their "skeletons in a closet," "have a hunch," "get the cold shoulder," "get dressed up to the nines," or "call a spade a spade?" These phrases are used every day, yet most people have little or no idea where most of them come from. In Black Sheep and Lame Ducks, Albert Jack takes readers on a journey through the curious- and often bizarre-origins of hundreds of their favorite idioms and expressions. For example, "wearing your heart on your... The fun and fascinating follow-up to the international bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants
Why do people put their "skelet... |
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100,80 zł |
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What Caesar Did For My Salad: The Secret Meanings of our Favourite Dishes
ISBN: 9780141043449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This title is crammed full of fascinating insights, characters and incidents with enough stories to entertain a hundred dinner parties. The book includes how the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning.
This title is crammed full of fascinating insights, characters and incidents with enough stories to entertain a hundred dinner parties. The book inclu...
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84,79 zł |
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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
ISBN: 9780399535550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.
Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about? This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired... From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rh...
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100,80 zł |
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Death Row Follies and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780984382408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work contains five short stories: 1. "Byron" a CAT ADVENTURE that takes place in the country of Lebanon before 9/11. This story was commissioned by Ed Gorman, premier editor of mystery fiction, and included in his hardcover anthology "Cat Crimes Through Time." It describes the adventures of a mysterious English lady who shows up in Beirut in 1958 and is searching for her militiaman husband who, Israel's Mossad thinks, had been kidnapped by a rival group. 2. "The Cheat" a contemporary YOUNG ADULT story that we see unfolding in a suburb of the French capital. It follows the coming of age...
This work contains five short stories: 1. "Byron" a CAT ADVENTURE that takes place in the country of Lebanon before 9/11. This story was commissioned ...
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66,15 zł |
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Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends: The Strange Stories Behind Tall Tales
ISBN: 9780399161537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Have you heard the one about
Walt Disney s frozen body? Coca-Cola owning Santa Claus? Alligators living in New York City sewers? We all love a good story. But where do the urban legends, conspiracy theories, and old wives tales we hear every day really originate? Albert Jack explores the best, strangest, and funniest of the tales so many of us take as gospel, and uncovers some eye-popping true stories that are even more far-fetched than their mythical counterparts. From Robin Hood to JFK s brain, from hamsters under carpets to mysterious travelers, you ll never be short of a... Have you heard the one about
Walt Disney s frozen body? Coca-Cola owning Santa Claus? Alligators living in New York City sewers? We a... |
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100,80 zł |
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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
ISBN: 9780141030982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In Pop Goes the Weasel, Albert Jack explores the strange and fascinating histories behind the nursery rhymes we thought we knew, showing that their real meanings are far from innocent. Who were Mary Quite Contrary and Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? And if Ring a Ring a Roses isn't about catching the plague, then what is it really about? This ingenious book delves into the hidden meanings of the nursery rhymes and songs we all know so well and discovers all kinds of strange tales ranging from Viking raids to firewalking and from political...
In Pop Goes the Weasel, Albert Jack explores the strange and fascinating histories behind the nursery rhymes we thought we knew, showing that their re...
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54,54 zł |
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Trendy Wealth Constructor
ISBN: 9784100280760 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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201,60 zł |
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The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meanings of Pub Names
ISBN: 9780141043432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. After much research about (and in) pubs, Albert Jack brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer fascinating and subversive insights on our history, customs, attitudes and jokes.
After much research about (and in) pubs, Albert Jack brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer fascinating and subversive ...
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54,54 zł |
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Red Herrings And White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day
ISBN: 9781789465624 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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64,46 zł |
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The Small Book: A Revolutionary Alternative for Overcoming Alcohol and Drug Dependence
ISBN: 9780440507253 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Offering an alternative to twelve-step programs, a supportive guide explains how to identify the impulse to use intoxicants, learn self-control, value sobriety, and replace addiction with self-supportive behaviors.
Offering an alternative to twelve-step programs, a supportive guide explains how to identify the impulse to use intoxicants, learn self-control, value...
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79,80 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 9 - Generative Epistemology of Problem Solving to Laplace and Geometric Transforms
ISBN: 9780824722593 / Angielski / Twarda / 1978 / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written by over 900 international authorities. Each article in the Encyclopedia features current developments and trends in computers, software, vendors, and applications...extensive bibliographies of leading figures in the field, such as Samuel Alexander, John von Neumann, and Norbert Wiener...and in-depth analysis of future directions."
"This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written b...
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608,58 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 6 - Computer Selection Criteria to Curriculum Committee on Computer Science
ISBN: 9780824722562 / Angielski / Twarda / 1977 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written by over 900 international authorities. Each article in the Encyclopedia features current developments and trends in computers, software, vendors, and applications...extensive bibliographies of leading figures in the field, such as Samuel Alexander, John von Neumann, and Norbert Wiener...and in-depth analysis of future directions."
"This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written b...
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608,58 zł |
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Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9783111191485 / Angielski / Twarda / 1971 / 988 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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1172,85 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Volume 2: An/Fsq-7 Computer to Bivalent Programming by Implicit Enumeration
ISBN: 9780824722524 / Angielski / Twarda / 1975 / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written by over 900 international authorities. Each article in the Encyclopedia features current developments and trends in computers, software, vendors, and applications...extensive bibliographies of leading figures in the field, such as Samuel Alexander, John von Neumann, and Norbert Wiener...and in-depth analysis of future directions."
"This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written b...
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1032,66 zł |
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Trip Trap
ISBN: 9780912516042 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 69 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This newly-revised edition-originally published in 1973-of the haiku Jack Kerouac, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch jotted down on the road from San Francisco to New York in 1959, are dense, earthy incarnations of life on the road: "A coral colored Cadillac/ in Texas/ Threw gravel all over us, / our beat jeep/ -Our windshield is nicked/ but our eyes/ are/ CLEAR..." Albert recounts their November trip in Lew's Jeepster, making the big city scene, visiting Jack's home in Northport on Long Island, and the long drive back west. The book also includes letters to Kerouac from Lew Welch in Reno. This newly-revised edition-originally published in 1973-of the haiku Jack Kerouac, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch jotted down on the road from San Fra... |
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58,59 zł |
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The Poetics of National and Racial Identity in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ISBN: 9780521831147 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. John D. Kerkering's study examines the literary history of racial and national identity in nineteenth-century America.
John D. Kerkering's study examines the literary history of racial and national identity in nineteenth-century America.
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507,39 zł |
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Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System
ISBN: 9780789018755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, compelled by technological strides, pressure to increase efficiency, and demand to contain costs. Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System, Third Edition is the classic text used to prepare pharmacists for independent practice in today's unpredictable environment since the first edition was published in 1991. This new edition is now streamlined and tailored for a one-semester course, completely updated with the most recent data, statistics, and emerging issues relevant to today's pharmacy professional, with new chapters devoted to the political...
The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, compelled by technological strides, pressure to increase efficiency, and demand to contain costs. Pharmacy a...
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261,89 zł |
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Computational Science — ICCS 2003: International Conference Melbourne, Australia and St. Petersburg, Russia June 2–4, 2003 Proceedings, Part I
ISBN: 9783540401940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 1100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Some of the most challenging problems in science and engineering are being addressed by the integration of computation and science, a research ?eld known as computational science. Computational science plays a vital role in fundamental advances in biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and a host of other disciplines. This is through the coordination of computation, data management, access to instrumentation, knowledge synthesis, and the use of new devices. It has an impact on researchers and practitioners in the sciences and beyond. The sheer size of many challenges in computational science...
Some of the most challenging problems in science and engineering are being addressed by the integration of computation and science, a research ?eld kn...
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187,38 zł |
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