wyszukanych pozycji: 95
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Too Happy a Face: The Biography of Joan Sims
ISBN: 9781781962695 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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65,37 |
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Amber: The Natural Time Capsule
ISBN: 9780565092580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In 'Amber', Andrew Ross provides an engaging overview of this prehistoric substance and its fossilized inclusions. The book explains how amber is formed, where it is found and how to distinguish genuine amber from fakes.
In 'Amber', Andrew Ross provides an engaging overview of this prehistoric substance and its fossilized inclusions. The book explains how amber is form...
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65,37 |
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Pat Coombs: The Authorised Biography
ISBN: 9781781963661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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85,50 |
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9live's "finding a Way Out"
ISBN: 9781478336853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book is an excellent "couldn't put it down" serious pager turner Mr. Ross should be commended for writing an unflinchingly honest and inspirational memoir about his personal triumph over a life once filled with violence, brutality, addiction and crime. He was raised in Southeastern Queens at a time when gang violence, juvenile delinquency and drug trafficking statistics were at their highest in the nation. Furthermore, Andrew was raised in a home, where he experienced habitual physical and psychological abuse by his father. As a result, he was compelled to "act out" his frustration and...
This book is an excellent "couldn't put it down" serious pager turner Mr. Ross should be commended for writing an unflinchingly honest and inspiratio...
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51,84 |
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Everything I Ever Wanted: The Biography of Peggy Mount
ISBN: 9781781963838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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65,37 |
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The Visionary Gleam
ISBN: 9798822952102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
89,36 |
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The Sweet and Bitter Taste of Moonshine
ISBN: 9781944313173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Author Andrew Ross spins a poignant and magical tale with The Sweet and Bitter Taste of Moonshine, his rich and multilayered novel of the American South that has humanity's classic, most-often-asked existential questions at its core. Ross paints a deftly rendered portrait of this beautiful and deeply historied landscape with this utterly palpable backdrop as the novel's setting.
Ambrose Wells, a young man with virtually no loved ones, has a dead-end job he despises assessing property for tax purposes for the state. He is given the assignment to travel to Wellspring Island, a... Author Andrew Ross spins a poignant and magical tale with The Sweet and Bitter Taste of Moonshine, his rich and multilayered novel of the Ameri...
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55,84 |
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Patricia Laffan: 'Devil Girl' Remembered
ISBN: 9781781963678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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40,22 |
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Undetected scars
ISBN: 9781545654262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
61,69 |
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The Microscope
ISBN: 9789359959702 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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49,37 |
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Strange Weather: Culture, Science and Technology in the Age of Limits
ISBN: 9780860915676 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Who speaks for science in a technologically dominated society? In his latest work of cultural criticism Andrew Ross contends that this question yields no simple or easy answer. In our present technoculture a wide variety of people, both inside and outside the scientific community, have become increasingly vocal in exercising their right to speak about, on behalf of, and often against, science and technology. Arguing that science can only ever be understood as a social artifact, Strange Weather is a manifesto which calls on cultural critics to abandon their technophobia and contribute to the...
Who speaks for science in a technologically dominated society? In his latest work of cultural criticism Andrew Ross contends that this question yields...
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94,84 |
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Canada's Entrepreneurs: From the Fur Trade to the 1929 Stock Market Crash: Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
ISBN: 9781442612860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Molson. Redpath. Desjardins. Labatt. Massey. Eaton. These names are as much a part of our national identity as our hockey teams and our literature, but few of us know much about the people behind them - the individuals who have energized this country's economic life for over four centuries, and whose entrepreneurialism has shaped the face of Canadian business as we know it. This captivating collection of biographies profiles Canada's most prominent and innovative business people from the early 1600s through the first quarter of the twentieth century. Beginning with an accessible... Molson. Redpath. Desjardins. Labatt. Massey. Eaton. These names are as much a part of our national identity as our hockey teams and our literature,... |
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179,74 |
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Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing
ISBN: 9781250848895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
83,58 |
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The Political Economy of Defense: Issues and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780313264627 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Beyond the traditional two-dimensional analyses of defense economics and defense politics lies a rapidly growing field of research: the political economy of defense. As the study of the interface between economics, politics, and defense proliferates, this collective volume sets out to identify the nature of political economy of defense inquiry, surpassing a narrower focus on the economic consequences of military spending. The starting point for this collaborative effort was a series of panel discussions, organized by Andrew L. Ross, in which most of the contributors to this volume... Beyond the traditional two-dimensional analyses of defense economics and defense politics lies a rapidly growing field of research: the political e... |
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378,40 |
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No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780415900379 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Shows how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America over the past fifty years.
Shows how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America over the past fifty ye...
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208,83 |
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Donald Ross and the Highland Clearances: 'Yet still the Blood is Strong'
ISBN: 9781398104266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
125,80 |
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David Livingstone: Mission and Empire
ISBN: 9781852852856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) David Livingstone (1813-1873) was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire. Yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own life-time, and since his death his reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. Were his epic journeys through Africa purely to save souls and counter the slave trade? Or were they the first steps towards bringing the peoples of Central Africa under the control of Europeans who would destroy their values and exploit them economically? Beyond these questions, there lies the puzzle of Livingstone's own character and its... David Livingstone (1813-1873) was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire. Yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own l... |
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357,95 |
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Kleine Maus auf großer Fahrt
ISBN: 9783737373517 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Eine bildgewaltige Fantasiereise für kleine Abenteurer. Ein Bilderbuch zum Vorlesen für Kinder ab 4 Jahren. »Oh! Ein Boot!«, sagt die Maus, die ein Papierboot vor ihrer Haustür findet. Neugierig geht sie an Bord. Ist es ein Piratenschiff? Ein Entdeckerschiff? Während sie noch grübelt, treibt das Schiff ab. Es ist zu spät, um von Bord zu gehen. Die Maus purzelt mit dem Boot einen sprudelnden Wasserfall hinunter, trudelt aufs Meer, trotzt einem Sturm, schippert im Nebel ... Sie trifft auf Inseln, Piraten, Ozeanriesen. Weit weg von Zuhause besteht sie alle... Eine bildgewaltige Fantasiereise für kleine Abenteurer. Ein Bilderbuch zum Vorlesen für Kinder ab 4 Jahren. »Oh! Ein Boot... |
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75,59 |
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Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice
ISBN: 9780814775042 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In a world increasingly beset by ethnocultural conflicts, the pursuit of cultural rights has taken on new urgency. Claims for cultural justice affect economic distribution as much as they do address demands for recognition from marginalized groups. It is this vital connection between economic life and cultural expression that Andrew Ross, one of our preeminent social critics, explores in Real Love. From the consequences of cyberspace for work and play to the uses and abuses of genetics in the O.J. trial, from world scarcity to world music, Ross interrogates the cultural forms... In a world increasingly beset by ethnocultural conflicts, the pursuit of cultural rights has taken on new urgency. Claims for cultural justice affe... |
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575,69 |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times
ISBN: 9780814776919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that--a dream? In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of... 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in stead... |
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135,98 |