wyszukanych pozycji: 202
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Yorkshire: There and Back
ISBN: 9781472154859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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100,88 |
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Death on a Branch Line
ISBN: 9780571229680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. It's the sweltering summer of 1911, and one Friday evening a young aristocrat arrives into the custody of detective Jim Stringer, a man recently found guilty of murdering his father in the sleepy village of Adenwold. He warns Jim of another murder likely to happen in the same village - that of his brother, a reclusive intellectual.
It's the sweltering summer of 1911, and one Friday evening a young aristocrat arrives into the custody of detective Jim Stringer, a man recently found...
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55,44 |
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The Knowledge of Ignorance: From Genesis to Jules Verne
ISBN: 9780521112482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This highly original study is concerned with the theory of knowledge. It approaches the subject in a new way by exploring the recurrent paradox which equates pure ignorance with perfect knowledge, twin ideals free from the impurities and imperfections of discourse. The author combines the techniques of literary criticism and intellectual history in order to examine the literary, philosophical, theological, and political ramifications of this anxiety about, and ambition to transcend, the limits of the text. Dr Martin begins by tracing a network of interlocking motifs and images - beginning and...
This highly original study is concerned with the theory of knowledge. It approaches the subject in a new way by exploring the recurrent paradox which ...
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204,11 |
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Andrew Martin Interior Design Review Vol. 29
ISBN: 9783961717095 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
313,85 |
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The Monsters of Test Stand B
ISBN: 9781312425248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The book is a novel set at the Stennis Space Center and loosely based on Test Stand B. The story is intended to call attention to the fantastic work being done by the NASA Team there.
The book is a novel set at the Stennis Space Center and loosely based on Test Stand B. The story is intended to call attention to the fantastic work b...
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51,23 |
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Desire Paths
ISBN: 9781913767099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
48,92 |
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The Baghdad Railway Club
ISBN: 9780571249657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Baghdad 1917. Captain Jim Stringer, invalided from the Western Front, has been dispatched to investigate what looks like a nasty case of treason. He arrives to find a city on the point of insurrection, his cover apparently blown - and his only contact lying dead with flies in his eyes.
Baghdad 1917. Captain Jim Stringer, invalided from the Western Front, has been dispatched to investigate what looks like a nasty case of treason. He a...
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55,44 |
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The Lost Luggage Porter
ISBN: 9780156030748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the author of The Necropolis Railway and The Blackpool Highflyer comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is winter 1906 and Jim has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, "a human directory to everything in York," tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his Inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris... From the author of The Necropolis Railway and The Blackpool Highflyer comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is ... |
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68,57 |
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Brave New World of European Labor
ISBN: 9781571811684 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Delivers many a valuable insight. Indispensable reading for everybody interested in the recent history of European labor." - Labor History "Anyone looking for an in-depth, up-to-date and balanced account of trade unions in Europe, covering the last two decades of the 20th century, need look no further . . . a definitive text on contemporary European trade unionism." - Industrial Relations/Relations Industrielles European union movements played a central role in promoting a "Europeanmodel of society," a humane industrial relations system, high labor standards, generous welfare states, and...
"Delivers many a valuable insight. Indispensable reading for everybody interested in the recent history of European labor." - Labor History "Anyone lo...
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117,30 |
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Six Figure Meetings
ISBN: 9781963701906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
60,94 |
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The Blackpool Highflyer
ISBN: 9780571219025 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. When railwayman Jim Stringer is assigned to drive holiday makers to Blackpool in the summer of 1905, he thinks he's struck lucky. But his dreams are soon destroyed - when his train meets a huge millstone on the line. A thriller of sabotage, this book brings a twist to tales of Edwardian England, steam railways and amateur sleuthing.
When railwayman Jim Stringer is assigned to drive holiday makers to Blackpool in the summer of 1905, he thinks he's struck lucky. But his dreams are s...
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55,44 |
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Murder at Deviation Junction
ISBN: 9780571229666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for struggling Edwardian railway detective, Jim Stringer. Jim's faltering career in the railway police hangs on whether he can solve the murder - but before long the pursuer becomes the pursued.
A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for ...
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55,44 |
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Rethinking Global Security: Media, Popular Culture, and the War on Terror
ISBN: 9780813538303 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism, and security from the practices and processes of the media. This book brings together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways our notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by...
Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus...
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146,88 |
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The Covenant with Moses and the Kingdom of God: Thomas Hobbes and the Theology of the Old Covenant in Early Modern England
ISBN: 9789004431621 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Covenant theology was a popular and controversial topic in early modern England. In particular, the biblical old covenant with Moses generated tremendous theological and political debates during the years of the English Civil Wars. And yet, the disciplinary boundaries of historical theology and the history of political thought make it hard to understand why early modern preachers and philosophers wrestled over this topic with such vigour. This interdisciplinary historical theological study explains the development of the covenant theology in the major works of Thomas Hobbes and his...
Covenant theology was a popular and controversial topic in early modern England. In particular, the biblical old covenant with Moses generated tremend...
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447,23 |
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Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain’s Heritage Railways
ISBN: 9781788161459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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65,53 |
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The Somme Stations
ISBN: 9780571249640 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jim's unit had been found dead. During the stand-off that follows, Jim and his comrades must operate by night the vitally important trains.
On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they ...
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55,44 |
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Shoals of Starlings
ISBN: 9781999311247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
94,17 |
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Becoming Biemann
ISBN: 9781508852483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Life is full of precious, beautiful moments. That's what some guy who works for a greeting card distributor would have us believe. For most of us, it is also full of weird, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable experiences. This seems to especially be the case for the male of the human species. Most of us shy away from relating our embarrassing experiences. What are we hiding? We all know they happen. Quite frankly, they can be terribly funny. And, if we live to tell about them, they can be incredibly entertaining to others. Join the author as he explores some of life's less-than precious...
Life is full of precious, beautiful moments. That's what some guy who works for a greeting card distributor would have us believe. For most of us, it ...
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27,97 |
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Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
ISBN: 9781846684784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? This book offers an informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle li...
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55,44 |
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The Blackpool Highflyer: A Jim Stringer Mystery
ISBN: 9780156030694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks; it lies directly in their path. Full stop of the engine; full steam ahead with the mystery.
As he did in The Necropolis Railway, Stringer doffs his railway hat and dons his detective s derby, assisted once more by "the wife" and her brilliant detecting skills. Capturing the world of railway stations and locomotives during... It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort o...
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68,57 |