wyszukanych pozycji: 91
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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. 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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57,23 |
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Pat Coombs: The Authorised Biography
ISBN: 9781781963661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
86,11 |
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Everything I Ever Wanted: The Biography of Peggy Mount
ISBN: 9781781963838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
65,84 |
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Patricia Laffan: 'Devil Girl' Remembered
ISBN: 9781781963678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
40,50 |
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Undetected scars
ISBN: 9781545654262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
82,86 |
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Amber: The Natural Time Capsule
ISBN: 9780565092580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 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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cena:
65,84 |
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The Microscope
ISBN: 9789359959702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
50,60 |
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The Visionary Gleam
ISBN: 9798822952102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
91,58 |
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Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice
ISBN: 9780415187596 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Real Love, Andrew Ross, one of our preeminent social critics, explores the vital connection between economic life and cultural expression. 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 through which economic forces take their daily toll upon our communities and environment.
Examining the effects of debates about race, technology, ecology, and the arts on social and legal change, Ross focuses in particular on how demands for certain forms of... In Real Love, Andrew Ross, one of our preeminent social critics, explores the vital connection between economic life and cultural expression....
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203,21 |
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Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City
ISBN: 9780199975525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights.
In Bird on Fire, eminent social and cultural analyst Andrew Ross focuses on the prospects for sustainability in Phoenix--a city in the bull's eye of global warming--and also the obstacles that stand in the way. Most authors writing on sustainable cities look at places that... Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square mile...
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cena:
107,23 |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times
ISBN: 9780814776292 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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... 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in stead... |
cena:
448,79 |
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The Microscope
ISBN: 9781023262781 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
60,87 |
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Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945
ISBN: 9780815633839 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. How did a small Canadian regional league come to dominate a North American continental sport? "Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945" tells the fascinating story of the game off the ice, offering a play-by-play of cooperation and competition among owners, players, arenas, and spectators that produced a major league business enterprise. Ross explores the ways in which the NHL organized itself to maintain long-term stability, deal with its labor force, and adapt its product and structure to the demands of local, regional, and international markets. He argues that...
How did a small Canadian regional league come to dominate a North American continental sport? "Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey ...
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208,74 |
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Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice
ISBN: 9780814775059 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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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186,51 |
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Universal Abandon: The Politics of Postmodernism Volume 1
ISBN: 9780816616800 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Universal Abandon was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In recent years, the debate about postmodernism has become a full-blown, global discussion about the nature and future of society: it has challenged and redefined the cultural and sexual politics of the last two decades, and is increasingly shaping tomorrow's agenda. Postmodernist culture is a medium in which we all live, no matter how... Universal Abandon was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again ... |
cena:
240,05 |
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No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs
ISBN: 9781592131501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. This is a study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday.
While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more...
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109,54 |
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No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780415900379 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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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cena:
228,00 |
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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. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
126,69 |
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David Livingstone: Mission and Empire
ISBN: 9781852855659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Born in poverty in Blantyre, Scotland, David Livingstone educated himself by heroic endeavor, later proving him-self to be a remarkable linguist and scientist. His missionary journeys brought him into contact with a wide range of African peoples, for whom he showed remarkable sympathy. This is an account of his life and of his achievements.
Born in poverty in Blantyre, Scotland, David Livingstone educated himself by heroic endeavor, later proving him-self to be a remarkable linguist and s...
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339,15 |
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The Literary Agent's Guide To Writing Non-Fiction Book Proposal - 3rd edition
ISBN: 9781959257141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
46,55 |