wyszukanych pozycji: 91
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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52,56 zł |
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The Visionary Gleam
ISBN: 9798822952102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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90,59 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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56,61 zł |
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Patricia Laffan: 'Devil Girl' Remembered
ISBN: 9781781963678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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40,31 zł |
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Undetected scars
ISBN: 9781545654262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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62,54 zł |
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The Microscope
ISBN: 9789359959702 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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50,05 zł |
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Amber: The Natural Time Capsule
ISBN: 9780565092580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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65,53 zł |
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Too Happy a Face: The Biography of Joan Sims
ISBN: 9781781962695 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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65,53 zł |
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Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice
ISBN: 9780415187596 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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190,58 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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136,80 zł |
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No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781138152205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The intellectual and the popular: Irving Howe and John Waters, Susan Sontag and Ethel Rosenberg, Dwight MacDonald and Bill Cosby, Amiri Baraka and Mick Jagger, Andrea Dworkin and Grace Jones, Andy Warhol and Lenny Bruce. All feature in Andrew Ross's lively history and critique of modern American culture. Andrew Ross examines how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America. He argues that the making of "taste" is hardly an aesthetic activity, but rather an exercise in cultural power, policing and carefully redefining...
The intellectual and the popular: Irving Howe and John Waters, Susan Sontag and Ethel Rosenberg, Dwight MacDonald and Bill Cosby, Amiri Baraka and Mic...
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904,24 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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84,74 zł |
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Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City
ISBN: 9780199828265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 like... 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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128,96 zł |
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Oh! Look, a Boat!
ISBN: 9781838742232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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65,53 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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107,48 zł |
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My Story and I'm Stuck With It: A Personal Journey of Overcoming Hepatitis C
ISBN: 9781105438776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This is a vibrant chronicle of Mr. Ross long difficult journey through pain, fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss while over coming a life threatening disease. His frank, no holds barred approach provides a powerful narrative about what a patient who is suffering from the effects of Hepatitis C must face in order to overcome this disease.
This is a vibrant chronicle of Mr. Ross long difficult journey through pain, fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss while over coming a life threateni...
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105,69 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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... |
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435,02 zł |
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Oh! Look, a Boat!
ISBN: 9781838742188 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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69,32 zł |
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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. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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:
105,81 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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cena:
205,29 zł |