wyszukanych pozycji: 38
The Politics of Consolation
ISBN: 9780199381784 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering? This question is in some sense perennial, reverberating through the canons of theology, philosophy, and literature. Today, The Politics of Consolation reveals, it is also a significant part of American political leadership. Faced with uncertainty, shock, or despair, Americans frequently look to political leaders for symbolic and existential guidance, for narratives that bring meaning to the confrontation with suffering, loss, and finitude. Politicians, in turn, increasingly recognize consolation as a cultural expectation, and they...
What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering? This question is in some sense perennial, reverberating through the canons of theology, philosoph...
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620,55 zł |
Broken
ISBN: 9781507568187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,71 zł |
Esterházyho lokaj
ISBN: 9788072602117 / Czeski / 2009 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Hlavní postavou příběhu je vedle Josepha Haydna a vrchního správce Rahiera i mladý Žid Izák Abeles. Přichází do Esterházy jako mladý chlapec a prožije zde deset let. Z obyčejného lokaje se postupně propracuje až k významné funkci intendanta zdejší opery, což byla věc v té době nevídaná. Ale nezískává takové postavení zadarmo – zaplatí za ně tím, že se musí vzdát své víry. Přestože na židovskou obec nezapomíná a snaží se jí pomáhat, jeho souvěrci mu to nemohou odpustit.Autorovi se podařilo přesvědčivě vystihnout historické poměry a...
Hlavní postavou příběhu je vedle Josepha Haydna a vrchního správce Rahiera i mladý Žid Izák Abeles. Přichází do Esterházy jako mladý chl...
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74,64 zł |
Africa in My Heart: A Hunter's Diary
ISBN: 9781496997166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. I am greeted by the petrifying sight of thirty or sixty or seventy buffalo looming large at a distance, each of them staring at me. Just staring would be okay; I could handle that. But these are also coming at me. I just stand there turned to stone, waiting for something to happen-something other, that is, than having a herd of cape buffalo running toward me. If it weren't for Peter, they surely would have trampled me to death. Fortunately, he recollects himself just in time to yell at me to get my ass behind the tree. The tree. Hmm . . . What tree? I t takes a few seconds of scanning the...
I am greeted by the petrifying sight of thirty or sixty or seventy buffalo looming large at a distance, each of them staring at me. Just staring would...
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292,72 zł |
Der Bär, der Stier und die Art der Stimmung
ISBN: 9786202859127 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die jüngsten Finanzkrisen haben das irrationale Verhalten der Marktteilnehmer aufgedeckt. Der Versuch, dieses Verhalten zu verstehen und zu analysieren, führte zu einer Fülle von Forschungen. Das irrationale Verhalten und die Rolle von Emotionen wurden als Anlegerstimmung beschrieben. Im Laufe der Jahre hat die Stimmungsforschung eine Reihe von Definitionen, Theorien und Proxies zur Anlegerstimmung hervorgebracht, um die Stimmung zu messen. Leider gibt es keine vereinbarte Definition oder einen theoretischen Rahmen für die Stimmung. Dieses Buch schlägt daher ein konzeptionelles Modell...
Die jüngsten Finanzkrisen haben das irrationale Verhalten der Marktteilnehmer aufgedeckt. Der Versuch, dieses Verhalten zu verstehen und zu analysier...
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171,52 zł |
Semantic Acquisition Games: Harnessing Manpower for Creating Semantics
ISBN: 9783319061146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Many applications depend on the effective acquisition of semantic metadata, and this state-of-the-art volume provides extensive coverage of the field of semantics acquisition games (SAGs). SAGs are a part of the crowdsourcing approach family and the authors analyze their role as tools for acquisition of resource metadata and domain models. Three case studies of SAG-based semantics acquisition methods are shown, along with other existing SAGs: 1. the Little Search Game - a search query formulation game using negative search, serving for acquisition of lightweight semantics. 2. the PexAce - a...
Many applications depend on the effective acquisition of semantic metadata, and this state-of-the-art volume provides extensive coverage of the field ...
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192,30 zł |
Escape from Disaster: My Triple a Journey from Fear to Freedom
ISBN: 9781477131572 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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192,11 zł |
Gubbio
ISBN: 9788087341056 / Czeski / 2011 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Šest vzájemně se doplňujících příběhů této knihy slovenského autora žijícího od roku 1968 ve Švýcarsku se odehrává v různých historických obdobích na různých místech Evropy. Jednotlivé postavy se pohybují stejně suverénně po Curychu, Bazileji, Vídni anebo Novém Sadu, jako žijí v Praze či v Košicích. Ale i když se dobové kulisy jednotlivých příběhů mění, cosi pokaždé zůstává: vždy, alespoň na pozadí vyprávění, je tady někdo, kdo sleduje, hlásí či udává… společné téma udavačství, konfidentství, kolaborace a zrady je z...
Šest vzájemně se doplňujících příběhů této knihy slovenského autora žijícího od roku 1968 ve Švýcarsku se odehrává v různých hist...
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47,31 zł |
Ctnosti a Neřesti
ISBN: 9788087683866 / Czeski / Miękka / 2018 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Mladá historička umění Barbora žije v Praze vrcholícího stalinismu, jehož symbolem je dokončovaná stavba monumentálního pomníku na Letné podle návrhu sochaře Otakara Švece (1892–1955). Barbora je jako zaměstnankyně památkové péče pověřena výzkumem zanedbávaných zvětrávajících barokních soch v Kuksu, díla Matyáše Bernarda Brauna (1684–1738) na objednávku podivínského hraběte Františka Antona Šporka (1662–1738). Svět Braunových soch se pro Barboru stává oporou i příležitostí k únikům z tísnivé skutečnosti do snově surreálného...
Mladá historička umění Barbora žije v Praze vrcholícího stalinismu, jehož symbolem je dokončovaná stavba monumentálního pomníku na Letné...
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41,92 zł |
Escape from Disaster: My Triple a Journey from Fear to Freedom
ISBN: 9781477131565 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 437 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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109,77 zł |
Kazárbokor és Vajdabokor társadalomföldrajzi vizsgálata
ISBN: 9786206175964 / Węgierski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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180,57 zł |
Dark Crossings
ISBN: 9780692587751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Cross and Kale Delancey were born for one purpose; to be studied for their paranormal abilities. When Cross convinces his twin to escape from 'The Department', he is shot. Blinded and separated from Kale, Cross's memories are wiped. He is given a new life. A past in which he believes Kale is dead. With no memories of his life at the department, this new Cross is safe, he is malleable. He can still be studied without the risk. His entire life is scripted and Kale is threatened with his safety unless he plays nice and does what the Department wants. Until ten years later, Cross begins to...
Cross and Kale Delancey were born for one purpose; to be studied for their paranormal abilities. When Cross convinces his twin to escape from 'The Dep...
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46,21 zł |
Fallen: Coyote Moon
ISBN: 9781493649471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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41,13 zł |
The Sweet Rot, Book 2: Raiders of the Lost Art
ISBN: 9780764338281 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Join little rot-rocker Pukeboy and graffiti artist Gumshoe as they search for Gumshoe's missing paintings in this second book from The Sweet Rot series. This lost art quest leads our two heroes through the vividly lush town of Pollilop Drop encountering a fresh new batch of little rotters. Raiders of the Lost Art is author/illustrator Joe Simko's second book in the series. Known for his rock 'n roll poster art and illustrations on the successful Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages trading card series, Simko brings his own sugary-coated pop-art world to life through the pages of these...
Join little rot-rocker Pukeboy and graffiti artist Gumshoe as they search for Gumshoe's missing paintings in this second book from The Sweet Rot serie...
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103,69 zł |
Through The Glass
ISBN: 9781500141837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Montana Thomas falls asleep with the woman he loves in his arms, but wakes up to her bloody corpse. With the murder weapon in his hand and no memory of what happened, he needs his brother to help him deal with the confusion and grief. But Dakota is three thousand miles away deep in government testing. The stage has been set and all the players are in motion. All the unknown director has to do is sit back and wait for his true objective to be played out. In an expert game of cat and mouse, the Thomas brothers are subject to manipulation that has no equal. The only people they can trust is each...
Montana Thomas falls asleep with the woman he loves in his arms, but wakes up to her bloody corpse. With the murder weapon in his hand and no memory o...
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45,71 zł |
Socrates' Child
ISBN: 9781514634639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Quinn Riley wasn't born. He was created. Constructed of artificial DNA, he was designed as the perfect soldier, explorer or assassin. His destiny is clear...until the scientists who created him abduct him in infancy. Quinn was raised as human, oblivious of his true origins. He had a normal childhood, planned for a normal career as a doctor. But the day he got his M.D., his whole life changed. Socrates, the company that funded his creation, found him. And Quinn learns the truth of who or what he is. With the help of his best friend, a renegade scientist, and a Hawaiian girl who shares his love...
Quinn Riley wasn't born. He was created. Constructed of artificial DNA, he was designed as the perfect soldier, explorer or assassin. His destiny is c...
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50,10 zł |
The Sweet Rot, Book 3: The Purple Meltdown
ISBN: 9780764339776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Panic envelops the residents of Pollilop Drop when Mystic Miz, using her crystal ball, foresees a purple apocalypse sweeping through the town. As she hurries to warn the other little rotters of this forthcoming purple meltdown, a few of the kids give their own interpretations of what this violent violet vision could be. Fear mongering, finger pointing, and general paranoia ensue in this third book from the sweet rot series by artist and writer Joe Simko. Young adult-ages 13-18.
Panic envelops the residents of Pollilop Drop when Mystic Miz, using her crystal ball, foresees a purple apocalypse sweeping through the town. As she ...
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103,69 zł |
The Coyote's Song
ISBN: 9781500455170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Montana Thomas goes in search for a father he never knew and finds the reasons behind his mother's years of silence. With his mother recently dead and with not even a name to start with, Montana and his brother Dakota begin a journey to find not only their unknown father, but their culture, and the Indian heritage denied to them from the moment of their births. Will Montana accept his father and the truth behind his disappearance? Will he be able to accept the truth about himself once his past is revealed? Or will he wish he'd left those secrets buried?
Montana Thomas goes in search for a father he never knew and finds the reasons behind his mother's years of silence. With his mother recently dead and...
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41,13 zł |
The Sweet Rot
ISBN: 9780764334061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Visit the lush, sugar-coated township of Pollilop Drop and follow the journey of one lil' rotter kid, Pukeboy, who struggles to overcome his fear of playing guitar in front of an audience. He seeks advice from other rot-pack kids. Creatively frustrated, Pukeboy goes beyond the boundaries of Pollilop Drop and he finds an unexpected new friend. 46 vibrant illustrations pull the reader into the pop art world of Pollilop Drop and keep the pages turning. Throughout this sugar-rush-of-a-quest-tale, readers encounter a range of unusual characters as Pukeboy struggles toward his goal, performing on...
Visit the lush, sugar-coated township of Pollilop Drop and follow the journey of one lil' rotter kid, Pukeboy, who struggles to overcome his fear of p...
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87,31 zł |
The Politics of Consolation: Memory and the Meaning of September 11
ISBN: 9780199381791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering? This question is in some sense perennial, reverberating through the canons of theology, philosophy, and literature. Today, The Politics of Consolation reveals, it is also a significant part of American political leadership. Faced with uncertainty, shock, or despair, Americans frequently look to political leaders for symbolic and existential guidance, for narratives that bring meaning to the confrontation with suffering, loss, and finitude. Politicians, in turn, increasingly recognize consolation as a cultural expectation, and they...
What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering? This question is in some sense perennial, reverberating through the canons of theology, philosoph...
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178,24 zł |