wyszukanych pozycji: 26
Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato
ISBN: 9781582437125 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As savory as any vegetable, as sweet as its fellow fruits, it inspires a cultlike devotion on all continents. The inimitable, versatile tomato has conquered the cuisines of Spain and Italy, and in America it is our most popular garden delicacy. Arthur Allen understands the spell of the tomato and he's our guide to its dramatic story. He begins by describing in mouthwatering detail the wonder of a truly delicious tomato, and then introduces the man who prospected for wild tomato genes in South America and made them available to tomato breeders. The story of enslaved Mexican Indians in the...
As savory as any vegetable, as sweet as its fellow fruits, it inspires a cultlike devotion on all continents. The inimitable, versatile tomato has con...
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73,86 zł |
The Transparent Detective: A Series of Short Stories
ISBN: 9781410773029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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75,19 zł |
Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis
ISBN: 9780393351040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed--refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples--causing hallucinations, terrible headaches, boiling fever, and often death. The disease plagued the German army on the Eastern Front and left the Reich desperate for a vaccine. For this they turned to the brilliant and eccentric Polish zoologist Rudolf Weigl.
In the 1920s, Weigl had created the first typhus vaccine using a method as bold as it was dangerous for its use of living human subjects. The astonishing success of Weigl's techniques... Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed--refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples--causin...
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117,43 zł |
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
ISBN: 9780393331561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Vaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines. It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and looks at why some parents have resisted this authority. Political and social intrigue have often accompanied vaccination--from the divisive introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to the 9,000 lawsuits recently filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Arthur...
Vaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines. It f...
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141,62 zł |
Colour Harmony In Theory And Practice
ISBN: 9781443729383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1937. COLOUR HARMONY ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE by ARTHUR B. ALLEN. FOREWORD: Colour Harmony: Its Theory and Practice is closely linked to Colour Harmony for Beginners and I think the reason is clear. Whereas Colour Harmony for Beginners is a little volume so written that the newcomer to this science of colour can begin right away with pencil and colour box, working out the beauties that are to be found in the field of colour harmony, the present volume gives all this practical assist ance and, in addition, it gives the essential background knowledge without which the...
Originally published in 1937. COLOUR HARMONY ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE by ARTHUR B. ALLEN. FOREWORD: Colour Harmony: Its Theory and Practice is closely ...
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190,29 zł |
Colour Harmony in Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781406759525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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136,61 zł |
A Nation Destroyed: A Nation Restored: Inspirations from the book of Nehemiah And Comparisons to the Rebirth of a Godly Modern Day America
ISBN: 9781453784044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. We find ourselves in the United States in a similar situation to what Nehemiah and the Israelites, from the Old Testament, found themselves in. There were individuals who opposed Nehemiah's efforts of restoring what the Israelites once had as a nation. These enemies tried many methods of undermining Nehemiah. They did not want Nehemiah to restore the customs or traditions that reminded the Israelites of their heritage. This book takes a look at the servant leadership that characterized Nehemiah's work of rebuilding their national character. It describes the people and obstacles he faced....
We find ourselves in the United States in a similar situation to what Nehemiah and the Israelites, from the Old Testament, found themselves in. There ...
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45,76 zł |
Wrestling God: The All True Misadventures of an Elkin, N.C. Boy
ISBN: 9781492739845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Young Paul Bradley's life seems carefree. He fishes, invents a better rabbit trap, sings his heart out in church, and romps the Appalachian woods with his pals. His family is supportive, his mother kind. But a head injury compels the boy to write obsessively. His secret journal reveals struggles with truth, sin, and lies. He writes of unsettling behavior of adults, tries to tell God what needs fixing, and wrestles with growing suspicions of church teachings. By the time Paul is sixteen, his preacher-father is still his hero. But Paul is angry. Why do I have to leave my school, girlfriend, and...
Young Paul Bradley's life seems carefree. He fishes, invents a better rabbit trap, sings his heart out in church, and romps the Appalachian woods with...
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59,43 zł |
The Life and Times of Allen Sher
ISBN: 9780971594661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How does one accomplish the telling of a life? The childhood memories, the adventures of family, the path of a career and a lifetime of service? In the hands of master storyteller Allen Sher, we revisit those days through colorful portrayals. From growing up in Brooklyn to picnics at Coney Island, service in World War II and dedication to teaching in New York and Vermont public schools, we travel with the author through times past. A passion for folk and square dancing, community commitment and teaching lead us to see his remarkable life and all those touched by his dedication. There are...
How does one accomplish the telling of a life? The childhood memories, the adventures of family, the path of a career and a lifetime of service? In th...
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68,40 zł |
Bee-Keeping with Twenty Hives. Facsimile reprint.
ISBN: 9781904331728 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sandeman-Allen, a former secretary to the British Bee-Keepers Association, presents a guide for the person who has passed the stage of producing honey for his own table but does not plan to make his bees a full-time occupation.
Sandeman-Allen, a former secretary to the British Bee-Keepers Association, presents a guide for the person who has passed the stage of producing honey...
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97,37 zł |
Fathers
ISBN: 9780804001083 / Angielski / Miękka / 1959 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Fathers is the powerful novel by the poet and critic recognized as one of the great men of letters of our time. Old Major Buchan of Pleasant Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, lived by a gentlemen's agreement to ignore what was base or rude, to live a life which was gentle and comfortable because it was formal. Into this life George Posey came dashing, as Henry Steele Commager observed, "to defy Major Buchan, marry Susan, betray Charles and Semmes, dazzle young Lacy, challenge and destroy the old order of things." The Fathers was published in 1938. It sold respectably in both the United...
The Fathers is the powerful novel by the poet and critic recognized as one of the great men of letters of our time. Old Major Buchan of Pleasant Hill,...
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67,38 zł |
The Curse of the Capable: The Hidden Challenges to a Balanced, Healthy, High-Achieving Life
ISBN: 9781600376627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Discover what achievers all over the world are realizing.
The story you created about yourself early in life, which is part fiction, is having a dramatic impact on your present lifestyle--how you think and live. The assumption that all capable people in our culture have peace of mind and are satisfied with their life course is commonplace. Is this notion true? Not always. In fact millions have fallen prey to a belief system that says appearance and status provide the golden road to love and respect. In an attempt to perfect themselves, they are hiding their self doubt through constant... Discover what achievers all over the world are realizing.
The story you created about yourself early in life, which is part fiction, is having a d... |
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78,21 zł |
Footnote #4: A Literary Journal of History
ISBN: 9781946580191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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59,43 zł |
Bee-keeping with Twenty Hives
ISBN: 9781904331711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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146,17 zł |
Floating Island: Paul Awakens
ISBN: 9781548921019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,63 zł |
At the Back of the North Wind / The Princess and the Goblin / The Princess and Curdie
ISBN: 9781635619164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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141,29 zł |
At the Back of the North Wind / The Princess and the Goblin / The Princess and Curdie
ISBN: 9781635619171 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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180,33 zł |
The Cognitive Unconscious: The First Half Century
ISBN: 9780197501573 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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310,97 zł |
The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry
ISBN: 9780802134776 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of the five Confucian classics, The Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest collection of poetry in world literature and the finest treasure of traditional songs left from antiquity. Where the other Confucian classics treat outward things: deeds, moral precepts, the way the world works, as Stephen Owen tells us in his foreword, The Book of Songs is the classic of the human heart and the human mind. "
One of the five Confucian classics, The Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest collection of poetry in world literature and the finest treasure of trad...
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69,72 zł |
The Mediterranean Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins
ISBN: 9781534697416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,71 zł |