wyszukanych pozycji: 12
Best-Kept Boy in the World
ISBN: 9781936833412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Denny, long before he surfaced in my cove, was a legend well-known to me, a myth entitled: Best-Kept Boy in the World."-Truman Capote Denham (Denny) Fouts, the twentieth century's most famous male prostitute, was a socialite and literary muse whose extraordinary life started off humbly in Jacksonville, Florida. But in short order he befriended (and bedded) the rich and celebrated and in the process conquered the world. No less an august figure than the young Gore Vidal was enchanted by Denny's special charms. He twice modeled characters on Denny in his fiction, saying it was a pity that...
"Denny, long before he surfaced in my cove, was a legend well-known to me, a myth entitled: Best-Kept Boy in the World."-Truman Capote Denham (Denny) ...
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91,25 zł |
Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
ISBN: 9780062224064 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts. Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and... For fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story th... |
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86,90 zł |
JACK'D - A Novel
ISBN: 9781626016736 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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78,20 zł |
Challenge of Law Reform
ISBN: 9780691626901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Major crimes in the United States reached an all-time high in 1954, exceeding the two-million mark for the third successive year. In spite of such groups as the famous Kefauver Committee, organized crime continues to entrench itself in the cities. Meanwhile, amid public apathy, the court calendars grow longer and justice is delayed. Thousands of new laws are passed each year, often without proper study, so that no lawyer today can achieve real mastery of even one major branch of his profession. In this little book, literally a challenge, Chief Justice Vanderbilt speaks out against these... Major crimes in the United States reached an all-time high in 1954, exceeding the two-million mark for the third successive year. In spite of such ... |
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213,92 zł |
The Soul of a House: Adventures in Building an Antique Retirement Account
ISBN: 9781787102255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Antiques aren't for everyone but Arthur Vanderbilt's enthusiasm in The Soul of a House makes it seem like they absolutely should be. A nineteenth century clipper on a rough sea, a Chinese vase, a knickknacks box, a Hepplewhite, who knows what can be found in an old money American country house when it goes up for sale, curtains and all. But that is only the start: what about the thrill of the auction when an item fetches triple the purchase price? What about that rare piece that you get home only to discover it is worth millions? For Arthur Vanderbilt, antiques are alive with history, alive...
Antiques aren't for everyone but Arthur Vanderbilt's enthusiasm in The Soul of a House makes it seem like they absolutely should be. A nineteenth cent...
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51,94 zł |
The Challenge of Law Reform
ISBN: 9780837188096 / Angielski / Twarda / 1976 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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302,61 zł |
Treasure Wreck: The Fortunes & Fate of the Pirate Ship Whydah
ISBN: 9780764327391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When the pirate ship Whydah went down in a violent storm just off the coast of Massachusetts in 1717, she took a huge treasury of stolen gold and jewels with her. Pieces of eight have continued to wash ashore since that ill-fated voyage, luring treasure seekers and undersea salvage experts. Here is the story of this plunder, of the pirates who amassed this horde during one legendary year upon the Spanish Main, and the tragedy of their loss upon the shoals of Cape Cod. It is updated to cover salvage efforts still underway in the Whydah's deep-sea grave. Had it not been for the love of Maria...
When the pirate ship Whydah went down in a violent storm just off the coast of Massachusetts in 1717, she took a huge treasury of stolen gold and jewe...
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99,26 zł |
Treasures of Memories: How Way Leads on to Way
ISBN: 9781947175587 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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49,98 zł |
Challenge of Law Reform
ISBN: 9780691653068 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Major crimes in the United States reached an all-time high in 1954, exceeding the two-million mark for the third successive year. In spite of such groups as the famous Kefauver Committee, organized crime continues to entrench itself in the cities. Meanwhile, amid public apathy, the court calendars grow longer and justice is delayed. Thousands of new laws are passed each year, often without proper study, so that no lawyer today can achieve real mastery of even one major branch of his profession. In this little book, literally a challenge, Chief Justice Vanderbilt speaks out against these... Major crimes in the United States reached an all-time high in 1954, exceeding the two-million mark for the third successive year. In spite of such ... |
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526,11 zł |
Gardening in Eden: Seasons in a Suburban Garden
ISBN: 9781416540632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Though an old man," Thomas Jefferson wrote at Monticello, "I am but a young gardener." Every gardener is. In Gardening in Eden, we enter Arthur Vanderbilt's small enchanted world of the garden, where the old wooden trestle tables of a roadside nursery are covered in crazy quilts of spring color, where a catbird comes to eat raisins from one's hand, and a chipmunk demands a daily ration of salted cocktail nuts. We feel the oppressiveness of endless winter days, the magic of an old-fashioned snow day, the heady, healing qualities of wandering through a greenhouse on a frozen...
"Though an old man," Thomas Jefferson wrote at Monticello, "I am but a young gardener." Every gardener is. In Gardening in Eden, we enter...
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65,21 zł |
French Administrative Law and the Common-Law World
ISBN: 9781584777045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Schwartz provides a masterly exposition of administrative law through a comparative study of the French droit administratif, arguably the most sophisticated Continental model. As Vanderbilt points out in his introduction, this is an important field that involves much more than administrative procedure. It deals directly with some of the most crucial issues of modern government regarding the distribution of power between governmental units, the resulting effect on the freedom of the individual and on the strength and stability of the state. Reprint of the sole edition. " T]his book represents...
Schwartz provides a masterly exposition of administrative law through a comparative study of the French droit administratif, arguably the most sophist...
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258,51 zł |
Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems, 4th edition
ISBN: 9781138723061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This will be a substantial revision of a highly regarded text, intended for senior design capstone courses within departments of biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biological engineering and medical engineering, worldwide. Each chapter will be thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the latest developments. New material will be added on entrepreneurship, bioengineering statistics, clinical trials and CRISPR. New examples, applications and problems will be added in each chapter.There will be strong efforts made to increase the number of clinical applications to enhance the overall...
This will be a substantial revision of a highly regarded text, intended for senior design capstone courses within departments of biomedical engineerin...
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757,90 zł |