wyszukanych pozycji: 114
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Wanderjahr: An odyssey of sorts
ISBN: 9781460205631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is a story of two young men, fresh from school, as they travel in search of knowledge about the world and themselves. Trying to reach Africa on motor scooters, they nearly circle the Mediterranean. The impulses and questions they have are archetypal: similar tales can be told by and of many others who have undertaken their own quests at the turning point between formal education and the decisions that will shape the rest of their lives.
This is a story of two young men, fresh from school, as they travel in search of knowledge about the world and themselves. Trying to reach Africa on m...
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268,16 |
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I'll Buy You a Cadillac: The Life and Struggle of Country Song Writer Danny Boy Brothers
ISBN: 9781493531691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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21,47 |
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Carpe Momentum: Seize the Moment
ISBN: 9781497508149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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43,70 |
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International Students in American Colleges and Universities: A History
ISBN: 9780230600119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A fascinating and important history of foreign students in American higher education.The book will have appeal to specialists in student services, but also to the thousands of faculty members responsible for teaching and mentoring foreign students."
A fascinating and important history of foreign students in American higher education.The book will have appeal to specialists in student services, but...
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342,14 |
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Doubleheaders: A Major League History
ISBN: 9780786442140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The history of Major League doubleheaders is presented in this volume, beginning with their inception as a way to make up missed games, to their current decline as a result of changes in society. The role of the doubleheader as a celebration of holidays and as a Sunday event is explained, as well as its crucial role in enabling Major League Baseball to survive as an economic entity during the Great Depression and World War II.
The history of Major League doubleheaders is presented in this volume, beginning with their inception as a way to make up missed games, to their curre...
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139,34 |
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The Art of Eloquence: Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce
ISBN: 9780199593224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'In the course of these fifty years we have become a nation of public speakers. Everyone speaks now. We are now more than ever a debating, that is, a Parliamentary people' (The Times, 1873).
The Art of Eloquence considers how Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, and Joyce responded to this 'Parliamentary people', and examines the ways in which they and their publics conceived the relations between political speech and literary endeavour. Drawing on a wide range of sources - classical rhetoric, Hansard, newspaper reports, elocutionary manuals, treatises on crowd theory - this book argues that... 'In the course of these fifty years we have become a nation of public speakers. Everyone speaks now. We are now more than ever a debating, that is, a ...
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264,55 |
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Java Design Pattern Essentials
ISBN: 9780956575807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Once youve learned the fundamentals of Java, understanding Design Patterns is essential in being able to write clear, concise and effective code. This book gives you a step-by-step guide to object-oriented development, using tried and trusted techniques. The examples have been deliberately kept simple, enabling you to concentrate on understanding the concepts and application of each pattern. The examples have also been designed around a common theme, making it easier for you to see how they relate to each other and more importantly how you can adapt them to your applications. While the book...
Once youve learned the fundamentals of Java, understanding Design Patterns is essential in being able to write clear, concise and effective code. This...
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99,11 |
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Wonka the Whale: the beginning
ISBN: 9781491841204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The story of Wonka the Whale begins where he is born, in the south Atlantic off the coast of Brazil. Immdeiately he swims and starts to explore and we travel with him, discovering the ocean life all around him. We watch him grow and prepare for the journey he is about to take.
The story of Wonka the Whale begins where he is born, in the south Atlantic off the coast of Brazil. Immdeiately he swims and starts to explore and we...
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90,42 |
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New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949
ISBN: 9780786431595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New Englands baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration.
This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor...
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165,68 |
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Tim Keefe: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher and Player-Rights Advocate
ISBN: 9780786496655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in burgeoning industrial America. A master craftsman, he compiled 342 career victories during his 14-season Major League career while adapting to numerous changes in pitching rules during the 1880s. Known as a strategic pitcher, he outsmarted batters, particularly with his change-of-pace pitch. He led the New York Giants to the National League pennant in 1888 and 1889, establishing a Major League record with 19 consecutive pitching victories in...
One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in...
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165,68 |
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The Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature: Volume 26
ISBN: 9780773518001 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Bevis examines a wide range of English, European, and North American texts, literary works as well as religious, scientific, and travel writing. He surveys the literature on mountain climbing, sea voyages, desert travel, and polar exploration, and its metaphorical uses in poetry and fiction. Relying on Addison's term "the Great" rather than "the sublime," he shows how works such as Darwin's journals, Lyell's studies in geology, and de Saussure's books on the Alps helped form an outlook on nature that also found frequent literary expression. A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary work in the...
Bevis examines a wide range of English, European, and North American texts, literary works as well as religious, scientific, and travel writing. He su...
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486,78 |
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Wonka Discovers Nantucket
ISBN: 9781728308678 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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135,65 |
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Baseball Under the Lights: The Rise of the Night Game
ISBN: 9781476680156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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218,89 |
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Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans' Hearts, 1901-1952
ISBN: 9780786496648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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165,68 |
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Dragon Blossoms: An Adoptive Family's Year in China
ISBN: 9780984512805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chinese-born daughter return to China. Aware of the necessity for adopted families to connect with the birth culture, Bevis and her family delve into Chinese community, schools, language, theater, and return to the Jiangsu orphanage where Leyla Fu-Chi spent her early months. In the year preceding the Beijing Olympics, much is said of China, both good and bad. Bevis' journals offer an inside view not usually heard in the West. While writing about...
Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chi...
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63,86 |
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Chains Across the River - A Novel of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780578750507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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125,58 |
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Java Programming Step-by-step
ISBN: 9780956575821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Suitable both for beginners and those with some programming experience, this book will guide you step-by-step through the development of a desktop application written using the Java programming language. No prior knowledge is assumed, and each step is clearly explained so you can follow along in your own time. In this book you will learn: - How to apply essential object-oriented concepts; - How to define classes, interfaces, variables & methods; - How to use conditional statements, arrays, loops and sorts; - How to structure your application to make it easy to write, enhance and maintain; -...
Suitable both for beginners and those with some programming experience, this book will guide you step-by-step through the development of a desktop app...
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206,93 |
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Sunday Baseball: The Major Leagues' Struggle to Play Baseball on the Lord's Day, 1876-1934
ISBN: 9780786415649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Playing baseball on Sunday was a divisive issue in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On one side of the argument were the owners, who wanted to take in more money, and working people, who labored six days a week and wanted to take in a baseball game on the seventh. On the other side were people who thought that the commandment to keep Sunday sacred ought to be obeyed. The story of how Sunday baseball went from being an illegal activity in most areas of the country in 1876 to a legal form of entertainment in all major league cities by 1934 is told in this work. It describes...
Playing baseball on Sunday was a divisive issue in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On one side of the argument were the owners, who...
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165,68 |
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Starlight and Armstrong Forever
ISBN: 9781778832543 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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38,27 |
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Jimmy Collins: A Baseball Biography
ISBN: 9780786463596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This first book-length biography of Jimmy Collins examines the life of an intensely private, business-oriented ballplayer who was the first third baseman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Collins' life is covered in depth from his early years growing up in Buffalo, through his 14-year major league baseball career 1895-1908 primarily in Boston, to his post-baseball life as a real estate investor. This book sheds new light on Collins' motivations to leverage his baseball success--which included leading Boston to victory in the first modern-day World Series in 1903--into lucrative...
This first book-length biography of Jimmy Collins examines the life of an intensely private, business-oriented ballplayer who was the first third base...
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165,68 |