wyszukanych pozycji: 76
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A Really Short History of Words: An illustrated edition of the bestselling book about the English language
ISBN: 9780241666210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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83,78 |
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
ISBN: 9780767910439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.
As usual Bill Bryson says it best: -English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at... One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.
As usual Bill Bryson says it best... |
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77,70 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
ISBN: 9781529941050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 738 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych.
In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them. NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED. 'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' GuardianBill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear ... |
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126,69 |
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Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe
ISBN: 9781784161828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The author's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In this book, he deals with Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia.
The author's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In this book, he deals with Europ...
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55,70 |
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
ISBN: 9780552779913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. Packed with extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, and as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best.
Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. Packed w...
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Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
ISBN: 9780767922708 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers.
What is the difference between immanent and imminent ? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between acute and chronic ? What is the former name of Moldova ? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language's most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.... From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commo...
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Eine kurze Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers
ISBN: 9783442142798 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Planet Mensch - ein Reiseführer
In seinem neuen Buch erzählt Weltbestsellerautor Bill Bryson die grandiose Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers, von der Haarwurzel bis zu den Zehen. Das ganze Leben verbringen wir in unserem Körper, doch die wenigsten haben eine Ahnung davon, wie er funktioniert, welche erstaunlichen Kräfte darin wirken und was tief im Inneren ab- und manchmal auch schiefläuft. »Eine kurze Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers« lädt ein zu einer unvergleichlichen Forschungsreise durch unseren Organismus. Mit ansteckender Entdeckerfreude erzählt Bryson vom... Planet Mensch - ein Reiseführer
In seinem neuen Buch erzählt Weltbestsellerautor Bill Bryson die grandiose Geschichte des menschlichen... |
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81,08 |
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Icons of England
ISBN: 9781784161965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. The original contributions come from Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey, Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant,... This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart fr... |
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55,70 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
ISBN: 9780767908177 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey-into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It's a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, -...how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also...
Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey-...
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143,75 |
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Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
ISBN: 9783442143061 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Jubiläumsausgabe des internationalen Bestsellers
- Wie groß ist eigentlich das Universum?- Was wiegt unsere Erde?- Und wie ist das überhaupt möglich - die Erde zu wiegen?Auf diese und viele andere Fragen hat Bestsellerautor Bill Bryson in der Schule nie Antworten erhalten. Um das für zukünftige Schüler zu ändern, hat er sich selbst auf die Suche nach ihnen gemacht und dabei eine atemberaubende Reise durch Raum und Zeit angetreten. Dabei entstand ein faktenreiches, kluges und höchst vergnügliches Buch über die Wunder der Welt - geschrieben mit all... Jubiläumsausgabe des internationalen Bestsellers
- Wie groß ist eigentlich das Universum?- Was wiegt unsere Erde?- Und w... |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
ISBN: 9781529966817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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96,24 |
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
ISBN: 9781784161873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. This book is about the history of the way we live.
The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what histo...
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Krótka historia prawie wszystkiego audiobook
ISBN: 9788381168861 / Polski / etui / 2020 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. BESTSELLEROWA KSIĄŻKA, Z KTÓREJ DOWIADUJEMY SIĘ, CZYM JEST ŚWIAT MATERIALNY OD NAJMNIEJSZEGO KWARKA PO NAJWIĘKSZĄ GALAKTYKĘ.Wyzwanie, przed którym stanął Bill Bryson, polegało na tym, aby tematy, które zwykle u większości czytelników wywołują śmiertelną nudę, jak geologia, chemia lub fizyka cząstek, uczynić przystępnymi dla tych, którzy nigdy nie sądzili, że nauki przyrodnicze mogą ich w ogóle zainteresować. Klucz, jaki znalazł autor, wydaje się genialny w swej prostocie: Bryson pisze nie o tym, CO wiemy, lecz raczej o tym, SKĄD wiemy to, co wiemy.Skąd wiemy,...
BESTSELLEROWA KSIĄŻKA, Z KTÓREJ DOWIADUJEMY SIĘ, CZYM JEST ŚWIAT MATERIALNY OD NAJMNIEJSZEGO KWARKA PO NAJWIĘKSZĄ GALAKTYKĘ.Wyzwanie, przed kt...
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49,90 |
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780767919371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From one of the world's mostbeloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of One Summer, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s
Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill... From one of the world's mostbeloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of One Summer, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hila...
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73,82 |
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Eine kurze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge
ISBN: 9783442143207 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die Welt verstehen ohne einen Fuß vor die Tür zu setzen
Was bleibt nach der »Geschichte von fast allem« eigentlich noch zu schreiben? Die Geschichte von fast allem anderen, natürlich. Bill Bryson hat sich daher in seinen vier Wänden umgesehen und sich gefragt: Warum leben wir eigentlich, wie wir leben? Warum nutzen wir ausgerechnet Salz und Pfeffer, und weshalb hat unsere Gabel vier Zinken? Aber es bleibt nicht bei Geschichten von Bett, Sofa und Küchenherd. Die Geschichte des Heims ist auch immer eine der großen Entdeckungen und Abenteuer. Ohne die Weltausstellung in... Die Welt verstehen ohne einen Fuß vor die Tür zu setzen
Was bleibt nach der »Geschichte von fast allem« eigentlich noch zu schreiben... |
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72,07 |
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
ISBN: 9781784161804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Bryson's acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson's claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.
Bryson's acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartac...
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55,70 |
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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
ISBN: 9780241451939 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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126,69 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
ISBN: 9780307885159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson s exciting, informative journey into the world of science.
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, the bestselling authorof One Summer, confronts his greatest challenge yet: to understand and, if possible, answer the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as his territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to... This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson s exciting, informative journe...
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135,98 |
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The Body - A Guide for Occupants (Hindi)
ISBN: 9789355431233 / Hindi Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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121,79 |
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Eine kurze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge : Ausgezeichnet als Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres, Kategorie Geistes-/Sozial-/Kulturwissenschaften 2012
ISBN: 9783442157556 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2013 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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58,56 |