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Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817: The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A.
ISBN: 9781108065931 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The architect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788 1863) was encouraged to travel at a young age, so that he might draw inspiration from the great works of European architecture. However, when the Napoleonic Wars made parts of the continent inaccessible to Englishmen, his eye was turned towards southern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. This version of the Grand Tour took up seven years, during which he recorded the events in his journals. There his observations would have remained had it not been for the editorial labours of his son, Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1844 1921), who published the present work...
The architect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788 1863) was encouraged to travel at a young age, so that he might draw inspiration from the great works of ...
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Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817
ISBN: 9781023482103 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817
ISBN: 9781023482066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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81,78 |
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The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant
ISBN: 9780814716144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black baseball teamsthe Cuban X-Giants and the Philadelphia Giants before becoming player-manager of the Leland Giants and the Chicago American... When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at... |
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There's No Business
ISBN: 9780876856222 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 16 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
Synopsis coming soon.......
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50,05 |
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The Confederate Constitutions.
ISBN: 9780837172019 / Angielski / Twarda / 1974 / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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310,59 |
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Three American Travellers in England
ISBN: 9780313201905 / Angielski / Twarda / 1978 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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388,24 |
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Swallow Summer
ISBN: 9780803261457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 377 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Each May for fifteen consecutive years, Charles R. Brown has trekked to the Cedar Point Biological Station in western Nebraska to learn more about the behavior of colonial cliff swallows. He, his wife, and several student assistants spend the summers observing, catching, and banding swallows to determine life span, migration patterns, and nesting habits. Why study one species of swallow for fifteen years? With Swallow Summer Brown answers all the tourists, highway patrolmen, and local residents who have asked why he was leaning over bridges with nets, wading in mud up to his knees, or staring...
Each May for fifteen consecutive years, Charles R. Brown has trekked to the Cedar Point Biological Station in western Nebraska to learn more about the...
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Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot
ISBN: 9780471387527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history
A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and engineering. His acknowledged expertise and superior surveying skills led to his role as coworker with the Founding Fathers in planning our nation's capitol, Washington, DC. His annual Banneker's Almanac was the first written by a black and outsold the major competition. In addition, he was a... The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history
A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every Africa... |
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The Pickwick Papers
ISBN: 9780812967272 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 779 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, -Before Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of...
Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 18...
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Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas
ISBN: 9780806137148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. More than a century after his death in 1878, the mere mention of John Larn s name can trigger strong reactions along the Clear Fork of the Brazos River in northern Texas. In "Bravo of the Brazos," Robert K. DeArment tells for the first time the complete story of this enigmatic and controversial figure. Larn was good-looking, well-mannered, and gentle around women and children. He was a successful rancher and renowned frontier sheriff. Yet he was also the charismatic leader of a vigilante committee that enjoyed widespread support. Before his death at age 29, Larn had killed or... More than a century after his death in 1878, the mere mention of John Larn s name can trigger strong reactions along the Clear Fork of the Brazos R... |
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The War Film
ISBN: 9780813534978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. War has had a powerful impact on the film industry. But it is not only wars that affect films; films influence war-time behavior and incisively shape the way we think about the battles that have been waged.
In "The War Film," Robert Eberwein brings together essays by scholars using a variety of critical approaches to explore this enduringly popular film genre. Contributors examine the narrative and aesthetic elements of war films from four perspectives: consideration of generic conventions in works such as "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Bataan," and "The Thin Red Line"; treatment of... War has had a powerful impact on the film industry. But it is not only wars that affect films; films influence war-time behavior and incisively shape ...
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The US Military Profession into the 21st Century : War, Peace and Politics
ISBN: 9780415358507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rev. ed. of: The U.S. military profession in the twenty-first century. c1999.
Rev. ed. of: The U.S. military profession in the twenty-first century. c1999.
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The Morals of Modernity
ISBN: 9780521497725 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. The book argues against recent attempts to return to the virtue-centered perspective of ancient Greek ethics. As well as exploring the differences between ancient and modern ethics, the author treats such topics as the roles of reason and history in our moral understanding, the inadequacy of philosophical naturalism, and the foundations of modern liberalism. These essays will be of interest both to professional scholars and to general readers concerned with ethics and politics.
The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. The book argues against recent att...
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215,95 |
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Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide
ISBN: 9780742500242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide is a detailed study of some of the most racially divisive issues America has encountered in the past decade. Smith and Seltzer employ more than forty surveys to explore race-based public opinion differences on high-profile controversies including the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson cases; the arrest, trial, jailing, and subsequent reelection of Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry; the Million Man March and Louis Farrakhan; and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill controversy. The authors also look at race-based opinion differences on the...
Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide is a detailed study of some of the most racially divisive issues America has encountered in ...
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639,30 |
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Chemistry and Biology of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate
ISBN: 9780080448596 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of heparin and heparan sulfate have been and continue to be a major scientific undertaking - heparin and its derivative remain important drugs in clinical practice. Chemistry and Biology of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate provides readers with an insight into the chemistry, biology and clinical applications of heparin and heparan sulfate and examines their function in various physiological and pathological conditions. Providing a wealth of useful information, no other tome covers the diversity of topics in the field. Students, doctors, chemists,...
The chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of heparin and heparan sulfate have been and continue to be a major scientific undertaking - heparin and ...
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches
ISBN: 9780804735490 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 636 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the life and work of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance by virtue of the three novels and two collections of short stories he published between 1899 and 1905. Less familiar are the essays he wrote for American periodicals from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which are analyses of and protests against white racism. Collected as well in this volume are the addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931, on topics...
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the life and work of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), considered by many the major African...
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708,14 |
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The Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution
ISBN: 9780791082553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. International in scope and analytical in approach, Arbitrary Borders: Political Boundaries in World History examines political demarcations that have occurred around the world. While borders may reflect and affirm the cultural, ethnic, or linguistic perimeters that define a people or a country, this series explores how the migration of goods, resources, and people works to undermine the separation imposed by such borders.
International in scope and analytical in approach, Arbitrary Borders: Political Boundaries in World History examines political demarcations that have ...
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An Exemplary Citizen: Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1906-1932
ISBN: 9780804745086 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book collects the letters written between 1906 and 1932 by novelist and civil rights activist Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932). Between 1885 and 1905, this pioneer in the African-American literary tradition published three novels, two books of short stories, a biography of Frederick Douglass, and many short stories and essays in prestigious periodicals--at the same time managing a stenography and court reporting firm in Cleveland, Ohio. His works, which featured the experiences of African-Americans in the ante- and post-bellum period, received favorable reviews. But they did not find a...
This book collects the letters written between 1906 and 1932 by novelist and civil rights activist Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932). Between 1885 and 1...
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334,40 |
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After the Breakup: U.S. Telecommunications in a More Competitive Era
ISBN: 9780815716051 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The U.S. telecommunications industry has undergone dramatic changes in recent years that have touched almost every American home and business. The average American can dial almost anywhere in the world directly, store and forward a message, or transmit a fax in less than a minute; often for less than the real cost of a 500-mile telephone call tweny-five years ago. The combination of telecommunications breakthroughs, competition among new and old carriers, and the AT&T breakup has transformed the telephone industry and provided customers with a new array of equipment and services. Robert W....
The U.S. telecommunications industry has undergone dramatic changes in recent years that have touched almost every American home and business. The ave...
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