wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working
ISBN: 9781108069489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 866 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An accomplished telegraph engineer in his own right, Sir Charles Bright (1863-1937) was the son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88), who had achieved greatness in laying the first transatlantic cable in 1858. The younger Bright worked alongside his father for a time, continued his research, and became an authority on the subject. Examining the history, construction and working of submarine telegraphs, this 1898 treatise traces both technical and commercial developments, looking also at the labour involved. Bright addresses the laying of cables across the globe, giving accounts of projects...
An accomplished telegraph engineer in his own right, Sir Charles Bright (1863-1937) was the son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88), who had achie...
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650,15 zł |
Positional Play
ISBN: 9781312488885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 39 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official world chess champion. Known for his original contributions to chess strategy, many call him the founder of modern chess. He was also an influential writer, editor, and publisher. After his loss to Dr. Emanuel Lasker, his mental health deteriorated rapidly. In his final years, he claimed he could telephone any person anywhere without wire, could move chess pieces by thought alone, was an early advocate of the health practices of Monsignor Kneipp, and finally challenged God to a chess match (with odds of pawn and first move). He died in the East River...
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official world chess champion. Known for his original contributions to chess strategy, many call him the founder of mod...
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33,67 zł |
Paradise Mine
ISBN: 9781312475717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 91 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When a methane gas explosion kills 151 coal miners in a small Illinois town, the residents find themselves splashed across the front page of every newspaper in the country. Three days after the fatal explosion, three miners are still missing and rescue efforts are underway amid the turmoil of reports of a failed Federal Safety Inspection, rumors of possible cover-ups and Communist espionage, and visits from heavy-hitting politicians, union labor leaders, government agents, and newspaper reporters. An award-winner in the Writer's Digest International Play Competition, the action in this...
When a methane gas explosion kills 151 coal miners in a small Illinois town, the residents find themselves splashed across the front page of every new...
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48,16 zł |
Statemaking and Social Movements: Essays in History and Theory
ISBN: 9780472750504 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Statemaking does not end once states emerge but is a continuous process, argue the contributors to Statemaking and Social Movements. In their view, states are not static structures that "act upon" society, nor are states simple reflections of economic relations; states are instead highly dynamic structures that are constantly built up, dismantled, and transformed by complex interplays of political, social, and economic processes. This collection of original essays by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, and economics argues for historically specific theories of...
Statemaking does not end once states emerge but is a continuous process, argue the contributors to Statemaking and Social Movements. In their view, st...
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284,59 zł |
The Jet Makers: The Aerospace Industry from 1945 to 1972
ISBN: 9780700631407 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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175,82 zł |
War and Occupation in China: The Letters of an American Missionary from Hangzhou, 1937-1938
ISBN: 9781611462333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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333,28 zł |
War and Occupation in China: The Letters of an American Missionary from Hangzhou, 1937-1938
ISBN: 9781611462319 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This collection of letters provides a detailed eyewitness account of the Japanese conquest and occupation of central China in 1937-1938, as seen from Hangzhou by a Protestant missionary. As an American neutral, the author offers unique perspectives on the dilemmas of faith and partisanship, that the Sino-Japanese conflict posed.
This collection of letters provides a detailed eyewitness account of the Japanese conquest and occupation of central China in 1937-1938, as seen from ...
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866,31 zł |
Handbook of Patristic Exegesis (2 Vols): The Bible in Ancient Christianity
ISBN: 9789004098152 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 1544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Through this Handbook of Patristic Exegesis, the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity, the so-called patristic era. The handbook offers the context and presuppositions necessary for understanding the development of the interpretative traditions of the Early Church, in its catechesis, its liturgy and as a foundation of its systems of theology. The handbook presents a comprehensive...
Through this Handbook of Patristic Exegesis, the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall vi...
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1796,40 zł |
Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Air Force
ISBN: 9780313259289 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 768 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This historical dictionary is the first of its kind on the U.S. Air Force and antecedent organizations. The reference is based on lengthy research by Charles Bright and 57 military historians, air force officers, and aviation specialists. Over 1,050 entries survey the major commands, air forces, staff services, bases, significant battles, events, campaigns, concepts, people, equipment, legislation, and other characteristics. This landmark reference has been developed as a tool for those who know the USAF and want to investigate different subjects further and for those with only slight... This historical dictionary is the first of its kind on the U.S. Air Force and antecedent organizations. The reference is based on lengthy research ... |
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329,49 zł |