wyszukanych pozycji: 16
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Northern Lights: Lighthouse of the Upper Great Lakes
ISBN: 9780814325544 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Symbols of safety, reassurance, and guidance, lighthouses hold a special fascination for many people. On the Great Lakes, lighthouses-"northern lights"-helped to open the region to settlement and supported the growth of commercial trade. To this day, the continue to light the way for thousands of recreational boaters. Featuring more than... Symbols of safety, reassurance, and guidance, lighthouses hold a special fascination for many people. On the Great Lakes, lighthouses-"northern lig... |
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151,22 zł |
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The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy
ISBN: 9780814332467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fifteen years of operating a successful automotive supplier company, much to Ford's advantage, John and Horace Dodge again changed the face of the automotive market in 1914 by introducing their own car. The Dodge Brothers automobile carried on their names even after their untimely deaths in 1920, with the company then remaining in the hands of their widows until its sale in 1925 to New York bankers and subsequent purchase in 1928 by Walter... At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fif... |
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159,86 zł |
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Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II
ISBN: 9780814339510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total war production, and this amazing output from "the arsenal of democracy" directly contributed to the allied victory. In fact, automobile makers achieved such production miracles that many of their methods were adopted by other defense industries, particularly the aircraft industry. In Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II, award-winning historian Charles K. Hyde details the industry's transition to a wartime production... Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total war production, and t... |
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236,74 zł |
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Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870
ISBN: 9780691602745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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238,14 zł |
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Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors
ISBN: 9780814334461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until they merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Company, which itself remained independent until it was bought in 1987 by the Chrysler Corporation. In "Storied Independent Automakers, " renowned automotive scholar Charles K. Hyde argues that these companies, while so far neglected by auto history scholars, made notable contributions to automotive engineering and styling and were an important part of... With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and ... |
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159,86 zł |
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Images from the Arsenal of Democracy
ISBN: 9780814339817 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. While researching his previous study, "Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II" (Wayne State University Press, 2013), award-winning automotive historian Charles K. Hyde discovered the many remarkable photos that were part of the era's historical documentation. In "Images from the Arsenal of Democracy, "Hyde presents a selection of nearly three hundred of these documentary photos in striking black and white, with brief captions. Taken together, the images create a captivating portrait of this crucial moment in American business, military, and cultural... While researching his previous study, "Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II" (Wayne State University Press, 2013)... |
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211,42 zł |
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Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation
ISBN: 9780814330913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the Chrysler Six of 1924 to the front-wheel-drive vehicles of the 70s and 80s to the minivan, Chrysler boasts an impressive list of technological "firsts." But even though the company has catered well to a variety of consumers, it has come to the brink of financial ruin more than once in its seventy-five-year history. How Chrysler has achieved monumental success and then managed colossal failure and sharp recovery is explained in "Riding the Roller Coaster, " a lively, unprecedented look at a major force in the American automobile industry since 1925. Charles Hyde tells the... From the Chrysler Six of 1924 to the front-wheel-drive vehicles of the 70s and 80s to the minivan, Chrysler boasts an impressive list of technologi... |
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159,86 zł |
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Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870
ISBN: 9780691656342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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771,88 zł |
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International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States
ISBN: 9781289346591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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122,45 zł |
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International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States
ISBN: 9781287348313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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126,57 zł |
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Fetch, Cat. Fetch!
ISBN: 9780764364600 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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70,33 zł |
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A Poem Is a Firefly
ISBN: 9780764361081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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80,39 zł |
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Lee. the Centennial Celebration and Centennial History of ... Lee, Mass.
ISBN: 9781241312282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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143,03 zł |
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Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations
ISBN: 9781580462662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The essays in Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations define the state of mathematically oriented music theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The volume includes essays in diatonic set theory, transformation theory, and neo-Riemannian theory -- the newest and most exciting fields in music theory today. The essays constitute a close-knit body of work -- a family in the sense of tracing their descent from a few key breakthroughs by John Clough, David Lewin, and Richard Cohn in the 1980s and 1990s. They are integrated by the ongoing dialogue they...
The essays in Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations define the state of mathematically oriented music theory at the b...
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423,36 zł |
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Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumberman and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905
ISBN: 9780814320730 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers. Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban... Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timbe... |
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129,61 zł |
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The Mustangs
ISBN: 9780803266506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. J. Frank Dobie's history of the "mustang"-from the Spanish mestena, an animal belonging to (but strayed from) the Mesta, a medieval association of Spanish farmers-tells of its impact on the Spanish, English, and Native cultures of the West. J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was for many years secretary-editor of the Texas Folklore Society, taught at universities in Texas and Oklahoma as well as in England, Germany, and Austria, and wrote seventeen books on Texas and southwestern life, including The Voice of the Coyote, available in a Bison Books edition. Dayton O. Hyde is a rancher, conservationist,...
J. Frank Dobie's history of the "mustang"-from the Spanish mestena, an animal belonging to (but strayed from) the Mesta, a medieval association of Spa...
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102,69 zł |