wyszukanych pozycji: 28
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Aleksandr Tvardovskii: Memory and Truth in the Soviet Union
ISBN: 9789633867471 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
cena:
762,49 |
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A Handbook of Diction for Singers: Italian, German, French
ISBN: 9780197639511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
126,65 |
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Who Runs Edinburgh?
ISBN: 9781474498319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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73,27 |
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The Foundations of Mathematics
ISBN: 9780198706434 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The transition from school mathematics to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis on proof, based on logic, and a more abstract development of general concepts, based on set theory.
The authors have many years' experience of the potential difficulties involved, through teaching first-year undergraduates and researching the ways in which students and mathematicians think. The book explains the motivation behind abstract foundational material based on... The transition from school mathematics to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithm...
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124,33 |
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Prince Among Slaves (Anniversary)
ISBN: 9780195320459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier. "The Prince," as he had become known to local Natchez, Mississippi residents, had been captured in war when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America. Slave though he was, Ibrahima was an educated, aristocratic man, and he was made overseer of the large cotton and tobacco plantation of his master, who refused to sell him to the doctor for any...
In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeo...
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79,12 |
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199663835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who was the Buddha, and what are his teachings? Words such as "karma" and "nirvana" have entered our vocabulary, but what do they mean? Damien Keown provides a lively, informative response to these frequently asked questions about Buddhism. As he sheds light into how Buddhist thought developed over the centuries, Keown also highlights how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a...
This Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhi...
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50,28 |
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Modern European Intellectual History: Individuals, Groupings, and Technological Change, 1800-2000
ISBN: 9781350105409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This non-technical introduction to modern European intellectual history traces the evolution of ideas in Europe from the turn of the 19th century to the modern day. Placing particular emphasis on the huge technological and scientific change that has taken place over the last two centuries, David Galaty shows how intellectual life has been driven by the conditions and problems posed by this world of technology. In everything from theories of beauty to studies in metaphysics, the technologically-based modern world has stimulated a host of competing theories and intellectual systems, often...
This non-technical introduction to modern European intellectual history traces the evolution of ideas in Europe from the turn of the 19th century to t...
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464,34 |
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Modern European Intellectual History: Individuals, Groupings, and Technological Change, 1800-2000
ISBN: 9781350105393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
149,15 |
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Dante: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199684779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe. In doing so, they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers and readers, both inside and outside Italy. They emphasize the distinctive and dynamic interplay in Dante's writing between argument, ideas, and analysis on the one hand, and poetic imagination on the other.
Dante was highly concerned with the... In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run...
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50,28 |
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Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures
ISBN: 9780199645725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art, and vital arteries that make life vastly easier. In Bridges, eminent structural engineer David Blockley takes readers on a fascinating guided tour of bridge construction, ranging from the primitive rope bridges (now mainly found in adventure movies), to Roman aqueducts and the timber trestle railway bridges of the American West, to today's modern marvels, such as the Akashi-Kaiky? Bridge, which has the largest span in the world. Blockley...
The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art...
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73,40 |
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Structural Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199671939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner?
Everything has structure. Structure is the difference between a random pile of components and a fully functional object. Through structure the parts connect to make the whole. Natural structures vary from the very smallest part of an atom to the entire cosmology of the universe. Man-made structures include buildings, bridges, dams, ships, aeroplanes, rockets, trains, cars and fair-ground rides and all forms of artefacts, even large artistic sculptures. The wide range of different... Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner?
Everything has structure. Structure ... |
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50,28 |
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Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199681921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this Very Short Introduction, David Bender explains the basic elements of food, the balance between energy intake and exercise, the problems of over- and under-nutrition, and raises questions on the safety of nutritional supplements. Looking broadly at what constitutes nutrition, Bender provides insight into a topic of wide interest and importance in today's world. With a look at diet in relation to nutrition, this Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the biochemistry of nutrition and the health risks associated with poor nutrition- including obesity and types of food allergies....
In this Very Short Introduction, David Bender explains the basic elements of food, the balance between energy intake and exercise, the problems of ove...
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cena:
48,96 |
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Very Practical Ethics: Engaging Everyday Moral Questions
ISBN: 9780197780800 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
112,76 |
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Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780198861775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? Edward Craig discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. He explores important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, alongside a new chapter for this edition on free will, discussing determinism and indeterminism in the context of Descartes and Hegel's work.
How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? Edward Craig discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. He explores import...
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48,96 |
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Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018
ISBN: 9780197615225 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
198,42 |
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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199218462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way. Ken Binmore, a renowned game theorist, explains the theory in a way that is both entertaining and non-mathematical yet also deeply insightful, revealing how game theory can shed light on...
Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game....
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50,28 |
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Emile Zola: Writing Modern Life
ISBN: 9780198874126 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
94,24 |
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Shakespeare and the Romantics
ISBN: 9780199679126 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
117,39 |
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The Philosophy of Camus: Through a Kierkegaardian Lens
ISBN: 9780198924838 / Twarda / 2025 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
362,85 |
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The Struggle for Health: Medicine and the politics of underdevelopment
ISBN: 9780192858450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
189,16 |