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Gifts of the Gods: A History of Food in Greece
ISBN: 9781780238548 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. What do we think about when we think about Greek food? For many, it is the meze and the traditional plates of a Greek island taverna at the height of summer. In Gifts of the Gods, Andrew and Rachel Dalby take us into and beyond the taverna in our minds to offer us a unique and comprehensive history of the foods of Greece. Greek food is brimming with thousands of years of history, lore, and culture. The country has one of the most varied landscapes of Europe, where steep mountains, low-lying plains, rocky islands, and crystal-blue seas jostle one another and produce...
What do we think about when we think about Greek food? For many, it is the meze and the traditional plates of a Greek island taverna at ...
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139,38 zł |
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Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece
ISBN: 9780415156578 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil - four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture - were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of honeycombs and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627 BC. Over the millennia, Greek food diversified and absorbed neighbouring traditions, yet retained its own distinctive character.
In Siren Feasts, Andrew Dalby provides the first serious social history of Greek food. He begins with the tunny fishers of the neolithic age, and traces the story through the repertoire of classical... Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil - four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture - were already well known four thousand years ago. R...
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197,05 zł |
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The Classical Cookbook
ISBN: 9780714122755 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. This book is the first to explore the food of the Mediterranean world in ancient times, from 750 BC to AD 450. All types of food are represented here, allowing the modern cook to recreate the varied diet of the classical world.
This book is the first to explore the food of the Mediterranean world in ancient times, from 750 BC to AD 450. All types of food are represented here,...
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75,98 zł |
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373 Days Afloat (and counting)
ISBN: 9781291764611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 373 Days Afloat (and counting) is the true story of an ordinary couple dissatisfied with the daily 9 to 5 routine who sold their house, bought a sailing yacht and took to a life at sea for fun and adventure initially off the west coast of Scotland. This book is based upon the journal that they kept and begins with an account of the events that forged their desire to do something different and ends at the conclusion of their first complete cruising season. Sometimes tragic and occasionally amusing, this quirky tale is punctuated by comments, observations, literary quotations and a few of the...
373 Days Afloat (and counting) is the true story of an ordinary couple dissatisfied with the daily 9 to 5 routine who sold their house, bought a saili...
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71,88 zł |
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Dictionary of Languages : The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
ISBN: 9780713678413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 754 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A guide to the languages of the world that details more than 400 languages in a clear A-Z style.
A guide to the languages of the world that details more than 400 languages in a clear A-Z style.
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109,15 zł |
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Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
ISBN: 9780231115681 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by an estimated two thousand people? What Western European language is not known to be related to any other language family in the world--and is considered by linguists to be one of the most difficult to learn? These are only a few of the questions language lovers, linguists, and lay readers will be able to answer with the Dictionary of Languages--an easy-to-navigate, authoritative guide to the world's languages and language groups at...
Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by...
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387,39 zł |
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Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire
ISBN: 9781838600365 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces. For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire - centred on Constantinople - have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Tastes of Byzantium now reveals in astonishing detail, for the first time, what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire - and how it was cooked. Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood...
A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Co...
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103,69 zł |
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310 Nights At Anchor (and holding)
ISBN: 9781326845575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 310 Nights at Anchor (and holding) describes the life of a couple who sold their house and bought a sailing yacht to live at sea off the west coast of Scotland. Based upon the journal they kept it seeks to illustrate the advantages and challenges of an "off-grid," semi nomadic existence. Effecting radical life changes involves risk and the possibility of disappointment or of making a disastrous mistake. This true story addresses these issues offering advice and encouragement for others who would follow suit. The day to day chronicle is interspersed with comments on news events, points of...
310 Nights at Anchor (and holding) describes the life of a couple who sold their house and bought a sailing yacht to live at sea off the west coast of...
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53,24 zł |
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Geoponika: Farm Work - A Modern Translation of the Roman and Byzantine Farming Handbook
ISBN: 9781903018699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. It was a gathering together of many classical and post-classical agricultural works, from Pliny in ancient Rome to the 7th-century Cassianus Bassus and the 4th-century Vindonius Anatolius. Many of these no longer survive, making the Geoponika the more valuable. It is a source both for ancient Roman agricultural practice in the West, and for understanding Near Eastern agriculture and what went on in Byzantine Anatolia. It was once translated into English, in the early 19th century, but has usually only been accessible to scholars of Greek. The history of the manuscript is extremely...
It was a gathering together of many classical and post-classical agricultural works, from Pliny in ancient Rome to the 7th-century Cassianus Bassus an...
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228,04 zł |
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Food in the Ancient World from A to Z
ISBN: 9780415232593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and related concepts in the Greek and Roman worlds. In entries ranging from a few lines to a couple of pages, Andrew Dalby describes individual foodstuffs (such as catfish, gazelle, peaches and parsley), utensils, ancient writers on food, and a vast range of other topics, drawn from classical literature, history and archaeology, as well as looking at the approaches of modern scholars. Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and rela... |
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570,57 zł |
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Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
ISBN: 9780231115698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by an estimated two thousand people? What Western European language is not known to be related to any other language family in the world--and is considered by linguists to be one of the most difficult to learn? These are only a few of the questions language lovers, linguists, and lay readers will be able to answer with the Dictionary of Languages--an easy-to-navigate, authoritative guide to the world's languages and language groups at...
Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by...
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116,87 zł |
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The Inner I
ISBN: 9781291397819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,96 zł |
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Rediscovering Homer: Inside the Origins of the Epic
ISBN: 9780393330199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Scholar Andrew Dalby delves into the world that first heard the Odyssey and the Iliad, asking new questions about the poet named Homer. Rediscovering Homer follows the growth of the legend of Troy from a kernel of historical truth into an unforgettable story that a succession of singers re-created for generations of audiences. Dalby asks why and how the two great epics crossed the frontier from song to writing while finding new approaches to the personality of Homer and showing how the earliest evidence has been misread. He makes a powerful case that both poems are the work of a single poet,...
Scholar Andrew Dalby delves into the world that first heard the Odyssey and the Iliad, asking new questions about the poet named Homer. Rediscovering ...
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103,86 zł |
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Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece
ISBN: 9781138140424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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700,25 zł |
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Empire of Pleasures
ISBN: 9780415186247 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.
This fascinating journey envelops the reader in a world devoted to the titillation and fulfilment of the senses, allowing them to recapture the Empire as it was sensed and imagined by those who lived in it. It will fascinate and entrance anyone with a love of the classical world Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wi...
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700,25 zł |
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Food in the Ancient World from A to Z
ISBN: 9780415862790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and related concepts in the Greek and Roman worlds. In entries ranging from a few lines to a couple of pages, Andrew Dalby describes individual foodstuffs (such as catfish, gazelle, peaches and parsley), utensils, ancient writers on food, and a vast range of other topics, drawn from classical literature, history and archaeology, as well as looking at the approaches of modern scholars. Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and rela... |
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248,92 zł |
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Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
ISBN: 9780231129008 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Every two weeks the world loses another indigenous language. Evolving over hundreds or even thousands of years, distinct languages are highly complex and extremely adaptable, but they are also more fragile and endangered than we might expect. Of the approximately 5,000 languages spoken around the globe today, Andrew Dalby predicts that half will be lost during this century. How will this linguistic extinction affect our lives? Is there a possibility that humanity will become a monolingual species? Should we care? Language in Danger is an unsettling historical investigation into the...
Every two weeks the world loses another indigenous language. Evolving over hundreds or even thousands of years, distinct languages are highly complex ...
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300,30 zł |
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Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era
ISBN: 9781474273435 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era covers the period from 1400 to 1650, a time of discovery and rediscovery, of experiment and innovation. Renaissance learning brought ancient knowledge to modern European consciousness whilst exploration placed all the continents in contact with one another. The dissemination of knowledge was further speeded by the spread of printing. New staples and spices, new botanical medicines, and new garden plants all catalysed agriculture, trade, and science. The great medical botanists of the period attempted no less than what...
A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era covers the period from 1400 to 1650, a time of discovery and rediscovery, of experiment...
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389,03 zł |
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Empire of Pleasures
ISBN: 9780415280730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.
An evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in lite...
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197,05 zł |
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The Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
ISBN: 9784805314869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Book of Tea doesn't focus on the Tea Ceremony itself, but the Zen Buddhist thought behind it known as the Way of Tea or Chado.
The Book of Tea doesn't focus on the Tea Ceremony itself, but the Zen Buddhist thought behind it known as the Way of Tea or Chado.
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43,32 zł |
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