wyszukanych pozycji: 336
![]() |
Play Up and Play the Game: The Heroes of Popular Fiction
ISBN: 9781032498973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Play Up and Play the Game (1973) examines the type of fictional hero imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while remaining slightly philistine and sexless), tracing his development from the Victorian schoolboy (Tom Brown’s School Days) to the twentieth-century secret agent (Buchan).
Play Up and Play the Game (1973) examines the type of fictional hero imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while rema...
|
cena:
469,97 |
![]() |
Last Rites: The Work of the Modern Funeral Director
ISBN: 9781138457041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First Published in 2017. This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.
First Published in 2017. This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic a...
|
cena:
890,57 |
![]() |
Beyond the Walls of Eden
ISBN: 9781478332411 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Writings from now & before; unsettled ideas and musings about my life and what I saw.
Writings from now & before; unsettled ideas and musings about my life and what I saw.
|
cena:
30,68 |
![]() |
Hearsay, History, and Heresy: Collected Essays on the Roman Republic by Richard E. Mitchell
ISBN: 9781593336424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of articles by Richard E. Mitchell presents all the major historiographical problems scholars encounter in reconstructing the early Republic; its interpretation of evidence continues to challenge scholarly consensus. Introduction and commentary by Randall S. Howarth.
This collection of articles by Richard E. Mitchell presents all the major historiographical problems scholars encounter in reconstructing the early Re...
|
cena:
688,66 |
![]() |
Cassie and the Lights
ISBN: 9781839043338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
55,83 |
![]() |
Britain's Educational Reform: A Comparison with Japan
ISBN: 9780415038508 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Education Reform Act has introduced massive change to the British education system in part to make Britain more competitive. This book examines the reforms from the perspective of the Japanese education system and its contribution to that country's economic success. Questions are raised about comparative standards of educational attainment in the two countries and about the content and structure of education, highlighting dimensions missing from Britain's proposed reforms, but already present in Japan.
The Education Reform Act has introduced massive change to the British education system in part to make Britain more competitive. This book examines th...
|
cena:
252,27 |
![]() |
Royal Secrets (The Royal Series (Book 3))
ISBN: 9781499292527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
56,56 |
![]() |
101 Dog Training Tips: Base level dog training
ISBN: 9798345524657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
53,13 |
![]() |
Undercover: The Men and Women of the Special Operations Executive
ISBN: 9781032041308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
593,71 |
![]() |
By Loyalty Divided: A Scandalous Seduction
ISBN: 9781479119998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A 17th century story of Undying Love and Scandalous Seduction, and all set against the backdrop of the English Civil War in which swashbuckling Cavaliers and Musketeers abound. To live a privileged existence is one thing, but to dare to assist a much loved and wounded enemy soldier is to tempt fate of a ruinous downfall. Her blooded gown when discovered brings the wrath of Anna Lady Maitcliffe's guardian and betrothed upon her head, the punishment unimagined. Torn between penniless flight or succumb to the inevitable, fate steps forth to cause pain and heartache Anna never thought to...
A 17th century story of Undying Love and Scandalous Seduction, and all set against the backdrop of the English Civil War in which swashbuckling Cavali...
|
cena:
61,07 |
![]() |
Passendaele
ISBN: 9781791374679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
40,91 |
![]() |
Beaumarchais and the Theatre
ISBN: 9780415755009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and his plays. He presents detailed analyses of the plays themselves, discussing their critical receptions, their influence on drama of the period and their legacy. Included is a discussion of the operatic adaptations: Mozart's Mariage de Figaro and Rossini's Le Barbier de Seville. The author also provides analyses of sketches and fragments only recently re-discovered. Beaumarchais and the...
William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, provi...
|
cena:
237,44 |
![]() |
British Poetry in the Age of Modernism
ISBN: 9780521115759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. If Modernist poetry dominated the early twentieth century, what did it mean for British poets like Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas and Wilfred Owen not to be Modernist? This is the first critical account of how non-Modernist poetry responded to the Modernist revolution. Peter Howarth uncovers the origins of the battles over poetic style still being fought today, and connects the early twentieth-century controversy about poetic form with contemporary social and political developments and the trauma of the First World War. Howarth argues that at the heart of the division between modern and...
If Modernist poetry dominated the early twentieth century, what did it mean for British poets like Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas and Wilfred Owen not to...
|
cena:
278,13 |
![]() |
Hiron IV and His Great Adventures
ISBN: 9781425917142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Follow the adventures of the heroic Hiron IV in two separate, but complete stories as he battles against evil: Hiron and the Lightning God It is a dark time in the world, and an evil lightning god is leading a demon army into battle with men. The men are very powerful. King Aruban the leader of the army of men, comes face to face with the demon god Alatt. Aruban takes a very powerful swing with his sword, and knocks Alatts sword out of his hand. He then picks up the sword of Alatt and destroys him with it, or does he . 400 years later King Aruban's descendant, Prince Hiron finds an old piece...
Follow the adventures of the heroic Hiron IV in two separate, but complete stories as he battles against evil: Hiron and the Lightning God It is a dar...
|
cena:
53,27 |
![]() |
Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law: Cases and Materials
ISBN: 9781849465557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 1248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Now available from Hart Publishing, Oxford, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on UK tort law. Having been the first of its kind, for many years now this has been a bestselling and very popular textbook for students. This edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected book, with extensive commentary, questions, and notes supplementing the selection of UK cases and statutes. Taking a broadly contextual approach, Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law: Cases and Materials addresses all the main topics in tort law and is up-to-date, stimulating, and...
Now available from Hart Publishing, Oxford, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on UK tort law. Having been the first of its kind, for...
|
cena:
445,28 |
![]() |
Eva's Gift
ISBN: 9781775315469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
69,68 |
![]() |
Under the Bed, Creeping: Psychoanalyzing the Gothic in Children's Literature
ISBN: 9780786478439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From Puritan tracts and chapbooks to fairy tales and Victorian poems, from zombies and werewolves to ghosts and vampires, the gothic has become an important part of children's literature. This book explores how Gothicism is crucial in helping children progress through different stages of growth and development. Michael Howarth examines five famous texts--namely Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, three versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and J.M. Barrie's play and then novel Peter and Wendy--incorporating renowned psychologist Erik Erikson's...
From Puritan tracts and chapbooks to fairy tales and Victorian poems, from zombies and werewolves to ghosts and vampires, the gothic has become an imp...
|
cena:
169,64 |
![]() |
The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India : Pulpit of Tears
ISBN: 9780415362344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourning...
One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power ...
|
cena:
816,35 |
![]() |
The Changing Face of Death: Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal
ISBN: 9781349253029 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The taboo on death is at last breaking down. There is far greater receptivity to informed discussion about death and dying. Dying with dignity is one major issue: euthanasia and the 'natural death movement' are the latest stages in a debate first stimulated by the hospice movement. Media treatment of the bereaved, especially after disasters, has attracted some adverse criticism, yet after the decline of traditional customs of mourning, people seek new models of acceptable behaviour at a time of death. The book argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are culturally formed and examines...
The taboo on death is at last breaking down. There is far greater receptivity to informed discussion about death and dying. Dying with dignity is one ...
|
cena:
446,94 |
![]() |
The Changing Face of Death: Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal
ISBN: 9780333638637 / Twarda / 1997 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The taboo on death is at last breaking down. There is far greater receptivity to informed discussion about death and dying. Dying with dignity is one major issue: euthanasia and the 'natural death movement' are the latest stages in a debate first stimulated by the hospice movement. Media treatment of the bereaved, especially after disasters, has attracted some adverse criticism, yet after the decline of traditional customs of mourning, people seek new models of acceptable behaviour at a time of death. The book argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are culturally formed and examines...
The taboo on death is at last breaking down. There is far greater receptivity to informed discussion about death and dying. Dying with dignity is one ...
|
cena:
406,31 |