wyszukanych pozycji: 68
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Hiram Bingham and the Dream of Gold
ISBN: 9781590773505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Hiram Bingham was the ideal explorer-adventurer handsome, rich, intelligent, brave, and tough. His life seems like something out of film hero Indiana Jones s exploits in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The descendant of strong-willed missionaries, Bingham was born in Hawaii in 1875, At Yale he specialized in South American studies and became a college teacher. Gradually, the romance of the past took hold of his practical soul. Obsessed by the Incas and his dream of uncovering lost cities, Bingham initiated and expedition to Peru that would lead him to uncharted territories. Using quotations from...
Hiram Bingham was the ideal explorer-adventurer handsome, rich, intelligent, brave, and tough. His life seems like something out of film hero Indiana ...
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57,41 zł |
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Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the Nile
ISBN: 9781590773482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Henry Stanley s physical and mental toughness earned him the nickname Bula Matari, Rock Breaker. Although best known for finding the lost Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the explorer and journalist had many other adventures around the world. Born in Wales in 1841, he was placed in a workhouse by his uncle at the age of six. Stanley escaped nine years later and made his way to New Orleans by working as a cabin boy. He fought for the Confederacy and was taken prisoner at Shiloh, one of the Civil War s bloodiest fights. After the war, Stanley discovered his talent for journalism and...
Henry Stanley s physical and mental toughness earned him the nickname Bula Matari, Rock Breaker. Although best known for finding the lost Scottish mis...
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57,41 zł |
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The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society
ISBN: 9780691222257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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81,42 zł |
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Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web
ISBN: 9780812219234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Digital History A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web Daniel Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig "The definitive introductory guide. . . . In an online world marked by evanescence, this book will long remain a vade mecum for dedicated amateurs and professionals."--Choice "This is an important book that fills an important niche: a careful and comprehensive report to the field on the development and possibilities of online history, enhanced by a thoughtful set of conceptual and technical recommendations for novice online historians showing them how they might go about...
Digital History A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web Daniel Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig "The definitive introductory guid...
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151,04 zł |
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Arguments and Metaphors in Philosophy
ISBN: 9780761826774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Daniel Cohen explores the connections between arguments and metaphors, most pronounced in philosophy because philosophical discourse is both thoroughly metaphorical and replete with argumentation. Cohen covers the nature of arguments, their modes and structures, and the principles of their evaluation, and addresses the nature of metaphors, their place in language and thought, and their connections to arguments, identifying and reconciling arguments' and metaphors' respective roles in philosophy.
In this book, Daniel Cohen explores the connections between arguments and metaphors, most pronounced in philosophy because philosophical discourse is ...
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415,37 zł |
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Homo Numericus: The coming 'civilization'
ISBN: 9781509560219 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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101,83 zł |
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Homo Economicus: The (Lost) Prophet of Modern Times
ISBN: 9780745680125 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness.
In this wide-ranging new book, the leading economist Daniel Cohen traces our current malaise back to the rise of homo economicus: for the last 200 years, the modern world has defined happiness in terms of material gain. Homo economicus has cast aside its rivals, homo ethicus and homo empathicus, and spread its neo-Darwinian logic far and wide. Yet, instead of bringing happiness, homo economicus... The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again ab...
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68,88 zł |
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From My Heart To Yours: Touching the Soul
ISBN: 9781469154909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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129,60 zł |
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Single Handed: The Inspiring True Story of Tibor Teddy Rubin--Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero, and Medal of Honor Recipient
ISBN: 9780425279762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor...
After being captured by Nazis and living through a year in the Mauthausen concentration camp, young Hungarian immigrant Tibor Rubin arrived in America, penniless and barely speaking English. In 1950, he volunteered for service in the Korean War. After numerous acts of heroism, including single-handedly defending a hill against enemy soldiers, rescuing a wounded comrade amid sniper fire,... From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ...
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98,78 zł |
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The Ict Revolution: Productivity Differences and the Digital Divide
ISBN: 9780199270118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is an analysis of the economic effects of the ICT revolution, and answers a few key questions: Did the ICT revolution contribute to the recent divergence in the growth record? And if this is the case, how and why were some countries better equipped to exploit the potential of ICT? It assembles the work of two teams of leading economists, focusing on the role that the ICT revolution has played in advanced countries, and assessing whether or not the digital economy will indeed result in a more competitive and more equal world.
This book is an analysis of the economic effects of the ICT revolution, and answers a few key questions: Did the ICT revolution contribute to the rece...
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192,37 zł |
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From My Heart To Yours: Touching the Soul
ISBN: 9781469154893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,10 zł |
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The Infinite Desire for Growth
ISBN: 9780691172538 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth--and the hope of better things to come-is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the population has seen no increase in purchasing power over
Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth--and the hope of better things to come-is the religion of the moder...
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106,05 zł |
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Conversations with My Mother: A Biographical Awakening
ISBN: 9781093267310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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34,53 zł |
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The Secret of the Light
ISBN: 9781946928306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,70 zł |
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Introduction to Computer Theory
ISBN: 9780471137726 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This text strikes a good balance between rigor and an intuitive approach to computer theory. Covers all the topics needed by computer scientists with a sometimes humorous approach that reviewers found "refreshing." It is easy to read and the coverage of mathematics is fairly simple so readers do not have to worry about proving theorems.
This text strikes a good balance between rigor and an intuitive approach to computer theory. Covers all the topics needed by computer scientists with ...
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1288,25 zł |
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Mining for Gold: Essays Exploring the Relevancy of Torah in the Modern World
ISBN: 9781491725382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Most of us would agree that we want to live a successful life. But what constitutes a successful life? How do we measure a life well lived?Mining for Gold: Essays Exploring the Relevancy of Torah in the Modern World focuses on these questions of life's values. Editor Rabbi Daniel Cohen has compiled essays from twenty leading rabbis in North America and Israel to reveal how the "gold standard" of living well can be reached in the modern world. Their conclusions find that ultimate wealth comes from having a good name or a virtuous character. The time to earn that good name is now, not when... Most of us would agree that we want to live a successful life. But what constitutes a successful life? How do we measure a life well lived?Mining f... |
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110,92 zł |
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Mining for Gold: Essays Exploring the Relevancy of Torah in the Modern World
ISBN: 9781491721353 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Most of us would agree that we want to live a successful life. But what constitutes a successful life? How do we measure a life well lived?Mining for Gold: Essays Exploring the Relevancy of Torah in the Modern World focuses on these questions of life's values. Editor Rabbi Daniel Cohen has compiled essays from twenty leading rabbis in North America and Israel to reveal how the "gold standard" of living well can be reached in the modern world. Their conclusions find that ultimate wealth comes from having a good name or a virtuous character. The time to earn that good name is now, not when... Most of us would agree that we want to live a successful life. But what constitutes a successful life? How do we measure a life well lived?Mining f... |
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69,76 zł |
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Neuroscience, Selflessness, and Spiritual Experience: Explaining the Science of Transcendence
ISBN: 9780081022184 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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397,90 zł |
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Groups of Cohomological Dimension One
ISBN: 9783540057598 / Angielski / Miękka / 1972 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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95,97 zł |
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Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes): Part 6
ISBN: 9781933789163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 698 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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571,01 zł |