wyszukanych pozycji: 95
Gun Island
ISBN: 9781250757937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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80,20 zł |
Singapore's Foreign Policy: The Search for Regional Order
ISBN: 9789812708595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of being a small state; second, its primary purpose is to ensure Singapore's survival, given its small size; and third, this logic of survival dictates a realpolitik approach to foreign policy and national security.This book argues that an exclusively realist view of Singapore's foreign policy is inadequate. Singapore's foreign policy is also shaped by the positive effects of economic interdependence and regional institution-building - instruments...
The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of...
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359,97 zł |
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
ISBN: 9781529369465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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56,62 zł |
Sea of Poppies: Ibis Trilogy Book 1
ISBN: 9780719568978 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocean, its crew made up of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, representing Westerners and Indians respectively. Slowly they start considering themselves as ship-brothers.
The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocea...
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56,62 zł |
Twelve Paranormal Tales: Finding the light in dark times...
ISBN: 9781684663217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,09 zł |
The Shadow Lines
ISBN: 9780618329960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the acclaimed author of Sea of Poppies, a novel weaving history and memory together to create "a rare work that balances formal ingenuity, heart, and mind" (New Republic)
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one English, one Bengali--as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the... From the acclaimed author of Sea of Poppies, a novel weaving history and memory together to create "a rare work that balances formal inge... |
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80,16 zł |
The Calcutta Chromosome
ISBN: 9781848544154 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With a cast of extraordinary characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and evocative portraits of 20th century India and America, Ghosh's new book is a Victorian ghost story, a medical thriller and a scientific quest in one.
With a cast of extraordinary characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and evocative portraits of 20th century India and America, Ghosh's...
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56,62 zł |
The Glass Palace
ISBN: 9780008683542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,46 zł |
Incendiary Circumstances: A Chronicle of the Turmoil of Our Times
ISBN: 9780618872213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "An uncannily honest writer." --New York Times Book Review
The novelist and journalist Amitav Ghosh has offered extraordinary firsthand accounts of pivotal world events over the past twenty years. He is an essential voice in forums like The Nation, the New York Times, the New Republic, Granta, and The New Yorker. Incendiary Circumstances brings together the finest of these pieces for the first time--including many never before published in the States--in a compelling chronicle of the turmoil of our times. Incendiary... "An uncannily honest writer." --New York Times Book Review
The novelist and journalist Amitav Ghosh has offered extraordinary first... |
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80,16 zł |
The Shadow Lines
ISBN: 9781848544178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences.
A boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens...
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56,62 zł |
The Circle of Reason
ISBN: 9780618329625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.
Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, ...
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80,16 zł |
The Hungry Tide
ISBN: 9780007141784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelag...
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51,46 zł |
Effect of High Temperature on Crop Productivity and Metabolism of Macro Molecules
ISBN: 9780128175620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 628 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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819,05 zł |
Der Fluch der Muskatnuss
ISBN: 9783751820011 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Auf einer indonesischen Insel fällt eine Öllampe zu Boden, kurz danach begehen niederländische Soldaten ein Massaker an den Inselbewohnern.Wie hängen diese beiden Geschehnisse zusammen und was geschah danach? Mit dieser Frage beginnt Amitav Ghosh seine Recherche auf den Spuren der Muskatnuss. Heute alltägliches Gewürz, galt sie im 17. Jahrhundert als Luxusgut - allein eine Handvoll davon reichte aus, um einen Palast zu erbauen -, denn die seltene Frucht wuchs nur auf jener Insel, die niederländische Truppen vornehmlich deshalb in Besitz nahmen, um das Handelsmonopol für die...
Auf einer indonesischen Insel fällt eine Öllampe zu Boden, kurz danach begehen niederländische Soldaten ein Massaker an den Inselbewohnern.Wie hän...
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128,18 zł |
The Glass Palace
ISBN: 9780006514091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Rajkumar helps on a market stall outside the royal palace when the British force the royal family into exile. Rescued by a Chinese merchant they move to upper Burma but he is haunted by his vision of the royal family and journeys to find them.
Rajkumar helps on a market stall outside the royal palace when the British force the royal family into exile. Rescued by a Chinese merchant they move ...
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51,46 zł |
The Hungry Tide
ISBN: 9780618711666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Hungry Tide is a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions on the earth. Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by deadly tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats. Without warning, at any time, tidal floods rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake.
In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people... The Hungry Tide is a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions ...
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71,72 zł |
The Circle of Reason
ISBN: 9781848544161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Eight-year-old weaver Alu, a child of preternatural talent, embarks on a series of adventures that takes him from his home in an Indian village through the slums of Calcutta to Goa and across the sea to Africa.
Eight-year-old weaver Alu, a child of preternatural talent, embarks on a series of adventures that takes him from his home in an Indian village throug...
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56,62 zł |
Rethinking Power, Institutions and Ideas in World Politics : Whose IR?
ISBN: 9780415706742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The study of international relations, has traditionally been dominated by Western ideas and practices, and marginalized the voice and experiences of the non-Western states and societies. As the world moves to a "post-Western" era, it is imperative that the field of IR acquires a more global meaning and relevance. Drawing together the work of renowned scholar Amitav Acharya and framed by a new introduction and conclusion written for the volume, this book exposes the narrow meaning currently attached to some of the key concepts and ideas in IR, and calls for alternative and broader... The study of international relations, has traditionally been dominated by Western ideas and practices, and marginalized the voice and experiences o... |
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229,49 zł |
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
ISBN: 9780226815459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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105,53 zł |
Civilizations in Embrace: The Spread of Ideas and the Transformation of Power; India and Southeast Asia in the Classical Age
ISBN: 9789814379731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of Indian religious and political ideas to Southeast Asia before the advent of Islam and European colonialism. Hindu and Buddhist concepts and symbols of kingship and statecraft helped to legitimize Southeast Asian rulers, and transform the political institutions and authority of Southeast Asia. But the process of this diffusion was not accompanied by imperialism, political hegemony, or "colonization" as conventionally understood. This book investigates different...
This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of Indian religious and po...
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180,66 zł |