wyszukanych pozycji: 690
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Portugal and Africa
ISBN: 9781349274925 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The late-medieval Portuguese who arrived in Africa were colonizers in the roman style, gold merchants on an imperial scale, conquistadores in the Hispanic tradition. Although their empire struggled to survive centuries of Dutch and English competition, it revived in the twentieth century on a tide of white migration. Settlers, however, brought racial conflict as well as economic modernisation and the Portuguese colonies went through spasms of violence which resembled those of Algeria and South Africa. Liberation eventually came but the peoples of the old colonial cities clung tightly to their...
The late-medieval Portuguese who arrived in Africa were colonizers in the roman style, gold merchants on an imperial scale, conquistadores in the Hisp...
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cena:
403,47 |
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The Queen's Tale
ISBN: 9781425772192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The struggle for the survival of Ireland in the 14th Century"
An Irish monk scribes the tale of an ancient Irish Queen whose tormented soul is imprisoned in a second century Gaelic brooch, The Golden Harp. The demonic destruction spread by the evil queen's spirit will lead to the death of one of every three individuals in Ireland in the early 14th Century. The Queen's Tale chronicles the journey of the brooch as it travels from Ireland into England, then to Scotland, and back again into Ireland, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Two individuals vie for the right to possess the... "The struggle for the survival of Ireland in the 14th Century"
An Irish monk scribes the tale of an ancient Irish Queen whose tormented soul is i... |
cena:
144,03 |
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A Terrible Beauty (Fallen Eagles MC Book 1)
ISBN: 9780359363070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
43,88 |
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Hannah Arendt & Human Rights: The Predicament of Common Responsibility
ISBN: 9780253218650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hannah Arendt's most important contribution to political thought may be her well-known and often-cited notion of the "right to have rights." In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Peg Birmingham explores the theoretical and social foundations of Arendt's philosophy on human rights. Devoting special consideration to questions and issues surrounding Arendt's ideas of common humanity, human responsibility, and natality, Birmingham formulates a more complex view of how these basic concepts support Arendt's theory of human rights. Birmingham considers Arendt's key philosophical works... Hannah Arendt's most important contribution to political thought may be her well-known and often-cited notion of the "right to have rights."... |
cena:
93,01 |
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The Queen's Tale
ISBN: 9781425771942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The struggle for the survival of Ireland in the 14th Century"
An Irish monk scribes the tale of an ancient Irish Queen whose tormented soul is imprisoned in a second century Gaelic brooch, The Golden Harp. The demonic destruction spread by the evil queen's spirit will lead to the death of one of every three individuals in Ireland in the early 14th Century. The Queen's Tale chronicles the journey of the brooch as it travels from Ireland into England, then to Scotland, and back again into Ireland, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Two individuals vie for the right to possess the... "The struggle for the survival of Ireland in the 14th Century"
An Irish monk scribes the tale of an ancient Irish Queen whose tormented soul is i... |
cena:
80,00 |
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北方铁: The Northern Iron, Chinese edition
ISBN: 9781034265634 / Chiński / Miękka / 2021 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
65,85 |
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The Grandes Dames: The wonderfully uninhibited ladies who used their wealth & position to create American culture in their own images-fro
ISBN: 9781493024759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Grandes Damesof America knew just what they wanted and precisely how to get it, and when faced with criticism, malice or jealousy, they would rise above their detractors and usually persevere. Preeminent social historian Stephen Birmingham takes us into the drawing rooms of these powerful women, providing keen insights into aspects of an American Society that no longer exists."
The Grandes Damesof America knew just what they wanted and precisely how to get it, and when faced with criticism, malice or jealousy, they would rise...
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cena:
68,42 |
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Dragon Bound: Large Print Edition
ISBN: 9781643920344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
128,03 |
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Lady Bountiful
ISBN: 9781982087456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
31,97 |
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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
ISBN: 9781785700873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Between c. AD 700 and 1100, Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest of North America used the topography and other features of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting of thousands of earthen mounds sculpted into animals and animal spirits. These mounds, which are often grouped into impressive linear arrangements running along the crest of hills or river bluffs, mirrored their belief and clan-based social structure and served an important role in mortuary ritual. In doing so, the Late Woodland people created visible three dimensional maps of ancient cosmology...
Between c. AD 700 and 1100, Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest of North America used the topography and other features of the natural landscape...
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cena:
159,88 |
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The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
ISBN: 9780143127543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Recipient of the 2015 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction
The arrival of a significant young nonfiction writer . . . A measured yet bravura performance. Dwight Garner, The New York Times James Joyce s big blue book, Ulysses, ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel for all time. But the genius of Ulysses was also its danger: it omitted absolutely nothing. Joyce, along with some of the most important publishers and writers of his era, had to fight for years to win the freedom to publish it. The Most Dangerous Book tells the remarkable... Recipient of the 2015 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction
The arrival of a significant young nonfiction writer . . . A measured yet bravura p... |
cena:
91,48 |
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Priscilla's Spies
ISBN: 9781982087487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
39,98 |
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Our Casualty, and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781023029674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
76,63 |
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Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to now
ISBN: 9781742235592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer. The pieces contained within these pages run the gamut from the early felafel days to the shiny age we live in where Donald Trump is the President of the USA. And it does not shy away from the greatest controversy of our age: potato cake vs potato scallop. These hilarious pieces cover a wide range of topics from food to...
John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones a...
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cena:
58,73 |
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Our Casualty and Other Stories (Esprios Classics)
ISBN: 9781034931317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
102,87 |
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The Cruel Stars
ISBN: 9780399593338 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2020 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
38,07 |
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Gossamer
ISBN: 9781145072831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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cena:
127,00 |
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York
ISBN: 9781493057757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
95,10 |
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Stalin's Hammer: The Complete Sequence: A Novel of the Axis of Time (Includes the entire Rome, Cairo and Paris sequence)
ISBN: 9780648003625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The epic alternate history of WW2 becomes a fiery reimagining of the Cold War Ten years have passed since Admiral Kolhammer's 21st century battlefleet was dragged into a wormhole and thrown across oceans of time, emerging with disastrous consequences and shattering the history of the Second World War. Hitler and the Nazis have fallen, but Stalin rules half of Europe and Asia. The great Soviet engines of state power turn and burn to 'set history right'. Not just of the war, but of all future time. In Rome with his lover Julia Duffy, an older, mellower... The epic alternate history of WW2 becomes a fiery reimagining of the Cold War Ten years have passed since Admiral Kolhammer'... |
cena:
76,80 |
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Switzerland: A Village History
ISBN: 9780804010658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Switzerland: A Village History is an account of an Alpine village that illuminates the broader history of Switzerland and its rural, local underpinnings. It begins with the colonization of the Alps by Romanized Celtic peoples who came from the plain to clear the wilderness, establish a tiny monastic house, and create a dairy economy that became famous for its cheeses. Over ten centuries the village, like the rest of Switzerland, went through the traumas of religious reformation and political revolution. A single currency, a unified postal service, and eventually an integrated army brought...
Switzerland: A Village History is an account of an Alpine village that illuminates the broader history of Switzerland and its rural, local underpinnin...
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cena:
97,90 |