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Interesting History of "Bad" Poetry
ISBN: 9781537146836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting History of "Bad" Poetry Word Origin and History of Poetaster "An inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse. "1590s, from Middle French poetastre (1550s), from Latin poeta (see poet) + -aster, diminutive (pejorative) suffix. Old Norse had skaldfifl 'poetaster'." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/poetaster Samuel Taylor Coleridge; The Poems of ST Coleridge; William Pickering; 1844 Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes: "Good verse most good, and bad verse then seems better / Received from absent friend by way of Letter. / For what so sweet can laboured lays impart / As one rude rhyme...
Interesting History of "Bad" Poetry Word Origin and History of Poetaster "An inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse. "1590s, from Middle French ...
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Interesting History of Tsunamis and Big Waves
ISBN: 9781517649562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "Wave: a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. Any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea. A mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds. An outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation. An act or instance or waving. Physics. A progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light. Literary. Water, a body of water, the sea."...
"Wave: a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. Any surging or progressing movemen...
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Knife Allergy and Treatment Plan: How I Didn't Cut My Throat, But I Did Cut My Forearm; My Journey Through Combat, Suicide, and Self-Harm
ISBN: 9781478206774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This is a true story. This is my story. Names have been changed to protect the confidentiality of others, but everything in this book happened. I share my story in the hope to inspire people to not kill themselves, or cut themselves, but instead to find productive ways to deal with pain. This book is dedicated to Randy, who killed himself in Iraq in December 2008; to Zachary, who was killed by a house bomb in Iraq in January 2008. Part One: Chicken gate: Why cutting is a bad idea Written in April 2012 Part Two: This Dark Earth Written in March 2009
This is a true story. This is my story. Names have been changed to protect the confidentiality of others, but everything in this book happened. I shar...
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Interesting History of Jade
ISBN: 9781544140476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Word Origin and History of Jade: "1) Either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc. "2) An object, as a carving, made from this material. "3) Also called jade green. Green, varying from bluish green to yellowish green. "1721, earlier iada (1590s), from French le jade, error for earlier l'ejade, from Spanish piedra de (la) ijada (1560s), 'stone of colic, pain in the side' (jade was thought to cure this), from Vulgar Latin *iliata, from Latin ilia (plural) 'flanks, kidney area' (see ileum)." http:...
Word Origin and History of Jade: "1) Either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings...
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Interesting History of Lagos [Nigeria]
ISBN: 9781537212906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting History of Lagos Nigeria] Definition of Lagos "1. The former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in the sixteenth century; a slave market until the nineteenth century; ceded to Britain (1861); university (1962). Population: 11,135,000 (2005 estimate) "2. A state in southwest Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Population: 9,013,534 (2006). Area: 3,345 sq km (1,292 sq miles)." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/lagos Walter Graham Blackie; The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical and Descriptive; Vol 2;...
Interesting History of Lagos Nigeria] Definition of Lagos "1. The former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in t...
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Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Region
ISBN: 9781546984788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Interesting History of the Mekong River
ISBN: 9781974380701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Interesting Place Names and History of New Zealand
ISBN: 9781492870579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting Place Names and History of New Zealand Bay of Plenty? Eketahuna? Hakataramea? Kihikihi? Murderers' Bay? Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-tamatea-turi-pukakapiki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-kitanatahu? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of New Zealand "
Interesting Place Names and History of New Zealand Bay of Plenty? Eketahuna? Hakataramea? Kihikihi? Murderers' Bay? Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-t...
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Interesting History of Buenos Aires
ISBN: 9781544865621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Word Origin of Buenos Aires: -A seaport in and the capital of Argentina, in the east part, on the Rio de la Plata.- http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/buenos-aires William Dickinson; Universal Commerce, Or, The Commerce of All the Mercantile Cities and Towns to the World ...: With Proforma Sales of Merchandize from Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg ...; Boosey & Sons, and Law and Whittaker; 1818 William Dickinson writes: -BUENOS AYRES, -A city and seaport, the capital of Paraguay, and a bishop's see. It is well fortified; and hither is brought a great part of the treasures and merchandise of Peru and...
Word Origin of Buenos Aires: -A seaport in and the capital of Argentina, in the east part, on the Rio de la Plata.- http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/...
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Interesting History of Singapore
ISBN: 9781539934073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Word Origin and History of Singapore: "An island on the Strait of Singapore, off the south tip of the Malay Peninsula. "An independent republic comprising this island and a few adjacent islets: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony (1946-59) and member of the federation of Malaysia (1963-65). 220 square mi (570 square km). "A seaport in and the capital of this republic. "From Sanskrit Simhapuram 'Lion City', from simhah 'lion' and puram 'city', from Proto-Indo-European *pele- 'citadel, fortified high place' (see polis). The name is perhaps metaphoric of...
Word Origin and History of Singapore: "An island on the Strait of Singapore, off the south tip of the Malay Peninsula. "An independent republic compri...
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Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of the South American
ISBN: 9781975674939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Interesting Place Names and History of South Africa
ISBN: 9781500349189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting Place Names and History of South Africa Haga Haga, Eastern Cape? Phuthaditjhaba, Free State? Witwatersrand, Gauteng? Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal? Bela-Bela, Limpopo? Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga? Kosmos, North West? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of South Africa
Interesting Place Names and History of South Africa Haga Haga, Eastern Cape? Phuthaditjhaba, Free State? Witwatersrand, Gauteng? Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-...
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Tragic (but Interesting & Very Short) History of Sodomites, Lesbians, & Sapphics
ISBN: 9781541048560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Tragic (but Interesting and Very Short) History of Sodomites, Lesbians, and Sapphics Daniel Dafoe; A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of The True Born English-man: Corrected by Himself; printed, and are to be sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster; 1703 Daniel Dafoe writes: "With what stupendous Impudence can he / Punish a Poor Man's Immorality? / How shou'd a Vicious Magistrate assent / To mend our Manners, or our Government? / How shall new Laws for Reformation pass, / If Vice the Legislation shou'd possess? / To fee Old S-y Blasphemy decry, / And S- e vote to...
Tragic (but Interesting and Very Short) History of Sodomites, Lesbians, and Sapphics Daniel Dafoe; A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of ...
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Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of Australia
ISBN: 9781983657214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Interesting Place Names and History of America
ISBN: 9781512234749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting Place Names and History of America Toad Suck, Arkansas? Treasure Island, Florida? Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake, Massachusetts? Satan Pass, New Mexico? Bad Wound, South Dakota? Gun Barrel City, Texas? Walla Walla, Washington? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of America
Interesting Place Names and History of America Toad Suck, Arkansas? Treasure Island, Florida? Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake, Massa...
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Interesting History of the Schuylkill River
ISBN: 9781542418478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Definition of the Schuylkill River: "A river flowing southeast from east Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/schuylkill John Galt, Benjamin West; The Life and Studies of Benjamin West; 2nd edition; T Cadell & W Davies; 1817 John Galt and Benjamin West write: "It is pleasant to redeem from oblivion the memory of early talent thus prematurely withdrawn from the world. Many of Godfrey's verses were composed under a clump of pines which grew near the upper ferry of the river Schuylkill, to which spot he sometimes...
Definition of the Schuylkill River: "A river flowing southeast from east Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long."...
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Interesting History of the Zambezi River
ISBN: 9781518662478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "Zambezi: a river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through Eastern Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/zambezi Alexander Keith Johnston; Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical, Forming a Complete General Gazetteer of the World; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; 1853 Alexander Keith Johnston writes: "ZAMBEZE, or CUAMA, a river of East Africa, enters the Indian Ocean by...
"Zambezi: a river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through Eastern Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zamb...
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Interesting History of the Murray and Darling Rivers
ISBN: 9781542586108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "Murray River: a river in southeast Australia, flowing west along between Victoria and New South Wales, through southeast South Australia into the Indian Ocean. 1200 miles (1930 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/murray "In 1830 Captain Charles Sturt reached the river after travelling down its tributary the Murrumbidgee River and named it the Murray River in honour of the then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Sir George Murray, not realising it was the same river that Hume and Hovell had encountered further upstream." https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_River...
"Murray River: a river in southeast Australia, flowing west along between Victoria and New South Wales, through southeast South Australia into the Ind...
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Interesting History of Baltimore [Maryland, USA]
ISBN: 9781535335218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interesting History of Baltimore Maryland, USA] Word Origin and History of Baltimore: "City in Maryland, US, founded 1729, named for Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675), 2nd baron Baltimore, who held the charter for Maryland colony; from a small port town in southern Ireland where the family had its seat, from Irish Baile na Tighe Mor, literally 'townland of the big house'." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/baltimore SS Moore, TW Jones, Francis Shallus, James Smither, William Harrison, John Draper; The traveller's directory, or, A pocket companion: shewing the course of the main road from...
Interesting History of Baltimore Maryland, USA] Word Origin and History of Baltimore: "City in Maryland, US, founded 1729, named for Cecilius Calvert...
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Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781546920564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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