wyszukanych pozycji: 14
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book
ISBN: 9781684115969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
78,71 |
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book
ISBN: 9781684115785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
39,33 |
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Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was
ISBN: 9781684115259 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
78,71 |
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Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was
ISBN: 9781684115167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
35,21 |
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American Barns and Covered Bridges
ISBN: 9780486425610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bridge would soon give way to progress and be replaced by "modern" elements. Today, a number of these sturdy, beautifully proportioned barns and bridges are still standing monuments to the skill and keen eye of their original builders. This lovingly written book, accompanied by more than 75 of the author's own sketches, provides a reliable record of those vanishing forms of architecture. Accurate line drawings depict a variety of barns, such as...
When this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bri...
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47,05 |
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book
ISBN: 9780486443577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." The Nation
In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and common sense shining through in a book that's also lively and informative, Sloane shows readers how to predict the weather by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. This beautifully illustrated and practical... "Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of ...
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43,11 |
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Weather Almanac
ISBN: 9780486491035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In addition to his roles as a celebrated artist and folklorist, Eric Sloane was TV's first weatherman and an author whose popular books offer fascinating combinations of history, lore, and practical information. The Weather Almanac combines Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster with Folklore of American Weather into a single-volume edition that's filled with fascinating forecasting tips based on wind, clouds, the moon, and other natural phenomena. Sloane relates each month of the year to typical weather conditions, highlighting his observations with 135 nostalgic...
In addition to his roles as a celebrated artist and folklorist, Eric Sloane was TV's first weatherman and an author whose popular books offer fascinat...
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70,68 |
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A Reverence for Wood
ISBN: 9780486433943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Charmingly illustrated with author Eric Sloane's own sketches, the text illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood.
Covering such topics as the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, and carpentry, Sloane remarks expansively and with affection on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this precious commodity. From cradle to coffin, the pioneer was surrounded by wood. It was used to make... This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Cha...
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58,86 |
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A Reverence for Wood
ISBN: 9781607964759 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Refreshingly written, delightfully illustrated book remarks expansively on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this valuable commodity - from the crafting of furniture, tools, and buildings to the use of such by-products as charcoal and medicine. -One of Sloane's best books.- -Library Journal.
Refreshingly written, delightfully illustrated book remarks expansively on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this valuable commod...
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82,65 |
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Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather
ISBN: 9780486433851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 89 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, landscape painter, weather forecaster, and authority on early American history, Sloane takes readers with him on a voyage of discovery as he traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. A vivid narrative and the author's own pen-and-ink sketches describe the progress of the air mass over America, and tell about its encounters with other elements of weather systems and with Americans from a variety of backgrounds.
A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, lands...
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cena:
50,99 |
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Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was
ISBN: 9780486444116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "This book is about once-upon-a-time in America." -- Eric Sloane. Writer and artist Eric Sloane had an abiding love for America and worked throughout a long and productive life to capture the American spirit in word and picture.
The America Sloane loved was rooted in the simple virtues of our native soil: love of freedom, respect for the individual, sensible frugality, and determined self-reliance -- all of which went to make up what Sloane perceived as our true American heritage. Nowhere is this heritage more amply portrayed than in the work and ways of the early Americans in our... "This book is about once-upon-a-time in America." -- Eric Sloane. Writer and artist Eric Sloane had an abiding love for America and worked throughout ...
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35,24 |
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A Reverence for Wood
ISBN: 9781607964742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
39,33 |
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Self-Dual Codes and Invariant Theory
ISBN: 9783540307297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: 22 dni roboczych One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason's 1970 theorem about the weight enumerators of self-dual codes and their connections with invariant theory, which has inspired hundreds of papers about generalizations and applications of this theorem to different types of codes. This self-contained book develops a new theory which is powerful enough to include all the earlier generalizations. One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason's 1970 theorem about the weight enumerators of self-dual codes and th... |
583,28 |
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Self-Dual Codes and Invariant Theory
ISBN: 9783642068010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: 22 dni roboczych One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason's 1970 theorem about the weight enumerators of self-dual codes and their connections with invariant theory, which has inspired hundreds of papers about generalizations and applications of this theorem to different types of codes. This self-contained book develops a new theory which is powerful enough to include all the earlier generalizations. One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason's 1970 theorem about the weight enumerators of self-dual codes and th... |
583,28 |