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The Creation of the Future: Puzzles of American Democracy
ISBN: 9780801439377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Is the university a dinosaur: huge, lumbering, endearing in its own way, yet unsuited to today's world? Is it a thing of the past, unnecessary in an age of the Internet and online learning? In a book likely to provoke people who are loyal to the ideal of the university as well as those who foresee its demise, Frank H. T. Rhodes acknowledges that the university is an imperfect institution, but argues that it plays an essential role in modern society. In the process, he articulates strong opinions on a range of difficult issues. The Creation of the Future is no defense or promotion of the...
Is the university a dinosaur: huge, lumbering, endearing in its own way, yet unsuited to today's world? Is it a thing of the past, unnecessary in an a...
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215,76 zł |
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Language of the Earth: A Literary Anthology
ISBN: 9781405160674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a portrait of the planet as experienced not just by scientists, but by artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists as well.
Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This...
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210,62 zł |
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Earth: A Tenant's Manual
ISBN: 9780801478239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It's a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We're stuck here, and we don t own the place it would be the height of arrogance to assume that we do. We re tenants here, not owners, but we re tenants with hope for a long-term tenancy. We want to extend our lease just as far as we can." from Earth: A Tenant s Manual In Earth: A Tenant s... "It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an a... |
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122,96 zł |
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Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past
ISBN: 9781501702440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical signatures that add useful information, but, even with such additional help, our reconstructions and our models of descent are often tentative. For the fossil record is, as we have seen, as biased as it is incomplete. But fragmentary, selective, and biased though it is, the fossil record, with all its imperfections, is still a treasure. Though whole chapters are... "Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we c... |
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122,96 zł |
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The Best Novels and Stories of Eugene Manlove Rhodes
ISBN: 9780803289284 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Eugene Manlove Rhodes's masterpiece, "Paso Por Aqui," opens this collection of his short novels and stories, set in New Mexico, where he lived during the 1880s and 1890s. J. Frank Dobie praised Rhodes's artistry, and Bernard DeVoto thought he wrote "much the best dialogue . . . Of western characters since Mark Twain." Included are the novelettes "Good Men and True," "Bransford of Rainbow Range," and "The Trusty Knaves.""
Eugene Manlove Rhodes's masterpiece, "Paso Por Aqui," opens this collection of his short novels and stories, set in New Mexico, where he lived during ...
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155,80 zł |