wyszukanych pozycji: 10
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Deformed and Destructive Beings: The Purpose of Horror Films
ISBN: 9780786463077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Why are audiences drawn to horror films? Answers to that question include everything from a need to experience fear to a hunger for psychotherapy. This critical text proposes that the horror film's primary purpose is to present monsters, best understood as deformed and destructive beings. These monsters satisfy the audience's desire to know the extremities of being, in particular those beings too fantastic and dangerous to know in real life. The text illuminates many aspects of the horror film genre, including epistemology, ethics, evaluation, history, monster taxonomy, and filmmaking...
Why are audiences drawn to horror films? Answers to that question include everything from a need to experience fear to a hunger for psychotherapy. Thi...
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167,87 zł |
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America in the 1990s
ISBN: 9780816056453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Each decade in 20th-century America is known for having a unique history and a different personality. In the 1920s there were flappers and the Charleston, in the 1950s bobby-soxers and hula-hoops, in the 1970s hippies and disco, and in the 1990s Lilith Fair and the World Wide Web. Studying each decade one by one gives readers the chance to get a true feel for the character and events of the time. Decades of American History, an exciting new set, encourages young readers to do just that, exploring each decade of the 20th century in all its colorful history. In addition to coverage of each...
Each decade in 20th-century America is known for having a unique history and a different personality. In the 1920s there were flappers and the Charles...
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141,40 zł |
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Atlas of Hispanic-American History
ISBN: 9780816070923 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Atlas of Hispanic-American History, Revised Edition chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of Hispanic Americans through the years. Completely updated and revised, this comprehensive atlas examines Spanish, Native American, and African influences and how they combine in different ways to form the varied cultures of Hispanic America.
Atlas of Hispanic-American History, Revised Edition chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of Hispanic Ameri...
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385,34 zł |
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Atlas of Hispanic-American History
ISBN: 9780816077366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of Hispanic Americans through the years. This atlas examines Spanish, Native American, and African influences and how they combine in different ways to form the varied cultures of Hispanic America. It also includes maps, facts, figures, and images of everyday life.
Chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of Hispanic Americans through the years. This atlas examines Spanish,...
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87,75 zł |
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Facts about the 20th Century: 0
ISBN: 9780824209605 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 1004 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) An expansive single-volume reference combining the features of a chronology, encyclopaedia, and almanac. This ambitious new work covers not just trivia but essentials, not just the familiar but also the little-known, not just the local but the global. ""It is not a record of any one countryAEs 20th century, but of every countryAEs, and of the great worldwide events and trends that affected them all,"" promises the introduction. Chapter One: Chronology of the Century A timeline from 1900 to 1999, highlighting the most important milestones in every area of human activity around the world, from...
An expansive single-volume reference combining the features of a chronology, encyclopaedia, and almanac. This ambitious new work covers not just trivi...
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585,33 zł |
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Literature: New York Public Library Book of Answers
ISBN: 9780671781644 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Famous phrases, literary terms, memorable characters, the secret lives and loves of authors--facts, fiction, and fundamentals to delight every reader. This entertaining compendium covers thousands of years of literary endeavors in compact and informative question-and-answer format. Each answer puts the work or author into a historical and literary context. Bibliography. Index.
Famous phrases, literary terms, memorable characters, the secret lives and loves of authors--facts, fiction, and fundamentals to delight every reader....
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69,17 zł |
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Wilson Chronology of the Arts: 0
ISBN: 9780824209346 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A record of human creativity from ancient times to the present. From prehistoric rock engravings to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, from Shakespeare's love sonnets to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, this superlative reference reflects the entire spectrum of human creativity and artistic endeavour from earliest times.
A record of human creativity from ancient times to the present. From prehistoric rock engravings to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, from Shakespe...
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468,27 zł |
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Movies and TV: The New York Public Library Book of Answers
ISBN: 9780671775384 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer? Like The Book of Answers, this book answers hundreds of questions in one of the New York Public LIbrary Telephone Reference Service's most popular areas - film and... If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer? |
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69,17 zł |
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Fitzroy Dearborn Chronology of Ideas : A Record of Philosophical, Political, Theological and Social Thought from Ancient Times to the Present
ISBN: 9781579581626 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Code of Hammurabi, Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, the radical notions that launched the French Revolution and the beliefs that propelled the American Civil Rights Movement are a few of the thousands of concepts described in this chronicle of intellectual history. Presenting the ideas of philosophers, prophets, scholars, critics, educators, revolutionaries and reformers, the chronology concentrates on the famous - as well as infamous - concepts that have changed the world. Here, too, are the historical turning points that resulted from the application of those ideas - the natural flow...
The Code of Hammurabi, Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, the radical notions that launched the French Revolution and the beliefs that propelled the ...
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107,26 zł |
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Wilson Chronology of Ideas: 0
ISBN: 9780824209353 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 431 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A record of philosophical, political, theological, and social thought from ancient times to the present. This fascinating volume cites important developments in Anthropology, Criticism, Economics, Education, History and Biographies; Journalism, Linguistics and Languages; Philosophy, Political and Science; Psychology and Parapsychology, Religion and Mythology, and Sociology and Social Criticism.
A record of philosophical, political, theological, and social thought from ancient times to the present. This fascinating volume cites important devel...
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468,27 zł |