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Papa's Stories: Confessions of a Preacher's Son
ISBN: 9781489514929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A straightforward and often humorous account of a preacher's son growing up in the 1930's & 40's in the American South and the years that followed. From the mountains of North Carolina to the rolling hills of Tennessee the author captures the changing world around him, warts and all.
A straightforward and often humorous account of a preacher's son growing up in the 1930's & 40's in the American South and the years that followed. Fr...
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48,55 zł |
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Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780813521527 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book that would transform our evaluation of science fiction and our understanding of American culture. The praise has proved well founded, for Future Perfect has been more responsible than any other single work for the recognition of the value and significance of science fiction.
In this first new edition since 1978, H. Bruce Franklin has made major revisions and additions, including a new section displaying remarkable contributions to science... Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book th...
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166,18 zł |
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The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America
ISBN: 9781597265072 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In this brilliant portrait of the oceans unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America s national and natural history, and why reckless overfishing now threatens their place in both. Since Native Americans began using menhaden as fertilizer, this amazing fish has greased the wheels of U.S. agriculture and industry. By the mid-1870s, menhaden had replaced whales as a principal source of industrial lubricant, with hundreds of ships and dozens of factories along the eastern seaboard working feverishly to produce fish oil. Since the Civil War, menhaden have provided the...
In this brilliant portrait of the oceans unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America s national and natural history, and w...
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133,77 zł |
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Mia, or Mythmaking in America
ISBN: 9780813520018 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This paperback edition of M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America adds major new material about Ross Perot's role, the 1991-1992 Senate investigation, and illegal operations authorized by Ronald Reagan.
"An important and compelling book. . . . Franklin raises and answers all of the hardest questions about an enduring piece of political mythology."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "A calm and thoughtful book on a firestorm of a subject. . . . Intelligent, provocative, and courageous."--Kirkus Reviews This paperback edition of M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America adds major new material about Ross Perot's role, the 1991-1992 Senate investigation, and ill...
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131,92 zł |
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Vietnam and Other American Fantasies
ISBN: 9781558493322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) There is now fairly widespread acknowledgment that the Vietnam War shattered many of the traditional narratives central to formerly prevailing vision of the United States and its history. Some people regret this and seek to restore old narratives that they consider essential to a unifying national identity, but their mighty efforts are unlikely to put Humpty Dumpty together again. Others see this shattering as a liberation from dangerous illusions, a wake-up call that forced millions of Americans toward more truthful and beneficial narratives about American history and culture. There is a... There is now fairly widespread acknowledgment that the Vietnam War shattered many of the traditional narratives central to formerly prevailing visi... |
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127,03 zł |
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Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War
ISBN: 9781978800915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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171,08 zł |
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Prison Writing in 20th-Century America
ISBN: 9780140273052 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone concerned about the violence in our society and the high rate of recidivism."Publishers Weekly. Includes work by: Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes, Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas."
"Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone...
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84,78 zł |
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Looking Up At The Ground: And Other Poems
ISBN: 9798516721403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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60,49 zł |
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Busted : Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America
ISBN: 9780870239557 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Between March and September of 1974, as Richard Nixon's presidency of the United States unraveled on national television, Bill Ehrhart, a decorated Marine Corps sergeant and anti-war Vietnam veteran fought to retain his merchant seaman's card after being busted for possession of marijuana. He was also held on suspicion of armed robbery in New York City, detained on the Garden State Parkway for looking like a Puerto Rican revolutionary and thrown out of New Jersey by the Maple Shade police. All of this occurred while the House Judiciary Committee conducted hearings on Nixon's impeachment.
Between March and September of 1974, as Richard Nixon's presidency of the United States unraveled on national television, Bill Ehrhart, a decorated Ma...
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112,37 zł |
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Isolation Hospitals
ISBN: 9780521175975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book was originally published in 1914, and revised following the death of its author and the changes in healthcare brought about by the Great War. This 1922 second edition forms part of a series of books on public health and hygiene designed to advise those working for the government and the medical profession. They now provide a fascinating insight into the workings of health policy prior to the introduction of a National Health Service. This book addresses the way in which infectious diseases were contained and treated, and defends the government's decision to spend a significant...
This book was originally published in 1914, and revised following the death of its author and the changes in healthcare brought about by the Great War...
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206,36 zł |
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Discovering the Global Past, Volume I
ISBN: 9781111341428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This successful world history reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides readers through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Fourth Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of...
This successful world history reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides readers through the proce...
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396,11 zł |
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