wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Morse Code Wrens of Station X: Bletchley's Outer Circle
ISBN: 9781845409098 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Anne Glyn- Jones opens up the secret world of the interceptors of German Morse Code signals during World War II. Leaving her girls boarding school with romantic ideas about joining the navy as a Wren, Anne had no idea that she would be working for the mysterious 'Station X', which we now know to be Bletchley Park. Round the clock shifts, bed bugs, rats and poor diet took its toll, as well as the ongoing lack of recognition from the Navy hierarchy. Morse Code Wrens of Station X is a very personal memoir of a young woman's experiences of war time service, as well as providing... Anne Glyn- Jones opens up the secret world of the interceptors of German Morse Code signals during World War II. Leaving her girls boarding school ... |
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123,01 zł |
The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King
ISBN: 9780743251068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, The Serpent and the Moon is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world's greatest love stories: the lifelong devotion of King Henri II of France to Diane de Poitiers, a beautiful aristocrat who was nineteen years older than her lover.
At age fourteen, Henri was married to fourteen-year-old Catherine de' Medici, an unattractive but extremely wealthy heiress who was to bring half of Italy to France as her dowry. When Catherine met Henri on her wedding day, she fell... Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, The Serpent and the Moon is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecu...
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112,43 zł |
Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours
ISBN: 9780743270861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The royal European courts were unsurpassed for their glamour, wealth, fame, danger, treachery, and politics. The royal mistress was at the center of that world -- admired for her beauty and sensuality; feared for the power she wielded; even vilified, envied, and resented. In times when women had very little power, the royal mistress had enormous influence, and yet she is seldom mentioned in official histories. In Cupid and the King, Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent recounts the stories of five very different women, each of whom became a celebrated -- or notorious --...
The royal European courts were unsurpassed for their glamour, wealth, fame, danger, treachery, and politics. The royal mistress was at the center of t...
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108,11 zł |
Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviour
ISBN: 9780521399999 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, prominent authors from disciplines as diverse as biology, philosophy, and the social sciences have assembled to consider the nature of cooperation and prosocial behavior at levels of social complexity ranging from the individual to the international. Successive sections cover key topics such as the relations between cooperation in animals and humans, the development of prosocial propensities in humans, aspects of the situation and of personality that increase the probability that individuals will behave prosocially, the relationships among trust, cooperation, and commitment, and...
In this book, prominent authors from disciplines as diverse as biology, philosophy, and the social sciences have assembled to consider the nature of c...
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342,33 zł |