wyszukanych pozycji: 179
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Dewi Sant: St David Patron of Wales
ISBN: 9780852447581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. MARCH 1ST is St David's Day, the national day of Wales and has been celebrated as such since the twelfth century. So who was St David (or Dewi Sant in Welsh)? Much of what we know about St David comes from a biography written around 1090 by Rhygyfarch, a clerk of St David's. Born on a cliff top near Capel Non (Non's chapel) on the South-West Wales coast during a fierce storm, both his parents were descended from Welsh royalty. An ascetic who ate only bread, herbs and vegetables and who drank only water, David became known as Aquaticus or Dewi Ddyfrwr (the water drinker) in Welsh. As a...
MARCH 1ST is St David's Day, the national day of Wales and has been celebrated as such since the twelfth century. So who was St David (or Dewi Sant in...
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The Verdict: Law and Love
ISBN: 9781495392467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Kate had lived a privileged life. Her father was a New York Supreme Court judge. She had graduated Harvard Law and had a lucrative law practice. She wasn't ready for what happened that terrible day in court. An innocent verdict led to gun fire and tragedy. Kate had to get away. Her family and friends didn't understand her decision to move west to Wyoming, but it was there that she found answers to her fears and the man she would grow to love. Collin had his own secrets for living a quiet life in Cheyenne. As prosecutor for the city, he sat across the aisle from the most beautiful woman he had...
Kate had lived a privileged life. Her father was a New York Supreme Court judge. She had graduated Harvard Law and had a lucrative law practice. She w...
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67,83 |
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Boston Sights: or, Hand-Book for Visitors
ISBN: 9783752587517 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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279,74 |
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Alternatives to Social Security: An International Inquiry
ISBN: 9780865692459 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Few days pass without front page newspaper articles about the disarray in the American social security system and the oncoming crisis of exploding costs and imbalance between workers and retirees. New proposals to address these issues constantly surface from presidential candidates, Congress, and interest groups. Yet, few recognize that in the second half of the twentieth century, there has been a global expansion of social security systems, and there may be lessons to be learned from other societies. This collection of essays is designed to examine the diverse approaches developed in... Few days pass without front page newspaper articles about the disarray in the American social security system and the oncoming crisis of exploding ... |
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387,45 |
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Beast and Man : The Roots of Human Nature
ISBN: 9780415289863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously allowed ourselves to believe, and reminds us just how primitive we are in comparison to the sophistication of many animals.
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley stres...
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490,72 |
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The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene
ISBN: 9781844652532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Renowned philosopher, Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest.
Renowned philosopher, Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest....
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Diversification and cooperation in a decarbonizing world: climate strategies for fossil fuel - dependent countries
ISBN: 9781464813405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The first comprehensive stocktaking of what the global low-carbon transition may mean for fossil fuel-dependent countries (FFDCs) - and how they can manage it. This report focuses on managing the transition risks and harnessing related opportunities.
The first comprehensive stocktaking of what the global low-carbon transition may mean for fossil fuel-dependent countries (FFDCs) - and how they can m...
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Heart and Mind: The Varieties of Moral Experience
ISBN: 9781138141728 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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564,39 |
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Can't We Make Moral Judgements?
ISBN: 9780312087265 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Mary Midgely turns a spotlight on the fashionable view that we no longer need or use moral judgements. She shows how the question of whether or not we can make moral judgements must inevitably affect our attitudes to the law and its institutions, but also to events that occur in our daily lives.
In this book, Mary Midgely turns a spotlight on the fashionable view that we no longer need or use moral judgements. She shows how the question of whe...
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Golden Circle Secrets: How to Achieve Consistent Sales Success Through Customer Values & Expectations
ISBN: 9780471718574 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A father and son sales team reveal the secrets of sales success
In Golden Circle Secrets, father-and-son team Dale and Ben Midgley show management and the sales team how to achieve consistent success in sales. Based on a unique new strategy that responds to customer values and expectations, the Midgleys reveal how sales and management are inseparable components of sales success that must work in tandem to produce consistent results for an organization. Sales increase when management and its sales force are on the same page. The "golden circle" is based on a customer-oriented... A father and son sales team reveal the secrets of sales success
In Golden Circle Secrets, father-and-son team Dale and Ben Midgley show m... |
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76,04 |
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Are You an Illusion?
ISBN: 9781032533681 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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98,10 |
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Women Against Slavery: The British Campaigns, 1780-1870
ISBN: 9780415127080 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This comprehensive study of women anti-slavery campaigners fills a serious gap in abolitionist history. Covering all stages of the campaign, Women Against Slavery uses hitherto neglected sources to build up a vivid picture of the lives, words and actions of the women who were involved, and their distinctive contribution to the abolitionist movement. It looks at the way women's participation influenced the organisation, activities, policy and ideology of the campaign, and analyses the impact of female activism on women's own attitudes to their social roles, and their participation in...
This comprehensive study of women anti-slavery campaigners fills a serious gap in abolitionist history. Covering all stages of the campaign, Women...
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Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature
ISBN: 9780415289870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously allowed ourselves to believe, and reminds us just how primitive we are in comparison to the sophistication of many animals. A veritable classic for our age, Beast and Man has helped change the way we think about ourselves and the...
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midg...
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The Megaliths of Northern Europe
ISBN: 9780415518390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed up-to-date synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley...
The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical ...
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Gender and Imperialism
ISBN: 9780719048203 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An important intervention into a vibrant area of scholarship, this volume of essays creates a dialogue between the histories of imperialism and of women and gender. Engaging critically with both traditional British imperial history and colonial discourse analysis, the essays demonstrate how feminist historians can play a central role in creating new histories of British imperialism.
Following an introductory survey of the developing field, the book is arranged into three sections, dealing respectively with the imposition and impact of the empire within Britain. Chronologically, the focus... An important intervention into a vibrant area of scholarship, this volume of essays creates a dialogue between the histories of imperialism and of wom...
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129,15 |
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Billy In Reality
ISBN: 9781492731085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever felt like an alien? Have you ever wondered if things in your life weren't quite as you thought they were? That maybe things around you weren't quite as they seem? That a hidden plot may be unravelling around you, right before your very eyes... "Billy was an alien. Only thing was, he had no idea." Billy Morken sets out on a typical Saturday morning to get coffee, hoping to have a quiet weekend alone with his attractive but highly demanding girlfriend Sally. After an engagement threatens the quiet, Billy begins to have serious doubts about his life; circumstances becoming...
Have you ever felt like an alien? Have you ever wondered if things in your life weren't quite as you thought they were? That maybe things around you w...
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Writing Weimar: Critical Realism in German Literature, 1918-1933
ISBN: 9780198151791 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Writing Weimar shows how German literature between 1918 and 1933 is related both to the politics of the time and to longer-term cultural developments. Individual chapters discuss the dominant trends in particular literary genres and the significance of the term Neue Sachlichkeit, as well as the literary representation of the city, technology, and the First World War.
Writing Weimar shows how German literature between 1918 and 1933 is related both to the politics of the time and to longer-term cultural developments....
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Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?
ISBN: 9780415028301 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate science from other forms of enquiry, and each particular science from its neighbours. The author argues that philosophy itself must stop being treated as an obscure speciality, and take up its role as the key to understanding. The text will be of interest to those concerned with the plight of education and institutionalized knowledge, and the fate of learning in the future.
This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate science from other forms of enqui...
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Saber & Scroll: Volume 3, Issue 2, Spring-Summer 2014
ISBN: 9781633918818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Role of Participants in Education Research: Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods
ISBN: 9780415636285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on a variety of philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, this volume examines how researchers relate to and with their participants before, during, and after the collection and/or production of data; reimagining the rights of participants, the role/s of participants, the concept/s of 'participant' itself.
Drawing on a variety of philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, this volume examines how researchers relate to and with their partic...
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785,23 |