wyszukanych pozycji: 74
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A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture
ISBN: 9780415511018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique.
The creation of such works is shown to connect with a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits function as a format for expression. The book describes the ways in which the sculpture emerged, as well as the author's experience of learning how to carve. A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during ...
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The Science of Serendipity: How to Unlock the Promise of Innovation
ISBN: 9781118478103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Innovation. The word might make you think of Silicon Valley. But innovation isn't the sole province of start-ups. They didn't invent it, and they're not always the ones from which we can best learn. As Matt Kingdon argues in The Science of Serendipity, it's corporate innovators battling within large, established organisations who are the field's real heroes. Tapping into 20 years of experience on the front lines of innovation--bringing new products and services to market and helping organisations become more creative--Kingdon dissects the ways in which corporations... Innovation. The word might make you think of Silicon Valley. But innovation isn't the sole province of start-ups. They didn't invent it, and... |
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The World White Web: Uncovering the Hidden Meanings of Online Far-Right Propaganda
ISBN: 9783031753923 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A Host of Devils : The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture
ISBN: 9780415277273 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of a unique contemporary artistic movement which first emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people who mainly inhabit the Mueda plateau in Cabo Delgado region, Mozambique. Against this background account, which includes detailed analysis of aspects of traditional Makonde visual and performative culture, the book presents a cultural and contextual analysis of the spirit figure sculptures which constitute a major formal type within the movement. The creation of such works is shown to connect with...
A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of a unique contemporary artistic movement which first emerged...
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Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up
ISBN: 9780691120287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open spaces, manipulate complex tools, communicate with new signal systems, and light fires. Titled after the last two words of Darwin's Descent of Man and written by a leading scholar of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the first book to explain the sources and consequences of bipedalism to a broad audience. Along the way, it accounts... Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ance... |
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A Vygotskian Analysis of Children's Play Behaviours: Beyond the Home Corner
ISBN: 9780367135928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Are You Smarter Than a Reservationist?
ISBN: 9781469131771 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
ISBN: 9780804848152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Understanding a people and their culture through code words and language.
Understanding a people and their culture through code words and language.
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Early Years Policy: The Impact on Practice
ISBN: 9780415627092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How does early years policy impact on practitioners, children, settings and families? What are the implications of current policy for the future? How can early years professionals shape and craft practice in ways that genuinely focus on the needs of children and families, rather than the interests of policy makers? This exciting new text explores the changing context and increasing importance of early years policy. It takes a broad look at policy developments and shows how these have affected children, settings, parents and the early years workforce. Divided into two parts, the first...
How does early years policy impact on practitioners, children, settings and families? What are the implications of current policy for the future? Ho...
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The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences
ISBN: 9781482758825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Burma's Icy Mountains
ISBN: 9789745240841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fascinating account of the flora, fauna and human cultures of what remains one of the most remote corners of Asia. Vivid descriptions and adventure-filled travel account.
Fascinating account of the flora, fauna and human cultures of what remains one of the most remote corners of Asia. Vivid descriptions and adventure-fi...
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In Farthest Burma: The Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and Research Through the Unknown Frontier Territory of Burma and Tibet
ISBN: 9789745240629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Records the 1914 expedition of Kingdon-Ward, the famed plant-collector and explorer, along the eastern branch of Burma's great Irrawaddy River. A classic travel and botany account, told in the author's inimitable style, with much vivid description of both the populace and flora of this still remote region.
Records the 1914 expedition of Kingdon-Ward, the famed plant-collector and explorer, along the eastern branch of Burma's great Irrawaddy River. A clas...
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A Plant Hunter in Tibet
ISBN: 9789745240872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An adventure-filled travel account of botanist Kingdon-Ward's 1933 expedition to the southeastern corner of Tibet, a trip that was as significant for its geographic discoveries as it was for the wealth of plant species with which he returned.
An adventure-filled travel account of botanist Kingdon-Ward's 1933 expedition to the southeastern corner of Tibet, a trip that was as significant for ...
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The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals
ISBN: 9781472978455 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Originally published in 2004, the Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals quickly became the field guide of choice to take on African safaris. Its compact format makes it ideal for use in the field, while its coverage is the most comprehensive currently possible in this format. Adapted from the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, the greatly condensed text focuses on essential information such as identification and distribution, while the author's superb illustrations have been rearranged into an easy-to-use plate format and placed opposite the text. Complex and more obscure groups like...
Originally published in 2004, the Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals quickly became the field guide of choice to take on African safaris. Its com...
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Ethnographic Collecting and African Agency in Early Colonial West Africa: A Study of Trans-Imperial Cultural Flows
ISBN: 9781501337925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Congressmen's Voting Decisions
ISBN: 9780472064014 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A study of the process by which members of Congress arrive at roll call voting decisions
A study of the process by which members of Congress arrive at roll call voting decisions
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Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva
ISBN: 9780674005211 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Calvin's Geneva, the changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching, in large part owing to John Calvin himself. Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva makes two major contributions to our understanding of this time. The first is to the history of divorce. The second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory of Geneva--an institution designed to control in all its variety the behavior of the entire population--which was established at Calvin's insistence in 1541. This mandate came shortly after the city officially adopted... In Calvin's Geneva, the changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching, in large part owing to John Calvin himse... |
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Myths About the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacres, 1572-1576
ISBN: 9780674182196 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies
ISBN: 9780205000869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Updated in a new 2nd edition, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies has been reissued in this Longman Classics edition, featuring a new epilogue: Health Care Reform from Clinton to Obama. Comparing the Clinton administration in 1993 with the Obama administration in 2009 and 2010, Kingdon analyses how agenda setting, actors, and alternatives affect public policy.
Updated in a new 2nd edition, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies has been reissued in this Longman Classics edition, featuri...
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The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet
ISBN: 9781108004893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1911, Francis Kingdon Ward (1885 1958) set off on his first solo expedition and collected hundreds of plant species, many previously unknown. From Burma, he headed into the Hengduan Mountains of north-western Yunnan province, exploring along the Mekong, Yangtze and Salween rivers in the region between eastern Tibet and western Sichuan. In 2003, this area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the world's most biodiverse temperate zones, its extraordinary topography arises from its position at the collision point of tectonic plates. This fascinating book, first published in...
In 1911, Francis Kingdon Ward (1885 1958) set off on his first solo expedition and collected hundreds of plant species, many previously unknown. From ...
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