wyszukanych pozycji: 48
Sketch of the History of the High Constables of Edinburgh: With Notes on the Early Watching, Cleaning, and Other Police Arrangements of the City
ISBN: 9783375062941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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339,15 zł |
Sketch of the History of the High Constables of Edinburgh: With Notes on the Early Watching, Cleaning, and Other Police Arrangements of the City
ISBN: 9783375062958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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424,04 zł |
Observations on the law and practice in regard to municipal elections and the conduct of the business of town councils and commissioners of police in Scotland.
ISBN: 9781240084432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 860 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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167,30 zł |
The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles
ISBN: 9780520242586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Los Angeles has nourished a dazzling array of independent cinemas: avant-garde and art cinema, ethnic and industrial films, pornography, documentaries, and many other far-flung corners of film culture. This glorious panoramic history of film production outside the commercial studio system reconfigures Los Angeles, rather than New York, as the true center of avant-garde cinema in the United States. As he brilliantly delineates the cultural perimeter of the film business from the earliest days of cinema to the contemporary scene, David James argues that avant-garde and minority filmmaking in...
Los Angeles has nourished a dazzling array of independent cinemas: avant-garde and art cinema, ethnic and industrial films, pornography, documentaries...
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226,74 zł |
The Motorization of American Cities
ISBN: 9780275921262 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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400,16 zł |
Sacred Vision: A Man's Legacy
ISBN: 9780595139590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,40 zł |
Dad's Way: A Funny, Tragic Tale about Growing up in Rural America
ISBN: 9780595363766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An autobiography of a childhood to remember, and share with others; From overcoming child abuse and alcoholism to creating a new, improved life. Something different that keeps your interest going. Each page builds anticipation to the next chapter. This is one of the few books you'll read cover to cover, then, read it again.
An autobiography of a childhood to remember, and share with others; From overcoming child abuse and alcoholism to creating a new, improved life. Somet...
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40,23 zł |
Earth's Ambassador: The Beginning
ISBN: 9780595349371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Forrest Gump meets Armageddon in this journal of history unfolding before us. Take a look at a man from his youth to the present time affecting the course of history. This is a journey of spirituality, which coincides with the past, present, and future events. He was given the title of Ambassador for the power he displays. Read as he grows into a man and one of the most influential men in history. Mistaken for many things, but the powers can't be ignored. Governments, humans, and animals have all acknowledged the Ambassador. Extinction lurks ever so closer for when the humans will be extinct....
Forrest Gump meets Armageddon in this journal of history unfolding before us. Take a look at a man from his youth to the present time affecting the co...
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36,18 zł |
Tsantsa
ISBN: 9780595283767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,48 zł |
Olli Olli Oxen Free
ISBN: 9780595368037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. There's always a story to tell about how we catch the serial killers. Thank God the Son of Sam happened to park by a fire hydrant and a random police officer was there to get his license plate number jotted down on a parking ticket on the same night that our crazed killer went and put a hole in someone's head. Thank God one of the Night Stalker's bullets deflected off a woman's keys so she could play dead long enough for the demonic man to rape and kill her roommate, thus ensuring the npossum woman's opportunity to provide an account of the Night Stalker's hideous features to a sketch artist....
There's always a story to tell about how we catch the serial killers. Thank God the Son of Sam happened to park by a fire hydrant and a random police ...
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64,48 zł |
River Teeth: Stories and Writings
ISBN: 9780553378276 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In his passionate, luminous novels, David James Duncan has won the devotion of countless critics and readers, earning comparisons to Harper Lee, Tom Robbins, and J.D. Salinger, to name just a few. Now Duncan distills his remarkable powers of observation into this unique collection of short stories and essays. At the heart of Duncan's tales are characters undergoing the complex and violent process of transformation, with results both painful and wondrous. Equally affecting are his nonfiction reminiscences, the "river teeth" of the title. He likens his memories to the remains of old-growth...
In his passionate, luminous novels, David James Duncan has won the devotion of countless critics and readers, earning comparisons to Harper Lee, Tom R...
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80,85 zł |
The Confession
ISBN: 9780061142109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay American," and announced his resignation. The story made international headlines--but what led to that moment was a human and political drama more complex and fascinating than anyone knew. Now, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life. The son of working-class Irish Catholic parents, named for... In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay Am... |
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88,89 zł |
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
ISBN: 9780064461955 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history--the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS--chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it is also a fascinating read."--SLJ.
Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history--the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS-...
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40,38 zł |
The Spoils of Poynton
ISBN: 9780140432886 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Only the dreamy, highly-strung young woman can genuinely appreciate, and perhaps eventually share, Mrs Gereth's passion for her 'things' - the antique treasures she has amassed at Poynton Park in the south of England. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become engaged to the uncultured Mona Brigstock. As a dramatic family quarrel unfolds, the hesitating Fleda is drawn in, yet she remains reluctant to captivate Owen, who seems as attracted to her as she is to him. Is she motivated by scruple or fear? In...
Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Only the dreamy, highly-strung young woman can genuinely appreciate, ...
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70,25 zł |
Media and Cultural Theory
ISBN: 9780415317047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Containing new thinking and original surveys, Media & Cultural Theory brings together leading international scholars to address key issues and debates within media and cultural studies. Through the use of contemporary media and film texts such as Bridget Jones Diary and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and using case studies of the USA and the UK after September 11th, James Curran and David Morley examine central topics including:
Containing new thinking and original surveys, Media & Cultural Theory brings together leading international scholars to address key issues... |
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693,51 zł |
Sheridan Studies
ISBN: 9780521464666 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is a systematic attempt to establish Sheridan as a major figure in the history of English comedy. Leading scholars address Sheridan's role not only as an outstanding playwright, but also as the manager of Drury Lane Theatre, and his subsequent career as a Member of Parliament. The essays examine the theatrical world in which Sheridan worked, discuss his major plays, and include a modern director's observations on the production of his work today. This is combined with an important re-evaluation of Sheridan's achievements as a master of rhetoric in the political arena, to provide a...
This is a systematic attempt to establish Sheridan as a major figure in the history of English comedy. Leading scholars address Sheridan's role not on...
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444,31 zł |
The Satanism Scare
ISBN: 9780202303789 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of Satanism from the vantage points of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor, and the mass media. All contributors are skeptical of claims that a large, powerful satanic conspiracy can be substantiated. Their research focuses instead on claims about Satanism and on the question... Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recogn... |
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924,68 zł |
John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
ISBN: 9780198269625 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, the best, not the most perfect, book I have done'. He added, I mean there is more to develop in it'. Indeed, the book is a precursor of all his major later works, including especially the Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Assent. Dealing with the relationship of faith and reason, the fifteen sermons represent Newman's resolution of the conflict between heart and head that so troubled believers, non-believers, and agnostics of the nineteenth century, Their controversial nature also...
Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, the best, not the most perfect, book I have done'. He added, I mean ther...
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1113,48 zł |
A Short Course in General Relativity
ISBN: 9780387260785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding. The text begins with an exposition of those aspects of tensor calculus and differential geometry needed for a proper treatment of the subject. The discussion then turns to the spacetime of general relativity and to geodesic motion. A brief consideration of the field equations is followed by a discussion of physics in the vicinity of massive... Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathemat... |
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288,47 zł |
Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street
ISBN: 9780060508159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg, the first hint of a scandal that shook Hollywood and rattled Wall Street. Soon powerful studio executives were engulfed in controversy; careers derailed; reputations died; and a ruthless, take-no-prisoners corporate power struggle for the world-famous Hollywood dream factory began. First published in 1982, this now classic story of greed and lies in Tinseltown... When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simpl... |
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72,72 zł |