wyszukanych pozycji: 593
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Church and State in American History: Key Documents, Decisions, and Commentary from Five Centuries
ISBN: 9780367077310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Previous edition cataloged under title as both "authors" considered editors.
Previous edition cataloged under title as both "authors" considered editors.
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255,15 |
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Religion and the American Nation: Historiography and History
ISBN: 9780820322896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This lively survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways historians have thought and written about religion in America. In particular, John F. Wilson is concerned with how historians have perceived religion's relationship to the political organization of our country. He begins by establishing the genesis of religion as a specialized area of American history in the nineteenth century, and then discusses religious history's development through the early 1970s. Along the way he considers topics ranging from the "long shadow" the Puritans have cast over our comprehension of... This lively survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways historians have thought and written about religion in America. In particul... |
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158,25 |
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Honky Tonk Nights to Christian Lights
ISBN: 9798990964402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
64,75 |
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Thinking with Concepts
ISBN: 9780521096010 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In his preface Mr Wilson writes 'I feel that a great many adults would do better to spend less time in simply accepting the concepts of others uncritically, and more time in learning how to analyse concepts in general'. Mr Wilson starts by describing the techniques of conceptual analysis. He then gives examples of them in action by composing answers to specific questions and by criticism of quoted passages of argument. Chapter 3 sums up the importance of this kind of mental activity. Chapter 4 presents selections for the reader to analyse, followed by questions of university...
In his preface Mr Wilson writes 'I feel that a great many adults would do better to spend less time in simply accepting the concepts of others uncriti...
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103,94 |
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In Other Worlds
ISBN: 9781490855530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this deeply compelling and sensitively written memoir, John Wilson draws the reader into other worlds, some of them exotic, beautiful and full of extraordinary drama. In this book you will encounter hidden valleys, ancient cultures, tribal warriors, heroic feats and the exhilaration and horror encountered when life is lived on the edge. Ultimately, however, the reader is drawn into the inner world of self-doubt, demons from the past and the longing for a significant life that marks the lives of all men and women. It is a story of beauty, unfolding throughout its pages the redemption and... In this deeply compelling and sensitively written memoir, John Wilson draws the reader into other worlds, some of them exotic, beautiful and full o... |
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90,49 |
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The Isle of Palms, and Other Poems
ISBN: 9781023320740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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89,43 |
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Love Between Equals: A Philosophical Study of Love and Sexual Relationships
ISBN: 9780312127299 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is a philosophical study of love between equals, intended for the general reader. The Introduction explains the importance of analytic philosophy. Subsequent chapters deal with (1) love as desire or need, (2) love as intrinsic friendship, (3) the politics of love, (4) altruism and paranoia, (5) justice and communication, (6) sex, and (7) the value in loving an equal, together with some remarks on the human condition in general and the importance of reason in dealing with it. A brief list of further reading is appended.
This book is a philosophical study of love between equals, intended for the general reader. The Introduction explains the importance of analytic philo...
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816,38 |
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My Oath & My Honor
ISBN: 9780999150801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How do you define a hero? Your parents can be heroes. A football player who scores a winning touchdown is often referred to as a hero. Then there is Sir Nicholas Winton, whose actions in World War II saved the lives of 669 children. For 50 years, he told almost no one about what he did. When a child he saved, now in his sixties, asked why he did it, he said he felt compelled to do something after seeing the squalid conditions in the Czechoslovakian refugee camps. He recently passed away at the age of 106. A young soldier falling on a grenade to save the lives of his fellow soldiers is another...
How do you define a hero? Your parents can be heroes. A football player who scores a winning touchdown is often referred to as a hero. Then there is S...
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63,83 |
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Adventures Of Alf Wilson
ISBN: 9781582187891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In April of 1862 a group of men to undertake one of the most daring raids of the American Civil War. The Adventures of Alf Wilson is the personal account of the raid by one of its members, reproduced here as it was originally published in 1897. Twenty-four Union soldiers, by order of Gen. Ormsby Mitchell, disguise themselves as southerners and make their way to Marietta Georgia. There, within earshot of a confederate encampment, the men steal the locomotive The General. Their orders are to sever the Western & Atlantic Railroad. If the men succeed, they will cripple enemy troop movement. If...
In April of 1862 a group of men to undertake one of the most daring raids of the American Civil War. The Adventures of Alf Wilson is the personal acco...
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68,09 |
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The Essential Guide to Organic Gardening: Best Organic Gardening Tips
ISBN: 9798364432766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
28,01 |
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Politics and Leisure
ISBN: 9780367110888 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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613,46 |
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Talking with the President: The Pragmatics of Presidential Language
ISBN: 9780199858798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language. Pragmatics is concerned with "meaning in context," or the relationship between what we say and what we mean. John Wilson explores the various ways in which U.S. Presidents have used language within specific social contexts to achieve specific objectives. This includes obfuscation, misdirection, the use of metaphor or ambiguity, or in some cases simply lying. He focuses on six presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, William F. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama. These presidents cover most of...
This book provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language. Pragmatics is concerned with "meaning in context," or the relationship between what ...
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164,34 |
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Understanding Journalism: A Guide to Issues
ISBN: 9780415115988 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organisations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts will continue. Covering topics from government bias to censorship, official secrets to freedom of information and animal rights to obscenity, this work is a guide to all those involved in journalism and the media.
Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organisations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts...
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760,69 |
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Public Schools and Private Practice
ISBN: 9781032270845 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
157,00 |
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Instrumental Jazz Arranging: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide
ISBN: 9781423452744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. (Instructional). Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Authors Mike Tomaro and John Wilson draw upon 50+ years of combined teaching experience to bring you a book that addresses all of the basic needs for beginning arrangers. Topics include counterpoint/linear writing, jazz harmony, compositional techniques, and orchestration. All topics serve to address issues concerned with true arranging in great detail. The book may be used in both individual and classroom instructional situations. The online audio...
(Instructional). Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Author...
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228,65 |
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Business History: A Research Overview
ISBN: 9781138326989 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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269,87 |
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Student Learning in Higher Education: A Halsted Press Book
ISBN: 9781138334113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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171,72 |
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Ferranti. a History: Volume 3: Management, Mergers and Fraud 1987-1993
ISBN: 9780719088391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This history of Ferranti during the last six years of its long existence provides a detailed exposition of the merger with an American firm that would bring it to its knees. Although only covering six years, this builds on the previous two volumes of the Ferranti history that has outlined how the firm grew into one of the UK's leading defence electronics operations. Having survived a major liquidity crisis in 1974-75, Ferranti recovered robustly under new management, only to flounder under the same leadership as a result of a major foray into the American defence electronics industry. The...
This history of Ferranti during the last six years of its long existence provides a detailed exposition of the merger with an American firm that would...
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439,11 |
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The Rider
ISBN: 9781425993689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
90,67 |
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Love Between Equals: A Philosophical Study of Love and Sexual Relationships
ISBN: 9780333642740 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is a philosophical study of love between equals, intended for the general reader. The Introduction explains the importance of analytic philosophy. Subsequent chapters deal with (1) love as desire or need, (2) love as intrinsic friendship, (3) the politics of love, (4) altruism and paranoia, (5) justice and communication, (6) sex, and (7) the value in loving an equal, together with some remarks on the human condition in general and the importance of reason in dealing with it. A brief list of further reading is appended.
This book is a philosophical study of love between equals, intended for the general reader. The Introduction explains the importance of analytic philo...
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cena:
606,65 |