wyszukanych pozycji: 28
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Shakespeare and Abraham
ISBN: 9780268032715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Shakespeare and Abraham, Ken Jackson illuminates William Shakespeare's dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22. Themes of child killing fill Shakespeare's early plays: Genesis 22 informed Clifford's attack on young Rutland in 3 Henry 6, Hubert's providentially thwarted murder of Arthur in King John, and Aaron the Moor's surprising decision to spare his son amidst the filial slaughters of Titus Andronicus, among others. However, the playwright's full engagement with the biblical narrative does not manifest itself exclusively in scenes...
In Shakespeare and Abraham, Ken Jackson illuminates William Shakespeare's dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of his son I...
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103,44 |
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A History of Housing in New York City
ISBN: 9780231178341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York at the same time that the very rich were building palaces along Fifth Avenue; public housing for the poor originated in New York, as did government subsidies for middle-class housing. A standard in the field since its publication in 1992, A History of Housing in New York City traces New York's housing development...
Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any Americ...
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American Vistas: Volume 2: 1877 to the Present
ISBN: 9780195087840 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Offering up-to-date coverage of America's social, political and diplomatic past, this anthology of articles by nationally renowned scholars introduces students to the excitement of American history. With seven new selections, the seconde volume has been substantially revised to examine such topics as law and order in the American West, the role of women in the armed forces, American anti-semitism, and the rise of suburban culture centered around the mall.
Offering up-to-date coverage of America's social, political and diplomatic past, this anthology of articles by nationally renowned scholars introduces...
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183,65 |
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American Vistas: Volume 1: 1607-1877
ISBN: 9780195087833 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Introducing students to the study of American history, this edition has been substantially revised to include such topics as the experience of colonial women and generational conflicts. It explores America's social, political and diplomatic past from the early 1600s to the US Civil War.
Introducing students to the study of American history, this edition has been substantially revised to include such topics as the experience of colonia...
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183,65 |
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Empire City: New York Through the Centuries
ISBN: 9780231109086 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 1008 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As perhaps never before in its extraordinary history, New York has captured the American imagination. This major anthology brings together not only the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Paul Auster, and James Baldwin, among many others--but also the most revealing essays by politicians, philosophers, city planners, social critics, visitors, immigrants, journalists, and historians. The anthology begins with an account of Henry Hudson's voyage in 1609 and ends with an essay written especially for this book by John P....
As perhaps never before in its extraordinary history, New York has captured the American imagination. This major anthology brings together not only th...
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321,59 |
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Electrothermal Atomization for Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
ISBN: 9780471974253 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise on all aspects of the theory, instrumentation and practical usefulness of electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) and associated techniques. This book reflects the significant changes that have taken place in this popular technique for the accurate determination of metals at ultratrace concentrations in a wide variety of sample types.
This book provides coverage of: * The evolution of ETAAS * Heating characteristics of graphite furnace atomizers * Detailed descriptions of... This is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise on all aspects of the theory, instrumentation and practical usefulness of electrothermal atomic abs...
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1944,86 |
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Adverse Genres in Fernando Pessoa
ISBN: 9780195391213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Poet, short-story writer, feverish inventor--Fernando Pessoa was one of the most innovative figures shaping European modernism. Known for a repertoire of works penned by multiple invented authors--which he termed heteronyms--the Portuguese writer gleefully subverted the notion of what it means to be an author. Adverse Genres in Fernando Pessoa offers an introduction to the fiction and the "profusion of selves" that populates the enigmatic author's uniquely imagined oeuvre. To guide readers through the eclectic work fashioned by Pessoa's heteronyms, K. David Jackson advances the...
Poet, short-story writer, feverish inventor--Fernando Pessoa was one of the most innovative figures shaping European modernism. Known for a repertoire...
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459,12 |
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Georgia's Signers and the Declaration of Independence
ISBN: 9780877973157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is the story of the lives and political careers of three men - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton - who attained prominence within that struggle and who acquired undying fame by representing Georgia in the congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence.
This is the story of the lives and political careers of three men - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton - who attained prominence within th...
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57,65 |