wyszukanych pozycji: 297
The Tender Ship: Governmental Management of Technological Change
ISBN: 9780817633127 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Unsurprisingly, Arthur Squires presents us with a remarkable book. Unsurprisingly because this is a remarkable man - accomplished engineer, gifted musician, sensitive humanist, talented teacher, analytical observer, felicitous writer - altogether a man with the kind of breadth and depth that we rarely produce these days, and even more rarely tolerate in an age that worships specialization. Professor Squires has done a great many things in his life and has thought deeply about his experiences. The book that follows radiates not only that ongoing process of reflection, but also a dazzling range...
Unsurprisingly, Arthur Squires presents us with a remarkable book. Unsurprisingly because this is a remarkable man - accomplished engineer, gifted mus...
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192,74 zł |
First Degree
ISBN: 9780335093151 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book describes the overall pattern of undergraduate courses in the UK and analyzes it in terms of theories of knowledge, the socio-economic context of higher education and models of student development, ending with a chapter on current policies. This book will be of interest not only to academics, administrators and students, but to those concerned with the two basic questions of the curriculum: what is taught? and what ought to be taught?.
This book describes the overall pattern of undergraduate courses in the UK and analyzes it in terms of theories of knowledge, the socio-economic conte...
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300,35 zł |
Headless Horsemen: A Tale of Chemical Colts, Subprime Sales Agents, and the Last Kentucky Derby on Steroids
ISBN: 9780805092479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "An insider's stunning account of the corrupt practices that threaten both the horses and the game . . . an engrossing read." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune Jim Squires was in trouble. He was in the horse business, an enterprise seemingly intent on committing suicide, led over the cliff by visionless leaders. A clannish group called "the Dinnies" had long refused to share power, as vast overproduction and unbridled greed created a subprime-like bubble in the market. Overpriced animals of dubious quality and drug-enhanced performance on the track were undermining the... "An insider's stunning account of the corrupt practices that threaten both the horses and the game . . . an engrossing read." --Minneapolis S... |
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99,98 zł |
No More Chains: Succeeding Against The Odds
ISBN: 9780692967843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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91,25 zł |
Horse of a Different Color: A Tale of Breeding Geniuses, Dominant Females, and the Fastest Derby Winner Since Secretariat
ISBN: 9781586481803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby, but the odds on making it to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs are about 35,000-to-1. How did a former Chicago newspaper editor bring together the stallion and mare and breed the winner of the world's most famous and important horserace? Jim Squires's Horse of a Different Color tells the story of his wild ride from absurdity to glory at the pinnacle of horseracing success alongside Monarchos, the charismatic gray colt blessed with the extraordinary speed, poise, and stamina necessary to carry his...
Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby, but the odds on making it to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs are ...
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95,59 zł |
Bigger 'n Texas: Escapades of the Unshod and Rough-hewn
ISBN: 9781490307787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. BIGGER 'N TEXAS is a roller coaster ride through the lives of people who make the horse the center of their existence. These cowboys, cowgirls, grooms, riders, trainers, horse owners and horselovers are so passionate they defer to this bewitching beast the most important of life's decisions--where they live and work, when they eat and sleep, who they marry, even whether or not they raise a family. It is as if they realize that the horse can read their mind better than they can read that of the horse--which after you've owned horses long enough you begin to believe and is likely true.... BIGGER 'N TEXAS is a roller coaster ride through the lives of people who make the horse the center of their existence. These cowboys, cowgirls, gro... |
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59,10 zł |
Rogue
ISBN: 9781939828576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Upon hearing a rumor of a twelve-year-old girl, who had killed a lion with her bare hands, Dr. Elizabeth Stanton feels compelled to investigate the elusive Samburu tribe in Kenya's Rift Valley. In 1909, after establishing that she and her guide are no threat, Elizabeth is escorted into a mud hut, where the injured girl, Kito, awaits. Later, the doctor uncovers the events that led to the tribe's situation-a terrible drought and rinderpest have devastated the landscape, while a rogue male lion has attached itself to the tribe as a food source. The warriors' attempts to kill the lion have all...
Upon hearing a rumor of a twelve-year-old girl, who had killed a lion with her bare hands, Dr. Elizabeth Stanton feels compelled to investigate the el...
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59,29 zł |
Stagecoach South West
ISBN: 9781445685793 / Miękka / 2023 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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81,61 zł |
Transition on the Western Railways: HST to IET
ISBN: 9781398102750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The Western Region has been going through a period of great transition, and this book aims to document these changes, such as the rebranding of First Great Western as Great Western Railway and the replacement of the High Speed Train (HST) fleet with the new Hitachi Intercity Express Train (IET) fleet. There has also been an extensive electrification and modernisation project on the Great Western Main Line between London, Bristol and South Wales, along with numerous rolling stock upgrades and changes. Also included are interesting workings around the region such as railtours and unusual...
The Western Region has been going through a period of great transition, and this book aims to document these changes, such as the rebranding of First ...
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81,61 zł |
Rangeland Degradation and Recovery in China's Pastoral Lands
ISBN: 9781845934965 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The extreme climate variability that characterizes China's arid rangelands can cause drought and degradation, resulting in dust storms, floods, animal losses, financial hardship and a decline in food availability. Addressing the issues of even greater climate extremes in the future, this book discusses both new approaches and past successes and failures in order to provide the necessary insight to develop sustainable rangeland management strategies, drawing on regional case studies and lessons learned from Australia, Canada and the USA.
The extreme climate variability that characterizes China's arid rangelands can cause drought and degradation, resulting in dust storms, floods, animal...
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660,66 zł |
No More Chains Vol 2: It's Time for Change
ISBN: 9781732570757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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86,90 zł |
The Sphere of Archimedes
ISBN: 9781939828811 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Professor Donovan Spiegler, and nine-year-old Oliver Abernathy have no warning that their seemingly routine lives will free-fall into danger and adventure in this sci-fi thriller: THE SPHERE OF ARCHIMEDES. Oliver, a chubby, freckle-faced boy, is surviving a mundane school-life as the helpless victim of a bully, Dylan Parker. The Professor, and his assistant, Cedrick Wilhelm, are researching a mysterious metallic orb when Cedrick goes missing, and so does the orb. On a trip to the Grand Canyon with his family, Oliver discovers a metallic sphere that has special powers. His boyish curiosity...
Professor Donovan Spiegler, and nine-year-old Oliver Abernathy have no warning that their seemingly routine lives will free-fall into danger and adven...
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59,29 zł |
Enter Here
ISBN: 9781425778521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. TEACHER, POET, COMPOSER, ENTHUSIAST, AND STORY WRITER
"Life is a space in time to be enjoyed" especially when we are in the process of using our own talents to bring to reality our uniqueness and creativity. I believe that each person has the potentiality of a genius hidden inside just waiting to be shown to the world. My experiences with children from infants to those in Grade One, has proven my belief in this Philosophy of Teaching. I have allowed children the freedom to use their talents in my 55 years of teaching in a formal classroom. While fulfi lling the curriculum formulated by... TEACHER, POET, COMPOSER, ENTHUSIAST, AND STORY WRITER
"Life is a space in time to be enjoyed" especially when we are in the process of using our ... |
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133,23 zł |
The Illustrated History of Football: the highs and lows of football, brought to life in comic form…
ISBN: 9781780895581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is soccer comic-ery, but not as you know it. Welcome to the comically brilliant and politically engaging work of illustrator David Squires, artist extraordinaire. Soccer and comics. Once a hearty Saturday combination to match cartoons and cereal, in recent years they ve drifted apart.Thankfully for us, David Squires is here to change all that. Based out of Sydney, his soccer comics have appeared everywhere from the Guardian to Pickles Magazine. In a sport full of handsome paychecks and corporate sponsors, his work casts a critical eye over corrupt backroom workings and... This is soccer comic-ery, but not as you know it. Welcome to the comically brilliant and politically engaging work of illustrator David Squires, ar... |
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70,93 zł |
Saucy Sally's Salubrious Scrummies: A Saucy Cookbook
ISBN: 9781495487859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Australian writer and filmmaker Sally Squires uses her wickedly irreverent sense of humour to lighten the burden of cooking. She trekked all over the planet, looked in every nook and cranny, interviewed every strange creature and friend to gather together an eclectic collection of saucy, witty and terrific tasting recipes. Try some or try some on your friends and family. Above all enjoy them.
Australian writer and filmmaker Sally Squires uses her wickedly irreverent sense of humour to lighten the burden of cooking. She trekked all over the ...
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45,60 zł |
The Story Tree
ISBN: 9781506197517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Story Tree was a very, very, very old tree - a thousand years or more old. The reason it was called the Story Tree was because over the past thousand years it had collected a lot of stories. Where do the stories come from, I can hear you ask. Well you see the Story Tree had a secret. What was its secret, I can hear you ask. Well the secret of the Story Tree was that it was a very good listener. Yes, you heard me correctly - the Story Tree was a very good listener. So every day when all the morning birds arrived to sit on the branches of the story tree, they would all tell the Story Tree a...
The Story Tree was a very, very, very old tree - a thousand years or more old. The reason it was called the Story Tree was because over the past thous...
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45,60 zł |
Napoleon's Last Night
ISBN: 9781456344702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Finalist in the 2010 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition By 1821 Napoleon was alone and ailing on his reduced empire of St Helena. Nicholas Girod, mayor of New Orleans had never met the Emperor but he, like many others, had strong feelings for Napoleon and his plight. Together with the pirate Jean Lafitte he formed a plot to rescue Napoleon and install him in an apartment above his own house in New Orleans. He was truly committed to the rescue of Napoleon as he had two ships fitted out and had his house enlarged to provide an apartment fit for an Emperor. The plot failed. Not for any lack on the part...
Finalist in the 2010 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition By 1821 Napoleon was alone and ailing on his reduced empire of St Helena. Nicholas Girod, mayor of Ne...
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45,60 zł |
Thom's Kingdom Adventures: All or Nothing
ISBN: 9781478774471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. While facing the Giant Razor toothed Shark, young adventurer Thom finally realizes he is not alone. Welcome to the Kingdom of All where the Ever King rules, and the creatures and people are not always what they seem to be. This is a tale of Hope for one and All. While facing the Giant Razor toothed Shark, young adventurer Thom finally realizes he is not alone. Welcome to the Kingdom of All where the Ever Ki... |
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63,05 zł |
Secrets of the Lean Plate Club: A Simple Step-By-Step Program to Help You Shed Pounds and Keep Them Off for Good
ISBN: 9780312339180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "The seasoned creator of the hot Washington Post diet column elegantly coaxes us through an eight-week balanced program for sustainable healthy weight loss that everyone can follow. Climb on board." As recent studies have shown, you can lose about the same amount of weight on any of the most popular diets out there. The problem is keeping it off. In Secrets of the Lean Plate Club, you will learn how to pick the best weight loss program, tailored to your own... "The seasoned creator of the hot Washington Post diet column elegantly coaxes us through an eight-week balanced program for sustainable heal... |
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104,29 zł |
Just Like Gulliver
ISBN: 9780997357585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. JUST LIKE GULLIVER shares the adventure of a young groundhog who is frightened of his shadow until a fun-fi lled journey through the woods and farms surrounding his burrow allows him to discover his courage on Groundhog Day. JUST LIKE GULLIVER shares the adventure of a young groundhog who is frightened of his shadow until a fun-fi lled journey through the woods... |
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72,99 zł |