wyszukanych pozycji: 22
We Three Kings: The Journey of the Wise Men
ISBN: 9781502358073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Kings, wise men, or magi? They came from the East and brought gifts to the Son of Man. Some called them magi, while others named them wise kings who had seen a star. But who where they, really? Were they rulers, astronomers, philosophers, or something else? We Three Kings is an adventure, a spiritual journey of discovery, and an extended prayer. It asks simply: What would you give up in order to follow a star, a dream-Jesus? When would the burden be too much or the trail too narrow? Tested, beaten, and tempted, the three kings stuck to their faith, and it brought them to God. The three kings...
Kings, wise men, or magi? They came from the East and brought gifts to the Son of Man. Some called them magi, while others named them wise kings who h...
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59,43 zł |
The Legacy of the Fourth King
ISBN: 9781505395556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How Many Kings? The three kings have left Bethlehem, intent on traveling until they can travel no more. On the shores of a distant sea, they are visited by a mysterious companion. Madsgos, also a king, has traveled far from his kingdom, hoping to give his gifts to the Son of Man. Sadly, this fourth king has been beset by misfortune and the quick pace of time. He has sought the three kings in order to bring them back to Jerusalem. If he can only get close to the birthplace of Christ, he believes he can redeem himself in the eyes of God. Can the four men survive the journey? What trials await...
How Many Kings? The three kings have left Bethlehem, intent on traveling until they can travel no more. On the shores of a distant sea, they are visit...
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45,71 zł |
Structure and Function of Chloroplasts
ISBN: 9783642883095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. It is now about 100 years since the chloroplast has been recognized as the site of photosynthesis in plant cells. The last 20 years have seen a striking increase in interest in the structure and function of the chloroplast. Hastened on by powerful new tools such as the electron microscope and the newer methods of isolation and analysis of chloroplasts, there is presently considerable experimental work on the properties of this organelle. In such a rapidly moving field and one which is reviewed systematically is various Annual Reviews, it is not possible to present a detailed critique of the...
It is now about 100 years since the chloroplast has been recognized as the site of photosynthesis in plant cells. The last 20 years have seen a striki...
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389,09 zł |
The Shore Whalers of Western Australia: Historical Archaeology of a Maritime Frontier
ISBN: 9781920899622 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Spaces Between
ISBN: 9781466262195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The simple-minded and the insane. Mercenaries, demons, drunks, and unstable men. The dead and living. A world full of simpletons and simple technology, but cursed with unbelievable magic and powerful warlocks. Thus is the world of The Spaces Between. Zhy, the town drunk, finds himself on a journey with a brazen mercenary and an uppity mage. They are followed by an idiot man-child, listening to voices in his head. As they creep closer to their stated goal, each man realizes he's only a pawn in a scheme: A scheme concocted by one of the travelers. A drunkard's journey will begin with laughter...
The simple-minded and the insane. Mercenaries, demons, drunks, and unstable men. The dead and living. A world full of simpletons and simple technology...
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Love's Pale Road
ISBN: 9781500467845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Is love blind, or a beast of convenience? Bailey, a simple farmer, has been tasked by a dead man to murder a dangerous warlock. While he follows the guidance of this otherworldly companion, Bailey finds himself alone in a scary new world. In the span of a few days, he falls in love with a stranger, which upsets the best-laid plans of the deceased. And Abigail appears to have dark plans of her own: How soon will she turn the tables upon the seemingly-innocent farm boy? The dead man should have known that trusting the living would be a losing proposition. Love is a pale road, for Death waits at...
Is love blind, or a beast of convenience? Bailey, a simple farmer, has been tasked by a dead man to murder a dangerous warlock. While he follows the g...
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Dead Spaces: A Drunkard's Journey Part II
ISBN: 9780988712195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Madness rules. Madness consumes. Madness, sweet madness Though Ar'Zoth is dead, Bimb now controls a vast demonic horde (though control would be a gross overstatement.) He murdered his own mother, betrayed his father, and his finger sits upon the proverbial red button. As cliche as it may be, Zhy and his new companions-especially the dead ones-are the only ones who can stop him. The drunkard's journey that had started innocently has turned to nightmare. Can Zhy survive, or will he be killed again? Can the mad warlock be stopped before malevolence and betrayal destroy the last hope of a dying...
Madness rules. Madness consumes. Madness, sweet madness Though Ar'Zoth is dead, Bimb now controls a vast demonic horde (though control would be a gro...
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57,56 zł |
The Untying: A Drunkard's Journey - Part III
ISBN: 9780988712171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The final chapter of A Drunkard's Journey races to its conclusion. Zhy, Fanlas, Wrenflang, and a host of strangely-named characters speed westward. Their goal: To find and to blow up the viaduct to the demonic underworld. But can it be destroyed? Meanwhile, Bimb finds himself dead-but-not-quite-dead. Since it helps the plot, he can't be gone forever. Plus, he still has a hell of a big mess to clean up, a mess of his own making. Dead, but able to control certain forces of nature, Ar'Zoth's usurper can either make things right or destroy the world. A few Beldeners have decided to strike out at...
The final chapter of A Drunkard's Journey races to its conclusion. Zhy, Fanlas, Wrenflang, and a host of strangely-named characters speed westward. Th...
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57,56 zł |
Black Recording Artists, 1877-1926: An Annotated Discography
ISBN: 9780786472383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This annotated discography covers the first 50 years of audio recordings by black artists in chronological order, music made in the "acoustic era" of recording technology. The book has cross-referenced bibliographical information on recording sessions, including audio sources for extant material, and appendices on field recordings; Caribbean, Mexican and South American recordings; piano rolls performed by black artists; and a filmography detailing the visual record of black performing artists from the period. Indexes contain all featured artists, titles recorded and labels.
This annotated discography covers the first 50 years of audio recordings by black artists in chronological order, music made in the "acoustic era" of ...
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585,85 zł |
Calypso and Other Music of Trinidad, 1912-1962: An Annotated Discography
ISBN: 9780786478514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Calypso, with its richly diverse cultural heritage, was the most significant Caribbean musical form from World War I to Trinidad and Tobago Independence in 1962. Though wildly popular in mid-1950s America, Calypso--along with other music from ""the island of the hummingbird""--has been largely neglected or forgotten. This first-ever discography of the first 50 years of Trinidadian music includes all the major artists, as well as many unknowns. Chronological entries for 78 rpm recordings give bibliographical references, periodicals and websites and the recording location. Rare field recordings...
Calypso, with its richly diverse cultural heritage, was the most significant Caribbean musical form from World War I to Trinidad and Tobago Independen...
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463,84 zł |
African Theatre - Women
ISBN: 9780852555965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly lay with the literate elites. This volume is testimony to the scope of their work as playwrights, musicians and actors from the Algerian diaspora to the new South Africa. BR> Guest edited by JANE PLASTOW North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U PressBR
Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but...
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103,89 zł |
African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World
ISBN: 9781847011466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. China is the main focus of this volume, and articles consider the way it is using -soft power- in its extensive engagement with South Africa, and, through its support for theatre festivals, with Lusophone countries in Africa. China's involvement with the construction of theatres, opera houses and cultural facilities as part of its foreign aid programmes in such countries as Algeria, Cameroon, Mauritius, Ghana and Senegal, provides the background to the playscript from this volume, Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) by Daniel Schauf, Philipp Scholtysik & Jonas Alsleben, that explores Chinese impact...
China is the main focus of this volume, and articles consider the way it is using -soft power- in its extensive engagement with South Africa, and, thr...
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415,76 zł |
African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950
ISBN: 9781847010148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. African performers, dramatists and directors have far out-paced chroniclers, critics and librarians, and as a result, those preparing accounts of theatre movements and performance on the continent have very limited resources to work on. African Theatre 9 addresses the topic of theatre history and, more specifically, looks at a selection of theatrical movements and events between 1850 and 1950. Drawing on such archived resources as are available, this volume seeks to recover moments from the past by bringing together papers that explore the complexity of the relationships that characterised a...
African performers, dramatists and directors have far out-paced chroniclers, critics and librarians, and as a result, those preparing accounts of thea...
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103,89 zł |
African Theatre 8: Diasporas
ISBN: 9781847015013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities and current locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by people of African descent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel and Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific performances. Offering a mix of academic and practitioner's points of views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and celebrates various aspects of African diasporic...
'Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities and curr...
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Voltaire's Adventures Before Candide: And Other Improbable Tales
ISBN: 9781494857615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A famous philosopher. A giant meat cleaver. A sordid tale of love, revenge, hatred, and interstellar shenanigans, all stirred in a giant copper pot and boiled with leeks. This is the never-before-told bizarro history of the illustrious Francois-Marie Arouet, known to the world as Voltaire. This is pain This is suffering This is wild, sticky-sweat-between-the-sheets action Inter-dimensional space and time travel, space-brides, desiccated planets, great literature, and Slobodan Milosevic, too. We invite you to the party. Please bring your own soap and Quaaludes."
A famous philosopher. A giant meat cleaver. A sordid tale of love, revenge, hatred, and interstellar shenanigans, all stirred in a giant copper pot an...
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Voltaire's Excellent Adventure: The Broken Boarder: Gatsby, Booze, and Hot Philosopher Action
ISBN: 9781495430954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, is back and ready for action Armed with only his wits, his wig, and his mighty cleaver (which he did not have in 1484), our daring and dangerous hero accepts a critical mission to save some very minor characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Wait, did you say MINOR characters? Who CARES if Klipspringer or the owl-faced man die horrible deaths? The Universe cares, that's who. Its very fabric could be torn asunder, leaving gaping holes in time, space, and the plot of this very book. Should Voltaire fail, the consequences will be...
Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, is back and ready for action Armed with only his wits, his wig, and his mighty cleaver (which he did...
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Death and Digital Media
ISBN: 9781138917958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death, considering a wide range of social, commercial and institutional responses to technological innovations. The authors examine multiple digital platforms and offer a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. The book delivers fresh insight and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, human-computer... This volume provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical ... |
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Death and Digital Media
ISBN: 9781138917965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death, considering a wide range of social, commercial and institutional responses to technological innovations. The authors examine multiple digital platforms and offer a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. The book delivers fresh insight and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, human-computer... This volume provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical ... |
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African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9781847011312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian director Dalia Basiouny has documented the "Tahrir Stories" of the Egyptian Revolution; how in Uganda women have used various theatrical devices, such as oral poetry, to seek common ground in a rural-urban inter-generational theatre project; and the use of physical theatre to examine disavowed memory in South Africa. The contributors also look at how practitioners are re-thinking performance space and modes of performance for gendered advocacy in...
Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian direc...
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103,89 zł |
Residues of Death: Disposal Refigured
ISBN: 9781138315327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a critical overview of the changing ways people mourn, commemorate and interact with the remains of the dead, including bodies, materials and digital artifacts. It focuses on how residues of death persist and circulate through different spaces, materials, data and mediated memories, refiguring how the disposal of the dead is understood, enacted and contested across the globe. The volume contains contributions by scholars from a number of disciplines and includes a diverse range of case studies drawn from Asia, Europe and North America. Together they reveal how rapidly...
This book provides a critical overview of the changing ways people mourn, commemorate and interact with the remains of the dead, including bodies, mat...
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701,59 zł |