wyszukanych pozycji: 17
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The Cost of Envy
ISBN: 9783565207046 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. "The Cost of Envy - Why we buy things just because they are expensive" explores the economic paradox of "Veblen Goods." Standard economics says that if the price goes up, demand goes down. But for Veblen goods (like designer bags, vintage wine, or luxury cars), demand goes up when the price rises. The high price is not a bug; it is the feature. It signals status.Economist Mary Price explains the theory of "Conspicuous Consumption" coined by Thorstein Veblen in 1899. We don't buy the Rolex to tell time (a phone does that better); we buy it to prove we can afford to waste money. The book...
"The Cost of Envy - Why we buy things just because they are expensive" explores the economic paradox of "Veblen Goods." Standard economics says that i...
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80,47 |
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The Photograph the Photograph the Photograph: A Strange, Confined Space a Strange, Confined Space a Strange, Confined Space
ISBN: 9780804729642 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning.
This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicat...
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cena:
112,37 |
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The Photograph: A Strange, Confined Space
ISBN: 9780804723084 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning.
This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicat...
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cena:
469,22 |
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The Lee Girls
ISBN: 9780895871473 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A biography of Robert E. Lee's four daughters
A biography of Robert E. Lee's four daughters
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cena:
60,12 |
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Dance When the Brain Says No
ISBN: 9780984163601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A mother's poignant memoir about her young daughter's valiant battle against brain cancer, this work provides a revealing look at the human response to fear and the potential people have for extraordinary courage.
A mother's poignant memoir about her young daughter's valiant battle against brain cancer, this work provides a revealing look at the human response t...
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cena:
56,50 |
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Baby Fox's Christmas
ISBN: 9781478730330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It's Christmas time, and Baby Fox is helping his family decorate the house. But his friend, Baby Hedgehog has a problem. Can Baby Fox help his friend? This charming book by written and illustrated by high school student, Mary Price, highlights the warmth and love that Christmas brings. Children will love the colorful illustrations and lovable characters and parents and grandparents will love the timeless, heart-warming message of Christmas.
It's Christmas time, and Baby Fox is helping his family decorate the house. But his friend, Baby Hedgehog has a problem. Can Baby Fox help his friend?...
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cena:
88,45 |
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Mary and Vincent Price's Come Into the Kitchen Cook Book
ISBN: 9781606600979 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The well-known actor and seasoned gourmet invites families to come together in the heart of every home -- the kitchen -- with another fabulous guide to cooking. Vincent Price and his wife, Mary, authors of the classic A Treasury of Great Recipes, turn their attention to four centuries of traditional American dishes in this charming cookbook. Starting with the chowder, stewed cod, and hasty pudding of early America, the collection ranges through scrapple, apple pandowdy, and other regional favorites of the nineteenth century to the recipes of modern America, from vichyssoise to corned...
The well-known actor and seasoned gourmet invites families to come together in the heart of every home -- the kitchen -- with another fabulous guide t...
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cena:
113,09 |
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A Treasury of Great Recipes, 50th Anniversary Edition: Famous Specialties of the World's Foremost Restaurants Adapted for the American Kitchen
ISBN: 9781606600726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "A collectible classic. With his cookbook in print again, Vincent Price lives on." NPR "A collectible classic. With his cookbook in print again, Vincent Price lives on." NPR |
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282,71 |
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Opportunities in Animal and Pet Careers
ISBN: 9780071545341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Each book offers:
Each book offers:
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cena:
82,93 |
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God's Roses
ISBN: 9781479796953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
71,73 |
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Principles of Life for the AP course
ISBN: 9781464156410 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 915 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. AP(R) Biology is rigorous and challenging, but Principles of Life helps lighten the load with one-of-a-kind resources for students and teachers. The foundation of the POL 2e program is a brief text that models the intent of the AP(R) redesigned course with more depth, less breadth, and a greater focus on concepts and applications. To help students with this often intimidating course, we created LearningCurve -- a game-like adaptive quizzing system that provides formative assessment in a friendly, low-stakes environment. And to ease the stress of planning and grading, we created... AP(R) Biology is rigorous and challenging, but Principles of Life helps lighten the load with one-of-a-kind resources for students and teachers. Th... |
cena:
537,96 |
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God's Roses
ISBN: 9781479796946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
58,26 |
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Chalcedon in Context: Church Councils 400-700
ISBN: 9781846316487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian...
This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Ch...
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cena:
154,30 |
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Eugenia Price's South: A Guide to the People and Places of Her Beloved Region
ISBN: 9781577363569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A lifetime friend of Southern novelist Eugenia Price, Mary Bray Wheeler offers a unique guidebook to the historical places and people that give Price's novels their special Southern flavor. Travelers, sightseers, and history buffs--whether in cars or their reading chairs--will discover anew Price's treasured coastal Southeast. Maps and photographs.
A lifetime friend of Southern novelist Eugenia Price, Mary Bray Wheeler offers a unique guidebook to the historical places and people that give Price'...
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cena:
63,89 |
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Ten Plants That Changed Minnesota
ISBN: 9781681340340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "If we cannot name and recognize plants, how can we value them and realize how essential they are to our environment and our well-being as humans?" --from the Introduction
In 2012 a committee of experts chose the ten plants that most changed Minnesota from nearly five hundred citizen nominations, hosted by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The idea that plants, as few as ten, could shape a state and how it developed economically, culturally, and historically, is at the core of the Ten Plants that Changed Minnesota project, which also includes a companion website and a popular... "If we cannot name and recognize plants, how can we value them and realize how essential they are to our environment and our well-being as humans?" --...
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cena:
112,90 |
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Children, Young People and Dark Tourism
ISBN: 9781032291697 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
205,23 |
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Children, Young People and Dark Tourism
ISBN: 9780367469429 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
757,61 |