wyszukanych pozycji: 13
Time Work: Studies of Temporal Agency
ISBN: 9781800739291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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146,65 zł |
A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time
ISBN: 9780814726877 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly drawn out. What explains this seeming paradox? Based upon a full decade's empirical research, Michael G. Flaherty's new book offers remarkable insights on this most universal human experience. Flaherty surveys hundreds of individuals of all ages in an attempt to ascertain how such phenomena as suffering, violence, danger, boredom,... Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often ... |
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536,16 zł |
A Way with the Words
ISBN: 9781471088612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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105,30 zł |
The Textures of Time: Agency and Temporal Experience
ISBN: 9781439902639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A thoughtful exploration of time and how we make it do our bidding
A thoughtful exploration of time and how we make it do our bidding
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125,87 zł |
A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time
ISBN: 9780814726860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly drawn out. What explains this seeming paradox? Based upon a full decade's empirical research, Michael G. Flaherty's new book offers remarkable insights on this most universal human experience. Flaherty surveys hundreds of individuals of all ages in an attempt to ascertain how such phenomena as suffering, violence, danger, boredom,... Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often ... |
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115,93 zł |
The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer
ISBN: 9780754676485 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The important and groundbreaking volume, The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer, completes the study of human rights field work begun in the earlier The Human Rights Field Operation: Law Theory and Practice (2007: Ashgate). Building on the critique of the field's historical development and current situation featured in the earlier volume, O'Flaherty, Ulrich and their fellow contributors focus on the specific responsibilities of the individual human rights officer, and concentrate on vital issues of professionalism beyond the confines of any specific organization. Their...
The important and groundbreaking volume, The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer, completes the study of human rights field work b...
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760,80 zł |
The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison
ISBN: 9780231203456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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165,69 zł |
The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison
ISBN: 9780231203449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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646,19 zł |
Reunion
ISBN: 9780573663598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Book by Jack Kyrieleison. Story by Jack Kyrieleison & Ron Holgate. Traditional music adapted by Michael O'Flaherty / Characters: 4m, 2f, extras / Historical, Drama / A moving musical narrative of the Civil War, told in the words of the very diverse men and women who sided with the Union. Presented as a musical entertainment years after the events by the rag-tag company of actor Harry Hawk, the man who stood alone on stage when Lincoln was shot by Booth. Reunion is an attempt to tell the story of the Civil War through the eyes of those who took up the Union cause--an intersection of theatre...
Book by Jack Kyrieleison. Story by Jack Kyrieleison & Ron Holgate. Traditional music adapted by Michael O'Flaherty / Characters: 4m, 2f, extras / Hist...
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80,59 zł |
Incentive Relativity
ISBN: 9780521658638 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Incentive relativity is the study of the disappointment and irritation shown by animals and humans when they fail to obtain an expected reward. This book provides a full account of the subject, focusing on animals' responses to the relative value of rewards. These relativity effects cause stress in animals but they may also inspire adaptation beneficial to survival. This text shows how animal research may lead to an understanding of individual differences in discernment and susceptibility to disappointment, and to an understanding of both the advantages and disadvantages of dissatisfaction.
Incentive relativity is the study of the disappointment and irritation shown by animals and humans when they fail to obtain an expected reward. This b...
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170,28 zł |
Behavioral Public Policy in a Global Context: Practical Lessons from Outside the Nudge Unit
ISBN: 9783031315084 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The last ten years have seen an explosion in the use of behavioral science in fields like economics and public policy—often referred to as “Behavioral Insights.” Public servants, researchers, and others that make use of these approaches have embraced the idea that human beings are not completely “rational,” and that this lack of rationality leads them to make systematic errors in their everyday decision-making, and consequently leaves huge potential for government policy to be more effective if it incorporates a more realistic model of human behavior.It’s a small idea, but one...
The last ten years have seen an explosion in the use of behavioral science in fields like economics and public policy—often referred to as “Behavi...
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705,21 zł |
Human Rights Diplomacy: Contemporary Perspectives
ISBN: 9789004195165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This collection of essays explores the notion, tools and challenges of human rights diplomacy, which is understood as the utilisation of diplomatic negotiation and persuasion for the specific purpose of promoting and protecting human rights. Theoretical reflections are combined with first-hand accounts from a range of policy-makers involved in human rights diplomacy at the bilateral, regional and multilateral (UN) level. Contributors include inter-governmentally appointed office-holders, human rights ambassadors, members of UN human rights treaty bodies and representatives of...
This collection of essays explores the notion, tools and challenges of human rights diplomacy, which is understood as the utilisation of diplomatic ne...
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551,75 zł |
Water-Powered Mills of Richland County
ISBN: 9780983234210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This fascinating book is based on the work of Ohio historian D. W. Garber, author of Waterwheels and Millstones (1970). Garber's lifelong passion was documenting the age of water-powered mills along the forks of the Mohican River in Richland County, Ohio, often accompanied on research trips by author Robert Carter. Garber's grandson, author Michael Cullen, was often regaled with stories from those trips. Between the two authors, they have culled out the stories and pertinent details from Garber's notebooks - filled with research notes, contemporary newspaper articles, and numerous interviews...
This fascinating book is based on the work of Ohio historian D. W. Garber, author of Waterwheels and Millstones (1970). Garber's lifelong passion was ...
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161,93 zł |