wyszukanych pozycji: 83
Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
ISBN: 9780786866595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos-Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated,...
On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hail...
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186,67 zł |
Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos & the Search for Mathematical
ISBN: 9780786863624 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 scholarly papers before his death in 1996, and he probably thought more about math problems than anyone in history. Like a traveling salesman offering his thoughts as wares, Erdos would show up on the doorstep of one mathematician or another and announce, "My brain is open." After working through a problem, he'd move on to the next place, the next solution. Hoffman's book, like Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash, A Beautiful Mind,...
Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 scholarly...
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174,65 zł |
Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Programs, Policies & Considerations
ISBN: 9781626180987 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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432,37 zł |
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
ISBN: 9780786884063 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries. photos.
Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric gen...
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85,85 zł |
Seen from a Distance
ISBN: 9781937600600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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81,72 zł |
The Stations of the Cross
ISBN: 9781610971195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With simple narrative and lovely pictures, this inspiring devotional resource follows Christ on his final journey to the cross. Through it, the ancient rite of the stations finds a post-modern expression that is both fresh and poignant. Supplemented with Scriptural texts, this accessible set of devotions brings the wonder and mystery of Christ's compassion into the everyday lives of contemporary readers. The Stations of the Cross is an excellent resource for Lenten studies, individual devotional use, sermon preparation, or parish planning. The inclusion of Hoffman's own photos of the ten...
With simple narrative and lovely pictures, this inspiring devotional resource follows Christ on his final journey to the cross. Through it, the ancien...
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60,12 zł |
Essays on Descartes
ISBN: 9780195321104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a collection of Paul Hoffman's wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past twenty-five years. The essays in Part I include his celebrated "The Unity of Descartes' Man," in which he argues that Descartes accepts the Aristotelian view that soul and body are related as form to matter and that the human being is a substance; a series of subsequent essays elaborating on this interpretation and defending it against objections; and an essay on Descartes' theory of distinction. In the essays in Part II he argues that Descartes retains the Aristotelian theory of causation according...
This is a collection of Paul Hoffman's wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past twenty-five years. The essays in Part I include his cel...
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406,32 zł |
Scorn
ISBN: 9781911195351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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135,22 zł |
The Beating of his Wings
ISBN: 9780141042404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is the final instalment in the epic Paul Hoffman trilogy following Cale and the Sanctuary of the Redeemers. This climatic ending brings this narrative to a close, and finally the fate of the angel of death is revealed.
This is the final instalment in the epic Paul Hoffman trilogy following Cale and the Sanctuary of the Redeemers. This climatic ending brings this narr...
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56,74 zł |
Archimedes' Revenge: The Challenge of the Unknown
ISBN: 9780393327755 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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102,86 zł |
The Last Four Things
ISBN: 9780141042398 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Now there are Five Meet Thomas Cale Returning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of mankind is necessary; the only way to undo God's greatest mistake. Cale seemingly accepts his role in the ending of the world: fate has painted him as the "Left Hand of God", the "Angel of Death".
Now there are Five Meet Thomas Cale Returning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of mank...
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56,74 zł |
The Stations of the Cross
ISBN: 9781498259262 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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137,42 zł |
Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Vere Chappell
ISBN: 9781551116624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of essays on early modern philosophy by some of the most respected philosophers in the field.
A collection of essays on early modern philosophy by some of the most respected philosophers in the field.
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385,56 zł |
The Left Hand of God
ISBN: 9780451231888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. -Writers like Hoffman are too rare. This wonderful book gripped me from the first chapter and dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself.- -Conn Iggulden, New York Times bestselling author of The Dangerous Book for Boys
Raised from early childhood in the Redeemer Sanctuary, the stronghold of a secretive sect of warrior monks, Thomas Cale has known only deprivation, punishment, and grueling training. When he escsapes to the outside world, Cale learns that his embittered heart is still capable of loving- and breaking. But the Redeemers won't accept the... -Writers like Hoffman are too rare. This wonderful book gripped me from the first chapter and dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself.-...
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68,71 zł |
Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher
ISBN: 9781540207234 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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137,38 zł |
Wicked Columbus, Indiana
ISBN: 9781625858719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dubbed the "Athens of the Prairie" for its array of stunning modern architecture, Columbus still endured its share of unsavory citizens, crime-ridden neighborhoods and tales of woe. Many residents avoided the infamous slums of Smoky Row and Death Valley, while others gave in to the allure of Lillian "Todie" Tull's famed house of ill repute on North Jackson Street. Two different father-and-son hoodlum partnerships, the McKinneys and the Bells, terrorized the area in the 1800s. And a brutal fistfight between a newspaper editor and the mayor sparked a scandal in 1877. Author Paul J. Hoffman...
Dubbed the "Athens of the Prairie" for its array of stunning modern architecture, Columbus still endured its share of unsavory citizens, crime-ridden ...
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94,44 zł |
The White Devil: The gripping adventure for fans of The Man in the High Castle
ISBN: 9780718185572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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58,85 zł |
The Left Hand of God
ISBN: 9780141042374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 499 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a desolate place - a place where hope & joy aren't welcome. Most of its occupants have been brought here as young boys, against any will they might have had. One boy watches the latest arrivals. He doesn't remember anything of his former life or know anything of his future. Meet the Angel of Death.
The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a desolate place - a place where hope & joy aren't welcome. Most of its occupants have been brought here as young bo...
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56,74 zł |
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1860-1919: A History
ISBN: 9780807170717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 832 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Provides a detailed analysis of LSU's beginnings and early development, starting well before it first opened its doors in Pineville, Louisiana, in 1860. Paul Hoffman reveals how political and ideological contests in areas of governance, curriculum, finances, discipline, and student life influenced the early identity and development of the school.
Provides a detailed analysis of LSU's beginnings and early development, starting well before it first opened its doors in Pineville, Louisiana, in 186...
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757,84 zł |
A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient: The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Century
ISBN: 9780807130285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Paul E. Hoffman's groundbreaking book focuses on a neglected area of colonial history -- southeastern North America during the sixteenth-century. Hoffman describes expeditions to the region, efforts at colonization, and rivalries between the French, Spanish, and English. He reveals the ways in which the explorers' expectations -- fueled by legends -- crumbled in the face of difficulties encountered along the southeastern coast. The first book to link the earliest voyages with the explorations of the sixteenth century and the settlement of later colonies, Hoffman's work is an important... Paul E. Hoffman's groundbreaking book focuses on a neglected area of colonial history -- southeastern North America during the sixteenth-century. H... |
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140,42 zł |