wyszukanych pozycji: 20
Leonard Bernstein
ISBN: 9780714837017 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is an illustrated biography of the American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Despite international fame and success, he was a man constantly struggling with inner conflicts. The best loved and most successful conductor of his generation, also a virtuoso pianist, he was adored by an international public, but suffered years of hostile criticism from the New York press. An inspiration to fellow American musicians, he was the first native American to direct a major American orchestra, and the first to conquer Europe (conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and at La Scala, Milan). His...
This is an illustrated biography of the American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Despite international fame and success, he was a man consta...
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54,64 zł |
What I Did in Cuba
ISBN: 9781847994851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From landing in Havana, hoofing it all the way down to Trinidad and back in a rented Mexican built Nissan (with special insurance on the tyres in case they get stolen by raft builders), the author vividly describes his hellish time in the Caribbean's biggest island nation during Fidel Castro's 'Special Period'. Compared to Bill Bryson, this is a travel tale of three weeks in the Sunshine Socialist State where extortion, confrontation, dolphins, kidnapping, appalling food and a chance meeting with 'The Leader' became a story worth telling. And all the author really wanted at the time was a...
From landing in Havana, hoofing it all the way down to Trinidad and back in a rented Mexican built Nissan (with special insurance on the tyres in case...
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64,35 zł |
Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories
ISBN: 9780743238359 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From geeks in short pants to multiplatinum artists, Barenaked Ladies are nothing less than a phenomenon. Now, for the first time in the United States, we can read their astonishing story.
Steven, Ed, Jim, Tyler, and Kevin have two Grammy nominations under their belts, they've appeared on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, and their music is featured in commercials. They've even preempted the Olympics and rocked the vote on The West Wing. Their quirky, bizarre lyrics and unforgettable live performances have secured a rabidly loyal fan base across North... From geeks in short pants to multiplatinum artists, Barenaked Ladies are nothing less than a phenomenon. Now, for the first time in the United Stat...
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82,15 zł |
Fast Money and French Ladies: Greek Crisis 2015 - A Satirical Novel
ISBN: 9781519352620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,38 zł |
Go Further: More Literary Appreciations of Power Pop
ISBN: 9781644281604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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82,32 zł |
Vienna 1934: Betrayal at the Ballplatz
ISBN: 9781439202036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Vienna, 1934. As the Austrian government slides towards an Italian-style fascist state, German-backed Nazis move to overthrow Chancellor Dollfuss's government and deliver Austria to Hitler's Reich. British foreign correspondent Geoffrey Ashbrook returns to Vienna to write dispatches for his London paper and secret reports for the British cabinet. But Ashbrook has a second secret mission: to find out why his fiancee Anna Marie Linden has mysteriously broken off their engagement. Is her Nazi stepbrother Erich involved? All paths cross on a day in July as Nazi putschists ride their trucks...
Vienna, 1934. As the Austrian government slides towards an Italian-style fascist state, German-backed Nazis move to overthrow Chancellor Dollfuss's go...
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45,38 zł |
Greek Bonds and French Ladies
ISBN: 9781494325985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. May 2012-Athens is rocked by riots as the Greek economy tanks. The International Monetary Fund warns Greece to clean up corruption. In Geneva, hedge fund investor Jim Schiller bets billions on a bail-out of Greek bonds. What secrets threaten the bail-out? Jim wonders. To find out, Jim travels to Paris and meets with international consultant Sophie d'Auverne, a former French finance official close to IMF director Christine Lagarde. Sophie assures Jim that Greece will be bailed out and investors will make billions. Then a shocking revelation-France sent a CD with 2,000 names of tax evaders to...
May 2012-Athens is rocked by riots as the Greek economy tanks. The International Monetary Fund warns Greece to clean up corruption. In Geneva, hedge f...
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45,38 zł |
South of Cermak: Chicago Stories
ISBN: 9798832750774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,38 zł |
Paris 1934: Victory in Retreat
ISBN: 9780982596005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sorbonne student Sandrine covers news as a part-time reporter for an American paper in Depression-era Paris. She banters with the Americans at the local bistro as red wine flows and stories grow in the telling. Early in 1934, with public outrage at government corruption peaking, she witnesses street riots by Far Right leagues that overthrow two French cabinets. The Third Republic is threatened. Spring brings adventure as Sandrine listens to sweet assurances whispered in the soft light of a Paris cafe. Summer brings midnight dancing to le hot jazz at swanky Longchamps racetrack. Days later,...
Sorbonne student Sandrine covers news as a part-time reporter for an American paper in Depression-era Paris. She banters with the Americans at the loc...
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45,38 zł |
Knowledge Management and Organizational Design
ISBN: 9780750697491 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of essays examines how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning. It draws upon 50 years of management thinking and presents issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations with examples from real management experience. The chapters are arranged thematically and discuss decision-making, organisation structure, innovation, strategic alliances and power relations. The study draws together the work of economists, sociologists, psychologists, management thinkers and practioners. Represented in this volume are the ideas of...
This collection of essays examines how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning. It draws up...
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250,36 zł |
Knowledge Management and Organisational Design
ISBN: 9781138435117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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939,05 zł |
A Farewell in Paris
ISBN: 9781481100465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It's 1928 Paris and literary agent Bill Lawrence is successfully selling the work of Left Bank writers back to New York from his sumptuous apartment on Ile Saint-Louis overlooking the Seine River. Kurt Eckhart, a Berlin correspondent, asks Bill's help in publishing his war novel, a story about a doomed romance with a German nurse. Bill and Kurt were fellow infantry officers in the World War I American army. Coolly independent freelancer Kate Lundberg edits the novel while Bill's interest in Kate grows during a late-night date at a Paris jazz bistro. The beautiful Djuna Barnes meets Kurt at a...
It's 1928 Paris and literary agent Bill Lawrence is successfully selling the work of Left Bank writers back to New York from his sumptuous apartment o...
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45,38 zł |
Betrayal in Europe: Paris 1938
ISBN: 9781514364604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Paris 1938. A countess channels money and charm to the top circle of French politicians, both in the salons and in the bed chamber. A baroness engages in a torrid affair with a suave German diplomat. Unknown to both women, the diplomat is a spymaster weaving a web to make German-inspired appeasement dominant in the French cabinet table. As German power grows, Berlin challenges Paris and London over sovereignty for German-speakers in Czechoslovakia and a "free hand" in Eastern Europe to counter Russian Bolshevism. In Paris, the wealthy elite fear Russian Bolsheviks more than Nazi revanchists....
Paris 1938. A countess channels money and charm to the top circle of French politicians, both in the salons and in the bed chamber. A baroness engages...
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50,56 zł |
Divided Loyalties: Algiers 1941 - A Novel
ISBN: 9781981852741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,78 zł |
Paris 1935: Destiny's Crossroads
ISBN: 9780982596074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the darkening years of the 1930s, beautiful Madame Lambert meets American diplomat Dexter Jones at the Quai d'Orsay. She works on the staff of French Premier Pierre Laval. Dedicated to her work, the austere widow resists romance while becoming increasingly intrigued with the charming diplomat as he escorts her to political and literary salons across the vibrant Left Bank cultural scene. Romance ripens into enduring commitment against a backdrop of momentous historical events as the French government attempts to contain the Ethiopian crisis at the League of Nations while countering the...
In the darkening years of the 1930s, beautiful Madame Lambert meets American diplomat Dexter Jones at the Quai d'Orsay. She works on the staff of Fren...
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49,92 zł |
The Ground of our Being
ISBN: 9781999503802 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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299,13 zł |
The Rooster That Didn't Belong
ISBN: 9798218033774 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,16 zł |
The Rooster That Didn't Belong: A Nature's Yoke Story
ISBN: 9798218026813 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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62,94 zł |
Constructivity in Computer Science: Summer Symposium, San Antonio, Tx, June 19-22, 1991. Proceedings
ISBN: 9783540556312 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Mathematicians have long recognized the distinction between an argument showing that an interesting object exists and a procedure for actually constructing the object. Computer science adds a new dimension of interest in constructivity, since a computer program is a formal description of a constructive procedure that can be executed automatically. It has beenover a decade since a conference was devoted to constructivity, and never before has one been held specifically relating computer science to constructivity. Thus, this proceedings volume is the most concentrated offering ever produced of...
Mathematicians have long recognized the distinction between an argument showing that an interesting object exists and a procedure for actually constru...
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194,08 zł |
Disturbance and Recovery of Ecological Systems: Proceedings of a Seminar Held on 14-15 February 1995
ISBN: 9781874045397 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book covers the proceedings of a life sciences seminar held in 1995. The first section groups together papers concerned with processes of disturbance and recovery. These span natural processes such as floods and grazing competition from introduced species, and artificial processes caused by pollution, deforestation and aquaculture. The second section is concerned with restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems. A range of subject areas such as sea floor dredging, river drainage and mine tip restoration are dealt with. Practical management goals are proposed for issues such as...
This book covers the proceedings of a life sciences seminar held in 1995. The first section groups together papers concerned with processes of disturb...
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82,37 zł |