Wyniki wyszukiwania:
wyszukanych pozycji: 58
 |
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
ISBN: 9781471128981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych.
'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophistication, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But how did France become the country it is today, and what really sets it apart? Historian Peter Watson sets out to answer these questions in this dazzling history of France, taking us from the seventeenth century to the present day through the nation's most influential thinkers. 'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated b... |
cena:
78,36 zł |
 |
The Armenian Girl
ISBN: 9781432720506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The story reunites Ian McLean with Jack Doyle, the estate locater, who has been asked by two brothers to find their step-brother. Ian's trail takes him to the Northumberland area of England where he meets a beautiful Armenian girl.
The motive of the two brothers becomes suspect, and as events play out there are more questions than answers. Who, for example, is Molly? The story also delves into the subject of Diaspora communities, and how they reflect and influence their host country's interests. Comparisons are made between the Jacobite cause and modern nationalist and religious... The story reunites Ian McLean with Jack Doyle, the estate locater, who has been asked by two brothers to find their step-brother. Ian's trail takes hi...
|
cena:
65,46 zł |
 |
Lessons in Landscape: 80 Techniques for Taking Better Photographs
ISBN: 9781781451441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. If you have ever wondered how the top photographers manage to produce such stunning landscapes, this book has all the answers. It presents a collection of 80 practical lessons that have been tried and tested in the field. Tips and techniques are provided to help you choose the right equipment and use it correctly in every situation. You will learn the essentials of composition, practice professional methods for observing the landscape creatively, and discover how to use light to maximum effect. A number of simple post-processing adjustments are also explained. These are easy to undertake and...
If you have ever wondered how the top photographers manage to produce such stunning landscapes, this book has all the answers. It presents a collectio...
|
cena:
110,62 zł |
 |
Community Farm Boyhood
ISBN: 9781478750369 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
cena:
78,21 zł |
 |
Terrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century: The People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind: A History
ISBN: 9781842124444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This work presents a narrative of the 20th century, concentrating on the ideas that made the century so rich, rewarding and provocative. It covers topics from the creation of plastic to Norman Mailer, from the discovery of the Big Bang to the Counterculture, from Relativity to Susan Sontag, from Proust to Salman Rushdie, and Henri Bergson to Saul Bellow. The text aims to affirm that there was much more to the 20th century than war and genocide.
This work presents a narrative of the 20th century, concentrating on the ideas that made the century so rich, rewarding and provocative. It covers top...
|
cena:
105,08 zł |
 |
The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death of God
ISBN: 9780753828106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The closing months of 2008 saw the world's nations united in financial uncertainty. Amid endless reports of collapsing stock markets, failed banks, fiscal fraud and snowballing unemployment, THE AGE OF NOTHING offers a compelling insight into the demise of capitalism and the beginning of a new era. Peter Watson's scintillating thesis argues that the unprecedented credit crunch of 2008 was the result of a fundamental change in the fabric of society - one that became truly visible only as it reached its culmination. In a commanding narrative, Watson provides a historical perspective on the...
The closing months of 2008 saw the world's nations united in financial uncertainty. Amid endless reports of collapsing stock markets, failed banks, fi...
|
cena:
77,74 zł |
 |
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781416526155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 992 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A virtuoso tour through the cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present.
A virtuoso tour through the cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present.
|
cena:
72,37 zł |
 |
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
ISBN: 9781398511507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
cena:
88,12 zł |
 |
The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God
ISBN: 9781476754321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of England's most distinguished intellectual historians comes "an exhilarating ride...that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of" (The Boston Globe) one of the West's most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that "God is dead" and ever since tens of thousands of brilliant, courageous, thoughtful individuals have devoted their creative energies to devising ways to live without God with self-reliance, invention, hope, wit, and enthusiasm. Now, for the first time,...
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of England's most distinguished intellectual historians comes "an exhilarating ride...that w...
|
cena:
91,95 zł |
 |
Serendipity... a Life
ISBN: 9781467881739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
cena:
291,73 zł |
 |
Sothebys: The Inside Story
ISBN: 9780747538080 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Peter Watson tells the story of his five year investigation into Sotheby's and his discovery of practices that include the facilitation of smuggling, the sale of antiquities known to have been stolen from tombs, and the rigging of the Art Index Market.
Peter Watson tells the story of his five year investigation into Sotheby's and his discovery of practices that include the facilitation of smuggling, ...
|
cena:
94,02 zł |
 |
Views Across the Landscape: An Essential Guide to Landscape Photography
ISBN: 9781907708848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Learn the skills and techniques you need to achieve an aesthestically pleasing outdoor image suitable for all levels of abilityUsing a fabulous collection of landscape photography, this bookgives you both the inspiration and knowledge you need to take stunning digital photographs. Starting at the beginning and explaining digital photography from scratch, there is advice on choosing the right equipment and explanations of the techniques you will need for photographing in an outdoor environment. The core of the book deals with light, composition, close-ups, and locations by showcasing striking...
Learn the skills and techniques you need to achieve an aesthestically pleasing outdoor image suitable for all levels of abilityUsing a fabulous collec...
|
cena:
94,02 zł |
 |
Nothing is an Accident
ISBN: 9781432703783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Why does the coma victim have a concentration camp number? A Canadian estate locator is asked by a client's niece to determine the identity of a coma victim in an English hospital, where she is a nurse. The only clue is a number tattooed on his arm. The search leads to France and the identity of a woman who was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. A romance develops between the locator and the nurse. The story correspondingly follows the progress of a young Englishman who converts to Judaism and the consequences for him and his family. The novel examines attitudes toward outsiders, by those... Why does the coma victim have a concentration camp number? A Canadian estate locator is asked by a client's niece to determine the identity of... |
cena:
73,31 zł |
 |
A Brief Introduction to Egyptian Coins and Currency
ISBN: 9781496990181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) There are many books that discuss the coins from specific periods of Egyptian history, but none that considers the coins from the whole of that history. This work aims to provide such an account, covering the currency from ancient times, through the Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine, Arabic, and Ottoman periods to modern times. An important feature of the work is the illustration of a selection of about 150 coins and banknotes, which represent the major types throughout that history. Adjunct to this selection of these illustrations is a "key," which provides further numismatic detail about each of...
There are many books that discuss the coins from specific periods of Egyptian history, but none that considers the coins from the whole of that histor...
|
cena:
143,03 zł |
 |
The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New
ISBN: 9780753828458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'The Great Divide' reveals just what was lost in the clash of civilizations between the Old World and the New that ended thousands of years of separate development.
'The Great Divide' reveals just what was lost in the clash of civilizations between the Old World and the New that ended thousands of years of separat...
|
cena:
88,12 zł |
 |
The Niche Influence: For people who are chasing something bigger than themselves.
ISBN: 9781527290556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
cena:
55,13 zł |
 |
Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
ISBN: 9780060935641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 852 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul—offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathema... |
cena:
87,53 zł |
 |
The Great Divide: Nature and Human Nature in the Old World and the New
ISBN: 9780061672460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history. In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, ... |
cena:
78,77 zł |
 |
Fallout: Conspiracy, Cover-Up and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb
ISBN: 9781471164514 / Miękka / 2019 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This scintillating narrative of spies and science shows how the atomic bomb was the unnecessary product of mistrust and deceit between America and Britain--resulting in a threat of nuclear war that still haunts us today.
This scintillating narrative of spies and science shows how the atomic bomb was the unnecessary product of mistrust and deceit between America and Bri...
|
cena:
57,00 zł |
 |
Psychology and Race
ISBN: 9781138531086 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 491 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
709,67 zł |
Czytaj nas na:
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
