wyszukanych pozycji: 63
Letters to Emma: Early Oamaru through the eyes of the Sumpter family
ISBN: 9781927166093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The 'black 1880s' were a hard time for many in New Zealand, and this was felt across the board - for young men struggling to establish themselves and established 'patriarchs' alike. Such a patriarch was George Sumpter, prominent citizen of Oamaru, sometime-Mayor, Provincial Representative, father of ten, and general wheeler-dealer. And such a young man was Richard Davies, a Welsh immigrant who came to work for George and fell in love with George's first-born child. Richard had to prove his ability to support George's much-beloved daughter, and so he was sent to ply his trade (auctioneer) in...
The 'black 1880s' were a hard time for many in New Zealand, and this was felt across the board - for young men struggling to establish themselves and ...
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53,54 zł |
Inventing Sam Slick: A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton
ISBN: 9780802050014 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada's best-known authors. His popular 'Sam Slick the Clockmaker' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels. Although Haliburton... Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada's best-known authors. His popular 'Sam Slick the Clockmaker' character w... |
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346,29 zł |
Economist: Economics
ISBN: 9781781252345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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82,85 zł |
Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future – Lessons from the World’s Limits
ISBN: 9781784163259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019
Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019 Extreme Economies is a revelation - and a must-read. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England To understand how humans react and adapt to economic change we need to study people who live in harsh environments. From death-row prisoners trading in institutions where money is banned to flourishing entrepreneurs in the worlds largest refugee camp, from the unrealised... Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019
Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 Longlisted... |
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62,19 zł |
Around Abergavenny: Photographic Memories
ISBN: 9781859378441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A collection of approximately 100 detailed period photographs from the Francis Frith archive with extended captions and full introduction, this volume should be suitable for tourists, local historians and general readers. It includes a voucher for a free m
A collection of approximately 100 detailed period photographs from the Francis Frith archive with extended captions and full introduction, this volume...
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77,78 zł |
Natural and Artifactual Objects in Contemporary Metaphysics: Exercises in Analytic Ontology
ISBN: 9781350175433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What is an object? How do we look at them? Why do they matter? This collection presents a lively, timely discussion of natural and artifactual objects, considering the relationship between them from a range of philosophical perspectives, including the philosophy of biology, the metaphysics of space and the philosophy of perception. Beginning from the starting point that natural objects are bona fide, endowed with some natural border between themselves and everything else, while artifactual objects depend on the observation of tacit conventions and may include the ordinary objects of...
What is an object? How do we look at them? Why do they matter? This collection presents a lively, timely discussion of natural and artifactual obje...
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173,09 zł |
Economics: Making Sense of the Modern Economy
ISBN: 9781610396158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The world of economics is changing. Years of turmoil in the global economy mean that nothing will ever be quite the same again. This is the starting point and theme of this radically revised Economist books classic, now available for the first time in America. Richard Davies, economics editor of The Economist, takes us on a journey through the paper's own analysis of the state of the world's economies, how we reached this point and what to expect in the next decade. He explores: what's gone wrong since 2008, why it's happened and how we can stop it happening again;
the... The world of economics is changing. Years of turmoil in the global economy mean that nothing will ever be quite the same again. This is the starti...
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80,76 zł |
Extreme Economies
ISBN: 9781250170514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,55 zł |
Extreme Economies
ISBN: 9781787631991 / Twarda / 2019 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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110,46 zł |
Decision Points: Life Stories for Small Group Study
ISBN: 9781533027245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How do we live a life of faithfulness and hopefulness? We can learn from those who have gone before us. This book is intended for group study and discussion and features 13 biographies of people who have struggled with the same issues with which we struggle. Each biography is related to biblical material.
How do we live a life of faithfulness and hopefulness? We can learn from those who have gone before us. This book is intended for group study and disc...
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35,72 zł |
Thomas Votary, Medieval Oxford Coroner: The King's Gold Double Leopards
ISBN: 9781959112013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,08 zł |
Carving the Faith: Preliminary Thoughts on Constintinian Era Sarcophagi in the Vatican Museum, Pio Cristiano
ISBN: 9781502330611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,66 zł |
Seventy Times Seven: Stories and Thoughts About Christian Forgiving
ISBN: 9781463609719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Seventy Times Seven: Stories and Thoughts about Christian Forgiving, is intended to help preachers and teachers explain the role of forgiveness in our lives. The book includes many stories about forgiveness, including some from recent news reports and some from classic sources. The book also includes theological studies of the topic from various perspectives. Additionally, the book includes a few sermons. "Forgiving" is a surprisingly complicated idea, and the reader will encounter various ways of understanding this concept. It is a book that clergy and lay teachers will find both practical...
Seventy Times Seven: Stories and Thoughts about Christian Forgiving, is intended to help preachers and teachers explain the role of forgiveness in our...
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53,58 zł |
Salvation As a Mechanical Process
ISBN: 9781532694547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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204,12 zł |
Natural and Artifactual Objects in Contemporary Metaphysics: Exercises in Analytic Ontology
ISBN: 9781350066328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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577,15 zł |
Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue
ISBN: 9781138010178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, and is credited with placing at centre stage the question of what we know and how we know it. Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue seeks to reinsert his work and thought in its contemporary ethical and theological context. Richard Davies explores the much neglected notion of intellectual virtue as it applies to Descartes' inquiry as a whole. He examines the textual dynamics of Descartes' most famous writings in relation to background debates about human endeavour from Plato down to Descartes' own contemporaries. Bringing...
Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, and is credited with placing at centre stage the question of what we know and how we ...
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173,09 zł |
Armless But Not Harmless: The Sins of Aphrodite
ISBN: 9781475021509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the mythology of the "goddess of love" from the time of the ancient Sumerians to the present. The thesis is that this goddess represents a remarkably consistent personality throughout this time span of several thousand years, and that the personality is not "nice." The mythological stories examined in the book include the well known stories of Greek and Roman mythology as well as many less well known ancient Greek stories and stories from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. The book also goes beyond mythology to consider stories from more recent times, including stories from the...
This book examines the mythology of the "goddess of love" from the time of the ancient Sumerians to the present. The thesis is that this goddess repre...
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58,04 zł |
Me and Achilles and Sisyphus: Why Myths are in our Minds
ISBN: 9781535030403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A discussion of some Greek/Roman myths that are widely recognized in 21st century culture. Why do we all know about Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill? Why do we expect a lightning strike when we do something "bad." Why do we say, "Achilles' heel" or "Pandora's box?" This book presents the full mythological story for a dozen myths that are alive today, and discusses connections with our time and possible reasons why the myths are part of our thought process. It even has a chapter on the connection among Centaurs, Amazons, Andromeda, and racism. The book is written for the general reader, and...
A discussion of some Greek/Roman myths that are widely recognized in 21st century culture. Why do we all know about Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill?...
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44,66 zł |
Stories that St. Paul Told and Almost Told (or Might Have Told)
ISBN: 9781511866699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,66 zł |
Twenty-one Sermons Inspired by Nineteenth Century Gospel Songs
ISBN: 9781499391206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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53,58 zł |