wyszukanych pozycji: 30
Extra Innings: Writing on Baseball
ISBN: 9780252069604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Where is the truth about baseball to be found? In nostalgic stories of the timeless bond woven between fathers and sons on the ball field. Or in stinging expos about manipulative owners, abusive coaches, and greedy players. Beginning with a mostly truthful essay about an exhausted university department chair who believes a visit to Cooperstown can save his soul and ending with the story of a delusional university professor who loses his mind because he takes baseball-and baseball writing-too seriously, Extra Innings tackles the question of how writing about baseball has shaped our...
Where is the truth about baseball to be found? In nostalgic stories of the timeless bond woven between fathers and sons on the ball field. Or in sting...
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67,50 zł |
The Malachi Matrix
ISBN: 9781964629056 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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77,96 zł |
The St. Louis Baseball Reader
ISBN: 9780826216878 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The St. Louis Baseball Reader is a tale of two teams: one the city's lovable losers, the other a formidable dynasty. The St. Louis Cardinals are the most successful franchise in National League history, while the St. Louis Browns were one of the least successful, yet most colorful, American League teams. Now Richard Peterson has collected the writings of some of baseball's greatest storytellers to pay tribute to both these teams. His book, the first anthology devoted exclusively to the Cardinals and Browns, covers the rich history of St. Louis baseball from its...
The St. Louis Baseball Reader is a tale of two teams: one the city's lovable losers, the other a formidable dynasty. The St. Loui...
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207,61 zł |
The St. Louis Baseball Reader
ISBN: 9780826222640 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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180,25 zł |
Pirates Reader
ISBN: 9780822959700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Whether winning world championships or falling into last place, fielding teams with Hall of Fame players or trotting out bumbling boys of summer, the Pittsburgh Pirates have thrilled, frustrated, and fascinated generations of fans since 1876. To date, the Pirates have won five World Series and have a total of thirty-six players and managers in the Hall of Fame-including Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Lloyd and Paul Waner, Ralph Kiner, Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente, and Bill Mazeroski. "The Pirates Reader" is a tribute to the fans, players, and teams who have forged the franchise's... Whether winning world championships or falling into last place, fielding teams with Hall of Fame players or trotting out bumbling boys of summer, ... |
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123,17 zł |
The Turnpike Rivalry: The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns
ISBN: 9781606354131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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147,43 zł |
The Slide: Leyland, Bonds, and the Star-Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates
ISBN: 9780822966180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the deciding game of the 1992 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered the most dramatic and devastating loss in team history when former Pirate Sid Bream slid home with the winning run. Bream's infamous slide ended the last game played by Barry Bonds in a Pirates uniform and sent the franchise reeling into a record twenty-season losing streak. The Slide tells the story of the myriad events, beginning with the aftermath of the 1979 World Series, which led to the fated 1992 championship game and beyond. It describes the city's near loss...
In the deciding game of the 1992 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered the most dramatic and...
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90,32 zł |
Trading on Sentiment: The Power of Minds Over Markets
ISBN: 9781119122760 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In his debut book on trading psychology, Inside the Investor's Brain, Rich-ard Peterson demonstrated how managing emotions helps top investors outperform. Now, in Trading on Sentiment, he takes you inside the science of crowd psychol-ogy and demonstrates that not only do price patterns exist, but the most predictable ones are rooted in our shared human nature. Peterson's team developed text analysis engines to mine data - topics, beliefs, and emotions - from social media. Based on that data, they put together a market-neutral social media-based hedge fund that beat the... In his debut book on trading psychology, Inside the Investor's Brain, Rich-ard Peterson demonstrated how managing emotions helps top investo... |
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259,85 zł |
Conversations In The Rainforest: Culture, Values, And The Environment In Central Africa
ISBN: 9780367007164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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701,59 zł |
Conversations in the Rainforest: Culture, Values, and the Environment in Central Africa
ISBN: 9780367157036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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207,83 zł |
Just Spread A Little Love
ISBN: 9781425932114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,79 zł |
Managers and National Culture: A Global Perspective
ISBN: 9780899306025 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Managers and National Culture" primarily looks at the role of managers in private-sector companies in fifteen advanced and newly industrializing nations throughout the world: the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Poland, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, the Territory of Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China (PRC), and Malaysia. The authors are experts in their knowledge of the countries they write about; and as a group, they are able to provide greater insight about particular nations than could be offered by one person trying to cover such a... "Managers and National Culture" primarily looks at the role of managers in private-sector companies in fifteen advanced and newly industrializing n... |
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382,94 zł |
Hemingway: Direct and Oblique
ISBN: 9783111013671 / Angielski / Twarda / 1974 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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474,89 zł |
Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity
ISBN: 9780226662855 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In Creating Country Music, Richard Peterson traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. Peterson captures the free-wheeling entrepreneurial spirit of the era, detailing the activities of the key promoters who sculpted the emerging country music scene. More than just a history of the music and its performers, this book is the first to explore what it means to be authentic within popular culture.
" Peterson] restores to the music a sense of fun and... In Creating Country Music, Richard Peterson traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pi...
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147,70 zł |
Democratic Philosophy and the Politics of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780271025575 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Debates over postmodernism, analyses of knowledge and power, and the recurring issue of Heidegger's Nazism have all deepened questions about the relation between philosophy and the social roles of intellectuals. Against such postmodernist rejections of philosophical theory as mounted by Rorty and Lyotard, Richard Peterson argues that precisely reflection on rationality, in appropriate social terms, is needed to confront urgent political issues about intellectuals. After presenting a conception of intellectual mediation set within the modern division of labor, he offers an account of... Debates over postmodernism, analyses of knowledge and power, and the recurring issue of Heidegger's Nazism have all deepened questions about the re... |
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212,93 zł |
Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson
ISBN: 9781032925950 / Angielski / 14-10-2024 Książka dostępna od: 14-10-2024 |
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197,44 zł |
Marketpsych: How to Manage Fear and Build Your Investor Identity
ISBN: 9780470543580 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most important) aspect of successful investing - yourself.
Why is it that the investing performance of so many smart people reliably and predictably falls short? The answer is not that they know too little about the markets. In fact, they know too little about themselves. Combining the latest findings from the academic fields of behavioral finance and experimental psychology with the down-and-dirty real-world wisdom of successful investors, Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha guide both new and experienced... An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most important) aspect of successful investing - yourself.
Why is it that the investing ... |
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164,01 zł |
Inside the Investor's Brain: The Power of Mind Over Money
ISBN: 9780470067376 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Unique insights into how the mind of an investor operates and how developing emotional awareness leads to long-term success
Inside the Investor's Brain provides readers with specific techniques for understanding their financial psychology, so that they can improve their own performance and learn how to outsmart other investors. Chapter by chapter, author Richard Peterson addresses various mental traps and how they play a role in investing. Through examples, such as a gambling experiment with playing cards, the author shows readers how being aware of the subconscious can separate the... Unique insights into how the mind of an investor operates and how developing emotional awareness leads to long-term success
Inside the Inves... |
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175,00 zł |
The Washington Senators
ISBN: 9781606350522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A facsimile edition of the celebrated 1954 history of the Senators
Shirley Povich's history of the Washington Senators originally appeared in 1954 as part of the popular series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose and delightful narratives, the Putnam books have been described as the Cadillac of the genre and have become prized collectibles for baseball readers and historians. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1901 as the Washington Senators. In... A facsimile edition of the celebrated 1954 history of the Senators
Shirley Povich's history of the Washington Senators or... |
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147,43 zł |
Girlish
ISBN: 9781499755213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Synopsis: A sweet little girl, of only 7 years, describes what it means to be a girl, creating her own magical world, doing her favorite girlish things, and having a fabulous time in the process.
Synopsis: A sweet little girl, of only 7 years, describes what it means to be a girl, creating her own magical world, doing her favorite girlish thing...
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68,93 zł |