wyszukanych pozycji: 337
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Histories of the Irish Future
ISBN: 9781472526458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Histories of the Irish Future is an intellectual history of Ireland and a history of Irish crises viewed through the eyes of twelve key writers: William Petty, William Molyneux, Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus, Richard Whately, Friedrich Engels, John Mitchel, James Connolly, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Jeremiah Newman, Conor Cruise O'Brien and Fintan O'Toole. Their analyses of the shifting conditions of Ireland and their efforts to address Ireland's predicaments are located within the wider social, political, economic and cultural anxieties of their times. The result is a pioneering... Histories of the Irish Future is an intellectual history of Ireland and a history of Irish crises viewed through the eyes of twelve key writ... |
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636,71 |
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Italian Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Twentieth Century: Constructing Subjects
ISBN: 9781683930334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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195,86 |
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Caribbean Crossing: African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement
ISBN: 9780814764930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bonds with other nations. Haiti's first leaders looked especially hard at the United States, which had a sizeable free black population that included vocal champions of black emigration and colonization. In the 1820s, President Jean-Pierre Boyer helped facilitate a migration of thousands of black Americans to Haiti with promises of ample land, rich commercial prospects, and most importantly, a black state. His ideas struck a chord with both blacks...
Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bon...
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191,02 |
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The Challengers: Alexis Two Guns Brown
ISBN: 9798522538835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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22,01 |
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Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation: Ireland in Europe and the World
ISBN: 9781409411277 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe and further afield. This produced a singular social laboratory, which this book explores in all its complexity set against the backdrop of globalization. Until recently seen as a showcase for the success of globalization, Ireland also became a destination for those displaced by the effects of globalization elsewhere. Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation takes Ireland as a paradigmatic case of...
In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive destinati...
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783,64 |
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Artful Lives: The Francis Watts Lee Family and Their Times
ISBN: 9781625342072 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Francis Watts Lee and his family hold a special place in the history of American photography. F. Holland Day completed a series of remarkable photographs of Lee's daughter Peggy, and the striking portrait of the child and her mother titled Blessed Art Thou among Women is one of Gertrude Kasebier's most iconic compositions. In Artful Lives, Patricia J. Fanning uses these and other significant images as guideposts to explore the Lee family and the art and culture of their age. A social reform advocate, Francis Watts Lee was an artistic photographer and a talented printer, part of the... Francis Watts Lee and his family hold a special place in the history of American photography. F. Holland Day completed a series of remarkable photo... |
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122,40 |
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Gone Forever: A True Story of Marriage, Betrayal, and Murder
ISBN: 9781250092885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Susan McFarland was a vivacious, successful mother of three young sons. On November 25, 2002, she disappeared. Three days later, her car was found, keys in the ignition. Later that day, her husband reported her missing--and a desperate search began. Her friends and family hoped against hope that Susan was not gone forever. But investigators became increasingly suspicious of Richard McFarland. When the charred, decomposed body of Susan McFarland was finally discovered at an overgrown farmstead outside of San Antonio, a new hunt began--for justice. McFarland maintained his innocence, and... Susan McFarland was a vivacious, successful mother of three young sons. On November 25, 2002, she disappeared. Three days later, her car was found,... |
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83,85 |
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Through an Uncommon Lens: The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day
ISBN: 9781558496682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a cultural biography of a noted photographer and publisher.Based in the Boston area, F. Holland Day (1864-1933) was a central figure in artistic circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Publisher of Oscar Wilde and Stephen Crane, mentor to a young Kahlil Gibran, adviser and friend to photographers Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Day lived a life devoted to art and beauty. At the turn of the twentieth century, his reputation rivaled that of Alfred Stieglitz.A pioneer in the field of pictorial photography, Day was also an influential book publisher in the Arts and Crafts...
This is a cultural biography of a noted photographer and publisher.Based in the Boston area, F. Holland Day (1864-1933) was a central figure in artist...
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156,72 |
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Sailing Under John Paul Jones: The Memoir of Continental Navy Midshipman Nathaniel Fanning, 1778-1783
ISBN: 9781476679600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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219,48 |
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Rejuvenation: A Novel of the Near Future
ISBN: 9780692028056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,83 |
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Racism and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland
ISBN: 9780719064715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "This book would make a welcome contribution to the study of race and racism in Ireland. Fanning's description of the circumstances faced by the Jewish, travelling and asylum-seeking communities in Ireland would add to our understanding of racism in Ireland as would his analysis of the historical context of current events and how that historical context can be linked to nineteenth century Irish nationalism." Iarfhlaith Watson, Lecturer in Sociology, University College Dublin "This book fills a gap in the existing literature on Ireland. While there are books that discuss nation-building,...
"This book would make a welcome contribution to the study of race and racism in Ireland. Fanning's description of the circumstances faced by the Jewis...
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128,89 |
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Collected Poems | Gerard Fanning
ISBN: 9781943667154 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
100,84 |
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Why the Human Ear is Immobile
ISBN: 9781534611382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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31,62 |
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The Breath of the Symphonist : Shostakovich's Tenth
ISBN: 9780947854034 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1946 Schoenberg wrote of Sibelius and Shostakovich, 'I feel they have the breath of symphonists.' This book poses the question of what exactly that 'breath' means in the context of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony (1953). Written shortly after Stalin's death, the work marks a turning point in the composer's output and in the history of Russian music, heralding the possibility of a new creative direction for Soviet artists. David Fanning's close analysis of the 10th sheds light on issues associated with the genre of the twentieth-century epic symphony, issues of structure and expression, unity...
In 1946 Schoenberg wrote of Sibelius and Shostakovich, 'I feel they have the breath of symphonists.' This book poses the question of what exactly that...
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759,15 |
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Hospital & Healthcare Facility Operation & Maintenance
ISBN: 9781434898685 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A primer for non-clinical maintenance and operational staff members of hospitals and healthcare facilities this book is directed towards the prevention of nosocomial disease and accidents through instruction of proper hygiene, sterilization, chemical and gas storage and administration, air filtration and purification, construction procedures, interior design, furniture selection and Join Commission inspections. Used for training purposes by some of the largest hospitals and trade unions in the United States it is an excellent stand alone text covering topics vital to the safety of patients...
A primer for non-clinical maintenance and operational staff members of hospitals and healthcare facilities this book is directed towards the preventio...
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196,10 |
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Voyages round the world: with selected sketches of voyages to the South seas, north and south Pacific oceans, China, etc., performed under the command and agency of the author: also, information relat
ISBN: 9781275858176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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115,05 |
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Written in Blood
ISBN: 9781250102201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke Universitys School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple- well-respected, prosperous, and happy.
An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came...
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106,72 |
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Blood and White Roses
ISBN: 9781835743836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
50,40 |
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All We Are Given We Cannot Hold
ISBN: 9781938603501 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
68,42 |
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Under the Knife: A Beautiful Woman, a Phony Doctor, and a Shocking Homicide
ISBN: 9781250025838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Handsome, charming, and a fixture on the New York City club scene, Dean Faiello had built a thriving beauty business. But money was never enough for Faiello, whose hard-partying ways constantly left him on the edge of ruin. So he did the unthinkable and worked as a cosmetic surgeon--even though he had no medical degree, or training whatsoever. In the spring of 2003, a beautiful, successful woman named Maria Cruz went to "Doctor" Faiello for a relatively simple cosmetic procedure...and succumbed to a fatal complication while under his care. Faiello allegedly buried her corpse beneath... Handsome, charming, and a fixture on the New York City club scene, Dean Faiello had built a thriving beauty business. But money was never enough fo... |
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76,19 |