wyszukanych pozycji: 19
The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol
ISBN: 9780520275690 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today s patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new...
Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an int...
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165,69 zł |
Counting Every Vote: The Most Contentious Elections in American History
ISBN: 9781597972246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The 2000 U.S. presidential election was not the first in American history that was exceptionally close or that produced highly disputed results. In 1801 Thomas Jefferson became president after an electoral gridlock, but only after Congress voted three dozen times to select the president. Charles Hughes lost in 1916 to Woodrow Wilson by losing in California by some 3,000 votes. In 1960 John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by only a fraction of a percentage point in a very controversial election.
What would have happened if Aaron Burr, rather than Jefferson, had become president? What if... The 2000 U.S. presidential election was not the first in American history that was exceptionally close or that produced highly disputed results. In 18...
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104,88 zł |
Governing the Commonwealth
ISBN: 9780981877983 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Governing the Commonwealth provides middle-school students with an introduction to Virginia's government: its structure, processes, powers, and scope. The middle-school civics curriculum requires teachers to cover Virginia's government, and there has not been a useful text to do this until now. Robert Dudley has written an accessible guide to Virginia's government that not only covers the overall structure but also provides information about Virginia's constitution and the history of the people and the land. Each chapter includes two highlighted sections---Why It Matters- and... Governing the Commonwealth provides middle-school students with an introduction to Virginia's government: its structure, processes, powers,... |
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122,40 zł |
From Bedales to the Boche: The ironies of an Edwardian childhood
ISBN: 9781838172022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. After befriending Germany in the 1900s, Robert Best and his brother were eagerly fighting it in the 1910s. In this extraordinary memoir, one of Britain's most important industrial designers tracks his career from the progressive idealism of his school days at Bedales to his passionate enlistment into the Royal Flying Corps just a few years later.
After befriending Germany in the 1900s, Robert Best and his brother were eagerly fighting it in the 1910s. In this extraordinary memoir, one of Britai...
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67,37 zł |
Governing the Commonwealth: Teacher's Guide
ISBN: 9780981877969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Governing the Commonwealth provides middle-school students with an introduction to Virginia's government: its structure, processes, powers, and scope. The middle-school civics curriculum requires teachers to cover Virginia's government, and there has not been a useful text to do this until now. Robert Dudley has written an accessible guide to Virginia's government that not only covers the overall structure but also provides information about Virginia's constitution and the history of the people and the land. Each chapter includes two highlighted sections---Why It Matters- and... Governing the Commonwealth provides middle-school students with an introduction to Virginia's government: its structure, processes, powers,... |
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122,40 zł |
The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution
ISBN: 9780691094915 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. From the rain forests of Borneo to the tenements of Manhattan, winged insects are a conspicuous and abundant feature of life on earth. Here, Robert Dudley presents the first comprehensive explanation of how insects fly. The author relates the biomechanics of flight to insect ecology and evolution in a major new work of synthesis. The book begins with an overview of insect flight biomechanics. Dudley explains insect morphology, wing motions, aerodynamics, flight energetics, and flight metabolism within a modern phylogenetic setting. Drawing on biomechanical principles, he... From the rain forests of Borneo to the tenements of Manhattan, winged insects are a conspicuous and abundant feature of life on earth. Here, Robert... |
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430,79 zł |
Cold Cases of Stearns County, Minnesota
ISBN: 9781548979867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,75 zł |
Finding Jacob Wetterling: The 27-Year Investigation from Kidnapping to Confession
ISBN: 9781476668925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his home in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota. Despite an unparalleled effort to find him, his whereabouts remained a mystery for 27 years--until his kidnapper, arrested on another charge, confessed to Wetterling's murder and led authorities to his buried remains in September 2016. Wetterling's disappearance--and the national media attention that followed--had far-reaching effects. No longer was small-town America considered safe from the exploitation of children. In 1993, Congress passed the "Jacob Wetterling Act," setting...
In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his home in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota. Despite an unparalleled effort to...
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125,31 zł |
Think Like a Lawyer: How to Get What You Want by Using Advocacy Skills
ISBN: 9780882295718 / Angielski / Twarda / 1980 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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300,08 zł |
Cold Cases of West Central Wisconsin
ISBN: 9781720484158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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75,68 zł |
Shotcrete: Materials, Performance and Use
ISBN: 9781032039718 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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278,03 zł |
Shotcrete: Materials, Performance and Use
ISBN: 9781482264104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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787,03 zł |
Foundations for Microwave Engineering
ISBN: 9780780360310 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 944 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. FOUNDATIONS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING, Second Edition, covers the major topics of microwave engineering. Its presentation defines the accepted standard for both advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses on microwave engineering. An essential reference book for the practicing microwave engineer, it features:
FOUNDATIONS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING, Second Edition, covers the major topics of microwave engineering. Its presentation defines the accepted standar...
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955,21 zł |
Hometown Banking: A History of The First National Bank of El Dorado, Arkansas
ISBN: 9798218100483 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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107,17 zł |
Sam Smith: The Man Who Saved America: Young Reader Edition with 12 Lessons in Leadership
ISBN: 9781540419965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military force in the world, the British Royal Navy, had positioned a massive naval blockade all along the American Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico, slowly strangling the infant United States. The invasion of Washington, D.C. by Lord Wellington's "Invincibles" the month before had resulted in the burning of the Capitol and White House, scattering Congress and the President to the wind. In the largest assembly of fighters during the entire war, the...
It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military f...
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89,30 zł |
Sam Smith: Star-Spangled Hero: The Unsung Patriot Who Saved Baltimore & Helped Win the War of 1812
ISBN: 9781502905512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military force in the world, the British Royal Navy, had positioned a massive naval blockade all along the American Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico, slowly strangling the infant U.S. economy. The invasion of Washington, D.C. by Lord Wellington's "Invincibles" the month before had resulted in the burning of the Capitol and White House, scattering Congress and the President to the wind. In the largest assembly of combatants during the entire war, the...
It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military f...
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111,63 zł |
Dawn of Discovery: The Early British Travellers to Crete
ISBN: 9781407305424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This work focuses on three important British travellers to Crete during the 18th and 19th centuries to establish whether or not they made any significant contribution to the field of research with regard to the archaeological heritage of Bronze Age Crete. It brings these 'lost pioneers' of antiquity to the fore and to recognize their efforts as part of the foundation of the discovery of the island's Bronze Age archaeology prior to the groundbreaking excavations of Sir Arthur Evans. They are Richard Pococke (1704-65), Robert Pashley (1805-59) and Thomas Spratt (1811-88). Having dealt with the...
This work focuses on three important British travellers to Crete during the 18th and 19th centuries to establish whether or not they made any signific...
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317,57 zł |
American Government: Myths and Realities, 2016 Election Edition
ISBN: 9780190299903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. We just experienced a historic election--driven more by common political myths and less by its realities--that will impact our political and personal lives for years to come. Rather than dismissing those myths as outright falsehoods, American Government: Myths and Realities, 2016 Election Edition, encourages students to confront their preconceived notions in order to think critically about government and politics. Clearly and distinctively woven into each chapter, the myths-and-realities theme provides a pedagogical framework that engages students with interesting questions while...
We just experienced a historic election--driven more by common political myths and less by its realities--that will impact our political and personal ...
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827,82 zł |
Sophocles, the Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
ISBN: 9780156027649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.
English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index. |
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76,50 zł |