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Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780815314318 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English draws on the wealth of writing from the old British Commonwealth, including work from African, Canadian, Australian, Pakistani and New Zealand writers. The anthology comprises 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nineteenth century to the present day and is organized into sets of short stories and stand-alone selections from significant novels. Colonial, postcolonial, immigrant, and personal encounters are represented. Each section includes a general introduction placing the works in historical and...
Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English draws on the wealth of writing from the old British Commonwealth, including work from African, Canadian, ...
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Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020
ISBN: 9789004543744 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Since the early nineteenth century, the things which Black South Africans have had in their homes have changed completely. They have adopted things like tables, chairs, knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups and saucers, iron pots, beds, blankets, European clothing, and later electronic apparatus. Thus they claimed modernity, respectability and political inclusion. This book is the first systematic analysis of this development. It argues that the desire to possess such goods formed a major part of the drive behind the anti-apartheid struggle, and that the demand to consume has significantly...
Since the early nineteenth century, the things which Black South Africans have had in their homes have changed completely. They have adopted things li...
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These Oppressions Won’t Cease: The Political Thought of the Cape Khoesan, 1777–1879 An Anthology
ISBN: 9781776141807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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204,54 |
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Thoughts on a Rainy Day
ISBN: 9781425770013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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119,69 |
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The Player: Life is a Gamble
ISBN: 9780595666621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "I never discuss money with my clothes on. But I don't think he'll miss $3,000 and I'm worth every penny." She says defensively. "What's the matter, you don't like professional girls?"
"On the contrary," The Player replies. "I've always admired someone who can charge so much when so many are giving it away for free." ***** "All of it?" The dealer asks with apprehension. The Player nods. A crowd gathers. The wheel spins. The dealer fidgets. The pit boss yanks at his shirt collar and moves in for a closer look. An entire mountain range of chips lay on a single number that will pay... "I never discuss money with my clothes on. But I don't think he'll miss $3,000 and I'm worth every penny." She says defensively. "What's the matter, y...
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83,43 |
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Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780815333203 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This work draws from the great common wealth of writing of over 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nineteenth century through to the contemporary era.
This work draws from the great common wealth of writing of over 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nin...
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223,41 |
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Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones (the authorised biography)
ISBN: 9781399742917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2026 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Python, actor, director, popular historian, national treasure, purveyor of sincere silliness - this is the story of the one and only Terry Jones. In an intimate portrait penned by the close friend Terry chose to write his story, Staggeringly Silly is the story of one our greatest comedy legends. Taking in his greatest successes as well as his personal battles, it is the whole story, from his start as a war baby in the picturesque coastal town of Colwyn Bay, to meeting his lifelong friend Michael Palin at Oxford and the journey that took him on a convoluted pathway through revue sketches, BBC...
Python, actor, director, popular historian, national treasure, purveyor of sincere silliness - this is the story of the one and only Terry Jones. In ...
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The Player: Life is a Gamble
ISBN: 9780595326532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "I never discuss money with my clothes on. But I don't think he'll miss $3,000 and I'm worth every penny." She says defensively. "What's the matter, you don't like professional girls?"
"On the contrary," The Player replies. "I've always admired someone who can charge so much when so many are giving it away for free." ***** "All of it?" The dealer asks with apprehension. The Player nods. A crowd gathers. The wheel spins. The dealer fidgets. The pit boss yanks at his shirt collar and moves in for a closer look. An entire mountain range of chips lay on a single number that will pay... "I never discuss money with my clothes on. But I don't think he'll miss $3,000 and I'm worth every penny." She says defensively. "What's the matter, y...
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From the Isle of Serendip: Essays by Columnist & Writer Robert Ross
ISBN: 9781795834315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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55,67 |
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Cape of Torments: Slavery and Resistance in South Africa
ISBN: 9781032309514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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461,44 |
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Us-China-Eu Relations: Managing the New World Order
ISBN: 9780415681131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This volume brings together a group of leading international scholars to discuss how US-China-EU relations will shape the future of international politics. Arguing that these three powers will play a key role in establishing and managing a new world order, the contributors examine how a future global order is developed by the interaction of these leading actors in the international system. The authors also address how the US, China and the EU promote cooperation and manage conflict of interests on a wide spectrum of issues including new security challenges. By linking the management... This volume brings together a group of leading international scholars to discuss how US-China-EU relations will shape the future of international p... |
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Mission Possible: The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation
ISBN: 9781138512269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Adam Kok's Griquas: A Study in the Development of Stratification in South Africa
ISBN: 9780521102339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book examines the ways in which racial and economic stratification were brought to coincide in pre-industrial South Africa by describing in detail the history of one group, the Griquas of Philippolis and Kokstad. These people, of very mixed origins, were central, both physically and symbolically, to the processes of South African history in the nineteenth century. They were able to gain control over a very large area of the southern Orange Free State, where they established what was, for a time, a prosperous little state. Very many Griquas became Christian, although this did not mean...
This book examines the ways in which racial and economic stratification were brought to coincide in pre-industrial South Africa by describing in detai...
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The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League
ISBN: 9780803249417 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned in part by the players themselves, a response to the National League's salary cap and -reserve rule, - which bound players for life to one particular team. Led by John Montgomery Ward, the Players League was a star-studded group that included most of the best players of the National League, who bolted not only to gain control of their wages but also to share ownership of the teams.
Lasting only a year, the league impacted both the professional sports and the labor politics... The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned in part by the players themselves, a response ...
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Clothing: A Global History: Or, the Imperialists' New Clothes
ISBN: 9780745631868 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. At the same time it takes seriously those places where, for whatever reason, this process has not occurred, or has been reversed, and provides explanations for these developments.
The first part of this story recounts how the cultural, political and economic power of Europe and, from the later nineteenth century North America, has provided an impetus for the... In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelli...
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The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia: A Comparative Introduction to the Utopian Novel in the New English Literatures
ISBN: 9780820451930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia is a critical introduction to utopian and dystopian fiction written in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and India. It outlines the development of utopian writing over the last thirty years and analyzes the relationship between postcolonial and utopian issues foregrounded in these works. Based on a comparative approach that takes into account the different traditions the texts are derived from, this book examines the function of utopian alternatives and dystopian anxieties in the writings of a wide range of well-known authors such as Janet Frame,...
The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia is a critical introduction to utopian and dystopian fiction written in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa...
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Pathways of Life
ISBN: 9781420873306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In Pathways Of Life, the author takes you on a journey, sharing, through poetry and prose, his experiences, thoughts, and perceptions concerning love, life, people, war, and his heritage; together with reflections on the world in general. Says the author: "If the reader, as he or she moves through the material, will stop occasionally and reflect on their own experiences, nearly everyone should find at least one item to which they can relate during their journey along the Pathways Of Life.
In Pathways Of Life, the author takes you on a journey, sharing, through poetry and prose, his experiences, thoughts, and perceptions concerning love,...
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59,39 |
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Orchards of Privilege: Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700-2023
ISBN: 9780821425992 / Angielski / 10-02-2026 Książka dostępna od: 10-02-2026 |
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A Concise History of South Africa
ISBN: 9780521720267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed.
Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic...
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Ariel's First Christmas
ISBN: 9798344141756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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