wyszukanych pozycji: 548
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Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
ISBN: 9781619450066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ackerman presents the razor-thin election story of President James A. Garfield, a partisan war, an assassination--and a cautionary tale for contemporary America.
Ackerman presents the razor-thin election story of President James A. Garfield, a partisan war, an assassination--and a cautionary tale for contempora...
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139,81 |
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The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West
ISBN: 9780778369516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
72,58 |
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The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
ISBN: 9780735223035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,62 |
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Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
ISBN: 9780679742265 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
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68,80 |
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The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory: Critical Essays on Economic Theory
ISBN: 9780415700016 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Does economic theory, and its many practical applications, rest on concrete foundations? Given the influence and prestige afforded to orthodox economic policy advice, apparently the answer is a resounding "yes."
Economists Frank Ackerman and Alejandro Nadal present a fundamental challenge to this received wisdom, demonstrating that neither the abstractions of general equilibrium nor their real-world consequences, stand up to logical scrutiny. Themes critically analyzed in this book include: * Economics' assumptions about consumer behavior * Individual choices and the role of... Does economic theory, and its many practical applications, rest on concrete foundations? Given the influence and prestige afforded to orthodox economi...
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786,83 |
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Silver-Tongued Temptress
ISBN: 9781509220151 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,72 |
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The Entrepreneur's Odyssey: A Novel Approach to Startup Success
ISBN: 9781032883540 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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142,56 |
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Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780275939151 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Nonviolent action, well planned and implemented, is shown in this lucid, timely, and compelling work to effect dramatic outcomes against opponents utilizing violence. Ackerman and Kruegler recognize that not all nonviolent efforts meet with success, and they are careful to stress that a nonviolent approach involves great risks as well as opportunities. It is the effectiveness of the strategies employed which will determine whether or not those using nonviolent means can prevail against opponents who rely on violence in pursuit of objectives. Twelve strategic principles are established in... Nonviolent action, well planned and implemented, is shown in this lucid, timely, and compelling work to effect dramatic outcomes against opponents ... |
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388,24 |
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The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
ISBN: 9781472152923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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65,69 |
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Reno Rising: You Have to Fall Before You Rise
ISBN: 9781513636276 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
57,14 |
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Sheepdogs
ISBN: 9780241772539 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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75,80 |
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Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers
ISBN: 9780778319214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman will be available Feb 13, 2018. Preorder your copy today
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman will be available Feb 13, 2018. Preorder your copy today
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64,93 |
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A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
ISBN: 9780679771333 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor. "(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and speculation to whatever she considers."--San Francisco Examiner.
From the Hardcover edition.
his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of th...
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80,26 |
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Palermo Reiseführer: Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter für die Entdeckung der reichen Geschichte, verborgenen Schätze und unvergesslichen Abenteuer in Siziliens pulsierender Hauptstadt
ISBN: 9798321907498 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2024 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,19 |
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Wsparcie dla dorosłych synów z dysfunkcyjnych...
ISBN: 9788382251180 / Polski / broszurowa / 2022 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Masz trudności z wyrażaniem uczuć i utrzymywaniem relacjiCzasem nagle wybuchasz i nie wiesz dlaczegoPrzewidujesz najgorsze i nie wierzysz w możliwość zmiany na dobreNie lubisz krytyki i obawiasz się porażkiWidzisz, że źle gospodarujesz czasem, ale nie potrafisz nic z tym zrobićNie potrafisz się całkiem odprężyć i swobodnie się bawićJeśli na część z tych pytań odpowiedziałeś twierdząco, być może należysz do ogromnej grupy mężczyzn, których dr Robert Ackerman nazywa milczącymi synami. Milczący synowie mogą pochodzić z rodzin naznaczonych alkoholizmem,...
Masz trudności z wyrażaniem uczuć i utrzymywaniem relacjiCzasem nagle wybuchasz i nie wiesz dlaczegoPrzewidujesz najgorsze i nie wierzysz w możliw...
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49,90 |
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Just Words: Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the Failure of Public Conversation in America
ISBN: 9780300191967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the critic Mary McCarthy glibly remarked that every word author Lillian Hellman wrote was a lie, "including 'and' and 'the.'" Hellman immediately filed a libel suit, charging that McCarthy's comment was not a legitimate conversation on public issues but an attack on her reputation. This intriguing book offers a many-faceted examination of Hellman's infamous suit and explores what it tells us about tensions between privacy and self-expression, freedom and restraint in public language, and what can and cannot be said in public in... In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the critic Mary McCarthy glibly remarked that every word author Lillian Hellman wrote was ... |
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300,59 |
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The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby: The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
ISBN: 9780801452178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), a celebrated Dominican preacher from Valencia, was revered as a living saint during his lifetime, receiving papal canonization within fifty years of his death. In The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby, Laura Ackerman Smoller recounts the fascinating story of how Vincent became the subject of widespread devotion, ranging from the saint's tomb in Brittany to cult centers in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Latin America, where Vincent is still venerated today. Along the way, Smoller traces the long and sometimes contentious process of establishing a stable... Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), a celebrated Dominican preacher from Valencia, was revered as a living saint during his lifetime, receiving papal canon... |
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221,30 |
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Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform
ISBN: 9781107081208 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The second edition of Corruption and Government updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999 book to address emerging issues and to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research explosion that accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of Transparency International, and the World Bank's decision to give anti-corruption policy a key place on its agenda. Time has vindicated Rose-Ackerman's emphasis on institutional reform as the necessary condition for serious progress. The book deals with routine payoffs and with corruption in contracting and privatization. It...
The second edition of Corruption and Government updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999 book to address emerging issues and to rethink old questions in lig...
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481,50 |
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Public Sector Performance, Corruption and State Capture in a Globalized World
ISBN: 9781032524290 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
762,24 |
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From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland
ISBN: 9780521843836 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The transition to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe is not complete. The process by which governments make policy is often closed and difficult to penetrate. Frequently, only a few insiders are consulted, and even when the process is more oprn, short time limits and bureaucratic resistance make the process opaque to ordinary citizens. Drawing on interviews with key officials and private sector activists, this book documents existing problems with the policymaking processes in Hungary and Poland and argues for reforms that will enhance the accountability of all democracies in the...
The transition to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe is not complete. The process by which governments make policy is often closed and difficult ...
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299,81 |