wyszukanych pozycji: 43
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780063297234 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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157,66 zł |
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780060175962 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Mysterious (mistie - ries), a. f. L. mysterium Mysteryi ] ous. Cf. F. mysterieux.] It is known as one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise... Mysterious (mistie - ries), a. f. L. mysterium Mysteryi ] ous. Cf. F. mysterieux.] |
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92,98 zł |
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780140271287 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him.
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C M...
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55,97 zł |
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780008484392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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86,51 zł |
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062652560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,77 zł |
The Professor and the Madman
ISBN: 9780062170262 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,68 zł |
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062938336 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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121,23 zł |
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading Empires
ISBN: 9780062315427 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of Library Journal's 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature. As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world, and the Atlantic connected Europe to the New World, the Pacific Ocean defines our tomorrow. With China on the rise, so, too, are the American cities of the West... One of Library Journal's 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United... |
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68,68 zł |
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062845900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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129,32 zł |
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780063341906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,77 zł |
A Crack in the Edge of the World : The Great American Earthquake of 1906
ISBN: 9780141016344 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake. This story delves beneath the surface of the earth, and explains why the world mov
A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a...
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91,88 zł |
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans
ISBN: 9780060954949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both cultural and topographical. And, as Simon Winchester superbly demonstrates in this intimate portrait of the region, much of the political strife of the past century can be traced to its inherent contrasts. With the aid of a guide and linguist, Winchester traveled deep into the region's most troublesome areas--including... A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It M... |
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68,68 zł |
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062938343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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76,32 zł |
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
ISBN: 9780062079619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become "one nation, indivisible"? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America's most essential... Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers... |
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88,89 zł |
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
ISBN: 9780061767906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell--clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world--making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this unseen universe to create an epochal and remarkably beautiful hand-painted map. But instead of receiving accolades and honors, he ended up in... In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in hi... |
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80,81 zł |
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780008484422 / Miękka / 2024 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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55,97 zł |
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
ISBN: 9780312423377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand miles of navigable waters. To travel those waters is to travel back in history, to sense the soul of China, and Simon Winchester takes us along with him as he encounters the essence of China--its history and politics, its geography...
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching ...
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88,94 zł |
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
ISBN: 9780060750442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southern tip to the North Korean border -- in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusive land. Fascinating for its vivid presentation of historical and geographic detail, Korea is that rare book that actually defines a nation and its people. Winchester's gift for capturing engaging characters in true, compelling stories provides us with a treasury of enchanting and informed insight on the culture, language, history, and... In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southe... |
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76,77 zł |
The Alice Behind Wonderland
ISBN: 9780190614546 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean, with a Thomas Ottewill Registered Double Folding camera, recently purchased in London.
Simon Winchester deftly uses the resulting image--as unsettling as it is famous, and the subject of bottomless speculation--as the vehicle for a brief excursion behind the lens, a focal point on the origins of a classic work of English literature. Dodgson's love of photography framed his view of the world and... On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old A...
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63,58 zł |
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
ISBN: 9780141005171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.
Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existe...
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66,14 zł |