wyszukanych pozycji: 85
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Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires
ISBN: 9781473698635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . .
Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern... Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Em...
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105,37 |
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James Joyce in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566636490 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to...
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81,18 |
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The Borgias: Power and Fortune
ISBN: 9781786495464 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) * * A Daily Mail Book of the Week * * The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history. ____________________ 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times ____________________ The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthlessness, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities - it also marks the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and a decisive turning point in European history. From the family's...
* * A Daily Mail Book of the Week * * The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history. _______________...
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65,23 |
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Hemingway in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566636582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to...
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42,86 |
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Mendeleyev\'s Dream
ISBN: 9781639364749 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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179,60 |
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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781838955182 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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65,23 |
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Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566636513 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to...
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81,18 |
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Kinship at the Core: An Anthropology of Elmdon, a Village in North-West Essex in the Nineteen-Sixties
ISBN: 9780521105033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In the village of Elmdon in north-west Essex, members of certain families are distinguished from other residents as being real Elmdon'. Through a detailed ethnography of the structure of the village, and the interrelationships between its various families, work patterns and community activities, Marilyn Strathern provides an understanding of the characteristics of those who most vehemently claim to be 'real' village people. Yet this account goes far beyond ethnographic description. Its inspiration lies with Dr Audrey Richards, a distinguished anthropologist whose most substantial contribution...
In the village of Elmdon in north-west Essex, members of certain families are distinguished from other residents as being real Elmdon'. Through a deta...
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230,69 |
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Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History
ISBN: 9780873386616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Arrow Talk makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Melanesian culture and contemporary sociopolitical issues in Papua New Guinea. In a post modern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this book makes a cogent argument for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious and linguistic factors have combined to shape Melpa responses to the political and economic crises they have had to face in the waning years of the millennium. This analysis also contributes notably to the development of anthropological...
Arrow Talk makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Melanesian culture and contemporary sociopolitical issues in Papua New Gu...
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91,69 |
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The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo
ISBN: 9781786498748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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65,23 |
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The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
ISBN: 9780553386141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia--three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different, and they would meet only for a short time in 1502, but the events that transpired when they did would significantly alter each man's perceptions--and the course of Western history. In 1502, Italy was riven by conflict, with the city of Florence as the ultimate prize. Machiavelli, the consummate political manipulator, attempted to placate the savage Borgia by volunteering Leonardo...
Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia--three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work o...
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79,82 |
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Kant in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566631235 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one s friends to Western civilization. Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading. Richard Bernstein, New York Times. Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical...
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce ones...
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47,65 |
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The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
ISBN: 9781845951214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this study, Paul Strathern details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds. 'The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior' follows Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia through the mountains, remote villages and hill towns of the Italian Romagna.
In this study, Paul Strathern details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds. 'The Artist, the Philosopher an...
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85,30 |
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Shifting Contexts: Transformations in Anthropological Knowledge
ISBN: 9780415107952 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) To suppose anthropological analysis can shift between global and local perspectives may well imply that the two co-exist as broader and narrower horizons or contexts of knowledge. The proof for this can be found in ethnographic accounts where contrasts are repeatedly drawn between the encompassing realm and everyday life or in value systems which sumultaneously trivialise and aggrandise or in shifts between what pertains to the general or to the particular.
To suppose anthropological analysis can shift between global and local perspectives may well imply that the two co-exist as broader and narrower horiz...
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226,86 |
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The Gender of the Gift: Problems with Women and Problems with Society in Melanesia
ISBN: 9780520072022 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 437 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship, Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. The book treats with equal seriousness--and with equal good humor--the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. This makes The Gender of the Gift one of the most sustained critiques of cross-cultural comparison that...
In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship, Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a part...
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155,63 |
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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great
ISBN: 9781838958558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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125,51 |
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The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
ISBN: 9780099522973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage.
Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fa...
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75,26 |
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Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires
ISBN: 9781473698666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires.
A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires.
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55,19 |
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Spinoza in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566632140 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 87 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character. . . . I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization".--Katherine A. Powers, "Boston Globe".
"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character. . . . I cannot think of a better way to introduce...
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71,60 |
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Foucault in 90 Minutes: Philosophers in 90 Minutes
ISBN: 9781566632928 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion.
These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion.
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71,60 |