wyszukanych pozycji: 340
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Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of WASP Splendor
ISBN: 9780316003186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Tad Friend's family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of Swarthmore College, and at Smith his mother came in second in a poetry contest judged by W.H. Auden--to Sylvia Plath.? For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life.? But then, in the '60s, their fortunes began to fall.? As a young man, Tad noticed that his family tree, for all its glories, was full of alcoholics, depressives, and reckless eccentrics.? Yet his identity had already been shaped by the family's age-old traditions and expectations.? Part memoir, part family history, and?part cultural...
Tad Friend's family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of Swarthmore College, and at Smith his mother came in second in a poetry ...
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Lost in Mongolia: Travels in Hollywood and Other Foreign Lands
ISBN: 9780812991550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Find yourself in the midst of a heated battle over a sitcom laugh track. Learn to get away with spectacular crimes. Get lost with the reindeer people in the mountains of Mongolia.
In Lost in Mongolia a collection of Tad Friend's most original, witty, and wide-ranging articles and essays from The New Yorker, Esquire, and Outside we are taken on a cultural tour of global proportions. Friend reports from the entertainment mecca of Hollywood on topics that range from the life and death of River Phoenix to the widespread plagiarism of movie ideas, to why celebrity... Find yourself in the midst of a heated battle over a sitcom laugh track. Learn to get away with spectacular crimes. Get lost with the reindeer people ...
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73,82 |
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Stateless Nations: Western European Regional Nationalisms and the Old Nations
ISBN: 9781349348480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants more autonomy, and why Catalonia emphasizes its distinctive language and institutions but does not want separation from Spain. Stateless Nations explores the historical roots of modern nationalisms.
Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants ...
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Animal Talk T
ISBN: 9780743201582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. If animal behavior is mostly instinctual, why do animals need to communicate? Is it possible that there is a universal language spoken and understood by all animals on earth, including humans? Do barks, growls, rumbles, chirps, yips, and meows have communicative meanings?
"No matter what species," writes acclaimed science journalist Tim Friend, "we're all concerned with the same topics of conversation -- sex, real estate, who's boss, and what's for dinner." In Animal Talk, Friend draws upon years of field research, interviews with preeminent scientists, and lively personal... If animal behavior is mostly instinctual, why do animals need to communicate? Is it possible that there is a universal language spoken and understood ...
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Restitution
ISBN: 9781999119263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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97,08 |
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A Christian Chronology of History: A Time Line of Human History from a Christian Prospective
ISBN: 9781490739830 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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119,55 |
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A Christian Chronology of History: A Time Line of Human History from a Christian Prospective
ISBN: 9781426956034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A chronology of human history affecting the spread of Christianity written by "God's Friend." It is written from the perspective of a believer and provides information that describes the ancient Jewish calendar and the actual birth date of Jesus. It includes key America Restoration Movement events and the movement to unbelief and evolutionary theory. Actual modern sightings of Noah's Ark are documented. The views and statements of most of the Presidents of the United States as well as the current unconstitutional challenges offered by the Obama Administration are touched upon. The restoration...
A chronology of human history affecting the spread of Christianity written by "God's Friend." It is written from the perspective of a believer and pro...
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The Spanish Pearl
ISBN: 9781933110769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Kate Vincent and her partner travel to Spain, Kate is accidentally transported back in time...way back in time...to 1085. What does a woman like Kate do in a world of no antibiotics, no feminism, no Diet Coke? She denies it as long as possible, then sets her mind to getting home. Tricky with her now useless twenty-first century skills.
Things don't go well. Kate is captured by a band of mercenary soldiers and becomes an unwitting pawn in the violent conflict between the Catholic kings and the Islamic Moors. In her struggle to stay alive and return to the future, Kate must flee exotic... When Kate Vincent and her partner travel to Spain, Kate is accidentally transported back in time...way back in time...to 1085. What does a woman like ...
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Making Scale Models
ISBN: 9781847977700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The perfect guide for those who have never made a model before or who want to develop or increase their skills
From cutting a straight line to making a scaled human figure that "lives," through to creating beautifully detailed buildings and finely detailed furniture, the book takes you through each stage of the process. The book discusses methods for a wide range of disciplines, from theater design to railway modeling to interior design. Alongside a practical guide to tools and materials are the basic techniques for constructing scale models using simple, readily available materials. There... The perfect guide for those who have never made a model before or who want to develop or increase their skills
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50,63 |
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Online Journalism Ethics: Traditions and Transitions
ISBN: 9780765615732 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Online media present both old and new ethical issues for journalists who must make decisions in an interactive, instantaneous environment short on normative standards or guidelines. This user-friendly book guides prospective and professional journalists through ethical questions encountered only online. Including real-life examples and perspectives from online journalists in every chapter, the book examines the issues of gathering information, reporting, interviewing, and writing for mainstream news organizations on the Web. It considers the ethical implications of linking, interactivity,...
Online media present both old and new ethical issues for journalists who must make decisions in an interactive, instantaneous environment short on nor...
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964,78 |
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Gunmen: Brittle and Ashe Book 1
ISBN: 9781735980508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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32,59 |
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Aliens Within Our Own Selves
ISBN: 9780989825542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Daily Living with Extraterrestrials: This book is based on true events and is a phenomenal story of two people living in a dual consciousness by finding out that they both had been chosen by the ETs as companions. This was about living a secret life and keeping records of their experiences together until the ETs told us the purpose of this. The ETs want us to speak the truth for them using the ETs own words and their many messages and why we have been schooled by them. The ETs want the TRUTH told about them and why they come to earth. They are responsible at times for many of the new cures...
Daily Living with Extraterrestrials: This book is based on true events and is a phenomenal story of two people living in a dual consciousness by findi...
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The Blue-Eyed Enemy: Japan Against the West in Java and Luzon, 1942-1945
ISBN: 9780691632223 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Blue-Eyed Enemy is a comprehensive account of the interwoven histories of the three major archipelago-nations of the West Pacific during the years of the Second World War. Theodore Friend examines Japanese colonialism in Indonesia and the Philippines as an example of recurring patterns of domination and repression in that region. He depicts Japanese rule in Greater East Asia as expressive of the folly of the general who exhorted his troops "to annihilate the blue-eyed enemy and their black slaves." At the same time he clearly shows where the return of Western power aimed at new... The Blue-Eyed Enemy is a comprehensive account of the interwoven histories of the three major archipelago-nations of the West Pacific during... |
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722,35 |
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Touch of Gold: A Summer With God
ISBN: 9781367327191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,61 |
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Him or Her or Whatever
ISBN: 9781946580337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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73,38 |
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God's Love beyond Despair and Trauma: Finding your Divine Purpose
ISBN: 9781637901274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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39,11 |
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The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido
ISBN: 9780446556293 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} A sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive look at the captains of the culture wars -- and an indispensable road map for understanding how we got to the Trump Teens. THE NAUGHTY NINETIES: The Triumph of the American Libido examines the scandal-strafed decade when our...
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Trouble Don't Last Always
ISBN: 9781438900766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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50,81 |
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Pluralism in Mathematics: A New Position in Philosophy of Mathematics
ISBN: 9789400770577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is about philosophy, mathematics and logic, giving a philosophical account of Pluralism which is a family of positions in the philosophy of mathematics. There are four parts to this book, beginning with a look at motivations for Pluralism by way of Realism, Maddy's Naturalism, Shapiro's Structuralism and Formalism. In the second part of this book the author covers: the philosophical presentation of Pluralism; using a formal theory of logic metaphorically; rigour and proof for the Pluralist; and mathematical fixtures. In the third part the author goes on to focus on the... This book is about philosophy, mathematics and logic, giving a philosophical account of Pluralism which is a family of positions in the philosophy ... |
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Design of Deception
ISBN: 9781999119201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,05 |