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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
ISBN: 9780375708152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. |
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Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
ISBN: 9780099563839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In this work of history and adventure Wade Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept on climbing on that fateful day. His answer lies in a single phrase uttered by one of the survivors as they retreated from the mountain: 'The price of life is death'.
In this work of history and adventure Wade Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept ...
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Wąż i tęcza. Voodoo, zombie i tajne stowarzyszenia
ISBN: 9788381914833 / Polski / twarda / 2022 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. W kwietniu 1982 roku Wade Davis, antropolog z Harvardu, wsiada do nocnego pociągu do Bostonu i otwiera kopertę. Wyciąga z niej plik pieniędzy, bilet lotniczy na Haiti i wyblakłą fotografię przedstawiającą ubogiego rolnika. To Clairvius Narcisse, człowiek-zombie, uznany za zmarłego i pogrzebany w latach sześćdziesiątych, lecz na powrót żyjący w haitańskiej społeczności.Davis wyrusza na Haiti, by rozpocząć naukowe śledztwo, którego celem jest odkrycie toksyny zmieniającej człowieka w zombie. Po zagłębieniu się w kulturę vodoun, będącą haitańską odmianą...
W kwietniu 1982 roku Wade Davis, antropolog z Harvardu, wsiada do nocnego pociągu do Bostonu i otwiera kopertę. Wyciąga z niej plik pieniędzy, bil...
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Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
ISBN: 9780807842102 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the process and examine it for potential medical use.
Interdisciplinary in nature, this study reveals a network of power relations reaching all levels of Haitian political life. It sheds light on recent Haitian political history, including the meteoric rise under Duvalier of the Tonton Macoute. By... In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of Ha...
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W stronę ciszy. Wielka wojna, Mallory oraz...
ISBN: 9788383801773 / Polski / broszurowa / 2025 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Porywająca opowieść o początkach podboju Everestu, niezwykłym pokoleniu poszukiwaczy przygód oraz największej tajemnicy w dziejach alpinizmu.Po koszmarze pierwszej wojny światowej Brytyjczycy po prostu musieli zdobyć Mount Everest, najwyższy punkt Ziemi. Imperium potrzebowało pozytywnej historii, dowodu swojego szczególnego miejsca w świecie i odkupienia po stracie blisko miliona młodych ludzi. Napędzani patriotyzmem i imperialną dumą wojenni ocaleńcy, zagubieni w nowym świecie, w latach 1921-1924 trzykrotnie próbowali zdobyć dach świata. W każdej z tych wypraw wziął...
Porywająca opowieść o początkach podboju Everestu, niezwykłym pokoleniu poszukiwaczy przygód oraz największej tajemnicy w dziejach alpinizmu.Po...
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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
ISBN: 9780099592969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. From the author of Into The Silence, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia. The world's leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the region, he returned after twelve years of travelling through South America in a dug-out canoe, mapping uncharted rivers, living among local tribes and documenting the knowledge of shamans. Thirty years later, his student Wade Davis landed in Bogota to follow in his mentor's footsteps - so...
From the author of Into The Silence, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from ...
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Magdalena: River of Dreams
ISBN: 9781529112214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Magdalena: River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia
ISBN: 9780375724879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true lost civilization, the Peoples of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the earth really is...
Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winne...
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Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays
ISBN: 9781778402838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays
ISBN: 9781778400445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
ISBN: 9781553652670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world s traditional cultures. His passion as an ethnobotanist has brought him to the very center of indigenous life in places as remote and diverse as the Canadian Arctic, the deserts of North Africa, the rain forests of Borneo, the mountains of Tibet, and the surreal cultural landscape of Haiti. In Light at the Edge of the World, Davis explores the idea that these distinct cultures represent unique visions of life itself and have much to teach...
For more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world s...
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River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado (Revised Edition)
ISBN: 9781778401428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Rapscallions
ISBN: 9781470111779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. They were a special group of individuals, each a master of his or her own discipline, banded together to outwit and outmaneuver the multinational corporations intent on placing profit before planet. Join Rachel, Simon, and the rest of the Rapscallions as they risk life and limb in their quest for environmental justice.
They were a special group of individuals, each a master of his or her own discipline, banded together to outwit and outmaneuver the multinational corp...
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The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (Large Print 16pt)
ISBN: 9781459664821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer - in - Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigeno...
Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winne...
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One River
ISBN: 9780684834962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America--Richard Evans Schultes and his protege Wade Davis--an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the...
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America--Richard Evans Schultes and his protege Wade Davis--an epic tale of adventure an...
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Generals Die in Bed: 100th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9781554516926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the world marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the bestselling novel Generals Die in Bed becomes more relevant than ever. Originally published in 1930, the landmark novel was one of the first to shatter the world s illusion that war is a glorious endeavor. Instead, this chilling first-hand account brought readers face to face with the brutal, ugly realities of life in the trenches. Often compared to All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms, Generals Die in Bed was described by The New York Times as a burning, breathing, historic...
As the world marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the bestselling novel Generals Die in Bed becomes more relevant than ever...
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Corpus Christi in Atanquez: The Sun Festival of the Kankuamo People (Updated Edition): A Visual and Cultural Journey into Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
ISBN: 9798347527519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Football, Culture and Power
ISBN: 9781138923560 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to examine the relationship between American football, violence and the larger relations of power within contemporary society. From high school and college to the NFL, "Football, Culture, and Power" analyses the social, political and cultural imprint of America s national pastime. The NFL s... What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violen... |
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Football, Culture and Power
ISBN: 9781138494190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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