wyszukanych pozycji: 35
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Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F Buckley Jr. Omnibus
ISBN: 9781594036088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For most of the last century, William F. Buckley Jr. was the leading figure in the conservative movement in America. The magazine he founded in 1955, National Review, brought together writers representing every strand of conservative thought, and refined those ideas over the decades that followed. Buckley's own writings were a significant part of this development. He was not a theoretician but a popularizer, someone who could bring conservative ideas to a vast audience through dazzling writing and lively wit. Culled from millions of published words spanning nearly sixty years,...
For most of the last century, William F. Buckley Jr. was the leading figure in the conservative movement in America. The magazine he founded in 1955, ...
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76,82 |
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The Story of Henri Tod
ISBN: 9781581824780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this mesmerizing tale of espionage set in 1961 Berlin, Blackford Oakes links up with Henri Tod, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's madness dedicated to preserving freedom in his homeland. When Tod learns of the plans for the Berlin Wall, Oakes knows he must stop Tod from taking action.
In this mesmerizing tale of espionage set in 1961 Berlin, Blackford Oakes links up with Henri Tod, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's madness dedicated to ...
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53,76 |
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Tucker's Last Stand
ISBN: 9781888952735 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Tuckers Last Stand, set in 1964 Vietnam, finds Oakes working to halt infiltration by men and material coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail--and he is called upon to make a decisive move that will have consequences that he could not foresee.
Tuckers Last Stand, set in 1964 Vietnam, finds Oakes working to halt infiltration by men and material coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail--and he is cal...
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61,30 |
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A Very Private Plot
ISBN: 9781581824773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An ambitious senator wants to weaken the power of the CIA, perhaps to the point of its elimination. To accomplish his goal, he tries to enlist Blackford Oakes--now retired--into his cause by forcing him to testify before a senate committee about CIA covert activities in 1985.
An ambitious senator wants to weaken the power of the CIA, perhaps to the point of its elimination. To accomplish his goal, he tries to enlist Blackfo...
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49,92 |
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High Jinx
ISBN: 9781888952520 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The year is 1954, and Joseph Stalin is dead. As the ruthless Laurenti Beria, head of the KGB, plots to succeed him, another drama is taking place in a distant part of the Soviet empire. United States and British commandoes have begun a mission to overthrow the Soviet-controlled government of Albania, but it is doomed to failure from the outset--jinxed by a traitor.
In the aftermath of the disaster, CIA super spy Blackford Oakes pursues his adversary from a covert camp for training murderers to Buckingham Palace, from a KGB hideout in Stockholm to the very doors of the Kremlin. The result is... The year is 1954, and Joseph Stalin is dead. As the ruthless Laurenti Beria, head of the KGB, plots to succeed him, another drama is taking place in a...
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53,61 |
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Fuzzy Expert Systems and Fuzzy Reasoning
ISBN: 9780471388593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Fuzzy sets were for a long time not accepted by the AI community. Now they have become highly evolved and their techniques are well established. This book will teach the reader how to construct a fuzzy expert system to solve real-world problems. After a general discussion of expert systems, the basic fuzzy math required is presented first, requiring little more math background than high-school algebra. This book will fill a void in the market because although there are many books on expert systems, none devote more than a few pages to the notion of fuzzy sets and their applications in this...
Fuzzy sets were for a long time not accepted by the AI community. Now they have become highly evolved and their techniques are well established. This ...
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757,04 |
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The Blackford Oakes Reader
ISBN: 9781583483831 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. You are introduced, in a single volume, to a central character from each of Buckley's ten spy novels. All stand alone in this readable, exciting, and thoughtful collection. As diverse characters find their lives entangled in the web of international espionage, Buckley gives his own stylish, sly, and erudite perspective on intriguing world events.
You are introduced, in a single volume, to a central character from each of Buckley's ten spy novels. All stand alone in this readable, exciting, and ...
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72,83 |
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American Spy: My Secret History in the Cia, Watergate and Beyond
ISBN: 9780471789826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Startling revelations from the OSS, the CIA, and the Nixon White house
Think you know everything there is to know about the OSS, the Cold War, the CIA, and Watergate? Think again. In American Spy, one of the key figures in postwar international and political espionage tells all. Former OSS and CIA operative and White House staffer E. Howard Hunt takes you into the covert designs of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon:
Startling revelations from the OSS, the CIA, and the Nixon White house
Think you know everything there is to know about the OSS, the Cold Wa... |
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138,16 |
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Design of Distillation Column Control Systems
ISBN: 9780713135510 / Angielski / Twarda / 1985 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A distillation column is both multivariable and nonlinear - and it consumes immense quantities of energy. Yet, despite the desigh challenges it presents, it is still the most popular unit operation for refining in industrial plants today. Much has been published on the subject of distillation column design, but much remains to be explained. That is why this book is unique. In a departure from the more traditional empirical and theoretical approaches, it introduced the reader to the practical realm, by presenting quantitative design techniques that have been demonstrated to be useful and... A distillation column is both multivariable and nonlinear - and it consumes immense quantities of energy. Yet, despite the desigh challenges it pre... |
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960,90 |
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Conversations with William F. Buckley Jr.
ISBN: 9781604732245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Although recognized for founding National Review, hosting television's Firing Line, and being one of the principal architects of the American conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) was also a prominent literary figure. At his peak he produced about 350,000 words for publication a year, and he was never at a loss for what to say or how to say it. He wrote over 7,000 columns, articles, reviews, introductions, forewords, obituaries, and more, in addition to publishing fifty-seven books of fiction and nonfiction. Conversations with William F. Buckley... Although recognized for founding National Review, hosting television's Firing Line, and being one of the principal architects of the ... |
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Conversations with William F. Buckley Jr.
ISBN: 9781604732252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Although recognized for founding National Review, hosting television's Firing Line, and being one of the principal architects of the American conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) was also a prominent literary figure. At his peak he produced about 350,000 words for publication a year, and he was never at a loss for what to say or how to say it. He wrote over 7,000 columns, articles, reviews, introductions, forewords, obituaries, and more, in addition to publishing fifty-seven books of fiction and nonfiction. Conversations with William F. Buckley... Although recognized for founding National Review, hosting television's Firing Line, and being one of the principal architects of the ... |
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113,28 |
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Buckley vs. Vidal: The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates
ISBN: 9781942531128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and liberal author Gore Vidal exploded onto the political scene during the presidential conventions of 1968 when they debated 11 times on ABC News as a part of the network s unconventional convention coverage. The debates were fiery and combative and they infamously blew up at each other during their penultimate debate in Chicago. The debates, the subject of the new documentary film Best of Enemies, have not been shown or transcribed in their entirety since the original airings in 1968. The Devault-GravesAgency -- the publisher that made world news in...
Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and liberal author Gore Vidal exploded onto the political scene during the presidential conventions of 1968 w...
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95,89 |
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The Poetical Works of John Milton. A new edition, ... revised from the text of T. Newton [by T. A. W. Buckley].
ISBN: 9781241247386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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137,52 |
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Buckley: The Right Word
ISBN: 9780156005692 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Buckley s provocative observations on the use and abuse of English, gathered for the first time in a single volume - a veritable cornucopia of language and logic that belongs in every library (Library Journal). Edited by Samuel S. Vaughan.
" Buckley s provocative observations on the use and abuse of English, gathered for the first time in a single volume - a veritable cornucopia of languag...
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84,50 |
The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover
ISBN: 9780156006163 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author s most erudite, outre, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.
" This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author s most erudite, outre, and interesting words - from prehensile and s...
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57,60 |