wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks
ISBN: 9781501150807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the co-creator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more, making this the perfect gift for almost anyone who was born before you were. Growing older can be unsettling and surprising. (How on earth did this happen? Where did the years go?) So what better way to deal with this new stage of life than to laugh about your new reality? Die Laughing includes more than enough jokes (not to mention cartoons ) to let...
From the co-creator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of...
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73,72 zł |
Iacocca: An Autobiography
ISBN: 9780553384970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. He's an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many had urged to run for president. The son of Italian immigrants, Lee Iacocca rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company to become its president, only to be toppled eight years later in a power play that should have shattered him. But Lee Iacocca didn't get mad, he got even. He led a battle for Chrysler's survival that made his name a symbol of integrity, know-how, and guts for millions of Americans. In...
He's an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmak...
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91,07 zł |
Iacocca: Autobiografia de un triunfador
ISBN: 9781777270087 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 1985 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 zł |
The Match: Complete Strangers, a Miracle Face Transplant, Two Lives Transformed
ISBN: 9781439195499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Joseph Helfgot, the son of Holocaust survivors, worked his way from a Lower East Side tenement to create a successful Hollywood research company. But his heart was failing. After months of waiting for a heart transplant, he died during the operation.
Hours after his death, his wife Susan was asked a shocking question: would she donate her husband's face to a total stranger? The stranger was James Maki, the adopted son of parents who spent part of World War II in an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Rebelling against his stern father, a professor, by enlisting to serve in Vietnam,... Joseph Helfgot, the son of Holocaust survivors, worked his way from a Lower East Side tenement to create a successful Hollywood research company. But ...
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78,02 zł |
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan
ISBN: 9780812992113 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The former First Lady discusses her life, the Reagan administration, her shaky relationship with her children and key White House personnel, her husband's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, and her bout with cancer. "During our White House years I said almost nothing about how I really felt regarding the controversies that swirled around me. . . . But now those years are over, and it's my turn to describe what happened. . . ." About Ronald Reagan: "Although Ronnie loves people, he often seems remote, and he doesn't let anybody get too close. There's a wall around...
The former First Lady discusses her life, the Reagan administration, her shaky relationship with her children and key White House personnel, her hu...
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99,74 zł |
A Change of Heart
ISBN: 9780446604697 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After a heart and lung transplant operation, dancer Claire Sylvia discovered that new organs were not the only thing she inherited. Never having liked such foods as beer and chicken nuggets, she suddenly started craving them. After an extraordinary dream, she seeks out the family of her donor -- a teenaged boy who died in a motorcycle accident -- and learns that it is indeed possible for two souls to merge in one body.
"This is a story that must be told and heard...a fascinating example of how cellular memory can outlive physical death." -- Deepak Chopra, M.D. After a heart and lung transplant operation, dancer Claire Sylvia discovered that new organs were not the only thing she inherited. Never having liked...
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95,36 zł |
New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State
ISBN: 9780674260443 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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202,46 zł |
The People�s Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
ISBN: 9780807846117 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In The People's Welfare, William Novak refutes this vision of a stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety, political economy, public property, morality, and public health. Challenging the myth of American individualism, Novak recovers a distinctive nineteenth-century commitment to shared obligations and public duties in a...
Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state inte...
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259,54 zł |
My Life
ISBN: 9780449222546 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1993 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "A true emotional phenomenon...Entertaining...Of particular interest to fans will be the evolution of Johnson's relationship with Bird, his great karmic partner in the game."
NEW YORK NEWSDAY He's faced challenges all of his life, but now Magic Johnson faces the biggest challenge of all, his own brave battle with HIV. In this dramatic, exciting, and inspirational autobiography, Magic Johnson allows readers into his life, into his tirumphs and tragedies on and off the court. In his own exuberant style, he tells readers of the friends and family who've been constant supporters and the... "A true emotional phenomenon...Entertaining...Of particular interest to fans will be the evolution of Johnson's relationship with Bird, his great karm...
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38,99 zł |
Corporations and American Democracy
ISBN: 9780674972285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked passionate disagreement about the proper role of corporations in American democracy. Partisans on both sides have made bold claims, often with little basis in historical facts. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides the historical and intellectual grounding necessary to put today's corporate policy debates in proper context. From the nation's founding to the present, Americans have regarded... Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked passionate disagreement about the proper ro... |
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185,37 zł |
Concepts of Ethnicity
ISBN: 9780674157262 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The monumental Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups is the most authoritative single source available on the history, culture, and distinctive characteristics of ethnic groups in the United States. The Dimensions of Ethnicity series is designed to make this landmark scholarship available to everyone in a series of handy paperbound student editions. Selections in this series will include outstanding articles that illuminate the social dynamics of a pluralistic nation or masterfully summarize the experience of key groups. Written by the best-qualified scholars in each... The monumental Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups is the most authoritative single source available on the history, culture, and... |
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147,15 zł |
Boundaries of the State in Us History
ISBN: 9780226277783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The question of how the American state defines its power has become central to a range of historical topics, from the founding of the Republic and the role of the educational system to the functions of agencies and America's place in the world. Yet conventional histories of the state have not reckoned adequately with the roots of an ever-expanding governmental power, assuming instead that the American state was historically and exceptionally weak relative to its European peers. Here, James T. Sparrow, William J. Novak, and Stephen W. Sawyer assemble definitional essays that search for...
The question of how the American state defines its power has become central to a range of historical topics, from the founding of the Republic and the...
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141,96 zł |
Boundaries of the State in Us History
ISBN: 9780226277646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The question of how the American state defines its power has become central to a range of historical topics, from the founding of the Republic and the role of the educational system to the functions of agencies and America's place in the world. Yet conventional histories of the state have not reckoned adequately with the roots of an ever-expanding governmental power, assuming instead that the American state was historically and exceptionally weak relative to its European peers. Here, James T. Sparrow, William J. Novak, and Stephen W. Sawyer assemble definitional essays that search for...
The question of how the American state defines its power has become central to a range of historical topics, from the founding of the Republic and the...
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436,80 zł |
From Conflict to Conciliation: How to Defuse Difficult Situations
ISBN: 9781412979863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Six-C process allows educators to take progressively more assertive steps as needed to resolve a conflict, using the least amount of time and energy while preserving relationships.
The Six-C process allows educators to take progressively more assertive steps as needed to resolve a conflict, using the least amount of time and ener...
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160,74 zł |