wyszukanych pozycji: 41
Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia
ISBN: 9780521879491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia is one of the first single-author comparisons of different South Asian states around the theme of religious conflict. Based on new research and syntheses of the literature on 'communalism', it argues that religious conflict in this region in the modern period was never simply based on sectarian or theological differences or the clash of civilizations. Instead, the book proposes that the connection between religious radicalism and everyday violence relates to the actual (and perceived) weaknesses of political and state structures. For some, religious...
Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia is one of the first single-author comparisons of different South Asian states around the theme of religious...
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252,00 zł |
Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia
ISBN: 9780521705110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which it is argued arises out of weak political and state structures.
An incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which it is argued arises out of weak political and state structures.
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211,52 zł |
Bureaucracy, Community and Influence in India: Society and the State, 1930s - 1960s
ISBN: 9780415776646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this book explores changing discourses and practices of corruption in late colonial and early independent Uttar Pradesh, India. The author moves away from assumptions that the state can primarily be associated with the top levels of government, and looks at citizens' approaches to local level bureaucracies and police. The central argument of the book is that deeply 'institutionalised' corruption in India could only have come about through the exercise... Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this boo... |
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752,12 zł |
Grandpa, Were You Young Once?: A look at who we were, what we did, what we learned and how times have changed for our grandkids
ISBN: 9781468089707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Grandpa, Were You Young Once." is written to inspire seniors to recall their special memories in a way that brings a smile or a nod to most readers. It also helps seniors share the Golden Years so grandchildren understand what we learned, why we have our values and dispels some of the generation gap. The book is a wonderful gift for grandparents, friends, relatives and especially grandkids. It is an excellent way to cheer up folks who need a lift. Personal memories can be a source of pure joy. The book also encourages seniors to jot down their own memories so the entire family can enjoy them....
Grandpa, Were You Young Once." is written to inspire seniors to recall their special memories in a way that brings a smile or a nod to most readers. I...
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45,31 zł |
Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India
ISBN: 9780521172202 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. William Gould explores what is arguably one of the most important and controversial themes in twentieth-century Indian history and politics: the nature of Hindu nationalism as an ideology and political language. Using an array of historical sources, he analyzes how it affected the secularist Congress in Uttar Pradesh on the eve of Independence, and how these ideologies fostered tensions between Hindus and Muslims, and the subsequent development of communal violence. This book is intended for students of colonial India as well as those interested in contemporary Indian politics.
William Gould explores what is arguably one of the most important and controversial themes in twentieth-century Indian history and politics: the natur...
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242,49 zł |
Population and Society
ISBN: 9781412900652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Population and Society is an undergraduate introduction to population that explains the latest shifts in population studies. The text provides a detailed and completely accessible overview that:
- situates demographic aspects of population - births, deaths, migration, disease - within the context of broader social impacts, like work, health and wealth inequalities; - uses illustrative examples from the developed and developing world, avoiding a distinct UK, European or -Western- bias; - is illustrated throughout with pedagogic features, like... Population and Society is an undergraduate introduction to population that explains the latest shifts in population studies. The text provides ...
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197,05 zł |
Three Boys Like You
ISBN: 9781450284226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Robert, Tony, and Philip thought their friendships would last forever; they were tragically wrong. In 1949, the three high school boys engaged in a harmless prank that unexpectedly deteriorated into a crime. An innocent man was blamed for their indiscretions, and the boys' various moral qualms tore their relationships apart. It would be over twenty years before the teens would cross paths again-this time above the backdrop of Guatemala's civil war. In 1983, Robert is a successful physician. Tony has become a war correspondent and novelist, and Philip thrives as an expatriate art dealer in the...
Robert, Tony, and Philip thought their friendships would last forever; they were tragically wrong. In 1949, the three high school boys engaged in a ha...
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134,21 zł |
The Mata Book: A Book for Serious Programmers and Those Who Want to Be
ISBN: 9781597182638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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311,17 zł |
Loss: and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781491788677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sooner or later, we all face the pain of loss. In his collection of ten compelling stories, William Gould weaves tapestries of heartache and hope as a variety of characters from around the world bravely confront loss. It is 1974 when Peter takes leave from the Peace Corps and travels by train through Africa. As he embraces adventure filled with beautiful scenery and lively conversation with other travelers, Peter has no idea he is about to witness a horrible tragedy. After Isaac, Laura, and Jack answer an ad to help a medical student through his training, George brings a breath of fresh air...
Sooner or later, we all face the pain of loss. In his collection of ten compelling stories, William Gould weaves tapestries of heartache and hope as a...
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56,15 zł |
Three Boys Like You
ISBN: 9781450284202 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Robert, Tony, and Philip thought their friendships would last forever; they were tragically wrong. In 1949, the three high school boys engaged in a harmless prank that unexpectedly deteriorated into a crime. An innocent man was blamed for their indiscretions, and the boys' various moral qualms tore their relationships apart. It would be over twenty years before the teens would cross paths again-this time above the backdrop of Guatemala's civil war. In 1983, Robert is a successful physician. Tony has become a war correspondent and novelist, and Philip thrives as an expatriate art dealer in the...
Robert, Tony, and Philip thought their friendships would last forever; they were tragically wrong. In 1949, the three high school boys engaged in a ha...
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90,85 zł |
Bureaucracy, Community and Influence in India: Society and the State, 1930s - 1960s
ISBN: 9780415748773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this book explores changing discourses and practices of corruption in late colonial and early independent Uttar Pradesh, India. The author moves away from assumptions that the state can primarily be associated with the top levels of government, and looks at citizens' approaches to local level bureaucracies and police. The central argument of the book is that deeply 'institutionalised' corruption in India could only have come about through the exercise of...
Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this book e...
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228,18 zł |
Nature Guiding
ISBN: 9781501740855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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82,94 zł |
A Heart Wind From The Desert
ISBN: 9780997980424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,63 zł |
Ein Buch der Geister
ISBN: 9789403663142 / Niemiecki / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. ch kann mir einen Salon in einer kalten, dunklen Nacht vorstellen, die Bewohner um ein prasselndes Feuer versammelt, Damen, die Spitzentaschentücher zu einem zitternden Lächeln umklammern, während Baring-Gould einen großzügigen Brandy trinkt und eine weitere seiner Geistergeschichten erzählt.Nach den Maßstäben des 21. Jahrhunderts sind die Geschichten alles andere als erschreckend, es sei denn, Sie finden Geschichten mit einer moralischen Erschütterung an sich. Ich fand sie charmant, gelegentlich amüsant, besonders McAlister brachte mich zum Lachen, und insgesamt ein interessanter...
ch kann mir einen Salon in einer kalten, dunklen Nacht vorstellen, die Bewohner um ein prasselndes Feuer versammelt, Damen, die Spitzentaschentücher ...
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180,09 zł |
Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil
ISBN: 9780786465156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1995, William B. Gould, IV, then chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cast the deciding vote to obtain the injunction that ended the longest strike in baseball history. Sixteen years of peaceful relations between baseball labor and management have followed, as well as unprecedented prosperity in a relationship that previously endured 30 years of strikes and lockouts. This study, which clearly illustrates the practical impact of law on America's pastime, considers the full, 140-year sweep of labor-management relationships and conflict, exploring player-owner disputes, the...
In 1995, William B. Gould, IV, then chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cast the deciding vote to obtain the injunction that ended the lon...
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248,84 zł |
The Note Played Next
ISBN: 9781491747162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1951, Josh Lowen, an eighteen-year-old student at Bartlett College in northern New England, allows himself to be involved in a tragic criminal act. Expelled from the school and humiliated, and feeling that his life is over, Josh wallows in misery with no expectation of hearing from anyone. A childhood pal, Larry Gerst, remembering times when Josh was there for him, writes to offer his ear and friendship, but Josh, consumed by guilt about his unfortunate choices, buries the letter in a drawer. Larry, torn between pursuing an interest in art and making money, continues on in college.... In 1951, Josh Lowen, an eighteen-year-old student at Bartlett College in northern New England, allows himself to be involved in a tragic criminal a... |
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82,17 zł |
A Little Score to Settle
ISBN: 9780595687831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1961, Harold Binder's dad, Otto, did the unthinkable: defying convention, he abandoned his wife and six-year-old son to go west and take up the life of a cowboy. Now a forty-eight-year-old, successful doctor of medicine, Harold still longs to know his father and yearns to find the real Otto to replace the fantasy figure he's created in his mind. But as he discovers the bizarre facts of Otto's existence, personal issues derail Harold's search.
Rejected by his wife Joyce, who has recently learned that he has been having an affair with one of his patients, Harold now lives in a tent on the... In 1961, Harold Binder's dad, Otto, did the unthinkable: defying convention, he abandoned his wife and six-year-old son to go west and take up the lif...
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116,87 zł |
International Labor Standards: Globalization, Trade, and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780804746908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this age of globalization, countries and corporations are under increasing pressure to adopt and follow international labor standards. This book provides the most thorough empirical assessment to date of the impact of international regulation on labor standards and conditions, and critically analyzes the common race-to-the-bottom view that globalization and international competition can only further degrade labor standards. The authors examine current standards and regulations, along with recent proposals to compel developing countries to adopt labor standards. They also consider other...
In this age of globalization, countries and corporations are under increasing pressure to adopt and follow international labor standards. This book pr...
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321,59 zł |
A Little Score to Settle
ISBN: 9780595441358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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73,50 zł |
Macbeth: GCSE 9-1 Set Text Student Edition
ISBN: 9780008363604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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20,10 zł |