wyszukanych pozycji: 307
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Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism
ISBN: 9780813586304 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability, continue to lag behind white actors in presence and prominence? Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers minority actors face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry. The book charts how white male gatekeepers dominate Hollywood, breeding a culture...
When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring ...
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590,12 |
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The Excluded Wife
ISBN: 9780773517301 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A village woman from South China, Sau-Ping marries an Overseas Chinese from Canada in the late 1920s but the Exclusion Act prohibits her from joining him in Canada. For more than twenty years she remains in China, separated from her husband, taking care of his family members and struggling to survive during a turbulent period of Chinese history. To escape political persecution Sau-Ping flees to Hong Kong and spends three years enduring the appalling conditions of a refugee. With the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act she is finally reunited with her husband in Canada, but her struggle...
A village woman from South China, Sau-Ping marries an Overseas Chinese from Canada in the late 1920s but the Exclusion Act prohibits her from joining ...
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491,77 |
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Classical and Computational Solid Mechanics (Second Edition)
ISBN: 9789814713641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 860 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The second edition provides an update of the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics. The structure of the book is also updated to include five new areas: Fundamental Principles of Thermodynamics and Coupled Thermoelastic Constitutive Equations at Large Deformations, Functional Thermodynamics and Thermoviscoelasticity, Thermodynamics with Internal State Variables and Thermo-Elasto-Viscoplasticity, Electro-Thermo-Viscoelasticity/Viscoplasticity, and Meshless Method. These new topics are added as self-contained sections or chapters. Many books in the market do not...
The second edition provides an update of the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics. The structure of the book is also upd...
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727,82 |
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Introduction to Bioengineering
ISBN: 9789810240233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Bioengineering is attracting many high quality students. This invaluable book has been written for beginning students of bioengineering, and is aimed at instilling a sense of engineering in them.
Engineering is invention and designing things that do not exist in nature for the benefit of humanity. Invention can be taught by making inventive thinking a conscious part of our daily life. This is the approach taken by the authors of this book. Each author discusses an ongoing project, and gives a sample of a professional publication. Students are asked to work through a sequence of assignments... Bioengineering is attracting many high quality students. This invaluable book has been written for beginning students of bioengineering, and is aimed ...
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299,97 |
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Foundations of Constructive Probability Theory
ISBN: 9781108835435 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
658,54 |
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Introduction to Bioengineering
ISBN: 9789810243982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An introduction to bioengineering for beginning students. Each contributor discusses an ongoing project, and gives a sample of a professional publication. Students are asked to work through a sequence of assignments and write a report.
An introduction to bioengineering for beginning students. Each contributor discusses an ongoing project, and gives a sample of a professional publicat...
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177,04 |
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Information Retrieval Technology: 14th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference, Airs 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, November 28-30, 2018, Proceedings
ISBN: 9783030035198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
202,19 |
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Annual Review of Scalable Computing, Vol 4
ISBN: 9789810249519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of seven long articles, this book discusses significant projects in scalable computing in various research organizations around the world. It represents quantitative and qualitative growth of work in the area.
A collection of seven long articles, this book discusses significant projects in scalable computing in various research organizations around the world...
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388,50 |
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God's Resistance
ISBN: 9781479816422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
113,05 |
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My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness
ISBN: 9780981003795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Vancouver artist Sandra Yuen MacKay has an abnormality of the brain - a disease called schizophrenia. As she says, "my life is schizophrenic because I have schizophrenia. It will always be there." Much of her life has been a struggle to cope with the symptoms of her disease and the side effects of the medications required to keep those symptoms in check. Early in her life, Sandra started to exhibit the typical symptoms of this disease which came as a surprise to her unsuspecting family. Her book chronicles her struggles, hospitalizations, encounters with professionals, return to school,...
Vancouver artist Sandra Yuen MacKay has an abnormality of the brain - a disease called schizophrenia. As she says, "my life is schizophrenic because I...
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76,25 |
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Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism
ISBN: 9780813586298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability, continue to lag behind white actors in presence and prominence? Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers minority actors face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry. The book charts how white male gatekeepers dominate Hollywood, breeding a culture...
When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring ...
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122,89 |
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7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (Incult 2014) Proceedings: Educate to Innovate
ISBN: 9789812876638 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 867 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The book comprises papers presented at the 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT) 2014, which was hosted by the Asian Centre for Research on University Learning and Teaching (ACRULeT) located at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
The book comprises papers presented at the 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT) 2014, which was hosted by the Asi...
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808,88 |
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From Born-Physical to Born-Virtual: Augmenting Intelligence in Digital Libraries: 24th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, Icadl 2022
ISBN: 9783031217555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2022, which was held in November/December 2022.The 14 full, 18 short, and 12 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. Based on significant contributions, the full and short papers have been classified into the following topics: intelligent document analysis; neural-based knowledge extraction; knowledge discovery for enhancing collaboration; smart search and annotation; cultural data collection and analysis;...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2022, which was held in N...
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363,97 |
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China's State Ideology and the Three Gorges Dam: The Political Theodicy of Development
ISBN: 9781032871080 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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762,24 |
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An Outline of International Price Theories
ISBN: 9780415607438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Covering the period 1550 - 1939, this book examines the history and development of theories of international pricing and trade. The work of the following economists is covered: Locke, Barbon, Vaderlint, Harris, Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Bosanquet, Mill, Torrens, Marshall, Haberler, Austin, Stirling, Chevalier, Carines, Jevons, Leslie, Goschen, Bagehot, Wicksell, Sidgwick, Pigou, Viner, Heckscher, Ohlin, Keynes, Taussig, and Pareto. The volume includes an extensive Bibliography of each period discussed as well as comprehensive indices of subjects and names.
Covering the period 1550 - 1939, this book examines the history and development of theories of international pricing and trade. The work of the follow...
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122,89 |
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Conceptual and Practical Research and Statistics for Social Workers
ISBN: 9781516576531 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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1041,81 |
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Multiculturalism, Educational Inclusion, and Connectedness: Well-Being, Ethnicity, and Identity among Chinese, South, and Southeast Asian Students
ISBN: 9781138343160 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
762,24 |
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Design Against Design: Cause and Consequence of a Dissident Graphic Practice
ISBN: 9789083318806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
111,23 |
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Conceptual and Practical Research and Statistics for Social Workers
ISBN: 9781516531219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
422,92 |
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This Too Shall Pass: Poems, Prose & Essays
ISBN: 9798218186210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
60,20 |