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The Meaning of Evolution: The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory
ISBN: 9780226712031 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? Most contemporary scholars say no. In this challenge to prevailing views, Robert J. Richards says yes-and argues that current perspectives on Darwin and his theory are both ideologically motivated and scientifically unsound.
This provocative new reading of Darwin goes directly to the origins of evolutionary theory. Unlike most contemporary biologists or historians and philosophers of science, Richards holds that Darwin did concern himself with the idea of progress, or telos, as he... Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? Most contemporary scholars say no. In this challe...
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132,55 zł |
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The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment
ISBN: 9780226734958 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who followed them.
Sargent examines the philosophical, legal, experimental, and religious traditions among them English common law, alchemy, medicine, and Christianity that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice. The roots of his philosophy in his early life and education, in... In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of ex...
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546,78 zł |
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Mother of Writing: The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script
ISBN: 9780226762876 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Shong Lue claimed to have been descended of God and given the mission of delivering the first true Hmong alphabet. Many believed him to be the Hmong people's long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as "Mother (Source) of Writing."
An anthropological linguist who has worked among the Hmong, William A. Smalley joins Shong Lue's chief disciple, Chia Koua Vang, and one of his associates, to tell the fascinating story of how... In February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Sho...
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149,12 zł |
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Meatless Days
ISBN: 9780226779812 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan, Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's independence with her own most intimate memories--of her Welsh mother; of her Pakistani father, prominent political journalist Z.A. Suleri; of her tenacious grandmother Dadi and five siblings; and of her own passage to the West.
"Nine autobiographical tales that move easily back and forth among Pakistan, Britain, and the United States. . . . She forays lightly into Pakistani history, and deeply into the history of her family and friends. . . . The Suleri women at home in... In this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan, Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's independence with her own most in...
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77,32 zł |
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Napoleon and His Empire: Europe, 1804-1814
ISBN: 9780230008069 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Napoleon and His Empire brings together some of the world's leading Napoleonic historians, and is born out of a reflection on the Empire two hundred years after its foundation in May 1804. It provides a timely overview of current trends in research and historiography. It not only revisits traditional themes like Napoleon's revolutionary credentials, the plebiscite for the Empire and the Continental System, but also looks at new research on questions of citizenship, gender, education and local government.
Napoleon and His Empire brings together some of the world's leading Napoleonic historians, and is born out of a reflection on the Empire two hundred y...
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429,96 zł |
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The Witness and I
ISBN: 9780231038591 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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642,29 zł |
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The Films of Carol Reed
ISBN: 9780231059848 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once enthroned as a major international filmmaker, Carol Reed has long since been banished to a musty corner of movie history. To dust off his work, however, is to discover a dazzling body of films, a canon as remarkable for its diversity as its quality. Building his case, film by film, Robert Moss argues persuasively for a reassessment of this gifted artist, claiming a place for him in the ranks of the world's greatest directors.
Once enthroned as a major international filmmaker, Carol Reed has long since been banished to a musty corner of movie history. To dust off his work, h...
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263,14 zł |
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Alexander Kerensky: The First Love of the Revolution
ISBN: 9780231061094 / Angielski / Miękka / 503 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this innovative biography, Richard Abraham offers a comprehensive analysis of Alexander Kerensky's politics and an intimate portrait of the Russian revolutionary's role during the turbulent times of the 1917 Revolution and World War I.
In this innovative biography, Richard Abraham offers a comprehensive analysis of Alexander Kerensky's politics and an intimate portrait of the Russian...
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287,60 zł |
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The Darkening Glass: A Portrait of Ruskin's Genius
ISBN: 9780231063876 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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250,91 zł |
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George F. Kennan: Cold War Iconoclast
ISBN: 9780231068949 / Angielski / Twarda / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the life of the American diplomat, examines his iconclastic positions, and shares his criticism of the Reagan's administration.
Traces the life of the American diplomat, examines his iconclastic positions, and shares his criticism of the Reagan's administration.
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740,12 zł |
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Portraits in Print: A Collection of Profiles and the Stories Behind Them
ISBN: 9780231072274 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The journalistic profile is one of the most popular, widely read types of magazine feature writing. Helen Benedict, a master of the genre, has collected for Portraits in Print nine of her best pieces, and provided a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the art of portrait journalism. Among the persons profiled here are Joseph Brodsky, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Susan Sontag, Paule Marshall, Bernard Malamud, and Beverly Sills. In a general introduction and in lively discussions after each profile, Helen Benedict describes how she selected the subjects, got them to agree to be...
The journalistic profile is one of the most popular, widely read types of magazine feature writing. Helen Benedict, a master of the genre, has collect...
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238,68 zł |
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The Papers of Alexander Hamilton: Additional Letters 1777-1802, and Cumulative Index, Volumes I-XXVII
ISBN: 9780231089234 / Angielski / Twarda / 708 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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690,38 zł |
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The World of Sofia Velasquez: The Autobiography of a Bolivian Market Vendor
ISBN: 9780231104678 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming.
This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identit...
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193,31 zł |
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Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 2: 1860-89. Assistant Editors, Pete Daniel, Stuart B. Kaufman, Raymond W. Smock, and William M. Welty Volume 2
ISBN: 9780252002434 / Angielski / Twarda / 597 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.' The project now draws to a close with Volume 14, the cumulative index to this collections of the selected writings and correspondence of the celebrated black educator and leader.
This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.' The project now draws to a clos...
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414,50 zł |
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Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 5: 1899-1900. Assistant Editor, Barbara S. Kraft Volume 5
ISBN: 9780252006272 / Angielski / Twarda / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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414,50 zł |
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Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams
ISBN: 9780252008610 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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110,13 zł |
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Plain Folk: The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans
ISBN: 9780252009068 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plain Folk depicts both the ordinary occupations and ethnic and racial diversity of America at the turn of the century. But, unlike the reportorial studies by such people as Jacob Riis or the settlement house reports of Jane Addams, Plain Folk presents the actual voices of the working class, untouched by the worldview of reformers, unchanged by the eyes of academics.
Plain Folk depicts both the ordinary occupations and ethnic and racial diversity of America at the turn of the century. But, unlike the reportorial st...
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115,37 zł |
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John L. Lewis: A Biography
ISBN: 9780252012877 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A biography of a leading member of the American labor movement traces Lewis' life from his boyhood, through his school years, to his involvement with the cause of labor.
A biography of a leading member of the American labor movement traces Lewis' life from his boyhood, through his school years, to his involvement with ...
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131,12 zł |
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Brigham Young: American Moses
ISBN: 9780252012969 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf--T.p. verso.
Published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf--T.p. verso.
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94,40 zł |
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The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol. 14: Cumulative Index. Edited by Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock Volume 14
ISBN: 9780252015199 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career.
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and ca...
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414,50 zł |
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