ilość książek w kategorii: 6343
Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia
ISBN: 9783319305226 / Angielski / Miękka / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book contributes to a recontextualizationof authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, andassigned.
The book contributes to a recontextualizationof authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, andassigned.
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389,09 zł |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
ISBN: 9780300204711 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history
Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential... A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history
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48,05 zł |
Chaldeans in Detroit
ISBN: 9781531670023 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chaldeans (pronounced Kal-de'an) are a distinct ethnic group from present-day Iraq with roots stretching back to Abraham, the biblical patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam who was from the "Ur of the Chaldees." Chaldeans are Catholic, with their own patriarch, and they speak a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ. Chaldeans began immigrating to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, when Iraq was known as Mesopotamia (the Greek word meaning "land between two rivers," the Tigris and the Euphrates). Lured by Henry Ford's promise of $5 per day, many...
Chaldeans (pronounced Kal-de'an) are a distinct ethnic group from present-day Iraq with roots stretching back to Abraham, the biblical patriarch of Ju...
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137,38 zł |
MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson
ISBN: 9781476730387 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive biography of Michael Jackson, a "vivid...gripping...authoritative account of a world-changing force of nature" (Rolling Stone), celebrating the King of Pop's legendary contributions to music, dance, and popular culture. From the moment in 1965 when he first stepped on stage--at age seven--in Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson was destined to become the undisputed King of Pop. In a career spanning four decades, Jackson became a global icon, selling over four hundred million albums, earning thirteen Grammy awards, and spinning dance moves that captivated the world. Songs...
The definitive biography of Michael Jackson, a "vivid...gripping...authoritative account of a world-changing force of nature" (Rolling Stone), ...
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85,89 zł |
A Child's Christmas in Wales
ISBN: 9780811226226 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old for over half a century and is now a modern classic. Dylan Thomas (1914 1953), one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century, captures a child s-eye view and an adult s fond memories of a magical time of presents, aunts and uncles, the frozen sea, and in the best of circumstances, newly fallen snow."
This gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old for over half a century and is now a modern classic. Dylan Thomas (1914 1953), one of the gre...
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48,05 zł |
12 Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781514897867 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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58,39 zł |
The Gentleman from Ohio
ISBN: 9780814213124 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Louis Stokes was a giant in Ohio politics and one of the most significant figures in the U.S. Congress in recent times. When he arrived in the House of Representatives as a freshman in 1969, there were only six African Americans serving. By the time he retired thirty years later, he had chaired the House Special Committee on the Kennedy and King assassinations, the House Ethics Committee during Abscam, and the House Intelligence Committee during Iran-Contra; he was also a senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Prior to Louis Stokes's tenure in Congress he served...
Louis Stokes was a giant in Ohio politics and one of the most significant figures in the U.S. Congress in recent times. When he arrived in the House o...
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141,51 zł |
Becoming Belafonte: Black Artist, Public Radical
ISBN: 9781477310519 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an astonishing array of consequential players on the American scene in the decades following World War II--from Paul Robeson to Ed Sullivan, John Kennedy to Stokely Carmichael--Belafonte established his place in American culture as a hugely popular singer, matinee idol, internationalist, and champion of civil rights, black pride, and black... A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control o... |
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111,65 zł |
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man
ISBN: 9781530165971 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I was born a slave, in Madison county, Virginia, March, 1804. My father, John Davis, and his family, belonged to Robert Patten, Esq., a wealthy merchant, residing in Fredericksburg--who was also owner, in connection with Mr. John Thom, of a large merchant mill, located on "Crooked Run," a stream running between Madison and Culpepper counties. My father was the head miller in that large establishment, in which responsible station he was much respected.
I was born a slave, in Madison county, Virginia, March, 1804. My father, John Davis, and his family, belonged to Robert Patten, Esq., a wealthy mercha...
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25,92 zł |
Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
ISBN: 9781530326365 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,05 zł |
North Queensland in Black and White: A social history with stories, views and archaeology
ISBN: 9780994585707 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patsy Coverdale has gathered together her social history of the relationship between whitefella and blackfella (Gadja and Bama) in North Queensland from the 1950s to 2010. She includes interviews, opinions, stories and archaeology. The illustrations include her photographs and some maps showing Bama languages. The intended audience is any visitor to, or resident of, North Queensland, or any student of North Queensland race relations. Patsy Coverdale has gathered together her social history of the relationship between whitefella and blackfella (Gadja and Bama) in North Queensland... |
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85,89 zł |
Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next
ISBN: 9780062274762 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this long-awaited memoir, illustrated with over 100 never-before-seen photos from his personal collection, the groundbreaking record producer chronicles his struggles, his success, and the celebrated artists that made him a legend. Over the last twenty-five years, legendary music producer and record man LA Reid--the man behind artists such as Toni Braxton, Kanye West, Rihanna, TLC, Outkast, Mariah Carey, Pink, Justin Bieber, and Usher--has changed the music business forever. In addition to discovering some of the biggest pop stars on the planet, he has shaped some of the most... In this long-awaited memoir, illustrated with over 100 never-before-seen photos from his personal collection, the groundbreaking record producer ch... |
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81,55 zł |
Welcome to My Breakdown: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781476751962 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In her "eminently readable memoir about turning darkness back into light" (People), the nationally bestselling author of Good Hair candidly shares her journey from having it all to plunging into a deep depression after her beloved mother's death--and finally climbing back out. Benilde Little's life appeared perfect. A bestselling novelist with two beautiful children, a handsome husband, a gorgeous home, and good friends, she had every reason to feel on top of the world. She was mindful of the sacrifices that enabled her to prosper and never took the good life for granted....
In her "eminently readable memoir about turning darkness back into light" (People), the nationally bestselling author of Good Hair candi...
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68,71 zł |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
ISBN: 9781533443892 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. ...
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27,01 zł |
Histories of Social Studies and Race: 1865-2000
ISBN: 9781349435364 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of historical essays on race develops lines of inquiry into race and social studies, such as geography, history, and vocational education. Contributors focus on the ways African Americans were excluded or included in the social education curriculum and the roles that black teachers played in crafting social education curricula.
This collection of historical essays on race develops lines of inquiry into race and social studies, such as geography, history, and vocational educat...
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194,52 zł |
Every Little Step: My Story
ISBN: 9780062442581 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston. Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic and talented figure who successfully crossed over many musical genres, including R&B and hip hop, as well as the mainstream. In the late 1980s, the former front man of New Edition had a wildly successful solo career--especially with the launch of... NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his l... |
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77,26 zł |
Cultural Landscape Management at Borobudur, Indonesia
ISBN: 9783319420455 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume investigates a historical account of the development of landscapes management at Borobudur. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was large scale heritage conservation intervention of the Borobudur Temple by UNESCO and a simultaneous attempt of a wider landscapes management at Borobudur. But in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a global heritage discourse of an enlarged value system emerged. This discourse embraced issues such as cultural landscape, living history, intangible values, vernacular heritage, and urban landscapes with community involvement. The early 1990s saw a move... This volume investigates a historical account of the development of landscapes management at Borobudur. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was large sca... |
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194,52 zł |
Please God Send Me a Wreck: Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community
ISBN: 9781493966271 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years.
This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred a...
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194,52 zł |
Generations of Fadeless Memories: My Life, Their Memories, Our History
ISBN: 9781478775645 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Times Change, Women's Courage Stays the Same. . . Three generations of mothers and daughters come vividly to life in this extraordinary family memoir, which captures and explores the experiences of women who stood up bravely to the sometimes nearly intolerable tragedies...and who survived to give life to the women after them. You might think that life in the early 1900s was very different from life today, but as you read, you'll see that hope and heartache, duty and desire, courage and compassion have stayed the same over the past century, though the era in which events occur dictates the...
As Times Change, Women's Courage Stays the Same. . . Three generations of mothers and daughters come vividly to life in this extraordinary family memo...
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115,20 zł |
Alone atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press
ISBN: 9780820351384 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1942 Alice Allison Dunnigan, a sharecropper's daughter from Kentucky, made her way to the nation's capital and a career in journalism that eventually led her to the White House. With Alone atop the Hill, Carol McCabe Booker has condensed Dunnigan's 1974 self-published autobiography to appeal to a general audience and has added scholarly annotations that provide historical context. Dunnigan's dynamic story reveals her importance to the fields of journalism, women's history, and the civil rights movement and creates a compelling portrait of a groundbreaking American. Dunnigan... In 1942 Alice Allison Dunnigan, a sharecropper's daughter from Kentucky, made her way to the nation's capital and a career in journalism that event... |
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111,45 zł |