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Arizona Politicians: The Noble and the Notorious
ISBN: 9780816522026 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know these famous Arizona politicians?- A congresswoman who was bridesmaid to Eleanor Roosevelt
- A car dealer who propelled himself to the governor's mansion with the help of public recognition of his TV commercials - An Arizonan who served not only as governor and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, but also as the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and chief sponsor of the GI Bill - A cowboy who delivered speeches to ranchhands and went on to become a U.S. senator known as one of the great orators of the twentieth century - One of four Arizonans who lost a... Do you know these famous Arizona politicians?- A congresswoman who was bridesmaid to Eleanor Roosevelt
- A car dealer who propelled himself ... |
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122,40 |
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Arizona Politicians: The Noble and the Notorious
ISBN: 9780816522033 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know these famous Arizona politicians?
--A congresswoman who was bridesmaid to Eleanor Roosevelt --A car dealer who propelled himself to the governor's mansion with the help of public recognition of his TV commercials --An Arizonan who served not only as governor and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, but also as the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and chief sponsor of the GI Bill --A cowboy who delivered speeches to ranchhands and went on to become a U.S. senator known as one of the great orators of the twentieth century --One of four Arizonans... Do you know these famous Arizona politicians?
--A congresswoman who was bridesmaid to Eleanor Roosevelt --A car dealer who propelled hi... |
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78,32 |
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Up Before Daylight: Life Histories from the Alabama Writers' Project, 1938-1939
ISBN: 9780817300999 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These compelling accounts of hard times and hard work reveal human courage, dignity, and resilience from a generation that endured the Great Depression. One achievement of the 1930s Federal Writers' Project was its ambitious collection of life histories based on interviews with southern workers and farmers. For Up before Daylight James Seay Brown chose 28 of the more than 100 accounts from throughout Alabama as a rich sampling--from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast and from cities as well as rural regions. First published in 1982, Up before Daylight is now... These compelling accounts of hard times and hard work reveal human courage, dignity, and resilience from a generation that endured the Great Dep... |
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117,50 |
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Americans of Italian Heritage
ISBN: 9780819198266 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume memorializes the accomplishments of key figures among the Italian-Americans of the twentieth century. They are the descendants of Italian immigrants and, through their achievements, bear witness to the sacrifice and valor of their forefathers. The men and women featured are different from one another in personality and profession. They are contemporary people, highly energetic and intensely involved in achieving their goals and making a contribution to the American dream. They have the capacity to inspire others by their dedication, and strive to help build and shape our nation.
This volume memorializes the accomplishments of key figures among the Italian-Americans of the twentieth century. They are the descendants of Italian ...
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284,07 |
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Handbook of Machinery Dynamics
ISBN: 9780824703868 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Considers a broad reange of fundamental factors and conditions influencing the optimum design and operation of machinery. Emphasizes the force and and motion analysis of machine components in multiple applications. Serves as an essential guidebook for machinery design and development-with practical methods, approaches, and solutions to machinery dynamics.
Considers a broad reange of fundamental factors and conditions influencing the optimum design and operation of machinery. Emphasizes the force and and...
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1420,35 |
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Encyclopedic Handbook of Emulsion Technology
ISBN: 9780824704544 / Angielski / Twarda / 760 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A discussion of fundamental characteristics, theories and applications for liquid-liquid colloidal dispersions. It profiles experimental and traditional measurement techniques in a variety of emulsified systems, including rheology, nuclear magnetic resonance, dielectric spectroscopy, microcalorimetry, video enhanced microscopy, and conductivity.
A discussion of fundamental characteristics, theories and applications for liquid-liquid colloidal dispersions. It profiles experimental and tradition...
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857,10 |
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New Mexican Lives: Profiles and Historical Stories
ISBN: 9780826324337 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The editor and a distinguished group of twelve collaborators re-interpret New Mexico's history through biography. Profiles of fourteen notable, complex characters provide a unique view into New Mexico's development from prehistoric times to the present. Here are lives of men and women that illustrate memorable events: from Pope and the Pueblo Revolt to Spanish colonisers Juan de Onate and Diego de Vargas; from Hispanic widows exercising their property rights to Billy the Kid and the shoot-out in Lincoln; from Mabel Dodge Luhan and her avant-garde, idealistic salon to Senator Dennis Chavez and...
The editor and a distinguished group of twelve collaborators re-interpret New Mexico's history through biography. Profiles of fourteen notable, comple...
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117,50 |
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Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780826472342 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chilton details the work of musicians from every era of British jazz, ranging from those who played professionally before 1920 to today's young jazz stars. Chilton details the work of musicians from every era of British jazz, ranging from those who played professionally before 1920 to today's young jaz... |
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464,00 |
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Many Faces: An Anthology of Oregon Autobiography
ISBN: 9780870713712 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here forty Oregonians, from the prominent to the plain, tell their own stories.
Here forty Oregonians, from the prominent to the plain, tell their own stories.
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166,52 |
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Nigel Holmes On Information Design
ISBN: 9780977472406 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the mid-1970s Holmes introduced an array of inventive new pictograms and ways to use them as key graphic elements in what he dubbed "explanation graphics" which triggered what became "information design" in magazines, newspapers, and other media.
In the mid-1970s Holmes introduced an array of inventive new pictograms and ways to use them as key graphic elements in what he dubbed "explanation gr...
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86,10 |
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Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography
ISBN: 9781403917652 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote.
What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madne...
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201,24 |
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Life on the Shady Side of the Tree: An Autobiography of a Recovering Alcoholic
ISBN: 9781412200974 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remember when matinees were 15 cents, before automatic gas pumps, T.V. sets and jet aircrafts? What would your life be like depending on alcohol to solve all your problems?
Remember when matinees were 15 cents, before automatic gas pumps, T.V. sets and jet aircrafts? What would your life be like depending on alcohol to so...
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119,27 |
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A Handbook of Texas Baptist Biography
ISBN: 9781418446963 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Never before has so much information on the lives of so many Texas Baptists appeared in one source prior to this work, one would have to examine dozens of books and visit dozens of libraries and private holding spread across the state of Texas and beyond to acquire the information found in this one text. One particular strength of this book may be found in Early's excellent use of primary source material. By doing his own research Early corrects many of the biographical errors that have been perpetuated in Texas Baptist history texts for more than one hundred years. Whether one is doing...
Never before has so much information on the lives of so many Texas Baptists appeared in one source prior to this work, one would have to examine dozen...
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80,25 |
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Living With Attitude: The hero in each of us
ISBN: 9781420802450 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,55 |
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Paper or Plastic: The Waking of America
ISBN: 9781425962234 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is this just another story about a highly successful business entrepreneur who, since infancy was forced to face life's haunting realities, test and trials, victories and defeats, lessons and repercussions that unexpectedly spun out of control amid the great many curves encountered along the road of life but who now standing at the door of death acknowledges his shortcomings by boldly taking a seat upon the throne of truth and wishes for just one more chance to correct the right of his wrongs hoping to escape damnation or could this be a story about something much greater? You decide!
Is this just another story about a highly successful business entrepreneur who, since infancy was forced to face life's haunting realities, test and t...
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73,32 |
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One Last Love Letter
ISBN: 9781425982362 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,14 |
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Reluctant Witness: Memoirs from the Last Year of the European Air War 1944-45
ISBN: 9781552128756 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The late James Mahoney went overseas in the spring of 1944 as the leader of one of the four bomb squadrons in a B-24 bomb group (the original 492nd) which endured extraordinary losses for 89 days of operation before being disbanded. The enduring mystery of why such an exceptionally well qualified and prepared group suffered so singularly is one of many significant themes he addresses in his 52 vignettes. Mahoney was reassigned to a bomb group with much better luck (the 467th), and finished the war as their Deputy Commander.
As both a 'man among men' and a recognized natural leader, he... The late James Mahoney went overseas in the spring of 1944 as the leader of one of the four bomb squadrons in a B-24 bomb group (the original 492nd) w...
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148,37 |
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The Lines of Life: Theories of Biography, 1880-1970
ISBN: 9781557531285 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of biography has leaped from surveys of biographical writing and statements of biographical practice to semiotic and post-structuralist discussions of the modality of biography without adequate consideration of what has already been done in the theory of the genre. Professor Novarr has closed that gap with this comprehensive and judicious historical survey and assessment.
The study of biography has leaped from surveys of biographical writing and statements of biographical practice to semiotic and post-structuralist disc...
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97,90 |
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The Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9781573929271 / Angielski / Twarda / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This outstanding reference work brings together profiles of the more than 450 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine/physiology. Now available on the centenary of the Nobel Prize, this valuable resource illustrates, through the extraordinary contributions of the scientists profiled, the phenomenal growth of science and technology in the last 100 years.
Presented chronologically for easy reference, each entry provides a basic biography followed by information on the scientific career and achievements of the particular scientist. Also noted and discussed... This outstanding reference work brings together profiles of the more than 450 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medici...
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308,24 |
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Encyclopedia of Life Writing
ISBN: 9781579582326 / Angielski / Twarda / 1140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1812,16 |
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