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Small Town, Big Oil: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World--And Won
ISBN: 9781635761887 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the fall of 1973, the Greek oil shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, husband of President John F. Kennedy's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and arguably the richest man in the world, proposed to build an oil refinery on the narrow New Hampshire coast, in the town of Durham, home to the University of New Hampshire. At the time, it would cost $600 million to build ($3.2 billion in today's currency) and would pump 400,000 barrels of oil a day, making it the largest oil refinery in the world. The project was vigorously supported by the governor, Meldrim Thomson, and by William Loeb, the...
In the fall of 1973, the Greek oil shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, husband of President John F. Kennedy's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and a...
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82,15 zł |
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The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
ISBN: 9781684113781 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,74 zł |
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Indira Ranamagar: Una llum enmig de la foscor
ISBN: 9781519391018 / Kataloński / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indira Ranamagar; una llum enmig de la foscor es un llibre que neix amb la voluntat de donar a coneixer la figura de Indira Ranamagar i de recollir fons per tal que aquesta activista i treballadora social pugui seguir amb la seva tasca humanitaria. El 100% dels beneficis d'aquest llibre aniran destinats a l'ONG que lidera, PA Nepal, per tal que pugui seguir acollint nens i nenes rescatats de les diferents presons del pais a mes a mes de contribuir a ajudar a altres persones en situacio de risc. El llibre transcorre a dues velocitats: una des del present, on l'autor viatja a traves de tota la...
Indira Ranamagar; una llum enmig de la foscor es un llibre que neix amb la voluntat de donar a coneixer la figura de Indira Ranamagar i de recollir fo...
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80,81 zł |
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An American Slave: A Personal Narrative
ISBN: 9781973807407 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William W. Brown was born a slave near Lexington, Kentucky in 1814. He was the son of a white plantation owner, likely the son of his master, and an enslaved woman. Brown grew up near St. Louis, Missouri and served several slave-masters before escaping in 1834. In 1843 he became a lecturing agent for the New York Anti-Slavery Society, and a prolific writer, penning poetry, novels, historical volumes and plays. After moving back to America after living in England for some time, Brown settled in Boston and in that same year, published his autobiography. Brown's narrative of his experiences as a...
William W. Brown was born a slave near Lexington, Kentucky in 1814. He was the son of a white plantation owner, likely the son of his master, and an e...
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40,66 zł |
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From the Cotton Fields to the Capitol: My destiny with diabetes
ISBN: 9780692909720 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of Florene Linnen and the Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group. With only a 6th grade education, she used the lessons that she learned from her parents along with life lessons, to aid her in transforming the treatment of diabetes in the rural (mostly African-American) part of Georgetown County, South Carolina. Having diabetes herself, she took information from a workshop and rallied the community members to work together. Her results had such an impact that people from across the nation have sought out her secrets. Mrs. Linnen and her organization have been recognized across the... The story of Florene Linnen and the Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group. With only a 6th grade education, she used the lessons that she learned f... |
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96,90 zł |
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A Memoir of a Warrior of Love for Humanity
ISBN: 9781546559238 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,93 zł |
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Home in the Third Dimension (b/w): More Stories, Essays & Life Snippets from author/ex-New York editor/filmmaker/tropical artist sanctuary founder Cri
ISBN: 9781976024641 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101,02 zł |
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Albert Luthuli
ISBN: 9780821423288 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an excellent addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Robert Trent Vinson recovers the important but largely forgotten story of Albert Luthuli, Africa's first Nobel Peace Prize winner and president of the African National Congress from 1952 to 1967.
In an excellent addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Robert Trent Vinson recovers the important but largely forgotten story of Alber...
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67,77 zł |
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
ISBN: 9781476793030 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive. Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, melting her brother's boy band cassettes in the oven because music was haram forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties she was a computer security engineer, one of few women working in a desert compound...
A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to supp...
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82,15 zł |
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Was die Pastoren von den Frauen denken.
ISBN: 9781976588112 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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29,48 zł |
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Malcolm X and Kwame Ture: (Stokely Carmichael)
ISBN: 9781542433549 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,61 zł |
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A Missao que surgiu na Madrugada
ISBN: 9781976177811 / Portugalski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,51 zł |
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Was die Pastoren von den Frauen denken. - Großdruck
ISBN: 9781976588914 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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27,26 zł |
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Conversations with Will D. Campbell
ISBN: 9781496814951 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights movement. Ranging from a 1971 discussion about religion and ending with a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2009, these twelve interviews give insight to Campbell's unique religious beliefs and highlight pivotal moments of his career.
Provides the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights move...
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672,50 zł |
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Forty Acres and a Goat
ISBN: 9781496815873 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Forty Acres and a Goat, Will D. Campbell picks up where the award-winning Brother to a Dragonfly leaves off, accounting his adventures during the tumultuous civil rights era. As he navigates through the explosive 1960s, including pivotal moments like the integration of Little Rock High School and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brother Will finds his faith challenged.
In Forty Acres and a Goat, Will D. Campbell picks up where the award-winning Brother to a Dragonfly leaves off, accounting his adventures during the t...
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108,15 zł |
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Conversations with Will D. Campbell
ISBN: 9781496818140 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights movement. Ranging from a 1971 discussion about religion and ending with a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2009, these twelve interviews give insight to Campbell's unique religious beliefs and highlight pivotal moments of his career.
Provides the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights move...
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187,99 zł |
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This Woman's Work: The Writing and Activism of Bebe Moore Campbell
ISBN: 9781496818317 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical biography of the novelist and champion for mental health issues
A critical biography of the novelist and champion for mental health issues
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187,99 zł |
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Theodore Parker: Un Réformateur Américain
ISBN: 9781979324717 / Francuski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,34 zł |
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Mary Wollstonecraft
ISBN: 9781979762014 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,38 zł |
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Singing in the WILDERNESS
ISBN: 9781545617045 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,47 zł |
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