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Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug
ISBN: 9781585742400 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat writes passionately of the courage of men and of the small oceangoing tug Foundation Franklin. From 1930 until her final voyage in 1948, the stalwart tug's dangerous job was to rescue sinking ships, first searching for them in perilous waters and then bringing them back to shore. Battered by towering waves, dwarfed by the great ships she towed, blasted by gale-force winds and frozen by squalls of snow and rain, Foundation Franklin and her brave crew saved hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives as they patrolled the North Atlantic, including waters...
In The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat writes passionately of the courage of men and of the small oceangoing tug Foundation Franklin. From 1930 until he...
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96,06 |
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The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781586482060 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between and among different countries, democracy as the optimal way to organize political life, and free markets as the indispensable vehicle for the creation of wealth. While not practiced everywhere, these ideas have--for the first time in history--no serious rivals. And although the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were terrible and traumatic, they did not "change everything," as so many commentators have asserted. Instead, these events served to illuminate even more...
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between and among different countr...
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99,06 |
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Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1901-1940: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781587653247 / Angielski / Twarda / 3600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Great Events from History: The 20th Century (1901-1940) organizes coverage of world events chronologically for in-depth understanding in historical context. Continuing the series Great Events from History, these volumes bring up the world's most important events and developments from 1901 through 1940. The events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era--from World War I (1914-1918) and the Russian Revolution (1917) to the rise of the German Nazi Party, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and the eruption of World War II in Europe (1939).
Great Events from History: The 20th Century (1901-1940) organizes coverage of world events chronologically for in-depth understanding in historical co...
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1922,78 |
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Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781587653315 / Angielski / Twarda / 4020 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this set, the mid-twentieth century receives worldwide coverage that prioritizes the needs of students at the high school and undergraduate levels. The events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era--from World War II (1939-1945) and the Holocaust to the formation of the United Nations and the start of the Cold War in 1945, from the Korean War (1950-1953) to the war in Vietnam (1959-1975). Essays also address important social and cultural developments in literature, the arts, music, law, and social and civil rights legislation.
In this set, the mid-twentieth century receives worldwide coverage that prioritizes the needs of students at the high school and undergraduate levels....
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1922,78 |
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A Fearsome Heritage: Diverse Legacies of the Cold War
ISBN: 9781598742589 / Angielski / Twarda / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From massive nuclear test sites to the more subtle material realities of everyday life, the influence of the Cold War on modern culture has been profound and global. Fearsome Legacies unites innovative work on the interpretation and management of Cold War heritage from fields including archaeology, history, art and architecture, and cultural studies. Contributors understand material culture in its broadest sense, examining objects in outer space, domestic space, landscapes, and artistic spaces. They tackle interpretive challenges and controversies, including in museum exhibits, heritage...
From massive nuclear test sites to the more subtle material realities of everyday life, the influence of the Cold War on modern culture has been profo...
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803,19 |
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Lorraine 1944: Patton vs. Manteuffel
ISBN: 9781841760896 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Osprey's examination of the confrontation between the US Army and German forces in Lorraine during World War II (1939-1945). In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles. The battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the better-equipped and better-trained US Army. The Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the...
Osprey's examination of the confrontation between the US Army and German forces in Lorraine during World War II (1939-1945). In the wake of the defeat...
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87,06 |
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Moments in Hell: Notes of a War Correspondent
ISBN: 9781843312635 / Angielski / Miękka / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A war correspondent's breathtaking account of early twentieth-century wars, including the Greek-Turkish War (1897) and the Spanish-American War (1898). These events have fallen into relative obscurity, following the two World Wars, yet remain important forces shaping modern politics. 'Moments in Hell' reveals the conflicting loyalties of the war correspondent, caught between political ideologies and personal suffering, and provides an enlightening background to recent conflicts. Harding Davis was a dashingly fashionable figure in turn-of-the-century New York, and cited as the inspiration... A war correspondent's breathtaking account of early twentieth-century wars, including the Greek-Turkish War (1897) and the Spanish-American War (18... |
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51,19 |
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After Suez: Adrift in the American Century
ISBN: 9781845111762 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifty years after Antony Eden's fateful decision to take on the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, veteran Guardian journalist Martin Woollacott brings to life the arguments, personalities and events surrounding the crisis, and follows its disastrous legacy. He draws on four decades of foreign affairs reporting to show how it changed the Middle East, and the world. More than anything else Suez exposed with brutal clarity that Britain cannot pursue any policy in the world without the support of America. Woollacott's richly fascinating book shows both how Suez led to where we are...
Fifty years after Antony Eden's fateful decision to take on the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, veteran Guardian journalist Martin Wool...
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199,58 |
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Dawn After Dark
ISBN: 9781845115968 / Angielski / Twarda / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this stimulating dialogue the authors compare ways of thought from opposite ends of the earth, from traditions, cultures, and religions as different as can be. Their common theme is the spiritual crisis facing modern civilization, East and West, and the rediscovery of our humanity through the artistic intuition and religious impulse shared by all humanity.
In this stimulating dialogue the authors compare ways of thought from opposite ends of the earth, from traditions, cultures, and religions as differen...
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267,73 |
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Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3): Army Group Center
ISBN: 9781846031076 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Osprey's third and final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Detailing the final Nazi push for Moscow, Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to re-supply troops or provide reserves, and the lack of decent German winter uniforms and transport. Full-color artwork, maps and bird's-eye views illustrate the campaign in detail, revealing how the Red Army capitalized on every German weakness in spite of its own flaws. Osprey's third and final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign aga... |
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87,06 |
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Fin de Siecle: The Meaning of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781850439677 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together specialists from the fields of international relations, history and politics, this work attempts to answer three main questions regarding the 20th century. It considers what the century's salient characteristics have been, what else is ending as the century ends, and whether Churchill was right in calling it a ""disappointing century.""
As the contributors address these issues, they also discuss whether it has been an American century or a ""nuclear"" century, and whether it marks the ""end of history,"" the triumph of Western liberalism, or merely the end of the Cold... Bringing together specialists from the fields of international relations, history and politics, this work attempts to answer three main questions rega...
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666,12 |
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The Bayreuth Festival during the 'Third Reich'
ISBN: 9783656460947 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, grade: A (1,0), The New School (Historical Studies), course: Modern Dictatorship and Political Religion, language: English, abstract: ...] Since its founding in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival had been a locus of representation for politically prominent figures; among the guests of the first Festival were the German Emperor Wilhelm I and the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II2. In the years to come, Bayreuth would keep its meaning as a "political symbol" 3. From 1933 on, the Wagnerian Hitler...
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, grade: A (1,0), The New School (Historica...
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151,68 |
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The Origins of Postmodernity
ISBN: 9781859842225 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the genesis, consolidation and consequences of the postmodern idea. Beginning in the Hispanic world of the 1930s, the text takes the reader through to the 70s, when Lyotard and Habermas gave the idea of postmodernism wider currency and finally the 90s, with the work of Fredric Jameson.
Traces the genesis, consolidation and consequences of the postmodern idea. Beginning in the Hispanic world of the 1930s, the text takes the reader thr...
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71,68 |
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Gateshead: Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape
ISBN: 9781873592762 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gateshead has often been overshadowed by Newcastle, its northern neighbour across the River Tyne, yet its history is full of fascinating insights into the way in which a northern industrial town experienced the 19th and 20th centuries. This book explores this period of great change through a study of the town's everyday historic landscape. The story of industry includes the legacy of railway engineering and the construction of the Team Valley Trading Estate, a nationally significant example of a state-sponsored attempt to engineer economic change. Gateshead's growth brought new civic...
Gateshead has often been overshadowed by Newcastle, its northern neighbour across the River Tyne, yet its history is full of fascinating insights into...
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87,06 |
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Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing
ISBN: 9781881043058 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "a chilling documentary history of America's above-ground nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s and early 1960s, Miller takes on the subject and universalizes it, at the same time giving it the flavor of a Dos Passos novel" ("Kirkus Reviews").
In "a chilling documentary history of America's above-ground nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s and early 1960s, Miller takes on the subject and...
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Oktober 1932 - März 1934
ISBN: 9783598237881 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 429 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Von singularem Wert sind die Tagebucher von Goebbels, weil sie das einzige Selbstzeugnis eines nationalsozialistischen Spitzenpolitikers uber einen Zeitraum von mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten darstellen und die Fruhgeschichte der NSDAP, die nationalsozialistische Beherrschung und die Zerstorung des alten Europa sowie die Deutschland in den Abgrund reiende Katastrophe gleichermaen umfassen. Die Tagebucher geben Zeugnis daruber, wie Goebbels die Geschichte seiner Zeit sehen wollte - insofern sind sie keine objektive Darstellung dieser Epoche, auch kein mit subjektiver Aufrichtigkeit verfates... Von singularem Wert sind die Tagebucher von Goebbels, weil sie das einzige Selbstzeugnis eines nationalsozialistischen Spitzenpolitikers uber einen... |
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510,91 |
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Rotarmisten Schreiben Aus Deutschland
ISBN: 9783598116568 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 461 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Reihe erscheint seit 1977. In ihr erscheinen vor allem Editionen historischer Quellen und Inventare; sie dient aber auch zur Publizierung von Bibliographien, Handbuchern und Monographien. Die Reihe erscheint seit 1977. In ihr erscheinen vor allem Editionen historischer Quellen und Inventare; sie dient aber auch zur Publizierung von B... |
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596,10 |
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Register Der Geburtsorte Und Der Letzten Wohnorte
ISBN: 9783598105401 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Werner Hegemann (1881-1936): Stadtplanung, Architektur, Politik - Ein Arbeitsleben in Europa Und Den USA
ISBN: 9783598232282 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 1284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieser Titel ist die erste umfassende Biographie des Stadtplaners und Architekturkritikers Werner Hegemann. Seit seiner Tatigkeit fur die groe Berliner Bauausstellung von 1910 galt er in der Fachwelt als Spezialist fur moderne Stadtplanung. Er organisierte internationale Stadtebauausstellungen in Deutschland und in den USA. Uber Genf und Paris ging er 1933 ins amerikanische Exil. Das vorliegende Werk eroffnet den Zugang zu Leben und Werk Hegemanns, dessen Arbeiten in Europa und in den USA immer noch groe Wertschatzung besitzen.
Dieser Titel ist die erste umfassende Biographie des Stadtplaners und Architekturkritikers Werner Hegemann. Seit seiner Tatigkeit fur die groe Berline...
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1533,15 |
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Culture, Censorship and the State in Twentieth-Century Italy
ISBN: 9781900755955 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent work on the cultural history of modern Italy has radically challenged received opinion about the relationship of state and culture during the twentieth century. In this rich interdisciplinary book the complex interactions and negotiations of control arising from this state-culture connection are elucidated by way of case studies of major authors, filmmakers and artists and their encounters with censorship, patronage and other forms of direct state intervention; analytical surveys of different periods, media and culture industries; and through an examination of such key issues as...
Recent work on the cultural history of modern Italy has radically challenged received opinion about the relationship of state and culture during the t...
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462,39 |
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