What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World
ISBN: 9780805086713 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An indispensable set of interviews on foreign and domestic issues with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival, "America's most useful citizen." (The Boston Globe) In this new collection of conversations, conducted in 2006 and 2007, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the 2006... An indispensable set of interviews on foreign and domestic issues with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival, "America's ... |
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85,85 zł |
Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement
ISBN: 9780815630159 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines recent reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement. Combining a devotion to Islam with love for modern learning, especially modern science, the Fethullah Gulen movement has gained a substantial following in Turkey over the past twenty years, and since 1991 has achieved great influence in Central Asia through the establishment of schools. Contributors explore the origins and establishment of the Gulen movement, its intellectual and religious formation, its spread across Turkey and Central Asia, and its influence...
This book examines recent reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement. Combining a devot...
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278,46 zł |
Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement
ISBN: 9780815630401 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.
This work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.
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117,55 zł |
Encyclopedia of the Modern World : 1900 to the Present
ISBN: 9780816048724 / Angielski / Twarda / 1100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, more than 8,000 entries contain comprehensive information unavailable in any other similar volume. This highly detailed encyclopedia spans the full extent of world history since 1900, including world leaders diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more. Originally compiled from numerous Facts On File publications, this new edition has been...
Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, more than 8,000 entries contain comprehensive informati...
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The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience
ISBN: 9780820328836 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2000 the United States began accepting 3,800 refugees from one of Africa's longest civil wars. They were just some of the thousands of young men, known as "Lost Boys," who had been orphaned or otherwise separated from their families in the chaos of a brutal conflict that has ravaged Sudan since 1983. "The Lost Boys of Sudan" focuses on four of these refugees. Theirs, however, is a typical story, one that repeated itself wherever the Lost Boys could be found across America. Jacob Magot, Peter Anyang, Daniel Khoch, and Marko Ayii were among 150 or so Lost Boys who were resettled in... In 2000 the United States began accepting 3,800 refugees from one of Africa's longest civil wars. They were just some of the thousands of young men... |
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111,45 zł |
21st Century Japan
ISBN: 9781551643076 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Subtle insights into Japan that are different from the usual catalog of descriptions and analyses.
Subtle insights into Japan that are different from the usual catalog of descriptions and analyses.
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240,98 zł |
Who They Were: Inside the World Trade Center DNA Story: The Unprecedented Effort to Identify the Missing
ISBN: 9781416584476 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Who They Were, Dr. Robert C. Shaler, the man who directed the largest and most groundbreaking forensic DNA investigation in U.S. history, tells with poignant clarity and refreshing honesty the story behind the relentless effort to identify the 2,749 victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center. No part of the investigation into the 9/11 attacks has taken as long or been less discussed than the daunting task of identifying the victims -- and the hijackers -- from the remains in the rubble of Ground Zero. In Who They Were, Dr. Robert C. Shaler, former director of the Forensic Biology...
In Who They Were, Dr. Robert C. Shaler, the man who directed the largest and most groundbreaking forensic DNA investigation in U.S. history, tells wit...
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107,15 zł |
Korean-American Voices of Youth in New Jersey
ISBN: 9781596890749 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Korean-American teenagers from New Jersey write about their own experiences and reflections.
This book, containing 9 essays by Korean-American youths from Junior and Senior High Schools in New Jersey, gives an excellent picture of the hopes and fears of Korean-American youth throughout the United States of America. Korean-American teenage experience is one of being caught between a rock and a hard place. There is the Korean culture that their parents continue to cherish and develop both culturally and socially within the American context and there is the "American" culture they are exposed... Korean-American teenagers from New Jersey write about their own experiences and reflections.
This book, containing 9 essays by Korean-America... |
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216,73 zł |
The Tombstone in Israel's Military Cemetery Since 1948: Israel's Transition from Collectivism to Individualism
ISBN: 9783110307986 / Angielski / Twarda / 437 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Military cemeteries are one of the most prominent cultural landscapes of Israel. Their story reflects largely the main social processes that Israeli society has been undergoing since the War of Independence (1948)until today. Until the end of the 1970s, the military tombstones and their surroundings were uniform and equal, according to rules set by the State. However, since the 1980s families of the fallen soldiers started to add on the tombstone personal expressions, as well as personal objects, photographs, military artifacts etc. Thus the military tombstone and the Israeli military... Military cemeteries are one of the most prominent cultural landscapes of Israel. Their story reflects largely the main social processes that Israel... |
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588,25 zł |
Where in the world is Osama bin Laden (I'll tell you)
ISBN: 9781434361769 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,17 zł |
Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
ISBN: 9780143114895 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come; Dreams and Shadows is the book to read to understand the sweeping political and cultural changes that have occurred in recent decades. Drawing on thirty-five years of reporting in two dozen countries-through wars, revolutions, and uprisings as well as the birth of new democracy movements and a new generation of activists-award-winning journalist and Middle East expert Robin Wright has created a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight...
The transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come; Dreams and Shadows is the b...
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103,07 zł |
Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television
ISBN: 9780801890857 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. In the eyes of the reform-minded, commercial television crassly exploited young viewers; its violence and tastelessness served no higher purpose than the bottom line. The Children's Television Workshop (CTW)--and its fresh approach to writing and producing programs for kids--emerged from this growing concern. Sesame Street--CTW's flagship, hour-long show--aimed to demonstrate how... By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality... |
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133,88 zł |
The Bomb: A New History
ISBN: 9780061537202 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Younger has provided an insightful guide, especially for the general reader, into today's array of nuclear powers and their capabilities."
--James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy, former Director of Central Intelligence In The Bomb, Stephen Younger, former Los Alamos weapons designer and author of Endangered Species, provides a new history of the making of nuclear policy and the creation of the most terrible weapons humankind has ever possessed. In an era when rogue nations like North Korean and Iran strive to create their own... "Younger has provided an insightful guide, especially for the general reader, into today's array of nuclear powers and their capabilities."
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Red Cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Grandfather of Soviet Rocketryvolume 18
ISBN: 9781603441179 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often called the grandfather of Russian rocketry, K. E. Tsiolkovskii first conceived of multi-stage rockets that would later be adapted as the basis of both the U.S. and Soviet rocket programs. Mining a myriad of Russian archives, Andrews produces a study of Soviet technological propaganda, local science education, public culture in the 1920s and 1930s, and the cultural ramifications of space flight.
Often called the grandfather of Russian rocketry, K. E. Tsiolkovskii first conceived of multi-stage rockets that would later be adapted as the basis o...
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250,41 zł |
State of Authority: State in Society in Indonesia
ISBN: 9780877277804 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other areas hint at novel concepts of the state, though often without fully articulating them. This book captures several dimensions of this shift. One reason for the new thinking is a fresh wind that has altered state studies generally. People are posing new kinds of questions about the state and developing new methodologies to answer them. Another reason for this shift is that Indonesia itself has...
A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transiti...
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590,12 zł |
State of Authority: State in Society in Indonesia
ISBN: 9780877277507 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other areas hint at novel concepts of the state, though often without fully articulating them. This book captures several dimensions of this shift. One reason for the new thinking is a fresh wind that has altered state studies generally. People are posing new kinds of questions about the state and developing new methodologies to answer them. Another reason for this shift is that Indonesia itself has...
A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transiti...
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122,04 zł |
Education and Knowledge in Thailand: The Quality Controversy
ISBN: 9789749511855 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent changes in educational policy and approach are moving Thai education away from transmitting and producing knowledge and scholarship, and away from developing and honing individual abilities to think and learn, say the authors. This failure parallels world trends: the uncontrolled and unbalanced increase in enrolment; the interference by political and economic interests in the orientation and management of educational institutions; and the commoditization of education -- in particular, privatization, internationalization and vocationalism. These symptoms are diagnostic of the... Recent changes in educational policy and approach are moving Thai education away from transmitting and producing knowledge and scholarship, and awa... |
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142,39 zł |
Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners
ISBN: 9781554077410 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize, now updated to include the 2009 recipients. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive. The Prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and the award ceremonies receive extensive media coverage. The awards are often politically controversial, and many winners use their acceptance speech to further favorite causes. Along with background information, the book provides a look at the 200 most famous and most interesting Nobel winners. The profiles are arranged by prize... The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize, now updated to include the 2009 recipients. The Nobel Prize is widely... |
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90,77 zł |
American History Goes to the Movies: Hollywood and the American Experience
ISBN: 9780415802192 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'American history goes to the movies', W. Bryan Rommel-Ruiz shows how popular representations of historic events shape the way audiences understand the history of the United States, including American representations of race and gender, and stories of immigration, especially the familiar narrative of the American Dream. W. Bryan Rommel-Ruiz is Associate Professor of History at The Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
In 'American history goes to the movies', W. Bryan Rommel-Ruiz shows how popular representations of historic events shape the way audiences understand...
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661,34 zł |
What it Means to be Palestinian : Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood
ISBN: 9781848854574 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What It Means to be Palestinian is a narrative of narratives, a collection of personal stories, remembered feelings and reconstructed experiences by different Palestinians whose lives were changed and shaped by history. Their stories are told chronologically through particular phases of the Palestinian national struggle, providing a composite autobiography of Palestine as a landscape and as a people. The book begins with the 1936 revolt against British rule in Palestine and ends in 1993, with the Oslo peace agreement that changed the nature and form of the national struggle. It is...
What It Means to be Palestinian is a narrative of narratives, a collection of personal stories, remembered feelings and reconstructed experienc...
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457,85 zł |