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Eduard Brückner - The Sources and Consequences of Climate Change and Climate Variability in Historical Times
ISBN: 9780792361282 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology of studies by the eminent geographer and climate scientist Eduard Bruckner (1862-1927) on anthropogenic climate change and the social, political and economic impact of climate variations on societies in historical times, assembles his pioneering work in English for the first time. The issues discussed by Bruckner are now considered to be among the most pressing facing modern society and climate research. At the turn of the twentieth century, Bruckner was one of the central protagonists in a vigorous debate in science and society about global climate variability and its...
This anthology of studies by the eminent geographer and climate scientist Eduard Bruckner (1862-1927) on anthropogenic climate change and the social, ...
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603,81 |
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The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival
ISBN: 9780671038649 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on their noses. From over-the-counter sinus remedies to cosmetic surgery, aromatherapy to Chanel no. 5, we are a nation immersed in all things nasal. But how did this one vital organ become an object of beauty, a status symbol, the basis for judging character? What led to the invention of cotton tissues? Why do we follow our noses when seeking a mate -- or choosing a president?
The Nose is a fascinating tour of its subject through history and biology, art and culture, sex and sensibility, sickness and health. Gabrielle Glaser breathes... Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on their noses. From over-the-counter sinus remedies to cosmetic surgery, aromatherapy to Chanel no. 5, ...
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73,03 |
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Augustine: The City of God Book V
ISBN: 9780856687938 / Łaciński / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity.
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most ...
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141,73 |
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Wisdom in Loose Form: The Language of Egyptian and Greek Proverbs in Collections of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
ISBN: 9789004160583 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Ancient Egyptian and Greek proverbs, as they are found in wisdom collections, circulating in Egypt and Greece of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Its examination compares the proverbs' grammar, structure, style, theme and usage within the collections. This multi-leveled comparison results in the indentification of a great number of similarities and differences that are interpreted in cultural terms, that is, through their association with the cultural context of production and usage of the proverbs. Hence this study offers an original insight into the literary production...
This book examines Ancient Egyptian and Greek proverbs, as they are found in wisdom collections, circulating in Egypt and Greece of the Hellenistic an...
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730,88 |
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Das Christentum: Werden im Konflikt
ISBN: 9783110191233 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook presents a profile of Christianity through its main conflicts. It describes the challenges presented by Modernism and the other world religions. It sketches the main thematic areas which have shaped and continue to shape the development of Christianity in its internal and external conflicts. This succinct presentation of the Christian Faith for students offers also a good basis for discussion for the dialog between religions. This textbook presents a profile of Christianity through its main conflicts. It describes the challenges presented by Modernism and the other world... |
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148,51 |
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Ancient Mesopotamia
ISBN: 9780521573344 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first flourescence of early state and urban societies in lowland Mesopotamia over nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. The approach is explicitly anthropological, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives to enrich our understanding of the ancient Mesopotamian past. It explores the ways people of different genders and classes contributed and responded to political, economic, and ideological changes. The interpretations are based on studies of regional settlement patterns, faunal remains, artifact distributions...
This is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first flourescence of early state and urban societies in lowland Mesopotamia over nearly three mi...
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368,21 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON AREA COLLOQUIUM IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
ISBN: 9780761805403 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains papers and commentaries that were presented during the 1994-95 academic year to different meetings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. Contents: Physics as a Virtue, Stephen Menn; Commentary on Menn, Martha Nussbaum; Aristotle's Theory of Movement, Denis O'Brien; Commentary on O'Brien, Eric Lewis; Plato's Theory of Goods in the Laws and Philebus, Christopher Bobonich; Commentary on Bobonich, Jyl Gentzler; Timaeus' Discourse on the Xwpa, John Sallis; Commentary on Sallis, Stanley Rosen; The Development of Aristotle's Logic: Part of an Account in Outline,...
This volume contains papers and commentaries that were presented during the 1994-95 academic year to different meetings of the Boston Area Colloquium ...
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620,40 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON AREA COLLOQUIUM IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
ISBN: 9780819195111 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains papers and commentaries presented in the 15th Annual Boston Area Colloquium during the academic year 1992-1993.
This volume contains papers and commentaries presented in the 15th Annual Boston Area Colloquium during the academic year 1992-1993.
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620,40 |
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The Letter and the Cosmos: How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World
ISBN: 9781442628533 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation's statement that Jesus is "the Alpha and Omega," we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful concept that has shaped Western civilization and our daily lives. In The Letter and the Cosmos, Laurence de Looze probes that influence, showing how the alphabet has served as a lens through which we conceptualize the world and how the world, and sometimes the whole cosmos, has been perceived as a kind of alphabet itself. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, he traces the use of alphabetic... From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation's statement that Jesus is "the Alpha and Omega," we see the world through our letters. More than just... |
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112,60 |
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Brill's Companion to Propertius
ISBN: 9789004136823 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius' work, its themes, the poetical technique, its sources and models, as well as the history of Propertian scholarship and the vexed problems of textual criticism, are dealt with in contributions by Joan Booth, James Butrica, Francis Cairns, Elaine Fantham, Paolo Fedeli, Adrian Hollis, Peter Knox, Robert Maltby, Tobias Reinhardt and Richard Tarrant; due space is also given to the reception of the author from antiquity and the renaissance (Simona...
The present volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius' wo...
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1334,30 |
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Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations: A Reference Guide
ISBN: 9780313360756 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowledge about the roles of women in ancient civilizations has been limited to traditionally held notions, but recent discoveries and research have led to exciting insights into the great variety of ways in which women contributed to ancient cultures. This reference work, designed for student research, features lengthy essays and a wealth of new information about women's roles in twelve ancient civilizations around the world--China, India, Japan, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, West Africa, Greece, Rome, the Maya, the Inca, and Native North America. Historical studies have... Knowledge about the roles of women in ancient civilizations has been limited to traditionally held notions, but recent discoveries and research hav... |
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123,68 |
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The Routledge Companion to Christian History
ISBN: 9780415383622 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Routledge Companion to Christian History is an indispensable aid for anyone seeking comprehensive coverage of the facts in clear, concise and easy to use language. It covers:
The Routledge Companion to Christian History is an indispensable aid for anyone seeking comprehensive coverage of the facts in clear, conc... |
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563,24 |
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Reciprocity in Ancient Greece
ISBN: 9780198149972 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of new essays, an international group of experts explores, in connection with Greek culture, an idea that has proven very fruitful in anthropology: that of reciprocity as a practice and idea. It provides the most comprehensive examination so far of reciprocity in Greek economic, social, and intellectual life, discussing its relevance to epic and drama, historical writing, oratory, religion, and ethical philosophy.
In this collection of new essays, an international group of experts explores, in connection with Greek culture, an idea that has proven very fruitful ...
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1317,09 |
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Fifteenth-Century Studies Vol. 22
ISBN: 9781571130488 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifteenth-Century Studies has appeared annually since its foundation in 1977 as the publication arm for the Fifteenth-Century Symposium, and aims to include essays on all aspects of life during the time, medicine, philosophy, painting, religion, science, history, ritual and custom, music, and poetry. It covers a period which defies consensus on various fundamental issues; indeed, some dispute that the fifteenth century can be regarded as part of the middle ages, arguing that it is a time of transition to the modern age. Fifteenth-Century Studies takes no dogmatic view on the vexed questions...
Fifteenth-Century Studies has appeared annually since its foundation in 1977 as the publication arm for the Fifteenth-Century Symposium, and aims to i...
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416,30 |
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Atlas of Medieval Britain
ISBN: 9780415340694 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485. This volume tells the story of the British Isles, and makes visually accessible the varied and often complex world of Middle Ages. It depicts the spatial distribution of key events and buildings between 1066 and 1485, as well as providing the relevant Anglo-Saxon background.
Presents a visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485. This volume tells the story of the British Isles, and makes visually accessible...
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563,24 |
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Marcus Aurelius' Rain Miracle and the Marcomannic Wars
ISBN: 9789004166394 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of these wars were the lightning and rain miracles. Divine intervention saved the Roman troops who were surrounded by the Germans and suffering from a water shortage, by means of a lightning and rain miracle. Thunderbolts struck the enemy while the rain soothed the Romans' suffering. Several pagan and Christian versions of the miracle existed already in Antiquity. Peter Kovacs examines these events and their sources in detail. The most important...
The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of ...
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624,66 |
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Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens: A New Epigraphy and Prosopography
ISBN: 9789004170094 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While there is now renewed interest in the history of Athens under the Roman empire, the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods remain relatively neglected in terms of extended study. Thus the only comprehensive historical works on the period and its epigraphy remain those of Paul Graindor, which were published before the discovery of the Athenian Agora and its epigraphical wealth. This study aims to help provide a basis for new research on early Roman Athens, in the form of an epigraphical and historical reference work, in two parts. The Epigraphical Catalogue (Part I) represents both a...
While there is now renewed interest in the history of Athens under the Roman empire, the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods remain relatively neglect...
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764,88 |
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The Arabs - The Life Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World
ISBN: 9781443727860 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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224,39 |
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Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind
ISBN: 9780812976618 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth and gives an incisive, concise, and lively survey of the past, and of how scholars and scientists labor to bring it to light.
Renfrew begins by looking at prehistory as a discipline, detailing how breakthroughs such as radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have helped us to define humankind s past how things have changed much more clearly than was possible just a half century ago. As for why things... In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records the over...
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77,07 |
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Brill's Companion to Thucydides
ISBN: 9789004136830 / Angielski / Twarda / 968 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume on Thucydides, the most important historian of the ancient world, comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contributions cover a wide range of issues, including Thucydides' life, intellectual milieu and predecessors, Thucydides and the act of writing, his rhetoric, historical method and narrative techniques, narrative unity in the History, the speeches, Thucydides' reliability as a historian, and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare, religion, individuals, democracy and oligarchy, the invention of political science,...
This volume on Thucydides, the most important historian of the ancient world, comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contrib...
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