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Legacy of a Divided Nation : India's Muslims Since Independence
ISBN: 9781850653042 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Legacy of a Divided Nation' analyses the current condition of India's polity and the relationship of Muslims to it. It also offers new information about developments among India's Muslims since independence.
'Legacy of a Divided Nation' analyses the current condition of India's polity and the relationship of Muslims to it. It also offers new information ab...
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Southeast Asian Lives : Personal Narratives and Historical Experience
ISBN: 9789971693442 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Southeast Asian Lives" presents life stories of ordinary people in Southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing regions in the world. The narratives illustrate the richness of life histories in revealing what it was like to go through the wrenching social adjustments that accompanied successive political transformations as Southeast Asia moved from colonialism through wartime occupation by the Japanese to the emergence of new nation states. The authors who present these life stories are all anthropologists. Their narratives bear witness to fieldwork encounters that gave rise...
"Southeast Asian Lives" presents life stories of ordinary people in Southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing regions in the world....
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High Rise Society : The First 50 Years of the Hong Kong Housing Society
ISBN: 9789629963712 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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122,40 |
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Myanmar: State, Society And Ethnicity
ISBN: 9789812304339 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on some of the most important and topical questions about Myanmar. Many of these issues have not been sufficiently researched, comprehensively compiled, and comparatively examined within the broader Southeast Asian context. Especially important contributions in the book pertain to issues of historical influence and political considerations that have shaped the dominant thinking within the state and the military. There are equally important studies of sensitive topics like the political economy of the state and the level of human security in the country. The three major...
This volume focuses on some of the most important and topical questions about Myanmar. Many of these issues have not been sufficiently researched, com...
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132,18 |
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Carlton: A History
ISBN: 9780522852042 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,50 |
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In Our Prime: The Fascinating History and Promising Future of Middle Age
ISBN: 9781416572909 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback from New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen, a "lively, well-researched chronicle" (The New York Times Book Review) of the concept of middle age, from the nineteenth century to the present. The director behind the Hollywood close-up and the inventor of the "midlife crisis," the doctors who promised to restore men's sexual vigor with monkey gland transplants and the neuroscientists mapping the middle-aged brain, the fashion designers and the feminists: They are all part of the fascinating parade of businessmen, entertainers, scientists, and hucksters...
Now in paperback from New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen, a "lively, well-researched chronicle" (The New York Times Book Review) ...
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80,88 |
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The Journals of Walter White: Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
ISBN: 9781108045131 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811 93) would spend forty years working in the library of the Royal Society. White was mostly self-taught, a voracious reader who also learnt German, French, and Latin, and a diligent attender at lectures and other events offering self-improvement. After a brief emigration to the United States, he returned to Britain in 1839, and was offered a post as 'attendant' in the Royal Society's library in 1844; this led to his cataloguing much of the collection, and in 1861 he was appointed Librarian. He...
Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811 93) would spend forty years working in the library...
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A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During
ISBN: 9781108045223 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
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240,83 |
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A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During
ISBN: 9781108045230 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
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240,83 |
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A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During
ISBN: 9781108045247 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
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276,71 |
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A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During
ISBN: 9781108045254 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
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302,34 |
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The Idler in Italy
ISBN: 9781108045278 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington (1789 1849), was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famous portrait of her in 1822. Blessington had an unhappy childhood, and was forced into her first marriage at the age of fourteen, but had developed a love of reading and story-telling. With her second husband Charles John Gardiner, first Earl of Blessington, she lived for several years in France and Italy. This three-volume work, first published 1839 40, contains Blessington's humorous account of living abroad. She gives detailed descriptions of...
Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington (1789 1849), was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famo...
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266,51 |
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The Idler in Italy
ISBN: 9781108045285 / Angielski / Miękka / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789 1849), was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famous portrait of her in 1822. Blessington had an unhappy childhood, and was forced into her first marriage at the age of fourteen, but had developed a love of reading and story-telling. With her second husband Charles John Gardiner, first Earl of Blessington, she lived for several years in France and Italy. This three-volume work, first published 1839 40, contains Blessington's humorous account of living abroad. In Volume 2 she gives detailed...
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789 1849), was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famo...
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The Idler in Italy
ISBN: 9781108045292 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789 1849) was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famous portrait of her in 1822. Blessington had an unhappy childhood, and was forced into her first marriage at the age of fourteen, but had developed a love of reading and story-telling. With her second husband Charles John Gardiner, first Earl of Blessington, she lived for several years in France and Italy. This three-volume work, first published 1839 40, contains Blessington's humorous account of living abroad. Volume 3 includes her lively...
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789 1849) was famous for her charm, wit and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famou...
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266,51 |
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From Plantations to Prisons: A Riveting True Account of a Family's Journey into History
ISBN: 9781468105025 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of a biracial love affair that predates the Civil War. Their love began in the shadows of slavery deep in the emerald-green forest of North Carolina. Their descendants sought validation in the sleepy hollows of Southeastern Ohio past the river's shores - from the plantations of Halifax County, North Carolina to the banks of the Ohio River. The 'family stories' were taken with a 'grain of salt' until April, Gerry, and Melony attended a family reunion several years ago. They became more and more curious with age but still had no idea that the 'truth' in their family was indeed...
The true story of a biracial love affair that predates the Civil War. Their love began in the shadows of slavery deep in the emerald-green forest of N...
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Spätmittelalterliche Jurisprudenz zwischen Rechtspraxis, Universität und kirchlicher Karriere: Der Leipziger Jurist und Naumburger Bischof Dietrich von Bocksdorf (ca. 1410-1466)
ISBN: 9789004212411 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The late Middle Ages saw the emergence of professional jurists as a new functionary elite. The study approaches this phenomenon by focusing on a singular individual: Dietrich von Bocksdorf, Professor of Canon Law in Leipzig, learned counselor to the elector of Saxony, bishop of Naumburg. The book thereby breaks new ground. It offers not only a biography, but explores large and previously unused and largely unknown collections of more than 500 papers from the legal practice, written by the Leipzig Ordinarius. Based on this unique material the book examines for the first time spheres of...
The late Middle Ages saw the emergence of professional jurists as a new functionary elite. The study approaches this phenomenon by focusing on a singu...
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The Trial of Mary Blandy
ISBN: 9781470129521 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Monday, the 2nd of March, 1752, a bill of indictment was found by the grand inquest for the county of Oxford against Mary Blandy, spinster, for the murder of Francis Blandy, late of the parish of Henley-upon-Thames, in the said county, gentleman. On Tuesday, the 3rd of March, 1752, the Court being met, the prisoner Mary Blandy was set to the bar, when the Court proceeded thus- CLERK OF THE ARRAIGNS-Mary Blandy, hold up thy hand. Which she did.] You stand indicted by the name of Mary Blandy, late of the parish of Henley-upon-Thames, in the county of Oxford, spinster, daughter of Francis...
On Monday, the 2nd of March, 1752, a bill of indictment was found by the grand inquest for the county of Oxford against Mary Blandy, spinster, for the...
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52,56 |
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Reading Revolutions: The Politics of Reading in Early Modern England
ISBN: 9780300187182 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating book--the first comprehensive study of reading and politics in early modern England--examines how texts of that period were produced and disseminated and how readers interpreted and were influenced by them. Based on the voluminous reading notes of one gentleman, Sir William Drake, the book shows how readers formed radical social values and political ideas as they experienced civil war, revolution, republic, and restoration.
By analyzing the strategies of Drake's reading practices, as well as those of several key contemporaries (including Jonson, Milton, and Clarendon),... This fascinating book--the first comprehensive study of reading and politics in early modern England--examines how texts of that period were produced ...
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265,25 |
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Arthur Young's Travels in France: During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
ISBN: 9781108047609 / Angielski / Miękka / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work was first published in 1793 by the agricultural expert Arthur Young (1741 1820). In addition to farming, he describes the scenery, roads, inns, manners, and more significantly examples both of wealth and poverty. Despite describing some servants he encountered in an inn as 'walking dunghills', he was acutely aware of the grinding poverty of the rural poor, noting the excesses of the ruling class, and ascribing to bad government the striking differences he found between the lives of working people in France and England. Hearing of the fall of the Bastille whilst in Strasbourg, he...
This work was first published in 1793 by the agricultural expert Arthur Young (1741 1820). In addition to farming, he describes the scenery, roads, in...
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302,38 |
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Hot August Night/1970: The Forgotten LGBT Riot
ISBN: 9780615596235 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HOT AUGUST NIGHT/1970 chronicles the forgotten LGBT riot one year after the Stonewall Rebellion and one month after the historic first pride march in New York City's Central Park.
HOT AUGUST NIGHT/1970 chronicles the forgotten LGBT riot one year after the Stonewall Rebellion and one month after the historic first pride march in ...
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48,35 |
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