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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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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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234,27 |
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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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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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269,17 |
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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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294,09 |
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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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259,25 |
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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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363,94 |
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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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259,25 |
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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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117,88 |
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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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51,12 |
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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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258,20 |
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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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294,15 |
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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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Desperate Housewives, Neuroses and the Domestic Environment, 1945-1970
ISBN: 9781848933101 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The historical association between femininity and neurosis is well documented. Many recent studies have seen women's mental health issues in the aftermath of the Second World War as being a direct consequence of a lack of opportunity and the banality of a domestic lifestyle. Although the figure of the 'desperate housewife' is familiar to us, Haggett suggests that many women in the 1950s and 1960s led satisfying lives and that gender roles, while very different, were often seen as equal.
The historical association between femininity and neurosis is well documented. Many recent studies have seen women's mental health issues in the after...
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780,44 |
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Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
ISBN: 9781451695854 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,18 |
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Paternalism in a Southern City: Race, Religion, and Gender in Augusta, Georgia
ISBN: 9780820340944 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays look at southern social customs within a single city in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the volume focuses on paternalism between masters and slaves, husbands and wives, elites and the masses, and industrialists and workers. How Augusta's millworkers, homemakers, and others resisted, exploited, or endured the constraints of paternalism reveals the complex interplay between race, class, and gender. One essay looks at the subordinating effects of paternalism on women in the Old South--slave, free black, and white--and the coping strategies... These essays look at southern social customs within a single city in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the volume focuse... |
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146,18 |
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From Guiding Lights to Beacons for Business: The Many Lives of Maine's Lighthouses
ISBN: 9780884483380 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An iconic feature of the Maine coast (and in a few places inland), lighthouses have served as important navigational aids but also as tourist attractions, art subjects, and advertising symbols. This lavishly illustrated third volume in Historic New England's visual history series explores the lives and legends of lighthouse keepers, shares tales of maritime disasters, examines the architecture of lighthouses, and discusses efforts to preserve lighthouses themselves. It also explains how Maine's lighthouses have inspired myriad forms of representation, from paintings, photographs, and...
An iconic feature of the Maine coast (and in a few places inland), lighthouses have served as important navigational aids but also as tourist attracti...
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160,97 |
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True Story of the Lindbergh Kidnapping: The incredible, the impossible, the utter absurdity, had actually happened!
ISBN: 9781461135418 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped Three words flashed around the world. Three words penetrated the homes and hearts of rich and poor, the high and the lowly, of every nation on the face of the globe. Three historic words written irrevocably into history. Three words that stamped Tuesday night, March 1, 1932, in the records of the world as a memorable date - one ranking in importance with the dates that men remember as significant in the annals of the human race. Three words, in short, that brought fear, and horror, and sorrow and sympathy to millions and millions of persons in all walks of life.
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped Three words flashed around the world. Three words penetrated the homes and hearts of rich and poor, the high and the lowly, ...
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51,12 |
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Tears of Blood
ISBN: 9780986482526 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When women and children are abused and robbed of their innocence, They cry... TEARS OF BLOOD When the author first heard of this true story he cried and when he wrote it, he was overwhelmed with an immense sadness. No one can imagine how a man could inflict such abject misery and pain on a poor innocent woman and their six legitimate children. How can men impose such suffering on other human beings when society prohibits doing so to animals? But then again, could the men referred to in this story have possibly been human or were they none other than evil incarnations of the Devil himself?...
When women and children are abused and robbed of their innocence, They cry... TEARS OF BLOOD When the author first heard of this true story he cried a...
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58,84 |
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