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Vol. IX with Ninety-Five Engravings
ISBN: 9781146466578 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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Columbia University Biological Series, Volume 4
ISBN: 9781148710587 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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The Poet in May [poems].
ISBN: 9781148615134 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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90,42 |
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London's Natural History
ISBN: 9781445514116 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This early work is a fascinating read for any amateur or professional natural historian. Extensively illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs it is thoroughly recommended for the nature lover in London's bookshelf. Contents Include: Before Londinium, Romano-British London, Medieval London, The Wen Begins to Swell, The Wen Bursts, Nature Indoors, The Wholly Built-Up Areas, The Partly Built-up Areas: Gardens and Parks, The Effects of Digging for Building Materials, The Influence of Trade and Traffic, The Influence of Water Supply, The Influence of Refuse Disposal, The Influence of Smoke,...
This early work is a fascinating read for any amateur or professional natural historian. Extensively illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs i...
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202,81 |
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Dialogues on the Beauty of Nature and Moral Reflections on Certain Topics of Natural History
ISBN: 9780761830863 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swiss critic Johann Georg Sulzer's Dialogues on the Beauty of Nature (1750) and Reflections on Certain Topics of Natural History (1745) are exemplary specimens of eighteenth-century European theology, philosophy, natural history, and aesthetics. Sulzer's contemporaries-notably Goethe-read him with attention. Eric Miller's elegant translation comes with a vivid, informative, and strongly contextualizing introduction. Sulzer's early works are a curio cabinet of the philosophical and theological arguments that exercised and enticed the intelligentsia of his period. These topics and arguments...
Swiss critic Johann Georg Sulzer's Dialogues on the Beauty of Nature (1750) and Reflections on Certain Topics of Natural History (1745) are exemplary ...
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205,71 |
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Picture This: Postcards from the Highway
ISBN: 9781452073347 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beautiful pictures in this fast paced world from someone who takes the time to smell the flowers, and shares his talent with everyone including the people who may never get to see such beauty... and has such a knack to capture the beauty this earth has to offer.
Beautiful pictures in this fast paced world from someone who takes the time to smell the flowers, and shares his talent with everyone including the pe...
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178,79 |
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Arlene Remembers: Rural Childhood Memories
ISBN: 9781452070353 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I grew up on a farm in Southern Wisconsin with three active siblings. We didn't go looking for trouble but it did happen. The reason I can now tell stories.
I grew up on a farm in Southern Wisconsin with three active siblings. We didn't go looking for trouble but it did happen. The reason I can now tell st...
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48,10 |
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Wild Life in a Southern County
ISBN: 9781108025355 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Jefferies (1848 1887) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. He had aspirations to make a living as a novelist, but it was his short, factually based articles for The Live Stock Journal and other magazines, drawn from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born, which when collected in book form brought him recognition (though not wealth), and which continued to be read and admired after his early death. Wild Life in a Southern County, published in 1879, examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and...
Richard Jefferies (1848 1887) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. He had aspirations to make a liv...
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Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
ISBN: 9780199755080 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C. Lane uncovers a "green theology" that celebrates a community of jubilant creatures of all languages and species. Lane reveals an ecologically sensitive Calvin who spoke of himself as ''ravished'' by the earth's beauty. He speaks of Puritans who fostered a ''lusty'' spirituality in which Christ figured as a lover who encouraged meditation on the wonders of creation. He presents a Jonathan Edwards who urged a sensuous ''enjoyment'' of God's beauty as the only real way of knowing God. Lane argues for the ''double irony'' of...
In this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C. Lane uncovers a "green theology" that celebrates a community of jubilant creatures of al...
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224,33 |
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Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose
ISBN: 9781611490220 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose is an examination of the life and work of one of America's most intriguing but tragically obscure writers. Babcock uses his own personal relationship Robert Francis's work, which emphasizes conservation and connectedness to our natural surroundings, to illuminate both overtones and nuances that are undoubtedly useful to those interested in poetry and ecology. Babcock begins with a brief biographical section intended to set the tone for readers previously unfamiliar with Robert Francis and then continues into an analysis...
Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose is an examination of the life and work of one of America's most intriguing but...
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426,10 |
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New Perspectives on People and Forests
ISBN: 9789400711495 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book proposes that a better understanding of the bond between people and forests as integrated part of a landscape may be helpful in landscape planning, and may contribute to the discussion of changes in forest cover which has been motivated by land use changes, rural development and the global climate... The aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscape... |
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027939 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027946 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027953 / Angielski / Miękka / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027960 / Angielski / Miękka / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027977 / Angielski / Miękka / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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507,39 |
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027991 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton
ISBN: 9781108138369 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gilbert White (1720 1793) published his Natural History and Antiquities as one volume in 1789. Both works consist of a series of letters written by White to the barrister Daines Barrington (1727 1800) and the zoologist Thomas Pennant (1726 1798). The letters in Natural History, White's best-known work, contain detailed information about his observations of local flora, fauna and wildlife. White was a pioneer of the study of birds and animals in their natural habitats, rather than as specimens removed from their environments. His methods of observation enabled him to identify and record many...
Gilbert White (1720 1793) published his Natural History and Antiquities as one volume in 1789. Both works consist of a series of letters written by Wh...
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Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Ota
ISBN: 9781108029162 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Joseph Banks (1743 1820) was a British botanist and one of the most influential scientific patrons of the eighteenth century. After inheriting a fortune on the death of his father in 1761, Banks devoted his life to studying natural history. His fame following his participation in Captain Cook's epic voyage on the Endeavour between 1768 and 1771 led to his election as President of the Royal Society in 1778, a post which he then held until his death. This volume, first published in 1896, contains Banks' account of the voyage of the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean. Edited by the great...
Sir Joseph Banks (1743 1820) was a British botanist and one of the most influential scientific patrons of the eighteenth century. After inheriting a f...
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Belize Guide: 2003 edition
ISBN: 9780930016296 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Extraordinary people and places of Belize come alive in this extensive guide to Central America's hotspot. Between the Mayan huts, limestone plains, tropical forests, coastal wetlands, pine-covered mountains, and endless beaches, Belize has emerged as one of the most popular destinations in Central America. Belize Guide includes not only top accommodations and attractions, but also unexplored areas rich in history and tradition. Featuring scuba diving and restaurants to off-the-beaten-path ruins and natural wonders, Belize Guide is the ultimate tool for planning the perfect vacation.
Extraordinary people and places of Belize come alive in this extensive guide to Central America's hotspot. Between the Mayan huts, limestone plains, t...
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