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What Makes Flamingos Pink?: A Colorful Collection of Q & A's for the Unquenchably Curious
ISBN: 9780060000240 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do spiders sleep? Why are barns red? Why is there a crescent moon on outhouse doors? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?As the Xerox Corporation's official webmaster, Bill McLain often fielded as many as 1,000 questions a day on just about everything under the sun -- and beyond. The wildest, funniest, and even most astute are collected here (along with their answers) in McLain's second volume that's as fascinating and enlightening as his first, Do Fish Drink Water? A "veritable Internet legend known for having all the answers" (San Francisco...
Do spiders sleep? Why are barns red? Why is there a crescent moon on outhouse doors? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?<...
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69,10 zł |
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Why Do Pirates Love Parrots?
ISBN: 9780060888435 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ponder, if you will . . . Is yawning contagious? Do starfish have faces? Why do they put crinkly paper into pairs of men's socks? Why is it that cans of Diet Coke float, but cans of regular Coke don't? Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Why Do Pirates Love Parrots? One of the Imponderables(R)--the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing conundrums--and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and... Ponder, if you will . . . Is yawning contagious? Do starfish have faces? Why do they put crinkly paper into pairs of men's socks? Why is it that ca... |
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78,32 zł |
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The Subject of Semiotics
ISBN: 9780195031782 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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554,77 zł |
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A Culture for Democracy : Mass Communication and the Cultivated Mind in Britain between the Wars
ISBN: 9780198201373 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development of popular national daily newspapers, the cinema, the radio, the gramophone, and other forms of mass entertainment in early 20th-century Britain threatened to upset traditional patterns of British culture and engendered a determined opposition among writers, artists, intellectuals, and others. This book explores the often antagonistic relationship between commercial and elite culture during this period. LeMahieu traces the rise of commercial culture, where success was measured by popularity rather than aesthetic merit, explores the responses of the cultivated elites, and...
The development of popular national daily newspapers, the cinema, the radio, the gramophone, and other forms of mass entertainment in early 20th-centu...
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1471,35 zł |
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Semiotics : An Introductory Anthology
ISBN: 9780253203441 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..". fifteen texts which are essential reading for anyone interested in semiotics... This collection will surely become a standard text for those who teach semiotics, aesthetics or philosophy of language." International Philosophical Quarterly This volume presents the classic statements in semiotics and touches on a vast set of problems and themes philosophical, aesthetic, literary, cultural, biological, and anthropological. "..". fifteen texts which are essential reading for anyone interested in semiotics... This collection will surely become a standard text for those w... |
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159,40 zł |
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Rigor & Imagination : Essays from the Legacy of Gregory Bateson
ISBN: 9780275907419 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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619,36 zł |
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Political Economy of Information
ISBN: 9780299115746 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The information society is real. Information - as a marketable commodity - is quickly taking up the powerful role once held by heavy industry and manufactured products. How this revolution is affecting society, and how both society and government are responding to it, is the subject of this book.
The information society is real. Information - as a marketable commodity - is quickly taking up the powerful role once held by heavy industry and manu...
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59,69 zł |
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The Muse Learns to Write : Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present
ISBN: 9780300043822 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When oral culture becomes literate, in what way does human consciousness itself change? And how does the new form of communication affect the content and meaning of texts? In this book, one of the most original and penetrating thinkers in Greek studies describes the transformation from orality to literacy in classical times and reflects upon its continued meaning for us today.
"Fresh insights into the orality-literacy shift in human consciousness from one who has long been studying this shift in ancient Greece and has now brought his vast learning and reflections to bear on our own times.... When oral culture becomes literate, in what way does human consciousness itself change? And how does the new form of communication affect the content ...
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91,69 zł |
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Useless Knowledge: Answers to Questions You'd Never Think to Ask
ISBN: 9780312290177 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can your tongue get you arrested? In the form of a lively and eccentric course catalog, this brainchild of the creator of the wildly successful www.uselessknowledge.com offers up loads of facts of little consequence for the hardcore trivia buff or the casual enthusiast. Inside, you'll find topics and entries like these: The Core Curriculum The Useless School of... How can your tongue get you arrested? |
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92,15 zł |
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Science and the Shabby Cruate of Poetry : Essays about the Two Cultures
ISBN: 9780313201912 / Angielski / Twarda / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Green offers his own arguments with C.P. Snow's The Two Cultures.
Green offers his own arguments with C.P. Snow's The Two Cultures.
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490,30 zł |
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Reader in the History of Books and Printing
ISBN: 9780313240386 / Angielski / Twarda / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to the history of graphic communication through the ages which studies the role of books and printing in the recording, preserving, and dissemination of ideas and its impact on civilization. The readings and illustrations have been selected from the extensive literature on the book to include items of value and interest to the student, educator, librarian, historian, media specialist, bibliophile, bookman and bookwoman--all who are interested in the world of books and printing.
An introduction to the history of graphic communication through the ages which studies the role of books and printing in the recording, preserving,... |
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541,93 zł |
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Dialogue, Skill and Tacit Knowledge
ISBN: 9780470019214 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everyone in an organization, from cleaner to CEO, has expert knowledge. Yet only a fraction of it can be codified and expressed explicitly as facts and rules. A little more is visible implicitly as accepted procedures, but even this is only the beginning. Submerged beneath the explicit and implicit levels is a vast iceberg of tacit knowledge that cannot be reliably accessed by traditional analytical approaches. And yet, without it, organizational learning means little.
Interweaving theory with practical guidance, this book looks at the importance of tacit knowledge and shows how it is now... Everyone in an organization, from cleaner to CEO, has expert knowledge. Yet only a fraction of it can be codified and expressed explicitly as facts an...
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366,73 zł |
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The Consultant's Manual : A Complete Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice
ISBN: 9780471008798 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Consultant's Manual If you're serious about starting your own consulting practice, there's something you should know . . No matter how knowledgeable you are in your field.. No matter how expert your advice or impressive your credentials.. If you don't bring an air of consummate professionalism to every phase of your practice--from proposal-writing and fee-setting, to drawing up contracts and issuing reports--you'll almost definitely lose out to the professional who does. But don't worry, because with Tom Greenbaum and The Consultant's Manual in your corner, you can make sure that never...
The Consultant's Manual If you're serious about starting your own consulting practice, there's something you should know . . No matter how knowledgeab...
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132,38 zł |
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Consulting on the Side : How to Start a Part-Time Consulting Business While Still Working at Your Full-Time Job
ISBN: 9780471120292 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Build a thriving business while holding down a full-time job.
Do you yearn to strike out on your own, take charge of your destiny, and create a better, more independent lifestyle for yourself? Read this book and learn how to start your consulting business while you still have the security of a regular job. Consulting on the Side is for the professional who longs for independence but can't simply walk away from a steady paycheck and company health benefits. Successful consultant and business author Mary F. Cook shows you how to build a thriving consulting practice... Build a thriving business while holding down a full-time job.
Do you yearn to strike out on your own, take charge of your destiny, and cr... |
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179,77 zł |
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Symbol Sourcebook : An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols
ISBN: 9780471288725 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A ready reference aid and an inspiration to designers . All in all the best book now available on symbols." --Library Journal This unparalleled reference represents a major achievement in the field of graphic design. Famed industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss recognized the importance of symbols in communicating more quickly and effectively; for many years he and his staff collected and codified graphic symbols as they are used in all walks of life throughout the world. The result is this "dictionary" of universally used graphic symbols. Henry Dreyfuss designed this sourcebook to be as...
"A ready reference aid and an inspiration to designers . All in all the best book now available on symbols." --Library Journal This unparalleled refer...
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241,94 zł |
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Information Theory and Reliable Communication
ISBN: 9780471290483 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore information theory as it relates to the fundamental aspects of communication systems Information theory is at work all around us, every day, and in all our communications. Information Theory and Reliable Communication delves into the mathematical models of sources and channels in communication systems and then explores the framework for constructing highly-detailed models of real-world sources and channels. The text then extends further into information theory by breaking encoders and decoders into two parts and studying the mechanisms that make more effective... Explore information theory as it relates to the fundamental aspects of communication systems Information theory is at work all around... |
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1003,43 zł |
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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
ISBN: 9780486247618 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A fascinating, challenging book." ― A.L.A. Booklist
Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use since ancient times. Cipher and decipher codes used by spies. Explore the famous codes that changed the fate of nations and political leaders. And enjoy hours of fun experimenting with cryptography ― the science of secret writing. Beginning with simple letter substitutions and transposition ciphers, world-famous science writer Martin Gardner explains how to break complicated polyalphabetical ciphers and codes worked with grids, squares,... "A fascinating, challenging book." ― A.L.A. Booklist
Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use ... |
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27,43 zł |
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Illustrating BASIC
ISBN: 9780521217040 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a popular and widely available language called BASIC and explains how to write simple programs in it.
This book presents a popular and widely available language called BASIC and explains how to write simple programs in it.
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191,93 zł |
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The Carolingians and the Written Word
ISBN: 9780521315654 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth and ninth centuries. It demonstrates that literacy was by no means confined to a clerical elite, but was dispersed in lay society and used for government and administration, as well as for ordinary legal transactions among the peoples of the Frankish kingdom. While employing a huge range of primary material, the author does not confine herself to a functional analysis of the written word in Carolingian northern Europe but goes on to assess the consequences and...
This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth and ninth centurie...
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128,98 zł |
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Structures of Social Action
ISBN: 9780521318624 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together thirteen original papers by leading American and British researchers, this volume reflects fresh developments in the increasingly influential field of conversation analysis. It begins by outlining the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field and goes on to develop some of the main themes that have emerged from topical empirical research. These include the organisation of preference, topic, non-vocal activities, and apparently spontaneous responses such as laughter and applause. The collection represents the most comprehensive statement yet to be published on...
Bringing together thirteen original papers by leading American and British researchers, this volume reflects fresh developments in the increasingly in...
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268,77 zł |
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