The Definitive Guide to Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780615149875 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Definitive Guide to Travel Writing is a practical, no-nonsense approach to the business of travel writing. This how-to book, written by travel writer Shannon Hurst Lane, is a must have for anyone considering becoming a travel writer. This book includes areas to take notes while on assignment, as well as how to get those assignments. This guide will tell aspiring travel writers all they need to know to become successful in the beginning stages of their career. Get the passport ready!
The Definitive Guide to Travel Writing is a practical, no-nonsense approach to the business of travel writing. This how-to book, written by travel wri...
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51,40 zł |
GEEZER and the KID
ISBN: 9780615158112 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating adventure unfolds as a 62 year old father and his 11 year old daughter set off on a thrilling ten day flight across the vast and rugged terrain of the American southwest. Join Ron and Kari as they fly across the blazing Mojave Desert to the rim of the Grand Canyon. Thrill at their landing on a rugged runway in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Be with them as they fly to the Rocky Mountains and then across the breath taking but unforgiving land of New Mexico and Arizona. A great book for adventurers of all ages.
A fascinating adventure unfolds as a 62 year old father and his 11 year old daughter set off on a thrilling ten day flight across the vast and rugged ...
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102,95 zł |
Statistics in Geography: A Practical Approach - Revised with 17 Programs
ISBN: 9780631136880 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Statistics in Geography has established itself as the best introductory textbook on the subject: the author makes statistical concepts and techniques intellible and their applications in a wide variety of problems comprehensible, even exciting. The main feature of this much-awaited new edition is a set of 17 computer programs (with sample outputs) that cover nearly all the statistical techniques described. These have been carefully written to be user-friendly in an elementary subset of Basic to make them simple to implement on most micro computers. This means students can be more adventurous...
Statistics in Geography has established itself as the best introductory textbook on the subject: the author makes statistical concepts and techniques ...
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235,86 zł |
The Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise
ISBN: 9780631185864 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Geographical Tradition presents the history of an essentially contested tradition. By examining a series of key episodes in geography's history since 1400, Livingstone argues that the messy contingencies of history are to be preferred to the manufactured idealizations of the standard chronicles. Throughout, the development of geographical thought and practice is portrayed against the background of the broader social and intellectual contexts of the times. Among the topics investigated are geography during the Age of Reconnaissance, the Scientific Revolution and The Englightenment;...
The Geographical Tradition presents the history of an essentially contested tradition. By examining a series of key episodes in geography's his...
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202,91 zł |
The Manchus
ISBN: 9780631235910 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book relates the history of the Manchus, the rise and fall of their vast empire and their legacy today.
This book relates the history of the Manchus, the rise and fall of their vast empire and their legacy today.
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235,86 zł |
Adventures In Arabia
ISBN: 9780710306784 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few Westerners have succeeded in identifying themselves so completely with Arabian life as the author of this volume, which was first published in 1928. He went to Arabia for no political, humanitarian, or reasonable purpose but purely for the joy of it.
Few Westerners have succeeded in identifying themselves so completely with Arabian life as the author of this volume, which was first published in 192...
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965,13 zł |
Tahiti
ISBN: 9780710307545 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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547,77 zł |
Man & Animals In New Hebrides
ISBN: 9780710309785 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fully illustrated with maps and figures, this book describes the native Hebrideans and the reasons for their depopulation. The author, a biologist and zoologist, then details the insect, avian and mammalian inhabitants of the islands and their behaviors.
Fully illustrated with maps and figures, this book describes the native Hebrideans and the reasons for their depopulation. The author, a biologist and...
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756,45 zł |
In Stevenson'S Samoa
ISBN: 9780710309792 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a traveller's tale set in the islands of Samoa with the legendary traveller Robert Louis Stevenson as guide.
Here is a traveller's tale set in the islands of Samoa with the legendary traveller Robert Louis Stevenson as guide.
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912,96 zł |
Treasure Of Ophir
ISBN: 9780710310125 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fascinating book, the author reveals the unfolding story of his life-long quest to find Ophir. First joining the Royal Navy and then embarking toward China, the author begins a series of adventures that propel him toward his goal.
In this fascinating book, the author reveals the unfolding story of his life-long quest to find Ophir. First joining the Royal Navy and then embarking...
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704,29 zł |
To Lhasa in Disguise
ISBN: 9780710310606 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author, a non-Tibetan, lived, dressed, and behaved as a Tibetan in order to travel through the country undetected. He provides here an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s, with a wealth of compelling stories.
The author, a non-Tibetan, lived, dressed, and behaved as a Tibetan in order to travel through the country undetected. He provides here an excellent d...
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965,13 zł |
Kenana Handbook Of Sudan
ISBN: 9780710311603 / Angielski / Twarda / 932 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1147,72 zł |
Equatoria: The Lado Enclave
ISBN: 9780714617220 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Major Stigand was the Governor of Mongalla Province in the Sudan, and published this account in 1923.
Major Stigand was the Governor of Mongalla Province in the Sudan, and published this account in 1923.
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505,98 zł |
A Voyage to Guinea, Brazil, & the West Indies: In His Majesty's Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth
ISBN: 9780714617879 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1735, this account focuses on the customs, food, languages and religions of the peoples in the islands and settlements visited. It also has remarks on the gold, ivory and slave trades.
First published in 1735, this account focuses on the customs, food, languages and religions of the peoples in the islands and settlements visited. It ...
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704,29 zł |
Cosmic Time Travel: A Scientific Odyssey
ISBN: 9780738206325 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this text, science writer Barry Parker takes on one of the most fascinating and fantastical aspects of modern quantum theory - time travel. From the stuff of fiction to Einstein's theory of relativity and Hawking's view of the universe, time travel has captured modern man's excitement and been as much talked about as space travel.
In this text, science writer Barry Parker takes on one of the most fascinating and fantastical aspects of modern quantum theory - time travel. From th...
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125,62 zł |
Lived Topographies: And Their Mediational Forces
ISBN: 9780739105764 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection explores the various forms of narrative, semiotic, and technological mediation that shape the experience of place. Gary Backhaus and John Murungi have assembled a wide array of scholars who give a unique perspective on the phenomenology of place.
This collection explores the various forms of narrative, semiotic, and technological mediation that shape the experience of place. Gary Backhaus and J...
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219,66 zł |
Earth Ways: Framing Geographical Meanings
ISBN: 9780739107645 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the connection between anthropology, philosophy, and geography? How does one locate the connection? Can a juncture between these disciplines also accommodate history, sociology and other applied and theoretical forms of knowledge? In Earth Ways: Framing Geographical Meanings, editors Gary Backhaus and John Murungi challenge their contributors to find the location that would enable them to bridge their "home disciplines" to philosophical and geographical thought. This represents no easy task. Essayists are charged with building a set of conceptual bridges and what emerges is a unique...
What is the connection between anthropology, philosophy, and geography? How does one locate the connection? Can a juncture between these disciplines a...
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455,79 zł |
Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France
ISBN: 9780743287296 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine a former French major getting vocabulary tips from her young children That was the experience of Kristin Espinasse, an American who fell in love with a Frenchman and moved to his country to marry him and start a family. When her children began speaking the language, she found herself falling in love with it all over again. To relate the stories of her sometimes bumpy, often comic, and always poignant assimilation, she created a blog called "French Word a Day," drawing more admirers than she ever could have imagined. With an approach that is as charming as it is practical,...
Imagine a former French major getting vocabulary tips from her young children That was the experience of Kristin Espinasse, an American who fell in l...
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73,68 zł |
Time In Geographic Information Systems
ISBN: 9780748400591 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study into the consideration of the temporal dimension of computerized spatial data handling using GIS. The book describes the use of historical and time-variable data as explicit components of the modelling process.
A study into the consideration of the temporal dimension of computerized spatial data handling using GIS. The book describes the use of historical and...
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547,77 zł |
GIS in Organizations: How Effective Are GIS in Practice?
ISBN: 9780748402052 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In placing these questions at the heart of their book, the authors set out to stimulate and contribute to the great debate: despite the enormous growth in the acquistion of GIS technology by business and government, little is known about the impact this leading- edge technology is having.
Using case studies in a local government context, this book explores the performance of GIS in practice on the premise that any technology-led innovation will only "work" if the proper organizational and management support, infrastructure and culture exist. In doing so the authors draw on the experiences... In placing these questions at the heart of their book, the authors set out to stimulate and contribute to the great debate: despite the enormous growt...
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547,77 zł |