wyszukanych pozycji: 107
Magic's Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy
ISBN: 9780226518688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they may seem at first. As Jones shows, they not only matured around the same time, but they also shared mutually reinforcing stances toward modernity and rationality. It is no historical accident, for example, that colonial ethnographers drew analogies between Western magicians and native ritual performers, who, in their view, hoodwinked gullible people into believing their sleight of hand was divine. Using French magicians' engagements...
In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as ...
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129,53 zł |
The Shadowed Tricorn
ISBN: 9781326599836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For many years, Wellbrook House had been a convent in the quiet Surrey countryside. Having been sold at auction for redevelopment into a high standard hotel, building works had only just begun. A small team headed up by the foreman, Charlie Garner, were preparing the site when he unintentionally uncovered a mystery with origins dating back to the fifties and sixties, bringing to light activities of low ranking Catholic hierarchy. Joseph Chapel, the resident caretaker, and the site foreman join forces to try and piece together the information they learn in an attempt to resolve the age old...
For many years, Wellbrook House had been a convent in the quiet Surrey countryside. Having been sold at auction for redevelopment into a high standard...
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54,20 zł |
Runes of the Wiccan Rede
ISBN: 9781326600044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. If you enjoy a light-hearted ghost story, then this one is definitely for you Runes of the Wiccan Rede is a captivating and eerie tale that takes place in a coastal area of Argyle in Scotland and centres itself around the unfortunately and naive behaviour of two well intentioned but much misunderstood girls. Parents, David and Suzan Haynes have recently moved into a quaint, isolated coastal cottage with their four daughters, Suzan and Sophia, Briany and Rooney. Once part of a local estate, the main buildings were mysteriously destroyed by fire in 1708. Suzan and Sophie have a secret, and it...
If you enjoy a light-hearted ghost story, then this one is definitely for you Runes of the Wiccan Rede is a captivating and eerie tale that takes pla...
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47,18 zł |
Memoirs of a Buckingham Biker
ISBN: 9781326597177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ever wondered what went on in those groups most people complained about? Ones with rips in their jeans and black leathers? Ones which mothers told their daughters to stay away from? Ones who had the aroma of smeared oil and spilled beer? Ones who shattered the peace with barking engines? Yes. Bikers. This laugh out loud romp through the mid/late 70s gives an insight into those wild hazy days from one who was there. Gary Jones. This is a personal account of stupidity in an alcohol fuelled journey of a lad becoming a man. Stumbling through delicate impressionable teenage years, takes him on an...
Ever wondered what went on in those groups most people complained about? Ones with rips in their jeans and black leathers? Ones which mothers told the...
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79,46 zł |
Exploring Probability in School: Challenges for Teaching and Learning
ISBN: 9780387245294 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Exploring Probability in School provides a new perspective into research on the teaching and learning of probability. It creates this perspective by recognizing and analysing the special challenges faced by teachers and learners in contemporary classrooms where probability has recently become a mainstream part of the curriculum from early childhood through high school. The authors of the book discuss the nature of probability, look at the meaning of probabilistic literacy, and examine student access to powerful ideas in probability during the elementary, middle, and high... Exploring Probability in School provides a new perspective into research on the teaching and learning of probability. It creates t... |
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578,30 zł |
Magic's Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy
ISBN: 9780226518541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they may seem at first. As Jones shows, they not only matured around the same time, but they also shared mutually reinforcing stances toward modernity and rationality. It is no historical accident, for example, that colonial ethnographers drew analogies between Western magicians and native ritual performers, who, in their view, hoodwinked gullible people into believing their sleight of hand was divine. Using French magicians' engagements...
In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as ...
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431,76 zł |
The Angel of Indian Lake
ISBN: 9781835410264 / Miękka / 2024 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,99 zł |
Don't Fear the Reaper
ISBN: 9781982186593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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114,03 zł |
Yuki vs. Panda (Vol. 1): Revenge! Lust! Karaoke!
ISBN: 9781738093328 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,14 zł |
I Was a Teenage Slasher
ISBN: 9781835410288 / Miękka / 2024 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,99 zł |
The Ones That Got Away
ISBN: 9781607012351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych.
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148,61 zł |
Yuki vs. Panda (Vol.3): Revenge! Lust! Karaoke!
ISBN: 9780991879472 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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81,48 zł |
Zoo Tails
ISBN: 9780857502605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In "Zoo Tails," Oliver Graham Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinary animals he met along the way.
One puff adder, one antelope, one crocodile -- This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham Jones on his first day as a new vet at London Zoo in 1951. And his time at the zoo didn't get any less strange or entertaining... There's the time he anaesthetized, and was then chased by, a gorilla; had to capture an angry polar bear in thick fog; performed a colostomy on a python; and fitted a raven in... Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In "Zoo Tails," Oliver Graham Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinar...
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75,51 zł |
The Angel of Indian Lake
ISBN: 9781668011669 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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118,10 zł |
Flushboy
ISBN: 9781938604171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,11 zł |
The History of Wales
ISBN: 9781783161683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In the years since its original publication, John Graham Jones s "The History of Wales" has become the standard concise account of the history of Wales and its people. It traces the main outlines of Welsh history, beginning with the earliest settlements by the Celts and including the Roman and Norman invasions, Edward I s conquest of the region for England, the subsequent Acts of Union, the widespread effects of the Reformation and the growth of Puritanism and Methodism, and the dramatic transformations wrought by the industrial revolution. Succinct biographies of key figures, descriptions of...
In the years since its original publication, John Graham Jones s "The History of Wales" has become the standard concise account of the history of Wale...
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50,99 zł |
The Dialogue of the Government of Wales (1594) : Updated Text and Commentary
ISBN: 9780708322291 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1594 George Owen a historian and geologist from Pembrokeshire wrote "The Dialogue of the Government of Wales," a commentary on the Welsh government after the Acts of Union. The study detailed the methods used by Henry VII and Henry VIII to maintain law and order, praising the Tudor monarchs for their enlightened policies. This new edition, edited by Welsh historian John Gwynfor Jones, contains an updated version of the text, numerous explanatory notes, and a lengthy introduction, and is ideal for anyone interested in the legal institutions of sixteenth-century Wales."
In 1594 George Owen a historian and geologist from Pembrokeshire wrote "The Dialogue of the Government of Wales," a commentary on the Welsh governm... |
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60,39 zł |
Don't Fear the Reaper
ISBN: 9781982186609 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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77,36 zł |
The Only Good Indians
ISBN: 9781982136468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,22 zł |
Mongrels
ISBN: 9780008182458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A spellbinding and surreal coming-of-age story about a young boy living on the fringe with his family - who are secretly werewolves - and struggling to survive in a contemporary America that shuns them.
A spellbinding and surreal coming-of-age story about a young boy living on the fringe with his family - who are secretly werewolves - and struggling t...
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56,09 zł |