Literatura obcojęzyczna University Of Pennsylvania Press
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Hope in a jar University of pennsylvania press
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How did powder and paint, once scorned as immoral, become indispensable to millions of respectable women? How did a "kitchen physic," as homemade...110,30 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Plato's persona
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In 1484, humanist philosopher and theologian Marsilio Ficino published the first complete Latin translation of Plato's extant works. Plato's...399,02 zł -
Maurice's strategikon University of pennsylvania press
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"The most important Byzantine military text...The standard translation."--Walter Kaegi, University of Chicago As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine...101,36 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Business of sports agents
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Kenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, and N. Jeremi Duru, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports...168,08 zł -
Terror That Comes in the Night
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David Hufford's work deals with the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered...152,29 zł -
Allegory and Philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
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Islamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century...260,12 zł -
After europe University of pennsylvania press
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In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union--and its potential lack of a...91,33 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Images, iconoclasm, and the carolingians
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In the year 726 C.E., the Byzantine emperor Leo III issued an edict declaring images to be idols, forbidden aby Exodus, and ordering all such...173,24 zł -
University of pennsylvania press A guide to artifacts of colonial america
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Cited in virtually every colonial-era site study of North America, A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America holds a place of honor among historical...173,24 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Medieval craft of memory
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In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection....152,49 zł -
To breathe with birds University of pennsylvania press
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The first book-length appearance of Vaclav Cilek's work in English translation, To Breathe with Birds delves into the imaginative and emotional...164,41 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Veterinary acupuncture
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Drawing on medical and scientific literature in diverse languages, Veterinary Acupuncture presents a world of information on this traditional...278,39 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Courtly love undressed
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Clothing was used in the Middle Ages to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders, lepers, and prostitutes. The ostentatious display of...152,29 zł -
Opus majus, volumes 1 and 2 University of pennsylvania press
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The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (c.1214-92) is one of the most influential scientific and philosophical texts of its age and arguably the high...468,42 zł -
History Begins at Sumer
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Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were...162,62 zł -
Listening for the text University of pennsylvania press
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"Ours is largely an ahistorical world. And yet we take history very seriously. The more remote the past becomes, the more we seem to concern...131,15 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Knight's own book of chivalry
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A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry Geoffroi de Charny. Introduction aby Richard W. Kaeuper. Translation by Elspeth Kennedy "Of exceptional interest...110,39 zł -
Democracy Disrupted
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Since the financial meltdown of 2008, political protests have spread around the world like chain lightning, from the "Occupy" movements of the...84,68 zł -
Essential Durer
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Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), perhaps the most famous of all German artists, embodies the modern ideal of the Renaissance man-he was a remarkable...152,29 zł -
Holy Warriors
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The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with weaponry, and avenge any...152,29 zł -
Forms of Talk
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Forms of Talk extends Erving Goffman's interactional analyses of face-to-face communication to ordinary conversations and vebal exchanges. In...152,29 zł -
Medieval italy University of pennsylvania press
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Medieval Italy gathers together an unparalleled selection of newly translated primary sources from the central and later Middle Ages, a period...215,44 zł -
Medieval Iberia
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For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a...257,14 zł -
Selling the American Way
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Selling the American Way U.S. Propaganda and the Cold War Laura A. Belmonte "Well researched and clearly written, Selling the American Way is...131,34 zł -
Cat in Ancient Egypt
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True aristocrat of domestic animals, the cat has a distinguished ancestry. Most modern cats are thought to be descended from the cats of ancient...89,15 zł -
Postmodern fairy tales University of pennsylvania press
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"An extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic...Bacchilega has a remarkable capacity to reveal the intersections of folklore, literature,...131,15 zł -
John James Audubon
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In John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman, Gregory Nobles shows that one of Audubon's greatest creations was himself. Nobles...143,26 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Radclyffe hall
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The Well of Loneliness is probably the most famous lesbian novel ever written, and certainly the most widely read. It contains no explicit sex...260,12 zł -
Trotula University of pennsylvania press
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The Trotula was the most influential compendium of women's medicine in medieval Europe. Scholarly debate has long focused on the traditional...131,34 zł -
Witchcraft in europe, 400-1700 University of pennsylvania press
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Selected żeby Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 2001 The highly-acclaimed first edition of this book bronicled the rise and...173,34 zł -
University of pennsylvania press History of the lombards
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History of the Lombards, aby Paul the Deacon (c. 720-c. 799), is among the most important and oldest accounts of the Germanic nation. The book...152,29 zł -
Peasant scenes and landscapes University of pennsylvania press
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Modern viewers take for granted the pictorial conventions present in easel paintings and engraved prints of such subjects as landscapes or peasants....215,44 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Hundred years war
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A History Book Club selection. "This will become a kanon account of the War."--341,13 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Islamic gardens and landscapes
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University of pennsylvania press Animals for show and pleasure in ancient rome
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Deadly combat between gladiators is perhaps the best-known example of public entertainment offered in the Roman world. Wild and domesticated...110,30 zł -
World of andre le notre University of pennsylvania press
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The gardens of Versailles-along with the name of their chief creator, Andre Le Notre (1613-1700)-have become synonymous with the French style...131,34 zł -
"The Planetary Garden" and Other Writings
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In these three texts, brought together and translated into English for the first time, Gilles Clement outlines his interpretation of the laws...164,41 zł -
"Beverly Hills, 90210"
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In 1990 the fledgling Fox television network debuted its prime-time soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210, which was intended to appeal to viewers...131,15 zł -
Reconquest and crusade in medieval spain University of pennsylvania press
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Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain Joseph F. O'Callaghan "On the one hand, a masterful synthesis of work done in both crusade and reconquest...152,49 zł -
Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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The beer of today-brewed from malted grain and hops, manufactured żeby large and often multinational corporations, frequently associated with...152,29 zł -
Witch as Muse
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Occult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches-their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals-was a popular one for painters...152,29 zł -
Republic of st. peter University of pennsylvania press
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"The Republic of St. Peter" seeks to reclaim for central Italy an important part of its own history. Noble's thesis is at once original and controversial:...173,24 zł -
Jet Sex
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In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared...143,26 zł -
Sumerian mythology University of pennsylvania press
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Sumerian Mythology Revised Edition Samuel Noah Kramer "A real addition to the body of world mythology."--"American Anthropologist" "No people...104,84 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Witchcraft and magic in europe
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Topics include binding spells, curse tablets, and the demonization of magic and sorcery aby Christianity.215,04 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Envisioning islam
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The earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these...167,78 zł -
University of pennsylvania press History of the gardens of versailles
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The gardens of Versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. Seemingly open to the horizon, their scale is monumental. Their grand east-west...131,34 zł -
Fourth Crusade
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On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different...152,29 zł -
How Real Estate Developers Think
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Based on interviews in Portland, Chicago, Miami, and Minneapolis/Saint Paul, How Real Estate Developers Think depicts the entrepreneurial personality...164,51 zł -
Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament
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Born in Slutzk, Russia, in 1805, Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik is a largely forgotten member of the prestigious Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. Before...468,42 zł -
Chronicle of theophanes University of pennsylvania press
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The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the bronicle of the monk Theophanes...131,34 zł -
University of pennsylvania press After europe
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In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union--and its potential lack of a...73,86 zł -
Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny
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The Book of Chivalry is the most pragmatic of all surviving chivalric manuals. Written at the height of the Hundred Years War, it includes the...152,29 zł -
Peter blume University of pennsylvania press
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Russian American artist Peter Blume was one of the earliest practitioners of surrealist painting in the United States, and his elaborately detailed...305,39 zł -
University of pennsylvania press Witchcraft and magic in the nordic middle ages
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Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed...194,29 zł
