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Railway Man(2014) LOMAX, ERICDuring the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, withVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Proper Study Of Mankind(2013) BERLIN, ISAIAHIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. This title selects some of the best of his essays. It encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, reVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Dark Heart(1998) DAVIES, NICK'This all began quite unexpectedly one rainy autumn evening a couple of years ago in a fairground near to the centre of Nottingham...' In amongst the bright lights and bumper cars, Nick Davies noticed two boys, no more than twelve years old, oddly detacheVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Railway Man(1996) LOMAX, ERICDuring the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, withVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Model-Based Clustering and Classification for Data Science(2019) BOUVEYRON, CHARLES,CELEUX, GILLES,MURPHY, T. BRENDAN (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN),RAFTERY, ADRIAN E. (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)This accessible but rigorous introduction is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in data science, as well as researchers and practitioners. It shows how a statistical framework yields sound estimation, testing and predictioVezava: Trda127,75 € -
Industry Unbound(2021) WALDMAN, ARI EZRA (NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON)Using rich first-hand sources, Waldman provides an unprecedented account of how tech companies undermine privacy law from the inside. Industry Unbound brings together seemingly separate issues–discourse, law, and design–to reveal tech companies' strategieVezava: Trda39,19 € -
How to be a Brit(2015) MIKES, GEORGEA guide to the British Way of Life. It includes insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude and how to panic quietly. It contains author's three major works - How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Battle of the Atlantic(2016) DIMBLEBY, JONATHANThe Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. This book shows how this epic struggle for maritime mastery played out, from the politicianVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
News(2015) DE BOTTON, ALAINWith an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillaVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Murder Inc.(2015) WILLIAMS, PAULPresents an account of how organized crime exploded in Limerick from the 1990s and in the noughties. This book describes the depravity and decadence of the gangs, their deadly rivaliries, and their reigns of terror over the community in which they lived.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Drone Theory(2015) CHAMAYOU, GREGOIREDrawing on philosophical debate, moral lessons from Greek mythology and transcripts of conversations between drone operators, this book re-evaluates the socio-political impact of drone warfare on the world - and its people.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cambridge International AS/A Level Thinking Skills Coursebook(2018) DAWES, MARK,MATTHEWS, RUTH,ROBERTS, ANDREW,THWAITES, GEOFFThis series helps students and teachers following the Cambridge AS & A Level Thinking Skills syllabus (9694) for examination from 2020.Vezava: Mehka69,00 € -
Deutsch im Einsatz Workbook(2018) DUNCKER, SOPHIE,MARSHALL, ALAN,BROCK, CONNYAn expertly written German B course now updated for first examination 2020, providing students with thought-provoking materials to help them develop strong language skills and solid critical thinking.Vezava: Mehka26,64 € -
Voices of Guinness(2019) STRANGLEMAN, TIM (PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, CANTERBURY)Voices of Guinness tells the story of work in the twentieth and early twenty-first century through one plant--the former Guinness brewery at Park Royal West London. It reflects on questions of industrial citizenship, work meaning, identity, loss, deindustVezava: Trda105,00 € -
Captured Economy(2017) LINDSEY, BRINK (VICE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, CATO INSTITUTE),TELES, STEVEN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)In The Captured Economy, Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles identify a new culprit for increasing inequality: the government-corporate sector nexus. They explain why the perverted form of governance that this alliance has created subverts the goals of egalVezava: Trda44,94 € -
Free Traders(2019) FAIRBROTHER, MALCOLM (PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, UMEA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN)Vezava: Mehka59,85 € -
African American Dilemma(2021) BURKHOLDER, ZOE (PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS, PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS, MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY)Presenting a revealing historical perspective on today's charged schooling choices, An African American Dilemma illuminates the tensions between school integration and separation that have shaped the long history of black struggles for equal education andVezava: Trda55,11 € -
Aging Thoughtfully(2018) NUSSBAUM, MARTHA C.,LEVMORE, SAULA philosopher and a lawyer-economist examine the challenges of the last third of life. They write about friendship, sex, retirement communities, inheritance, poverty, and the depiction of aging women in films. These essays, or conversations, will help reaVezava: Trda34,33 €
