For generations now, Edward W. Said's Orientalism has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition contains a preface written by Said shortly before his death in 2003. In this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological...

The far right is on the rise across the world. From Modi's India to Bolsonaro's Brazil and Erdogan's Turkey, fascism is not a horror that we have left in the past; it is a recurring nightmare that is happening again - and we need to find a better way to fight it. In How to Stop Fascism, Paul Mason offers a radical, hopeful blueprint for resisting and defeating the new far right. The book is...

With an Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario, Canada. This edition includes both Volumes One and Two. Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation....

With an Introduction by Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University. In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there...

This edition features new content for 2021 from Dr Mary Dobson: Plagues, Pandemics and Planetary Health. Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon? Do you know what happens in the microscopic world of a life-saving vaccine? What would you do if you could travel through space and time? "A glorious scientific gaze at our world, and the universe...

Szósty tom serii „From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria” zawiera artykuły dotyczące kwestii związanych ze sztukami wizualnymi i muzyką, religią, problematyką gender oraz zagadnieniami społeczno-politycznymi, pojawiających się w Wielkiej Brytanii w XVIII i XIX w. Autorzy podejmują nowe wątki w dyskusji lub kontynuują tematy poruszane w poprzednich tomach, często w szerszym kontekście naukowym,...

This book has been designed as a guide for foreigners studying in Poland. The preparation of such a book for this particular kind of recipient represents a much-needed and valuable initiative, as there are considered to be far too few publications of this kind. For this book offers in an understandable and digestible form basic information on the past and present of Poland, with particular...

From Apple to Youtube, Google Play to Spotify, the music industry has seen monumental changes in past decades. Record labels have had to adapt to the demand for instantly accessible, low-cost music whilst coping with significant increases in music piracy. But what do these changes mean for aspiring and established artists? Donald Passman is one of the most trusted music...

This book is about reading. Throughout the book, the author explains the complexity of the dual-language involvement of FL/L2 reading by showing how L1 and FL/L2 factors interplay in FL/L2 reading. The main aim of the book is to explore reading in English in the foreign/second language context as a cross-linguistic phenomenon and to present the results of a think-aloud study which...

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that...

Polish Libraries is an English-language peer-reviewed journal published by the National Library of Poland and presenting valuable up-to-date library science research. Its current edition (vol.4) includes: an insightful paper by Marta Cichoń about the National Library Descriptors Project; an analysis of adolescents’ reading habits by Zofia Zasacka; a text by Janusz Lachowski about the...

We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you think. As ancient as the pyramids, its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts, cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold stories, from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC, to the...

This book is about how to keep bees in a natural and practical system where they do not require treatments for pests and diseases and only minimal interventions. It is also about simple practical beekeeping. It is about reducing your work. It is not a main-stream beekeeping book. Many of the concepts are contrary to "conventional" beekeeping. The techniques presented here are streamlined...

Monografia wykazująca możliwość formowania się złota autogenicznego (egzogenicznego) w osadach złotonośnych związanych z obszarami historycznego górnictwa złota na Dolnym Śląsku. Na podstawie szczegółowej charakterystyki mineralogiczno-geochemicznej złota okruchowego z osadów technogenicznych - odpadów pogórniczych i osadów noszących ślady dawnych prac górniczych w postaci szybów...

Global satellite navigation systems – GPS, GLONASS, Compass, Galileo – bring the world and the outer space closer to us. Regardless of the weather, the time of day or night, satellite navigation allows us to determine the location of points and moving objects anywhere on the surface of the Earth, in the sky, and all over the universe. Each of us can get additional data related to their...

This innovative book recognizes the need within the object-oriented community for a book that goes beyond the tools and techniques of the typical methodology book. In Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models, Martin Fowler focuses on the end result of object-oriented analysis and design—the models themselves. He shares with you his wealth of object modeling experience and his keen eye for...

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the...

This volume is mainly a collection of articles based on the papers delivered during the Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research, which was held from the 12th to the 14th of May 2004. in the National Museum in Warsaw within five subject groups: Archaic and Old Kingdom Studies, New Kingdom Studies, Nubian Studies, Language and Textual...

Nowe podejście do współzarządzania i współrządzenia, zaprezentowane przez Autorów, jest ważną odpowiedzią nauki na kryzys polityki i funkcjonowania państwa. (…) Współzarządzanie publiczne przezwycięża tradycyjne podziały między domeną państwa, rynku i społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Potrzebna książka, interdyscyplinarna analiza naukowa na wysokim poziomie. prof. dr hab. Jerzy Wilkin...

Niniejsza praca zajmuje się problematyką fraz nominalnych, w których liczebnik jest jednym z elementów modyfikujących rzeczownik. Głównym zagadnieniem omawianym w książce są morfo-składniowe własności liczebników głównych na przykładach z języka polskiego oraz staro-angielskiego jako przedstawicieli języków fleksyjnych oraz mechanizmy nadawania przypadka w grupach imiennych z liczebnikami....