Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future Hachette Books

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In Search of a Missing Friend + CD audio +... ELI PUBLISHING (ELI European Language Institute)

Język angielski>Lektury i lekturki>Teen Eli Readers A1-B1

In Search of a Missing Friend + CD audio - lektura do nauki języka angielskiego dla nastolatków z nagraniem audio i suplementem edukacyjnym w języku polskim. Seria Teen ELI Readers : Teen ELI Readers to trzypoziomowa seria książeczek proponująca oryginalne i ciekawe historie do czytania przeznaczone dla dzieci i młodzieży uczących się języka angielskiego na następujących poziomach: -Stage 1 Elementary (600 headwords) A1 Movers -Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate (800 headwords) A2 Flyers/KET -Stage 3 Intermediate (1000 headwords) B1 PET Książeczka In Search of a Missing Friend + CD audio : Poziom zaawansowania 1 : A1 Movers Treść: Młody genialny wynalazca Wills zostaje porwany. Rodzeństwo Harry i Camilla wyruszają na poszukiwania swojego przyjaciela. Zakres gramatyczny: Verb tenses and patterns - Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future reference with Present Continuous and Simple, going to , will , Past Simple of be , and common verbs, Past Simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, Verb + -ing , Infinitive of purpose want/ask someone to do something , must/mustn

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Plough Quarterly No. 23 - In Search of a City Plough Publishing House

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The future of humanity is urban. It might seem a bad move for a magazine named after a farm tool to bring out an issue on cities. Especially if that magazine is published by an Anabaptist community that originated in a back-to-the-land movement

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In Search of Certainty O'Reilly Media

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Quite soon, the world's information infrastructure is going to reach a level of scale and complexity that will force scientists and engineers to think about it in an entirely new way. The familiar notions of command and control are being thwarted by realities of a faster, denser world of communication where choice, variety, and indeterminism rule. As CFEngine creator Mark Burgess points out in this insightful book, the myth of the machine that does exactly what we tell it has come to an end. Information infrastructure such as computers, storage devices, and networks are by now relatively familiar; however, each generation of devices adds new ways to adapt to changing needs, and what happens inside them during operation has influences that originate from all over the planet. What makes us think we can rely on all this technology? What keeps it together today, and how might it work tomorrow? Will we even know how to build the next generation, or will be become lulled into a stupor of dependence brought about by its conveniences? To shape the future of technology, we need to understand how it works - or else what we don't understand will end up shaping us.This book explores this subject in three parts: Part I, Stability: describes the fundamentals of predictability, and why we have to give up the idea of control in its classical meaning Part II, Certainty: describes the science of what we can know, when we don't control everything, and how we make the best of life with only imperfect information Part III, Promises: explains how the concepts of stability and certainty may be combined to approach information infrastructure as a new kind of virtual material, restoring a continuity to human-computer systems so that society can rely on them.

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Search Engine Society Polity Press

Nauki humanistyczne

Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet while much has been written about how to use search engines and how they can be improved, there has been comparatively little exploration of what the social and cultural effects might be. Like all technologies, search engines exist within a larger political, cultural, and economic environment. This volume aims to redress this balance and to address crucial questions such as:

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Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe - Souad

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Pierwsze na świecie świadectwo ofiary zbrodni honorowej. Miała siedemnaście lat i zakochała się: zhańbiła rodzinę. Więc rodzina wydała na nią wyrok śmierci... Pokochała go pierwszą miłością. Myślała, że się z nią ożeni. Ale ukochany zniknął, a ona odkryła, że jest w ciąży. A w jej świecie to najcięższa zbrodnia... W zapomnianej przez Boga wiosce w Cisjordanii kobiety są warte mniej niż zwierzęta domowe. Tu mężczyzna jest panem życia i śmierci żony, córki, siostry. Brat może bezkarnie zabić siostrę, matka - córkę, kolejną bezużyteczną dziewczynkę, jaka się urodzi. Tu kobiecie odbiera się godność, a nawet życie zgodnie z odwiecznym obyczajem i uświęconą tradycją. A śmierć jest karą dla dziewczyny, która zhańbi rodzinę. Tak jak Souad. Wyrok wydaje jej ojciec. Szwagier dokonuje egzekucji. Oblewa Souad benzyną i podpala... SOUAD przeżyła - cudem, ale rodzina usiłowała zabić ją nawet w szpitalu. Na zawsze jednak pozostanie straszliwie okaleczona - na ciele i duszy. I wciąż musi się ukrywać; dopóki żyje, jej rodzinę okrywa hańba. Spalona żywcem, opublikowana pod pseudonimem szokująca opowieść o piekle, jakim było jej dzieciństwo i młodość, stała się międzynarodowym bestsellerem. Wydana w 37 w krajach książka przerywa tabu milczenia wobec istniejącej nadal w krajach muzułmańskich barbarzyńskiej tradycji. Nieludzkiego obyczaju, prawa mężczyzn, na mocy którego co najmniej pięć tysięcy kobiet pada co roku ofiarą zbrodni honorowej. Nazwa - Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe Autor - Souad Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Amber Kod ISBN - 9788324159406 Kod EAN - 9788324159406 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2016 Tłumacz - 31182,maria rostworowska; Format - 110 x 175 x 14 Ilość stron - 224 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2016-06-23

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Past Lives, Future Lives Simon & Schuster

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

First she wrote Across Time and Death, now she takes us into the future...Jenny Cockell grew up knowing she had lived before. In her first book, the bestselling Across Time and Death, she revealed how she had been haunted by the memories of Mary Sutton, a young Irish woman who had died more than twenty years before Jenny was born. She was compelled to search for the facts and details that eventually confirmed the existence of her past life and led to an emotional reunion with her family.But Jenny Cockell's extraordinary journey doesn't end there. Past Lives, Future Lives tells the continuing story of the psychic experiences that spurred her to investigate not only other past lives but the future -- as far ahead as the twenty-third century. Her amazingly detailed glimpses of the future are more than merely personal images; they allow her to formulate an overall view of what the future holds for us all -- including a planet much lower in population, but also safer and more pleasant than the world of today. Past Lives, Future Lives presents a fascinating look at the continuity of past, present, and future.In her honest, warm, and plain-speaking voice, Jenny Cockell writes of the past and the future in a way that is both practical and visionary; she offers inspiration and hope for the world to come.

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Big History and the Future of Humanity Blackwell Science

Medycyna > English Division

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes "big history" -- the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe Features an original theory of "big history" which explains all of history and opens up an entirely new interdisciplinary research agenda Offers new insights into the future of humanity by better understanding the past Presents a new approach to complexity studies, which takes into account the greatest galaxy clusters as well as the tiniest sub-atomic particles "Spier takes us one important step forward in making big history accessible to all. I look forward to the next, more fully illustrated and documented, step in this process." ( Journal of World History , 1 August 2012 "This is a deep and important book that promises to send scholars in many different fields off on new paths in search of a grand unified theory of history." (Journal of Global History, 2011) "A volume rich in data, theories, and questions posed and answered. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice , 1 April 2011) "Personally, I think everyone should have access to this story, and I would put it at the heart of the national curriculum as well." ( The Times Higher Education , September 2010)

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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Princeton University Press

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Nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphonesEvery day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a p

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The Crimson King: A Vision, A Journey, A Revelation Booksurge Publishing

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The Crimson King is a story of a journey, a search for truth. This poetic fantasy makes use of vivid imagery and a variety of settings in order to present a fresh portrait of Jesus Christ and to consider Biblical truth. The future looked bright for Bran

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European Union Policies at a Time of Crisis - Grosse Tomasz Grzegorz (red. nauk.)

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - 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 growing politicisation of the European Commission, increasing institutionalisation of the euro area and petrification of the geographical and political division into central and peripheral states in the EU. At this point, it is difficult to predict whether these changes will prove temporary or permanent, and what will be their systemic consequences (or, in other words, how will they impact Europe?s political system). It is similarly difficult to judge how the changes will influence specific EU policies. An attempt to answer these difficult but compelling questions is the objective of our book. Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, Professor of Political Science and Head of Department of European Union Policies at the University of Warsaw; author of In Search of Geo-economics in Europe and coeditor of The Aspects of a Crisis The authors of this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of conditions and results of EU policies in the context of European integration. The ambitious scope of the project required the knowledge of economics, history, political science, international relations, law and even sociology. The authors fulfill their promise to the readers: the volume contains a comprehensive and detailed elucidation of the influence of the crisis on the integration practice, and on the contemporary conditions of EU integration, including both its structure and functioning. Zbigniew Czachór, author of The Crisis and Disrupted Dynamics of the European Union The volume edited by Tomasz G. Grosse promises to be a very valuable contribution to Polish European studies. It belongs to the broader field of critical reflections on European integration and as such, it opens new possibilities of constructive debate about the present and the future of the European Union. Janusz Ruszkowski, coauthor of Euro: Common Currency of the United Europe Nazwa - European Union Policies at a Time of Crisis Oryginalny tytuł - Polityki europejskie w dobie kryzysu Autor - Grosse Tomasz Grzegorz (red. nauk.) Oprawa - Twarda Wydawca - Scholar Kod ISBN - 9788373838260 Kod EAN - 9788373838260 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - angielski Tłumacz - Berezowski L., Chada J., Gutowska A., Kubacka K., Pieczka D., Smoczyńska O. Format - 17.4x24.2 Ilość stron - 352 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2017-04-06

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A Confession Penguin Books

Pamiętniki. Wspomnienia. DziennikiPisarze i poeci

Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religion not promising future bliss but giving bliss on earth'. Although the Confession led to his excommunication, it also resulted in a large following of Tolstoyan Christians springing up throughout Russia and Europe.

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European Union Policies at a Time of Crisis Scholar

Biznes, EkonomiaWydawnictwa naukowe i popularno-naukoweHistoria Unii EuropejskiejEkonomia

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 growing politicisation of the European Commission, increasing institutionalisation of the euro area and petrification of the geographical and political division into central and peripheral states in the EU. At this point, it is difficult to predict whether these changes will prove temporary or permanent, and what will be their systemic consequences (or, in other words, how will they impact Europe?s political system). It is similarly difficult to judge how the changes will influence specific EU policies. An attempt to answer these difficult but compelling questions is the objective of our book.Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse,Professor of Political Science and Head of Department of European Union Policies at the University of Warsaw; author of In Search of Geo-economics in Europe and coeditor of The Aspects of a CrisisThe authors of this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of conditions and results of EU policies in the context of European integration. The ambitious scope of the project required the knowledge of economics, history, political science, international relations, law and even sociology. The authors fulfill their promise to the readers: the volume contains a comprehensive and detailed elucidation of the influence of the crisis on the integration practice, and on the contemporary conditions of EU integration, including both its structure and functioning. Zbigniew Czachór, author of The Crisis and Disrupted Dynamics of the European UnionThe volume edited by Tomasz G. Grosse promises to be a very valuable contribution to Polish European studies. It belongs to the broader field of critical reflections on European integration and as such, it opens new possibilities of constructive debate about the present and the future of the European Union. Janusz Ruszkowski, coauthor of Euro: Common Currency of the United Europe

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BUSINESS VALUATION A BASIC APPROACH PANFIL MAREK SZABLEWSKI ANDRZEJ WYDAWCA

Kultura i rozrywka > Książki i Komiksy > Książki naukowe i popularnonaukowe > Biznes, ekonomia, finanse

Business valuation is invariably linked with the focus on value maximisation. The goal of every company is to increase its equity, which requires the development and implementation of a long-term value creation strategy. The economic value of an enterprise is of primary importance here, such value being understood as the enterprise

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How to Clone a Mammoth Princeton University Press

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Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used--today--to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research--as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter--Shapiro considers de-extinction's practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits--traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years--into living organisms.But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation's future.

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