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139 produkter
Dig
Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
Av John Preston
Häftad, 2021
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James.'Exquisitely original' Ian MacEwan'An enthralling story of love and loss' Robert HarrisIn the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is …
Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
Av Simon Blainey, John Preston
Inbunden, 2022
1297 kr
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Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, …
'The Worst Enemy of Science'?
Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
Av Paul Feyerabend, John Preston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
2994 kr
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This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his stunning argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were highly influential during his life and …
Watford Forever
How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
E-bok, 2023
170 kr
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The Sunday Times Sports Book of the YearA Times Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the Year'The heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor' The Times' …
Fall
The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron
Av John Preston
Häftad, 2022
214 kr
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Winner of the UK’s 2022 Costa Prize for Biography “A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. . . . A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon.”— Kirkus Reviews From the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a …
Fall
The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain''s Most Notorious Media Baron
Av John Preston
E-bok, 2021
113 kr
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Costa Prize Winner: The "best biography yet" of notorious media mogul Robert Maxwell, "by turns engrossing, amusing, and appalling" (Sunday Times).In February 1991, Robert Maxwell triumphantly sailed into New York Harbor on his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to buy the ailing Daily News. Taxi drivers …
Dig
Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
Av John Preston
E-bok, 2008
102 kr
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A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James.'Exquisitely original' Ian MacEwan'An enthralling story of love and loss' Robert HarrisIn the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is …
Views into the Chinese Room
New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence
E-bok, 2002
807 kr
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to follow
Worst Enemy of Science?
Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
Av David Lamb, Gonzalo Munevar m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
1907 kr
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This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend''s radical epistemological claims, and his stunning argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were highly influential during his life …
Views into the Chinese Room
New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence
Inbunden, 2002
1170 kr
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to follow
Views into the Chinese Room
New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence
Häftad, 2002
1445 kr
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The most famous challenge to the aims of cognitive science and artificial intelligence is the philosopher John Searle's 1980 'Chinese Room' argument. Searle argued that the fact that machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output that a mind would give does not mean that mind and …
Fall
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021
Av John Preston
Häftad, 2021
129 kr
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English …
Fall
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021
Av John Preston
Ljudbok, 2021
176 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021 A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the …
Watford Forever
How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
Inbunden, 2023
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
254 kr
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Watford Forever
How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
Ljudbok, 2023
217 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable British underdog story from one of our greatest narrative nonfiction writers, John Preston, and the international musical icon and bestselling author, Sir Elton John. Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment, as inflation soared, fuel was …
A Very English Scandal
Now a Major BBC Series Starring Hugh Grant
Av John Preston
Häftad, 2017
152 kr
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The bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC dramaCorruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder. A Very English Scandal has all the hallmarks of a classic thriller with one difference. It's all true.In the late 1960s Jeremy Thorp, the charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, was at the …
A Very English Scandal
Now a Major BBC Series Starring Hugh Grant
Av John Preston
E-bok, 2016
108 kr
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The bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC dramaCorruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder. A Very English Scandal has all the hallmarks of a classic thriller with one difference. It's all true.In the late 1960s Jeremy Thorp, the charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, was at the …
Very English Scandal
Now a Major BBC Series Starring Hugh Grant
Av John Preston
Ljudbok, 2016
149 kr
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of A Very English Scandal by John Preston, read by Daniel Weyman. The bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC drama Corruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder. A Very English Scandal has all the hallmarks of a classic …
Fall
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021
Av John Preston
E-bok, 2021
108 kr
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English …
Dig
Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
Av John Preston
Ljudbok, 2020
191 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. In the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there …
Watford Forever
How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
Häftad, 2024
141 kr
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The Sunday Times Sports Book of the YearA Times Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the Year'The heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor' The Times' …
Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University
Academic Labour, Commodification, and Value
Av John Preston
Inbunden, 2021
2448 kr
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Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book …
Benefits of Learning
The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital
Av Tom Schuller, John Preston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2433 kr
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How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, …
Benefits of Learning
The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital
Av Tom Schuller, John Preston m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
994 kr
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How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, …
Critical Race Theory in England
Av Namita Chakrabarty, Lorna Roberts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2433 kr
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Critical Race Theory (CRT) explains and challenges the persistence of racial discrimination throughout the world today, addressing issues such as racism, post-colonialism and systems of apartheid. Despite claims we live in a post-racial era, equality laws are under threat in the UK and evidence of …
Intersectionality and Race in Education
Av Kalwant Bhopal, John Preston
Inbunden, 2011
2433 kr
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Education is a controversial subject in which difficult and contested discourses are the norm. Individuals in education experience multiple inequalities and have diverse identifications that cannot necessarily be captured by one theoretical perspective alone. This edited collection draws on …
Knowledge, Science and Relativism
Av P. K. Feyerabend, John Preston
Inbunden, 1999
1563 kr
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This third volume of Paul Feyerabend's philosophical papers, which gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980, offers a range of his characteristically exciting treatments of classic questions in the philosophy of science. It includes his previously untranslated paper 'The …
Counselling Troubled Teens and Their Families
A Handbook for Clergy and Youth Workers
Av Andrew J. Weaver, etc. m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
305 kr
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Getting It Done When You're Depressed, Second Edition
Av John Preston, Julie A. Fast
Ljudbok, 2021
639 kr
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Feyerabend
Philosophy, Science and Society
Av John Preston
Häftad, 1997
274 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of science. The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from Wittgenstein's conception of meaning onto …
