Wells grady (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Documents the vinifera wine revolution in the Finger Laskes region. Suggests wineries to visit, vintages to purchase and recipess to pair with the wines.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Third printing. Oblong octavo. 159pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated from color photographs by Kristian S. Reynolds. Contributions by Rick Mehlenbacher, J.W. Swift, and Ellen Potter. Fading on the front wrapper, near fine.

trade paperbac. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDAlcoholic Beverages: Very Good Trade Paperback. Clean pages, Prompt Shipping with Tracking.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in oblong hardcover with fine jacket. 159pp 8vo.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - France is easy to recognize. It is much harder to understand.To the outside world, France is a country of sidewalk cafés, historic streets, great art, fine food, and effortless elegance. That France exists, but it is only the surface.Beneath the postcard image lies a nation shaped by revolution, centralized power, rigid institutions, social hierarchy, and a deep attachment to its own way of life. France celebrates equality while remaining acutely conscious of class. It prizes individualism while enforcing powerful social expectations. It resists reform, yet treats protest as an essential form of political participation.Inside France looks beyond the familiar images to explain how the country actually works.Why does the French state exercise so much authority Why does education function as a social sorting machine Why are money and class rarely discussed openly Why do immigration and secularism provoke such intense conflict And why is a country known for sophistication often so difficult for outsiders to navigate Moving from politics, education, and the economy to work, relationships, food, social behavior, and national identity, Inside France reveals the historical forces and unspoken rules that continue to shape French life.This is neither a celebration nor an attack. It is a clear-eyed portrait of a country whose contradictions make far more sense once the structures beneath them are understood.For travelers, expatriates, Francophiles, students, and curious readers who want to see beyond the stereotypes, Inside France offers a revealing journey beneath the postcard image.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - India is everywhere in the global imagination, yet it remains one of the world's most misunderstood countries.To outsiders, India is often reduced to familiar images: ancient spirituality, colourful festivals, crowded cities, extreme poverty, rapid technological growth and unchanging tradition. Each image contains an element of truth. None explains the whole country. Inside India moves beyond these easy impressions to uncover the hidden systems that shape Indian life. It examines not only what India looks like, but why it works the way it does.Why has the village remained important despite rapid urbanisation Why does the family continue to function as an economic institution How can an enormous bureaucracy coexist with a vast informal economy Why do caste, religion, language and class take on different meanings across regions And how has democracy survived under conditions that once made its success appear almost impossible Rather than treating India as an exotic mystery or a collection of facts, this book explores the deeper logic behind its apparent contradictions.Inside, you will discover: - Why India cannot be understood as a single, uniform culture- How geography shaped its languages, communities and political development- Why caste is more complex than the simplified version commonly presented- How religion, family and village networks perform practical social functions- Why informality is central to the way the country operates- How colonial institutions continue to influence modern India- Why poverty, education, gender and class differ dramatically across regions- How constraint has produced distinctive forms of adaptation and innovationIndia is ancient and modern, unified and fragmented, formal and improvised. These are not temporary inconsistencies waiting to be resolved. They are essential to understanding how the country has developed and how it continues to change.If you want to understand India as it is lived, rather than merely as it is imagined, this book is the place to begin.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Inside China: Power, Society, and the Systems That Hold 1.4 Billion People TogetherChina is discussed everywhere and understood almost nowhere.It is described as a rising superpower, an authoritarian state, an economic miracle, a technological threat, or a civilizational mystery, often all at once. Headlines focus on events. Arguments focus on ideology. What is usually missing is an explanation of how China actually functions as a system.This book fills that gap. Inside China is not a travelogue, a political manifesto, or a collection of anecdotes. It is a structural explanation of how China governs, organizes society, manages scale, and maintains stability across more than 1.4 billion people. Rather than asking whether China is good or bad, free or unfree, right or wrong, this book asks a more useful question: why does it work the way it does Across sixteen in-depth chapters, the book examines: - How power is exercised through systems and incentives rather than personalities- Why stability is treated as a prerequisite, not a byproduct- How history and continuity shape modern governance- Why Chinese cities, education, science, and digital life behave differently from their counterparts elsewhere- How information, nationalism, and social control function at scale- What China is building toward and what it is deliberately trying to avoid.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.