\nIn this lively and entertaining book, Donald R. Prothero explores the astonishing connections between climate and life…

Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the…

This book brings together more than a hundred top experts, who share their insights on the study of human evolution and what…

\nThis book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room…

The Inner Life of the Person Dying recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's perspective,…

The technological leadership of the United States increasingly involves collaboration with other countries, especially China…

A reassessment of Freud's central concept of the Oedipus complex, using the interlocking perspectives of biography,…

Traces the history of American fears of and attempts to combat propaganda through World War II and up to the Cold War. This…

• Čeština

Translation of: Hineubergehen: was beim Sterben geschieht. 2014.…

• Čeština

A disturbing account of the Vichy period, demonstrating how in the interests of stability, French national feeling favored…

Neorealism is the school of international relations that emphasizes the role of inter-state power struggles in world…

This magnificent new book demonstrates the development of a distinctive, unified culinary tradition throughout the Italian…

That strategy reflected an American commitment to the spread of democracy and Western values, the importance attached to…

\nDavid Bordwell reveals how crime fiction, plays, and films made unconventional narrative mainstream. A sweeping,…

\nThis book is an accessible, expert guide to incorporating LGBTQIA-inclusive practices into end-of-life care.\n…

\nBuilt on interviews with more than fifty leading practitioners from major universities and ed-tech firms, Leveling the…

\nHow does the history of U.S. foreign relations appear differently when viewed through the lens of ideology? This book…

\nBoaz Ganor provides an authoritative analysis of Israel\'s approach to counterterrorism throughout its existence. The book…

Ernst J nger, one of twentieth-century Germany's most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during…

Mordecai Kurz develops a comprehensive integrated theory of the dynamics of market power and income inequality. He shows…

Through the ages, salt has conferred status, preserved foods, and mingled in the blood, sweat, and tears of humanity. Mixing…

• Angličtina

An important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Fan-Isaac autobiography documents events…

Charts the flight of some of this century's most important thinkers from Nazi Germany to the United States. Jay explores the…

Produkt Evolution and the Emergent Self - Neubauer, Raymond L. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Columbia University…

This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion…

Distinguished philosophers, Buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists examine the contrasts and connections…

This illustrated historical reference work provides an interpretive overview of each of the countries of Eastern Europe,…

Marxism presents an authoritative, analytic survey of the course of Marxism, from its origins in the late eighteenth century…

This book is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated compendium of the characteristics and properties of the plants used…

\nLiving Through Loss provides a foundational identification of the many ways in which people experience loss over the life…

\nFaith in Markets offers a new account of the interplay between religion and capitalism in nineteenth-century American…

Notes to Literature is a collection of the great social theorist Theodor W. Adorno\'s essays on such writers as Mann, Bloch,…

Programmable Planet is a grand tour through the world of synthetic biology, telling the stories of the colorful visionaries…

\nCombining perceptive insights from behavioral economics with leading-edge ideas on price management, this book offers a…

This anthology of fundamental statements on the essay film offers a range of crucial historical and philosophical…

\nWhat does the future hold for the international order? In Chaos Reconsidered, leading scholars assess the domestic and…

Drawing on a wide range of documents and interviews with officials in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, as well the…

Produkt Selected Writings of Walter Pater - Bloom, Harold zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Columbia University Press.…

Discusses about what information governments and other powerful organizations should disclose. This book distills the…

A report on the state of Latino politics and culture in New York-the most populous and diverse Latino city in the United…

Discusses same-sex desire among women in non-Western cultures. The book explores female eroticism in societies such as India…

• Rok vydání 1992

The State and Social Power in Global Environmental Politics examines how the difficult issues of social, political, and…

This book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death means for the…

A bold attempt to provide a coherent and unified theoretical understanding of urbanism that draws upon history, sociology,…

Wael B. Hallaq's Restating Orientalism is going to add a new dimension to the long debate about Orientalism. Hallaq's work…