A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least…

In the wake of deconstruction and criticism focusing on difference, Newton makes a case for understanding narrative as…

Rosman shows the influence of the Jews on economic, social, and political life in the Polish, Ukrainian, and Belorussian…

This is the first full account of the crucial role of black women in making the church a powerful institution for social and…

Rejecting traditional liberal and conservative outlooks, this book examines the history, scope, and effects of the…

An eyewitness to this century's relentless biological advance and the originator of some of its most important concepts,…

This book documents the tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea and the moderate pace of change in…

"These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order,…

Pragmatism is the most famous single work of American philosophy. Its sequel, The Meaning of Truth, is its imperative and…

This is the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In nine richly illustrated chapters Chang explores the aesthetics…

This book is an invitation to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it and as Stanley Cavell…

Based on the author's conversations with white junior high and middle school girls, this book allows us to hear how girls…

How widespread is homelessness, how did it happen, and what can be done about it? These are the questions explored by…

Brown examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. He seeks to…

Crary argues that language is a moral acquisition and that any stretch of thought, whether or not it uses moral concepts,…

This book presents MacKinnon's powerful analysis of politics, sexuality, and the law from the perspective of women. Using…

Stein has produced a book that allows general readers and nonphysicians working with stroke survivors to make sense of the…

All around us the alarms are going off, warning of the danger of new, deadly diseases. Tomes reminds us this is really…

This concise volume recounts the social and economic characteristics of successive waves of immigrants, where they settled,…

From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a…

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The "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius is seen as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism. Pierre Hadot here…

Modern philosophy finds it difficult to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world. In Mind and World,…

The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than…

The main literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those Neo-Latin writers favoring Cicero alone as the apotheosis of Latin…

Scala (1430-1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor…

The most important work by one of America's greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind…

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This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second…

This book, by one of the most respected scholars of the Romantic era, offers an explanation of Romanticism that not only…

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), a student of canon law who became a Catholic cardinal, was widely considered the most…

Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962 this book looks at key issues and people that shaped Soviet foreign policy.…

The letters of Bartolomeo Fonzio-a leading literary figure in Florence of the time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Machiavelli-are…

\nArgues that Nietzsche tried to create a specific literary character in his writings and discusses the paradoxes of his…

The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. Critic, scholar, and poet Stephanie Burt sets…

Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But his theory of development has never been…

It is widely believed that the free market is the best mechanism ever invented to efficiently allocate resources in society.…

This book revisits the electoral college crisis of 1800, offering a new understanding of the early plebiscitarian presidency…

After the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant had a meltdown, protesters around the world challenged nuclear power. Climate change…

No longer concerned with conception or motherhood, the new politics of fetal rights focuses on fertility and pregnancy…

Surveying school districts' responses to new statewide science and math teaching policies, Spillane argues that…

Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, Bernardus Silvestris became a renowned teacher of literary and…

The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual…

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The story of two women-a hunter-gatherer in Botswana and an American anthropologist-this book returns the reader to…

Literacy researchers have rarely studied families of urban Appalachian background, yet, as Purcell-Gates demonstrates, their…

This classic psychological case study focuses on a talkative child's emerging ability to use language, her capacity for…

The charter school movement has attracted a colorful band of supporters, from presidential candidates, to ethnic activists,…

In Praise of Annada, Bharatchandra Ray's long narrative poem dedicated to the glory of Annada, translated here into English…

In this fascinating introduction to primate minds, GĂłmez identifies evolutionary resemblances-and differences-between human…

Gilligan and her colleagues expand the theoretical base of In A Different Voice and apply their research methods to a…