• Rok vydání 2019

Bitcoin has been hailed as an Internet marvel and decried as the preferred transaction vehicle for criminals. It has left…

• Rok vydání 1990

When the complete "Letters of Emily Dickinson" appeared in three volumes in 1958, Robert Kirsch welcomed them in the "Los…

• Rok vydání 2010

'What does it mean to be lonely?' Thomas Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social…

• Rok vydání 1998

George Vaillant discusses these and other questions in terms of a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are…

• Rok vydání 2003

One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror and intellectual probing of…

The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish…

Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic "Natural History," in 37 books, an unrivaled…

• Rok vydání 2009

In 1967, the magazine "Ramparts" ran an expose revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency had been secretly funding and…

Can a parrot understand complex concepts and mean what is says? Since the early s, most studies on animal-human…

• Rok vydání 2003

This collection examines the forces, both external and internal, that lead corporations to behave efficiently and to create…

Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. Although most people find at least some forms of…

\nThe story of Black education is about more than desegregation and inclusion in mainstream schooling. Jarvis Givens returns…

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this…

• Rok vydání 2018

Branko Milanovic presents a bold account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Using vast data sets, he…

• Rok vydání 2008

Benjamin's famous "Work of Art" essay sets out his boldest thoughts - on media and on culture in general - in their most…

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• Angličtina

Does temperament in childhood shape adult personality? Four psychologists followed thousands of people as they grew up,…

Despite American education's mania for standardized tests, testing misses what matters most about learning: the desire to…

• Počet stran 384
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2022

An NRC Handelsblad Book of the Year“Offers rich discussions of olfactory perception, the conscious and subconscious impacts…

• Rok vydání 1990

Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it.…

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• Rok vydání 1992

This collection presents six essays by one of France's most remarkable contemporary authors. A notoriously playful stylist,…

• Rok vydání 2021

Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many…

• Rok vydání 2023

Shinichi Suzuki, of the eponymous Suzuki Method, debunked Western stereotypes about "authentic” classical performance while…

• Rok vydání 2009

What made Henry Kissinger the kind of diplomat he was? What experiences and influences shaped his worldview and provided the…

• Rok vydání 2007

Examination of three critical responses to the disappearance of film in relation to other time-based media, and to the study…

In this text, Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgements about Arnold Schoenberg's place in music history to explore the…

• Rok vydání 1995

This text proposes a theory of evolving ways of knowing that allows a view of adult development similar to that of child…

• Rok vydání 2022

The threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality,…

\nAmerican law assumes that individuals are autonomous, defined by their capacity to choose, and not obligated to each…

In this practical and funny book, an experienced teaching consultant offers many creative strategies for dealing with…

• Rok vydání 2014

Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation…

\"Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous.\" -The Atlantic One of the great novelists and public intellectuals of our time…

\nIn his final work, Richard Rorty provides the definitive statement of his political thought. Rorty equates pragmatism with…

Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one…

• Rok vydání 2010

Does the world make you sick? If the distractions and distortions around you, the jarring colors and sounds, could shake up…

• Rok vydání 1999

This work argues that evolutionary theorists' emphasis on sexual competition among males for access to females overlooks…

• Rok vydání 2013

This book examines "the great contraction" of 2007 - 2010 within the context of the neoliberal globalization that began in…

• Rok vydání 2014

"Worlds of Dissent" analyzes the myths of Central European resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and…

• Rok vydání 1996

"The Philosophy of Childhood" is an account of children's philosophical potential and of childhood as an area of…

This volume originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s.…

• Rok vydání 2005

Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, Michael…

• Rok vydání 2018

Zbigniew Brzezinski's impact on America's role in the world extends far beyond his years in the Carter White House. Justin…

• Rok vydání 2006

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

• Rok vydání 2024

A Financial Times Book of the YearA Fortune Book of the Year"This book compels us to change our position, move out of our…

Legality is a profound work in analytical jurisprudence, the branch of legal philosophy which deals with metaphysical…

Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist…

For anyone who has blanched at the uphill prospect of finishing a long piece of writing, this book holds out something more…

From the author of Stylish Academic Writing comes an essential new guide for writers aspiring to become more productive and…

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• Rok vydání 2019

Focusing on the 17th-century play of mourning, Walter Benjamin identifies allegory as the constitutive trope of modernity,…