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Known as the "patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable…

Economics is not a field that is known for good writing. Charts, yes. Sparkling prose, no. Except, that is, when it comes to…

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Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. In the past, Westerners…

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The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. "Some things are up to us…

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This work examines one of the most critical questions of welfare policy: how can a United States government programme help…

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A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form. "Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a…

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In "The Voice Imitator," translated by Kenneth Northcott, Bernhard gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of…

What Kinship Is-And Is Not offers, on its surface, a simple theoretical argument, laid out in the titles of its mere two…

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With a new Foreword by Jeffrey Frank The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most…

Parker works with a group of professional con men in The Score on his biggest job yet - robbing an entire town in North…

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In The Outfit, Parker goes toe-to-toe with the mob - hitting them with heist after heist after heist - and the entire…

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Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and as a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been…

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The leading guide to clear writing—and clear thinking—in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated.…

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A thoroughly revised edition of the comprehensive guide to building and maintaining a successful career in writing.Writers…

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Classic creative writing text now in its tenth edition. Kniha 9780226616698 Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition | Janet…

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In this new edition of the anthropological classic Exotic No More, some of today's most respected anthropologists…

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"Human Capital" is Becker's study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business…

Classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics. Originally published in 1944, it was…

A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of…

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This volume represents the most ambitious project of distinguished poet David Ferry’s life: a complete translation of…

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My verse resembles the bread of Egypt - night passes over it, and you cannot eat it any more. Devour it the moment it is…

Lee Miller's life embodied all the contradictions and complications of the twentieth century: a model and photographer, muse…

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We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why we…

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Martha Gellhorn was one of the first - and most widely read - female war correspondents of the twentieth century. She is…

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Produkt Violence in Modern Philosophy - Hoffman, Piotr zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago…

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Produkt Studies in Relational Grammar 3 zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

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Produkt Science, Community, and the Transformation of American Philosophy, 1860-1930 - Wilson, Daniel J. zakoupíte na…

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Produkt Politics, Personality, and Social Science in the Twentieth Century zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The…

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Drawing on both literature and social reform texts, the author analyzes the organization of knowledge during the Victorian…

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This study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's lives. The author explores the meaning of friends to gay…

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Why do women join book clubs? What do the women discuss when they meet? to answer questions like these, Long spent years…

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A book-world veteran offers the first copyediting guide focused exclusively on fiction. Although The Chicago Manual of Style…

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists…

This guide to research methods covers four areas of social science: the creation of imagery to guide research; methods of…

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One of the foundational works of Western culture, Art of Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of speech and persuasion for…

Judge Dee has been appointed emergency governor of the plague- and drought-ridden Imperial City. As his guards help the city…

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In "From Counterculture to Cyberculture", Fred Turner details the previously untold story of a highly influential group of…

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When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's…

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. This…

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Has American democracy's long, ambitious run come to an end? Possibly yes. As William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe argue in…

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Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies…

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The widely admired biographer of Bernard Berenson and of Kenneth Clark gives us now a complete and complex portrait of an…

Plato's "Symposium" - translated here, and with a commentary - is arguably one of the greatest works on the nature of love…

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The "Nicomachean Ethics" is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics - that…

Improvisation rattles some listeners. Maybe they're even suspicious of it. John Coltrane's saxophonic flights of fancy, Jimi…

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In the face of global financial problems and stressed government budgets, the ability of private philanthropy to step in and…

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The stock market is central to the global economy. Tens of millions of people look to it to provide for a comfortable…

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In this text, Mary Beth Rose argues that from the late 16th century to the late 17th century, a passive, more female, but…