The Lifespan of a Fact, Paperback - John D'Agata

Reducere. How negotiable is a fact in nonfiction? In 2003, an essay by John D'Agata was rejected by the magazine that commissioned it due to factual inaccura...

A laugh-out-loud literary duel between a liberty-taking writer and his steadfast fact-checker.

Over the past 30 years, French photographer Antoine d'Agata (born 1961) has undertaken various journeys in Mexico. As a photographer, d'Agata tends...

In The American People: Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact, Larry Kramer completes his radical reimagining of his country's history. Ranging from the ...

Reducere. DescriptionLiterary Nonfiction. Lyric Essay. Essays by John D'Agata, Eula Biss, Jenny Boully, Anne Carson, Katie Ford, Michael Ives, Wayne Koestenb...

DescriptionOriginally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific...

Publisher: University of Hawai'i PressAuthor(s): John DeFrancisNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 1986Dimensions: 233 x 156 x 18Cover type: Pape...

A Matter Of Fact is the perfect companion to Deep Purple's music. Full of bizarre, obscure and amazing facts from the band's career of over forty y...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): Simon Langley-EvansNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 178 x 255 x 25Cover type: Pap...

DescriptionItaly's Native Wine Grape Terroirs is the definitive reference book on the myriad crus and the grand cru wine production areas of Italy'...

A law student assigned to a murderer's death row hearing becomes immersed in the murderer's childhood, and notices a connection between them both. ...

How did the fact become modernity's most favored unit of knowledge? How did description come to seem separable from theory in the precursors of eco...

This handbook focuses on the development and nurturance of creativity throughout the lifespan. It answers the question: how can we help people turn...

Reducere. When Jaan Willem Mobach (1894), his wife Johanna (1896), and their three sons, Piet, Gerard, and Jan, depart for Djokdjakarta in 1930 on the ship I...

DescriptionIs there enough evidence to believe Jesus rose from the dead, or must such a judgment be based only on faith? Can the resurrection story...

Publisher: Guilford PublicationsAuthor(s): Linda A CamrasNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 28Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. DescriptionLizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one...Lizzie Andr...

This streamlined, readable account of human development gives you the conceptual foundations that enable you to become an educated and critical int...

The ultimate myth-busting nutrition bible.

A vital part of successful social interaction is the ability to understand events in terms of other people's mental states, such as their intention...

Reducere. Lifespan. De ce imbatranim si cum sa nu o mai facem? •Bestseller New York Times Faptul ca imbatranim pare a fi un adevar incontestabil. Dar daca to...

The image of the pirate is one that has never failed to capture the imagination, but behind the melodramatic portrayals of such villains as Long Jo...

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Written by a child for children, this storybook teaches children about environmental pollutants and how to fight them.Publisher: Mixed Media Resour...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Ruth ChewIllustration(s): BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 128Collection: A Matter-of-Fact Mag...

„Batranetea este o boala si, prin urmare, e tratabila." - David A. Sinclair PhD, profesor de genetica la Harvard Medical School, unul dintre primii...

A line of interview books documenting conversations with artists, authors, philosophers, economists, scientists, and activists whose works are aime...

Reducere. In the 1990s, three times as many people were attacked my mountain lions as had been attacked in the previous century. These shy predators must kil...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Meet Tyler Meeks - he's officially bored with being left out of the Fortnite craze. Now he's on a mission to become the world's best Fortnite playe...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): C BaglioniNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 217 x 275 x 20Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Anness Publishing Author(s): Paul Dowswell Illustration(s): 2500 colour illustrations and photographs Number of pages: 512 Publication d...

70 of Britain's birds - natural history facts, folklore and literary appearances.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Jo WoolfIllustration...

These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art. The Fact Checker's Bible arrives not a moment too soon: it is the first--and essential--guide to...

Reducere. If philosophy has any business in the world, it is the clarification of our thinking and the clearing away of ideas that cloud the mind. In this bo...

Discover what life was like during the Jacobite risings, as told by siblings Rob, a soldier in Bonnie Prince Charlie's army, and Aggie, healing sol...