Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, Paperback - Maggie Jackson

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The New York Times bestselling author of Infidel, Nomad, and Heretic argues that waves of Muslim immigration are transforming sexual politics in Eu...

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She explains why so many young Muslim men who arrive in Europe engage in sexual harassment and violence, tracing the roots of sexual violence in th...

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This Element looks into how politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline. Drawin...

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Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness - Ruby Lal

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Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South, " in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, ...

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Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. Thi...

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