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COVID-19 and World Order. The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, Paperback - ***

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Global Struggles and Social Change: From Prehistory to World Revolution in the Twenty-First Century, Paperback - Christopher Chase-Dunn

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In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The sel...

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Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex, Paperback - Elizabeth Reis

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In the summer of 2020, the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital apologized to their former intersex patients who endured early childhood sur...

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Crossing the American Health Care Chasm: Finding the Path to Bipartisan Collaboration in National Health Care Policy - Donald A. Barr

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For decades, Democratic and Republican political leaders have disagreed about the fundamental goals of American health policy. The modern-day conse...

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Comparative Mythology, Paperback - Jaan Puhvel

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In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts...

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What Universities Owe Democracy, Hardcover - Ronald J. Daniels

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Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universitie...

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Getting Under Our Skin: The Cultural and Social History of Vermin, Hardcover - Lisa T. Sarasohn

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For most of our time on this planet, vermin were considered humanity's common inheritance. Fleas, lice, bedbugs, and rats were universal scourges, ...

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Large Hadron Collider. The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind, Hardback - Donald Lincoln

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As accessible as it is fascinating, The Large Hadron Collider reveals the inner workings of this masterful achievement of technology, along with th...

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How NATO Adapts. Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950, Paperback - Seth A. Johnston

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Students, scholars, and policy practitioners will find this a useful resource for understanding NATO, transatlantic relations, and security in Euro...

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Weight Loss for Life: The Proven Plan for Success, Hardcover - Lawrence J. Cheskin

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Reducere. This is not a fad diet book. This is the most comprehensive, scientifically based program to lose weight and keep it off, with practical details ab...

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Teaching Online. A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice, Paperback - Claire Howell Major

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Faculty members, researchers, instructional designers, students, administrators, and policy makers who engage with online learning will find this b...

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On Time: A History of Western Timekeeping, Paperback - Kenneth C. Mondschein

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Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time, Ken Monds...

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The Political Determinants of Health, Paperback - Daniel E. Dawes

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Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options--these are now realities for most Americans....

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Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography, Paperback - Albert Schweitzer

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DescriptionPublished to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the United States 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography...

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Golden Rice. The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood, Hardback - Ed Regis

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Anyone interested in GMOs, social justice, or world hunger will find Golden Rice a compelling, sad, and maddening true-life science tale.

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Reason, the Understanding, and Time, Paperback - Arthur Oncken Lovejoy

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Lovejoy's philosophical interpretation is a model of penetrating insight and helpful criticism.

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Convergent Teaching: Tools to Spark Deeper Learning in College, Hardcover - Aaron M. Pallas

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Amid the wide-ranging public debate about the future of higher education is a tension about the role of the faculty as instructors versus researche...

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MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning, Hardback - Robert A. Rhoads

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This book offers a clear-eyed perspective on the potential and peril of this new form of education.

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The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century Ce to the Third, Paperback - Edward N. Luttwak

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At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from...

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Higher Superstition. The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science, Paperback - Norman Levitt

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This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors.

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Fabrications: New and Selected Stories, Paperback - Pamela Painter

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Reducere. Pamela Painter's short stories have been praised by Margot Livesey for their "wicked intelligence and ruthless humor." In Fabrications, which bring...

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The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind, Paperback - Don Lincoln

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Reducere. Since 2008 scientists have conducted experiments in a hyperenergized, 17-mile supercollider beneath the border of France and Switzerland. The Large...

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The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity, Paperback - Scott Haltzman

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Reducere. Along with changes in the workplace and the explosive growth of electronic communications, there has been a skyrocketing rate of infidelity. Today,...

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Mind, Mood, and Memory. The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Multiple Sclerosis, Hardback - ***

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Written in an immediate, accessible way, this book has a crossover appeal, making it of interest not only to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsyc...

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Quarantine!. East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892, updated edition, Paperback - ***

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At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering som...

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The Silent Shore. The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State, Hardback - Charles L., Jr. Chavis

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Complicating historical narratives associated with the history of lynching in the city of Salisbury, The Silent Shore explores the immediate and li...

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The Chemistry of Fear: Harvey Wiley's Fight for Pure Food, Hardcover - Jonathan Rees

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Reducere. Though trained as a medical doctor, chemist Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for "pure food"--food free of both adultera...

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A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life Is Expected to Be Brief, Paperback - Amy Kuebelbeck

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Reducere. A Gift of Time is a gentle and practical guide for parents who decide to continue their pregnancy knowing that their baby's life will be brief. Whe...

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Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, Paperback - Alfred Stepan

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Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation contains the first systematic comparative analysis of the process of democratic consolidation i...

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Transitions from Authoritarian Rule. Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies, Paperback - Laurence Whitehead

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Lowenthal, founding director of the Latin American Program, who wrote the original volume's foreword.

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The Invention of the Modern Dog: Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain, Hardcover - Michael Worboys

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DescriptionFor centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian time...

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Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World, Hardcover - Lyndall Gordon

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Reducere. DescriptionMary Shelley, Emily Bront , George Eliot, Olive Schreiner and Virginia Woolf: they all wrote dazzling books that forever changed the way...

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Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, Paperback - Richard Snyder

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Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for knowledge about global politics, Passion, Craft, and Me...

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The Cosmic Race / La Raza Cosmica, Paperback - Jose Vasconcelos

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Reducere. In this influential 1925 essay, presented here in Spanish and English, Jos Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in whi...

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Competing with the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America, Paperback - Audra J. Wolfe

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Reducere. For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way ima...

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Genealogies of Religion. Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam, Paperback - Talal Asad

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He argues that "religionis a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular ...

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Diversity's Promise for Higher Education. Making It Work, Paperback - Daryl G. Smith

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Systematic Psychiatric Evaluation. A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying The Perspectives of Psychiatry, Paperback - Constantine G. Lyketsos

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Slavney, the originators of the Perspectives approach, this innovative book will be used in psychiatric training programs as well as by practicing ...

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The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education, Hardcover - Leonard Cassuto

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For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of th...

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Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer, Hardcover - Vinayak K. Prasad

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Each week, people read about new and exciting cancer drugs. Some of these drugs are truly transformative, offering major improvements in how long p...

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Communicate for a Change. Revitalizing Conversations for Higher Education, Hardback - ***

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Breaking new ground in terms of both its subject matter and its format, Communicate for a Change is an accessible and engaging catalyst that will k...

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Fiction of Narrative. Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007, Paperback - Hayden V. White

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The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars ...

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Space and the American Imagination, Paperback - Howard E. McCurdy

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Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusio...

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Faces of Civil War Nurses, Hardcover - Ronald S. Coddington

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During the American Civil War, women on both sides of the conflict, radiating patriotic fervor equal to their male counterparts, contributed to the...

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Latin Inscriptions of Rome. A Walking Guide, Paperback - Tyler Lansford

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This unique guide will prove a fascinating and illuminating companion for both sophisticated visitors to the Eternal City and armchair travelers se...

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Friday, Paperback - Michel Tournier

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Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Acad mie Fran aise, is a sly, enchanting retelling of the legend of Robinson Crusoe by the ma...

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Academic Capitalism and the New Economy. Markets, State, and Higher Education, Paperback - Gary Rhoades

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Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American h...

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Design for Change in Higher Education, Hardback - ***

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A playbook that grounds theory in practice, Design for Change in Higher Education is aimed at faculty, staff, and students engaged in the important...

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Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I - John Ellis

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Reducere. Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author explores this unique an...

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722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York, Paperback - Clifton Hood

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Reducere. When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue--the longes...

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Watermen, Paperback - Randall S. Peffer

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Women in Greek Myth, Paperback - Mary R. Lefkowitz

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Reducere. In the first edition of Women in Greek Myth, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female c...

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Beyond Madness. The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness, Hardback - Rachel A. Pruchno

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rachel A. PruchnoNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 238 x 29Cover type...

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Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation: Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. Davidson, Paperback - Rayvon Fouche

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Reducere. According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid...

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Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science After the Second World War, Paperback - Douglas M. O'Reagan

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During the Second World War, German science and technology posed a terrifying threat to the Allied nations. These advanced weapons, which included ...

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From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932. The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States, Paperback - ***

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Hounshell chronicles how painfully Ford learned this lesson and recounts how the successful mass production of automobiles led to the establishment...

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No Kids Allowed. Children's Literature for Adults, Paperback - Michelle Ann Abate

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Abate examines how board books, coloring books, bedtime stories, and series detective fiction written and published specifically for adults questio...

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Baroque Modernity. An Aesthetics of Theater, Paperback - Joseph (Skidmore College) Cermatori

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Baroque Modernity will appeal to readers in a wide array of disciplines, including comparative literature, theater and performance, art and music h...

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Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy, Paperback - Larry Diamond

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Contributor(s): Editor: Larry DiamondEditor: Marc F. PlattnerEditor: Christopher WalkerOver the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldene...

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A History of Public Health, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - George Rosen

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Contributor(s): Author: George RosenForeword by: Pascal James ImperatoIntroduction by: Elizabeth FeeSince publication in 1958, George Rosen's class...

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The Road to Universal Health Coverage: Innovation, Equity, and the New Health Economy, Paperback - Jeffrey L. Sturchio

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DescriptionLike many ambitious global goals, universal health coverage (UHC) remains an aspiration for many countries. The World Health Organizatio...

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Astrobiology. An Introduction, third edition, Paperback - Michael Gross

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From neutron star mergers to the survival skills of tardigrades, this fascinating book is an ideal primer for students or anyone curious about life...

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Automatic: Literary Modernism and the Politics of Reflex, Paperback - Timothy Wientzen

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The advent of the twentieth century famously brought about new personal and political freedoms, including radical changes in voting rights and expr...

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The Mediterranean World. From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon, Paperback - ***

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Structured around four interlocking themes-mobility, state development, commerce, and frontiers-this beautifully illustrated book brings new dimens...

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Narrative as Virtual Reality 2. Revisiting Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media, Paperback - Marie-Laure Ryan

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Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simul...

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Neoliberalism and Contemporary Literary Culture, Paperback - ***

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Neoliberalism and Contemporary Literary Culture is essential reading for anyone invested in the ever-changing state of literary culture.

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Lupus Encyclopedia, Paperback - Donald Thomas

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Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that can affect any system and organ in the body. For the 1.4 million people in the United St...

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Saving Endangered Species: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Indianapolis Prize Winners, Hardcover - Robert W. Shumaker

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Wildlife conservation is at a critical juncture. While large, charismatic mammals may be the first animals that come to mind--the mere 3, 000 wild ...

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Becoming T. S. Eliot. The Rhetoric of Voice and Audience in Inventions of the March Hare, Paperback - ***

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Focusing on the period from 1909 to 1915, this incisive portrait of Eliot as a budding writer is as much a study of Eliot himself as it is a study ...

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Stories and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Narrative, Paperback - Paul B. Armstrong

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How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds? In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes t...

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