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Big Data on Campus: Data Analytics and Decision Making in Higher Education, Hardcover - Karen L. Webber

242,99 RON

The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing opera...

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Mountain Gorillas. Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence, Hardback - ***

242,99 RON

Mountain Gorillas features stunning photos and four appendices documenting key biological and ecological information, habitat vegetation, milestone...

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Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America's Largest Cities, Hardcover - Maureen R. Benjamins

242,99 RON

The elimination of racial and ethnic inequities--differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair--has been one of the overarching health-re...

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Pandemics, Pills, and Politics. Governing Global Health Security, Paperback - Stefan Elbe

242,99 RON

At the heart of this issue, Elbe argues, lies something deeper: the rise of a new molecular vision of life that is reshaping the world we live in.

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Science of Conjecture. Evidence and Probability before Pascal, Paperback - James Franklin

242,99 RON

The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human ...

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Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, Hardcover - Joshua Kim

242,99 RON

A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities as schools rethink how students learn both inside and outside the classroom. Tec...

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The Medicalization of Birth and Death, Hardcover - Lauren K. Hall

242,99 RON

In 1900, most Americans gave birth and died at home, with minimal medical intervention. By contrast, most Americans today begin and end their lives...

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Academia Next. The Futures of Higher Education, Hardback - Bryan Alexander

242,99 RON

An unusually multifaceted approach to American higher education that views institutions as complex organisms, Academia Next offers a fresh perspect...

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Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, Paperback - Katharine M. Broton

242,99 RON

As the price of college continues to rise and the incomes of most Americans stagnate, too many college students are going hungry. According to rese...

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Indentured Labor, Caribbean Sugar. Chinese and Indian Migrants to the British West Indies, 1838-1918, Paperback - Walton Look Lai

241,99 RON

Exploring living and working conditions as well as the makeup of immigrant communities and their cultures, Look Lai offers a "dialectical pluralist...

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The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro, Paperback - Zachary M. Schrag

240,99 RON 257,99 RON

Reducere. Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering s...

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Cultural Internationalism and World Order, Paperback - Akira Iriye

239,99 RON 256,99 RON

Reducere. As the nineteenth century became the twentieth and the dangers of rampant nationalism became more evident, people throughout the world embraced the...

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Is It Alzheimer's?: 101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Memory Loss and Dementia, Hardcover - Peter V. Rabins

238,99 RON 255,99 RON

Reducere. Perhaps someone in your family has been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease--or maybe you worry about developing memory loss yourself. In Is It Alzhei...

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Scientific Spirit of American Humanism, Hardback - Stephen P. Weldon

236,99 RON

Significantly, the book shows why special attention to American liberal religiosity remains critical to a clear understanding of the scientific spi...

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Landscapes of the Sacred: Geography and Narrative in American Spirituality, Paperback - Belden C. Lane

235,99 RON

This substantially expanded edition of Belden C. Lane's Landscapes of the Sacred includes a new introductory chapter that offers three new interpre...

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Great Powers and Geopolitical Change, Paperback - Jakub J. Grygiel

234,99 RON

In an era of high technology and instant communication, the role of geography in the formation of strategy and politics in international relations ...

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Lacrosse: A History of the Game, Paperback - Donald M. Fisher

233,99 RON 250,99 RON

Reducere. North America's Indian peoples have always viewed competitive sport as something more than a pastime. The northeastern Indians' ball-and-stick game...

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Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program, Paperback - Margaret A. Weitekamp

233,99 RON 250,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionOn June 17, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Curiously, unlike every previous milestone in t...

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Last Operas and Plays, Paperback - ***

231,99 RON

This volume contains a collection of Stein's works. It also includes her essay "Plays", in which she reflects on the experience in the theatre of s...

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Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History, Paperback - William Kerrigan

230,00 RON

A fresh look at American icon Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman and the story of the apple. Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the mean...

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A History of Global Health: Interventions Into the Lives of Other Peoples, Paperback - Randall M. Packard

229,99 RON

Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormo...

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Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Paperback - Thomas L. Hankins

229,99 RON

Hankins brings together the many aspects of Hamilton's life and work-from his significant contributions to mathematics, optics, and mechanics to hi...

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Secret Lives of Ants, Hardback - ***

229,99 RON

In the words of the author, "Once you get to know them, you'll love them."Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Jae (Director, Natura...

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Connecting in the Online Classroom: Building Rapport Between Teachers and Students, Paperback - Rebecca A. Glazier

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. Building rapport with students can revive the promise of online education, leading to greater success for students, more fulfilling teaching experi...

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Corporatizing American Health Care: How We Lost Our Health Care System, Paperback - Robert W. Derlet

227,99 RON 243,99 RON

Reducere. Over the past three decades, the once-efficient American health care system has evolved into a complex maze of monopolies and a racket of bureaucra...

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Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism, Paperback - Emmanuel Levinas

226,99 RON

Jean Paul Sartre hailed him as the philosopher who introduced France to Husserl and Heidegger. Derrida has paid him homage as "master." An original...

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Violence and the Sacred, Paperback - Ren Girard

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Reducere. Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout hist...

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Of Grammatology, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Jacques Derrida

225,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Jacques DerridaTranslator: Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakForeword by: Judith ButlerJacques Derrida's revolutionary approach to ...

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Mental Health Issues and the University Student, Paperback - Doris Iarovici

225,99 RON

An essential component of the volume is a guide to making emergency assessments, from risk classification and hospitalization to public safety and ...

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The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle, Paperback - Albert Schweitzer

225,99 RON

Immediately after the Gospels, the New Testament takes up the history of the early Christian Church, describing the works of the twelve disciples, ...

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Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment: A Life with Grace, Paperback - Julie M. Hauer

225,99 RON

Global impairment of the central nervous system, whether stable or progressive, is often called severe neurological impairment (SNI). A child who h...

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Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace, Paperback - Alan M. Kraut

224,99 RON

This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the...

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Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo, Paperback - Nigel Rothfels

223,99 RON 239,99 RON

Reducere. To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages...

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Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Lionel Casson

221,99 RON 237,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lionel CassonIn Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the times. Inst...

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The Good War in American Memory, Paperback - John Bodnar

220,99 RON

The "Good War" in American Memory dispels the long-held myth that Americans forged an agreement on why they had to fight in World War II. John Bodn...

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Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry, Paperback - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

218,99 RON

Originally published in 1766, the Laoco n has been called the first extended attempt in modern times to define the distinctive spheres of art and p...

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Women in Wartime. Theatrical Representations in the Long Eighteenth Century, Paperback - ***

218,99 RON

Women in Wartime demonstrates the startling acuity and prescience of the repertoire in responding to the war-steeped culture of the period.Publishe...

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Bizarre Bioethics. Ghosts, Monsters, and Pilgrims, Paperback - ***

218,99 RON

Bizarre Bioethics invites students, researchers, policymakers and teachers interested in ethics and health care to think about the value perspectiv...

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Ethically Challenged. Private Equity Storms US Health Care, Hardback - Laura Katz Olson

218,99 RON

The first book to comprehensively address private equity and health care, Ethically Challenged raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its ...

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From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America, Paperback - Beth L. Bailey

216,99 RON 232,99 RON

Reducere. Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting ther...

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Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans, Paperback - Thomas Vennum

216,99 RON 232,99 RON

Reducere. An ancient Native American sport, lacrosse was originally played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick, and develop strong, virile men. In Lacrosse L...

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The Scapegoat, Paperback - Rene Girard

214,99 RON 230,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rene GirardTranslator: Yvonne FrecceroWidely regarded as one of the most profound critics of our time, RenGirard has pursue...

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Annotations to Finnegans Wake, Paperback (4th Ed.) - Roland McHugh

214,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Roland McHughRoland McHugh's classic Annotations to Finnegans Wake provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with ...

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Governing Health: The Politics of Health Policy, Paperback - William G. Weissert

214,99 RON

DescriptionIn this classic text, William G. Weissert and Carol S. Weissert describe how government and private interests help define health policy....

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Tensor Calculus for Physics: A Concise Guide, Paperback - Dwight E. Neuenschwander

214,99 RON

DescriptionUnderstanding tensors is essential for any physics student dealing with phenomena where causes and effects have different directions. A ...

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Lupus Encyclopedia, Paperback - Donald Thomas

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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 - ***

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

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The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation, Paperback - Trevor Owens

213,99 RON

DescriptionMany people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the same time, warnings of an impending "digital dark age"--...

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Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education, Hardcover - David J. Staley

213,99 RON

DescriptionHow can we re-envision the university? Too many examples of what passes for educational innovation today--MOOCs especially--focus on tra...

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Bears of the North. A Year Inside Their Worlds, Hardback - Wayne Lynch

213,99 RON

Informed by Lynch's nearly forty years of experience observing and photographing bears in the wild, and aided by sophisticated digital photo techno...

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The Black President. Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama, Hardback - Claude A., III Clegg

213,99 RON

Combining lively prose with a balanced, nonpartisan portrait of Obama's successes and failures, The Black President will be required reading not on...

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Making Liberalism New. American Intellectuals, Modern Literature, and the Rewriting of a Political Tradition, Paperback - ***

213,99 RON

These problems-from the abortion debate to the scope of executive power-remain an indelible feature of American politics.Publisher: Johns Hopkins U...

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Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind, Paperback - ***

213,99 RON

Coetzee, Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and a...

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Sage on the Screen. Education, Media, and How We Learn, Hardback - Bill Ferster

213,99 RON

Accessibly written and full of explanatory art, Sage on the Screen offers fresh insight into the current and future uses of instructional technolog...

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Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Socie, Paperback - Steven

213,99 RON

Steven Shapin argues that science, for all its immense authority and power, is and always has been a human endeavor, subject to human capacities an...

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Suffrage at 100. Women in American Politics since 1920, Paperback - ***

213,99 RON

Rafshoon, Bianca Rowlett, Sarah B. Rowley, Ana Stevenson, Barbara Winslow, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Nancy Beck YoungIllustrations: 23 Illustrations, black...

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Downward Mobility. The Form of Capital and the Sentimental Novel, Paperback - Katherine Binhammer

213,99 RON

An audacious epilogue arms humanists with the argument that, in order to save the planet from unsustainable growth, we need to read more novels.

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The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America, Hardcover - Jonathan Zimmerman

213,99 RON

American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the past 150 years, as critics have denounced the poo...

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Behind the Mirror. The Story of a Pioneer in Autism Treatment and Her Work with Children on the Spectrum, Paperback - Sabine Oishi

213,99 RON

Demystifying the experience of autism, Behind the Mirror is a groundbreaking account of possibilities and hope.Illustrations: 10 Illustrations, bla...

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Global Perspectives on Higher Education, Paperback - Philip G. Altbach

213,99 RON

Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has...

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

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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 - ***

213,99 RON

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

213,99 RON

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

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