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The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, Hardcover - Annalisa Berta

455,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Annalisa BertaIllustrator: James L. SumichMarine mammals have long captured the attention of humans. Ancient peoples etched...

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Cold War Correspondents. Soviet and American Reporters on the Ideological Frontlines, Hardback - Dina Fainberg

394,99 RON

Taken together, these sources illuminate a rich history of private and professional lives at the heart of the superpower conflict.Illustrations: 3 ...

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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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Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Hayden White

180,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Hayden WhiteSince its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understand...

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The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation, Paperback - Hayden White

164,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Hayden WhiteHayden White probes the notion of authority in art and literature and examines the problems of meaning--its pro...

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Keeping Busy. A Handbook of Activities for Persons with Dementia, Paperback - James R. Dowling

151,99 RON

The description of each activity includes step-by-step instructions, as well as tips on how to adapt it for small or large groups, for individuals ...

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

180,99 RON

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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Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America, Paperback - Johann N. Neem

139,99 RON

At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a rob...

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Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, Hardcover - Peter Felten

242,99 RON

What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstr...

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The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines, Hardcover - Brian Deer

156,99 RON 167,99 RON

Reducere. From San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines is erupting around the globe. Fear is spreading. Banished disea...

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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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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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A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians, Paperback - Robert E. Swanson

260,99 RON 279,99 RON

Reducere. Although the title suggests this is a guide to plants in a limited geographic range, the plants here are found in many areas of eastern North Ameri...

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Take Control of Your Depression: Strategies to Help You Feel Better Now, Hardcover - Susan J. Noonan

303,99 RON

DescriptionSome call it the blues or a storm in their head. William Styron referred to it as "darkness visible." Whatever the description, depressi...

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Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930, Paperback - Thomas Parker Hughes

303,99 RON

DescriptionAwarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology, this book offers a comparative history of the evolution of modern...

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The Anatomy of Blackness: Science & Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment, Paperback - Andrew S. Curran

257,99 RON

This volume examines the Enlightenment-era textualization of the Black African in European thought. Andrew S. Curran rewrites the history of blackn...

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Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education, Paperback - John R. Thelin

258,99 RON 277,99 RON

Reducere. Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education, designed to be used alongside John R. Thelin's A History of American Higher Educat...

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Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries, Paperback - Ryan K. Smith

280,99 RON 300,99 RON

Reducere. Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, holds one of the most dramatic landscapes of death in the nation. Its burial grounds sho...

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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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The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500, Paperback - Reinhold C. Mueller

365,99 RON

Originally published in 1997. In 1985 Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller published the magisterial Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissa...

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Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health, Hardcover - Alexandra Brewis

213,99 RON

Stigma is a dehumanizing process, a method of shaming and blaming that is embedded in our beliefs about who does and does not have value within soc...

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The Masks of War: American Military Styles in Strategy and Analysis, Paperback - Carl Builder

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Reducere. Why was the Navy ready to clear the skies over the Persian Gulf, yet surprised by the mines laid under it? Why is it that the Army is always prepar...

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Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings, Hardcover - Valerie Trouet

164,99 RON

Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has als...

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Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance, Paperback - Jeffrey P. Kahn

78,99 RON

About the AuthorJohns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies is a rapid research and expert consensus gro...

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

201,99 RON

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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COPD. Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Paperback - Donald A. Mahler

126,99 RON

Providing up-to-date, evidence-based content that covers more than just medications, COPD gives you the tools you need to keep active-and thrive.Pu...

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COPD. Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Hardback - Donald A. Mahler

281,99 RON

Providing up-to-date, evidence-based content that covers more than just medications, COPD gives you the tools you need to keep active-and thrive.Pu...

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The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College, Hardcover - Robin G. Isserles

259,99 RON 278,99 RON

Reducere. To improve community college success, we need to consider the lived realities of students. Our nation's community colleges are facing a completion ...

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The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year, Paperback - Alice Callahan

117,99 RON 126,99 RON

Reducere. Now updated! The new edition of this best-selling guide uses science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new parents--from sleep ...

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Republics of Myth. National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict, Hardback - John Tirman

179,99 RON

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): John TirmanNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 40Cover type: Hard...

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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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Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases, Hardcover - Ellen Agler

168,99 RON

DescriptionNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170, 000 people die from NTDs each y...

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The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting in and Staying Together, Paperback - Brennan Barnard

123,99 RON

DescriptionIs your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the experience, feeling stressed out and o...

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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 Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader, Paperback - Fred I. Greenstein

283,99 RON 303,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fred I. GreensteinDrawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great polit...

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

188,99 RON 202,99 RON

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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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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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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Transformation of Governance. Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century, Paperback - Donald F. Kettl

151,99 RON

With a new preface from Michael Nelson, editor of the Interpreting American Politics series, this award-winning book will be sought out by public p...

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John Adams's Republic. The One, the Few, and the Many, Hardback - Richard Alan Ryerson

365,99 RON

The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, John Adams's Republic s...

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Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for You and Your Loved Ones, Hardcover - Francis Mark Mondimore

455,99 RON

Compassionate and comprehensive, Dr. Francis Mondimore's pathbreaking guide has helped thousands of people and their loved ones cope with bipolar d...

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My House Is Killing Me!: A Complete Guide to a Healthier Indoor Environment, Paperback - Jeffrey C. May

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. In this thoroughly revised edition of My House Is Killing Me Jeffrey C. and Connie L. May draw on the dramatic personal stories of their clients to...

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The Breast Cancer Book: A Trusted Guide for You and Your Loved Ones, Paperback - Kenneth D. Miller

151,99 RON

Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider, and important decisions to ma...

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The Breast Cancer Book: A Trusted Guide for You and Your Loved Ones, Hardcover - Kenneth D. Miller

365,99 RON

Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider, and important decisions to ma...

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America's Original Sin: White Supremacy, John Wilkes Booth, and the Lincoln Assassination, Hardcover - John Rhodehamel

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. On April 14, 1865, after nearly a year of conspiring, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln as the president watched a production of Our American ...

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

201,99 RON

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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Antibiotic Era. Reform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational Therapeutics, Hardback - Scott H. Podolsky

213,99 RON

Only by understanding the historical forces that have shaped our current situation, Podolsky argues, can we properly understand and frame our choic...

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The Secret Perfume of Birds. Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent, Hardback - Danielle J. Whittaker

172,99 RON

The Secret Perfume of Birds will interest anyone looking to learn more about birds, about how animals and humans use our senses, and about why it c...

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Signs, Streets, and Storefronts. A History of Architecture and Graphics along America's Commercial Corridors, Hardback - Martin Treu

327,99 RON

A must-read for city planners, town councils, architects, sign designers, concerned citizens, and anyone who cares about the appearance and vitalit...

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Transparent Designs. Personal Computing and the Politics of User-Friendliness, Hardback - Michael L. Black

299,99 RON

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Michael L. BlackIllustration(s): 4 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and w...

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Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People. How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease, Paperback - ***

159,99 RON

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Stephen G. (Director, Center of Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Br...

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Good Work If You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia, Hardcover - Jason Brennan

151,99 RON

Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80, 000 students will begin pursuing a PhD this year alone. But while alm...

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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, Paperback - Carlo Ginzburg

156,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Carlo GinzburgTranslator: Anne C. TedeschiThe Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth...

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Honeybee Hotel: The Waldorf Astoria's Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC, Hardcover - Leslie Day

141,99 RON 151,99 RON

Reducere. The tale of Honeybee Hotel begins over one hundred years ago, with the Astor family and the birth of the iconic Manhattan landmark, the magnificent...

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

188,99 RON

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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Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians, Hardcover - Ronald M. Nowak

473,99 RON

Since its first publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers and profess...

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Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas, Hardcover - Charles Lydeard

591,99 RON

DescriptionThere are more species of freshwater mollusks--well over 5, 000--than all the mammal species of the world. Mollusks are also arguably th...

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From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline, Paperback - Fabio Rojas

137,99 RON

DescriptionThe black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influe...

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The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America - Matthew Oram

284,99 RON

DescriptionAfter LSD arrived in the United States in 1949, the drug's therapeutic promise quickly captured the interests of psychiatrists. In the d...

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

201,99 RON

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

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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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Making Tough Decisions about End-Of-Life Care in Dementia, Paperback - Anne Kenny

121,99 RON 130,99 RON

Reducere. Each year, more than 500, 000 people are diagnosed with dementia in the United States. As stunning as that figure is, countless family members and ...

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The Physics of Krav Maga, Paperback - John Eric Goff

144,99 RON

Krav Maga (contact combat in Hebrew) is a hard-hitting and efficient form of self-defense that was popularized by Israeli soldiers. Stressing pract...

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

184,99 RON

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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Pathologist of the Mind. Adolf Meyer and the Origins of American Psychiatry, Paperback - S. D. Lamb

139,99 RON

The first historian ever granted access to these exceptional medical records, Lamb offers a compelling new perspective on the integral but misunder...

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Cheating in College. Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do about It, Paperback - ***

151,99 RON

Based on the authors' multiyear, multisite surveys, Cheating in College quantifies and analyzes student cheating to demonstrate why academic integr...

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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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Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City, Hardcover - Josephine Ensign

168,99 RON

Home to over 730, 000 people, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population ...

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