Natural Goodness, Paperback - Philippa (University of California, Los Angeles, and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford) Foot

Presents an approach to moral philosophy. This work of dry theory, is intended for those intrigued by the questions about goodness and human life.

Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its...

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DescriptionPaul Bontemps decided to move his family to Los Angeles from Louisiana in 1906 on the day he finally submitted to a strictly enforced So...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): George J. SanchezNumber of pages: 390Collection: American CrossroadsPublication date: 2022Dimen...

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Few states of the United States have a more varied, a more interesting or a more instructive history than California, and few have done so little t...

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For the first time, Anton Wagner's groundbreaking 1935 book that launched the study of Los Angeles as an urban metropolis is available in English.P...

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It's no puzzle why folks visit Los Angeles or even call it home! From Disneyland to the Griffith Observatory to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there's...

This text is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics. However, the elementary atomic physics of the earl...

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This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philip...

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Authored by a leading name in mathematics, this engaging and clearly presented text leads the reader through the tactics involved in solving mathem...

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As the twenth-first century begins, Latinas/os represent 45 percent of the residents of Los Angeles County, making them the largest racial/ethnic g...

The 1977-78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive ...

Offers an anthology of Los Angeles's most significant English-language and Spanish-language non-fiction writing from the city's inception to the pr...

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As the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Quetzal and a scholar of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely posit...

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Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 71 major in...

The "Soul of" collection is a new approach to the art of travelling that consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters, and unforgettable exper...

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An action-packed historical novel whose charismatic characters take the reader from the roaring twenties to the fiery nineties in America's favorit...

DescriptionA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between ...

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Sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have...

In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical...

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