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The First Black Archaeologist. A Life of John Wesley Gilbert, Hardback - ***

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This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unst...

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Only the Clothes on Her Back. Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States, Hardback - ***

241,99 RON

Only the Clothes on Her Back illuminates the ways in which women, men of color, and poor people used textiles as a form of property that enabled th...

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The Changing Portrayal of Adolescents in the Media Since 1950, Paperback - ***

473,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Daniel (Associate Director, Associate Director, Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg...

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Everything is Choreography. The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune, Hardback - Kevin (Freelance Writer) Winkler

206,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Kevin (Freelance Writer) WinklerNumber of pages: 296Collection: Broadway LegaciesPublication date:...

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Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts. The Phenomenal Book, Hardback - ***

302,99 RON

Engages with the materiality of medieval manuscripts to illustrate the importance of the study of physical texts to literary appreciation, and stud...

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Revisiting Gendered States. Feminist Imaginings of the State in International Relations, Paperback - ***

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 256Collection: Oxford Studies in Gender and International RelationsPublication date: 2018Dim...

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The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 1: Harm to Others, Paperback - ***

259,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Joel (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson) FeinbergNum...

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The Saints of Santa Ana: Faith and Ethnicity in a Mexican Majority City, Paperback - Jonathan E. Calvillo

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Reducere. Catholicism has long been the dominant religion among ethnic Mexicans in the U.S. Recent shifts, however, have challenged the traditional associati...

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Hybrid Hate: Conflations of Antisemitism & Anti-Black Racism from the Renaissance to the Third Reich, Hardcover - Tudor Parfitt

209,99 RON

Hybrid Hate is the first book to study the conflation of antisemitism and anti-Black racism. As objects of racism, Jews and Blacks have been linked...

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Pirating and Publishing: The Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment, Hardcover - Robert Darnton

220,99 RON 236,99 RON

Reducere. In the late-18th century, a group of publishers in what historian Robert Darnton calls the "Fertile Crescent" countries located along the French bo...

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Digital Nomads: In Search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the New Economy, Hardcover - Rachael A. Woldoff

184,99 RON 197,99 RON

Reducere. A small but growing group of today's knowledge workers actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their jobs, traveling far ...

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The Hidden History of Coined Words, Hardcover - Ralph Keyes

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Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely...

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The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism, Paperback - Catherine Rottenberg

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From Hillary Clinton to Ivanka Trump and from Emma Watson all the way to Beyonc�, more and more high-powered women are unabashedly identifying as f...

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The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History, Paperback - Pablo Palomino

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Reducere. The ethnically and geographically heterogeneous countries that comprise Latin America have each produced music in unique styles and genres - but ho...

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The Truth of Myth: World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life, Paperback - Tok Thompson

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Reducere. The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for stud...

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Attention Equals Life: The Pursuit of the Everyday in Contemporary Poetry and Culture, Paperback - Andrew Epstein

264,99 RON

Poetry has long been thought of as a genre devoted to grand subjects, timeless themes, and sublime beauty. Why, then, have contemporary poets turne...

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The Paradox of German Power, Hardcover - Hans Kundnani

278,99 RON 298,99 RON

Reducere. Since the Euro crisis began, Germany has emerged as Europe's dominant power. During the last three years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been ...

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A Future in Ruins: Unesco, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace, Paperback - Lynn Meskell

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Reducere. Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the...

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From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography, Paperback - Jeremy D. Popkin

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Reducere. From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography, Second Edition, offers a concise but comprehensive and up-to-date account of the many ways hi...

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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America, Hardcover - Heather Cox Richardson

119,99 RON

While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom, " Heather Cox Richardson argues in this ...

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The Art of Becoming: How Group Improvisation Works, Paperback - Raymond A. R. MacDonald

136,99 RON

At a time of unprecedented interest in improvisation across the arts, The Art of Becoming boldly asserts that everyone can and should improvise. Dr...

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Oxford Literature Companions: The War of the Worlds, Paperback - Peter Buckroyd

79,99 RON

This guide is ideal for use in the classroom or as revision, providing insight into characters, themes and contexts, together with activities desig...

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Rebels, Believers, Survivors. Studies in the History of the Albanians, Hardback - Noel Malcolm

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Albania and Kosovo have long, fascinating histories of connection with the wider European world. These essays explore this history from the 15th ce...

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Jesus in Context. Making Sense of the Historical Figure, Paperback - David (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) Wenham

209,99 RON

We know that Jesus changed the world, but what do we know about him? This accessible and uniquely comprehensive introduction examines the evidence,...

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The Biology of Death. How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations, Hardback - ***

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The Biology of Death ties together the many ways that death helps scientists understand life. In the book, science writer Gary C. Howard synthesize...

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A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War, Hardcover - James P. Byrd

219,99 RON 235,99 RON

Reducere. In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that both sides "read the s...

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A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible, Hardcover - Kristin Swenson

134,99 RON 144,99 RON

Reducere. The Bible, we are constantly reminded, is the best-selling book of all time. It is read with intense devotion by hundreds of millions of people, st...

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At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health, Hardcover - Nicholas Freudenberg

182,99 RON

An incisive and powerful investigation of corporate impact on human and planetary well-being Freedom of choice lies at the heart of American societ...

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The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World, Hardcover - Severine Autesserre

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. At turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build...

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The Ghost of Galileo: In a Forgotten Painting from the English Civil War, Hardcover - J. L. Heilbron

157,99 RON

In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painte...

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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Hardcover - C. T. Onions

365,99 RON

This comprehensive dictionary by one of our century's greatest language scholars provides a clear and brief account of the origins, history, and se...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Paperback - Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published,...

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An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design, Hardcover - Tilman Borgers

521,99 RON 558,99 RON

Reducere. What is the best way to auction an asset? How should a group of people organize themselves to ensure the best provision of public goods? How should...

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The Fragmentation of Being, Hardcover - Kris McDaniel

571,99 RON

DescriptionThe Fragmentation of Being offers answers to some of the most fundamental questions in ontology. There are many kinds of beings but are ...

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Psyche and Soul in America: The Spiritual Odyssey of Rollo May, Hardcover - Robert H. Abzug

246,99 RON

In post-World War II America and especially during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, the psychologist Rollo May contributed profoundly to the popular ...

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A History of the Church Through Its Buildings, Hardcover - Allan Doig

273,99 RON

A History of the Church through its Buildings takes the reader to meet people who lived through momentous religious changes in the very spaces wher...

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Nazis and Nobles: The History of a Misalliance, Hardcover - Stephan Malinowski

188,99 RON

In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by the German nobili...

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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Philosophical Perspectives, Paperback - Elisabeth Camp

182,99 RON

One of America's most celebrated poets, Emily Dickinson was virtually unpublished in her lifetime. When a slim volume of her poems emerged on the A...

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Orbit: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military, Hardcover - Laurence J. Alison

363,99 RON 389,99 RON

Reducere. ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and re...

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Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s, Paperback - Risa Goluboff

191,99 RON

In 1950s America, it was remarkably easy for police to arrest almost anyone for almost any reason. The criminal justice system-and especially the a...

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Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War, Paperback - Aaron Sheehan-Dean

252,99 RON 270,99 RON

Reducere. Offering a striking and reasonably priced alternative to expensive atlases that focus almost exclusively on military movements, Concise Historical ...

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Jews and Samaritans: The Origins and History of Their Early Relations, Paperback - Gary Knoppers

298,99 RON 319,99 RON

Reducere. Winner of the R.B.Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Even in antiquity, writers were intrigued by the origins of the peop...

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The Internet of Things: What Everyone Needs to Know(r), Paperback - Scott J. Shackelford

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the notion that nearly everything we use, from gym shorts to streetlights, will soon be connected to the Internet; ...

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The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property, Paperback - Rafe Blaufarb

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Reducere. What does it mean to own something? What sorts of things can be owned, and what cannot? How does one relinquish ownership? What are the boundaries ...

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The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic, Hardcover - Jo o Jos Reis

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Winner of the Casa de las Am�rica Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino Jos� Maria, set a...

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Theories of the Flesh: Latinx and Latin American Feminisms, Transformation, and Resistance, Paperback - Andrea J. Pitts

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Reducere. "A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity, " writes activist Cherr�...

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Mecca of Revolution: Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order, Paperback - Jeffrey James Byrne

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Mecca of Revolution traces the ideological and methodological evolution of the Algerian Revolution, showing how an anticolonial nationalist struggl...

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Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole, Hardcover - Will Friedwald

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One of the most popular and memorable American musicians of the 20th century, Nat King Cole (1919-65) is remembered today as both a pianist and a s...

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A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew, Hardcover - Paul M. Wassarman

232,99 RON

John C. Kendrew (1917-1997) was a pioneer in structural biology and a catalyst for the emergence of molecular biology in the second half of the twe...

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Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II, Hardcover - Francine Hirsch

207,99 RON

Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, the Nuremberg trials, known as the Internationa...

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New History of the Humanities. The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present, Paperback - Rens Bod

227,00 RON

Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.

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Oxford Literature Companions: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Workbook, Paperback - Peter Buckroyd

53,99 RON

This workbook is ideal for use in the classroom or as revision and includes activities designed to prompt a closer analysis of the writer's languag...

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Tools of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of Science, Hardback - Theodore Sider

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Metaphysics has shifted ground, moving away from necessity and possibility as the lens through which we look at things. Ted Sider shapes the agenda...

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Quantum Cookbook. Mathematical Recipes for the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Paperback - Jim Baggott

191,99 RON

The book combines popular and textbook presentation. It aims not to teach readers how to do quantum mechanics but rather helps them understand how ...

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Economics of the Welfare State, Paperback - Nicholas Barr

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The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health ser...

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Magical Kingdom of Birds: The Flamingo Party, Paperback - Anne Booth

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It's carnival time in the Magical Kingdom of Birds, and the flamingos are getting ready to put on a spectacular show! But evil Lord Astor is determ...

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Rollercoaster: KS3, 11-14. The Island at the End of Everything, Paperback - Kiran Millwood Hargrave

86,99 RON

Twelve-year-old Ami lives on Culion Island, the world's largest leper colony, with her mother who is 'touched'. Following the arrival of Mr Zamora,...

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Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality, Paperback - S. Matthew Liao

271,99 RON

In the last fifteen years, there has been significant interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgments using novel techniques ...

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Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse, Hardcover - Ethan Pollock

232,99 RON

When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social st...

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The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories, Paperback - Stephen Crane

50,99 RON

Oxford offers the most generously annotated edition of The Red Badge of Courage (1895), a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience f...

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The Oxford Illustrated History of World War II, Hardcover - Richard Overy

188,99 RON

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandab...

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Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Hardcover - Richard Susskind

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In Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Richard Susskind, the world's most cited author on the future of legal services, shows how litigation w...

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Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Paperback - Howard Schwartz

286,99 RON 307,99 RON

Reducere. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Draw...

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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Paperback - Charles Darwin

161,99 RON 173,99 RON

Reducere. To mark the birthday of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologist, Oxford University Press has reissued the definitive edition of Darwin's c...

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Rhythms of the Brain, Paperback - Gyorgy Buzsaki

499,99 RON 534,99 RON

Reducere. Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular disc...

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When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge, Paperback - K. David Harrison

197,99 RON 211,99 RON

Reducere. It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our ...

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Talking 'Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap, Paperback - Elijah Wald

96,99 RON 103,99 RON

Reducere. From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of a streetcorner cypher, rap has always drawn on dee...

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Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath: The Twinned Cosmos of Indigenous America, Paperback - Barbara Alice Mann

299,99 RON 320,99 RON

Reducere. Before invasion, Turtle Island-or North America-was home to vibrant cultures that shared long-standing philosophical precepts. The most important a...

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Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing, Paperback - Hersh Shefrin

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Reducere. Even the best Wall Street investors make mistakes. No matter how savvy or experienced, all financial practitioners eventually let bias, overconfide...

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Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Anglo-World, 1783-1939, Paperback - James Belich

282,99 RON

Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the...

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