Reducere. Powerful and resonant, Foxconned is both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide. When...
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Reducere. ``A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.' That is i...
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Reducere. This is a turbulent time for the conservation of America's natural and cultural heritage. From the current assaults on environmental protection to ...
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Reducere. Scientists, theologians, and philosophers have all sought to answer the questions of why we are here and where we are going. Finding this natural b...
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Reducere. One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's ...
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Reducere. In 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of Mike Royko's columns, entitled One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko. The respon...
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Reducere. In this profound and hopeful book, a mathematician and celebrated teacher shows how mathematics may help all of us--even the math-averse--to unders...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe Sorcerer's Apprentice is John Richardson's vivid memoir of the time he spent living with and learning from the deeply knowledgeable ...
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Reducere. Over the last three decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory and...
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Reducere. Once upon a time-before the 1860s-people loved old roses like "Pearl of Gold, " "Marchionesse of Lorne, " or "Autumn Damask." Then along came the h...
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Reducere. "This learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library."--E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books "This is...
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Reducere. DescriptionIn the three years since Donald Trump first announced his plans to run for president, the United States seems to become more dramaticall...
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Reducere. DescriptionLet's start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become clich s: We are surrounded by more readily available...
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