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In Praise of Risk, Hardback - Anne Dufourmantelle

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In Praise of Risk, Paperback - Anne Dufourmantelle

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This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challen...

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Middle Ages at Work, Hardback - ***

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This timely volume examines the commitments of historicism in the wake of New Historicism. Several of the essays strive to reformulate the very cri...

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Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government, Paperback - Kim U. Hoffman

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The Greco-Persian Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek City-States, Including the Battle of, Hardcov

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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell, Hardcover - Marta Russell

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The Open Conspiracy, Hardcover - H. G. Wells

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God of the Machine, Paperback - Isabel Paterson

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An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, Volume 2, Paperback - Gunnar Myrdal

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A Turning Point for Europe?: The Church in the Modern World: Assessment and Forecast, Paperback - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

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Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography, Paperback - Tamas Krausz

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any unde...

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Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940, Paperback - Grace Elizabeth Hale

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Abnormal: Lectures at the College de France 1974-1975 - Graham Burchell

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Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind: The Authorized Biography, Paperback - Stephen Larsen

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Social Forms: A Short History of Political Art, Paperback - Christian Viveros-Faune

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DescriptionIn an increasingly polarized world, Social Forms surveys those artists at the forefront of political resistanceIn Social Forms: A Short ...

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Sophie Washington: Hurricane, Paperback - Tonya Duncan Ellis

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Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts, Paperback - Steven Cahn

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Now greatly expanded in its third edition, Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts is ideal for survey courses in political philosophy. Offering ...

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The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version, Paperback - Henry Adams

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Vril, the Power of the Coming Race, Hardcover - Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

134,99 RON 144,99 RON

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Citizenship, Paperback - Dimitry Kochenov

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DescriptionThe story of citizenship as a tale not of liberation, dignity, and nationhood but of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination.The glorific...

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Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies, Paperback - Calestous Juma

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Taking Charge, Paperback - Gudrun Burkhard

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DescriptionWhile the modern world is rapidly making us into "global citizens, " we experience increasing isolation as individuals in our own societ...

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We Are Artists: Women Who Made Their Mark on the World, Hardcover - Kari Herbert

91,99 RON

DescriptionA richly illustrated book, We Are Artists celebrates the life and work of fifteen female artists from around the globe and the distincti...

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In Search of Wagner - Theodor Adorno

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DescriptionWritten in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural ...

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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People, Paperback - Thomas Vennum Jr

261,99 RON 280,99 RON

Reducere. Wild rice has always been essential to life in the Upper Midwest and neighboring Canada. In this far-reaching book, Thomas Vennum, Jr., uses travel...

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The Enneagram of Society: Healing the Soul to Heal the World, Paperback - Claudio Naranjo

114,99 RON 123,99 RON

Reducere. Seeking to draw parallels between the one and the whole, this work is as much a study of individual character as a critique of society and its inst...

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The Archisutra: The Handbook's Final Chapter, Paperback - Miguel Bolivar

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The Mark of the Sacred, Paperback - Jean-Pierre Dupuy

143,99 RON

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying, " has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In thi...

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Vril: The Power of the Coming Race, Paperback - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

61,99 RON 66,99 RON

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Political Thought and History, Paperback - J. G. a. Pocock

158,99 RON 170,99 RON

Reducere. John Pocock is arguably the most original and imaginative historian of ideas of modern times. Over the past half century he has created an audience...

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Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, Second Edition, Paperback - John Dunn

116,99 RON

DescriptionWhy does democracy--as a word and as an idea--loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misund...

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Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader, Paperback - Francisco Ferrer

132,99 RON

DescriptionFrancisco Ferrer navigated a tempestuous world of anarchist assassins, radical republican conspirators, anticlerical rioters, and freeth...

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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There, Hardcover - Donald P. Ryan

79,99 RON

DescriptionAncient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted...

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Margins of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World - Robert G. Jahn

234,99 RON

DescriptionWHAT HAS MODERN SCIENCE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG? This pioneering work, which sparked intense controversy when it was first published two dec...

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German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Paperback - Roger Scruton

100,99 RON

DescriptionGerman Philosophers contains studies of four of the most important German theorists: Kant, arguably the most influential modern philosop...

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Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great, Paperback - Carmine Gallo

93,99 RON 100,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionHow to master the art of persuasion--from the bestselling author of Talk Like TED.Ideas don't sell themselves. As the forces of globaliz...

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Paradise Street: The Lost Art of Playing Outside, Hardcover - Mary Evans Picture Library

106,99 RON

Description-Nostalgic photographs that celebrate the lost freedom of children playing on the street Half a century ago, 'playing out' was expected ...

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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Paperback - Raymond Williams

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Raymond WilliamsFirst published in 1976, Raymond Williams' highly acclaimed Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society i...

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Fear of Beggars: Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics, Paperback - Kelly Johnson

128,99 RON 138,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kelly JohnsonWhy, asks Kelly Johnson, does Christian ethics so rarely tackle the real-life question of whether to give to b...

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Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy, Hardcover - Francis Fukuyama

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. Awards🏆Winner (2015) - PROSE - (Government/Politics)Contributor(s): Author: Francis FukuyamaThe second volume of the bestselling landmark work on t...

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The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Zbigniew Brzezinski

125,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Zbigniew BrzezinskiBestselling author and eminent foreign policy scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's classic book on American's s...

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Scots Quair - Lewis Grassic Gibbon

79,99 RON

A Scots Quair is revolutionary—innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterization and p...

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Work!. A Queer History of Modeling, Hardback - Elspeth H. Brown

718,99 RON

Elspeth H. Brown traces modeling's history from the advent of photographic modeling in the early twentieth century to the rise of the supermodel in...

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Modern Women: 52 Pioneers, Hardcover - Kira Cochrane

125,99 RON

Modern Women is a celebration of some of the- influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions. Fro...

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The Responsive Chord: How Media Manipulate You: What You Buy . . .Who You Vote for . . .and How You Think., Paperback - Tony Schwartz

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Drew Struzan: Oeuvre, Hardcover - Drew Struzan

188,99 RON

Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie posters of the last 30 years, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: The Empire Strik...

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Modern Creation Trilogy: Gift-Boxed Set - Henry Madison Morris

231,99 RON 248,99 RON

Reducere. Utterly fascinating, The Modern Creation Trilogy is the definitive work on the subject, and a must for anyone interested in the study or origins. R...

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The Urban Revolution, Paperback - Henri Lefebvre

115,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered ...

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The Division of Labor in Society, Paperback - Emile Durkheim

106,99 RON 114,99 RON

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Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World, Hardcover - Hartmut Rosa

593,99 RON

DescriptionThe pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier or more content. If ...

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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code, Paperback - Lily E. Kay

233,99 RON 250,99 RON

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My God and My All: The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi, Paperback - Elizabeth Goudge

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Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era, Paperback - Laura R. Fisher

197,99 RON

DescriptionAn unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century Reading for Reform ...

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Petra's Garden Note Cards: 12 Nordic-Inspired Note Cards and Envelopes, Hardcover - Petra Borner

94,99 RON

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The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism, Paperback - Joshua Trachtenberg

136,99 RON 146,99 RON

Reducere. A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil--literally and figuratively. Through do...

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Paperback - Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel

314,99 RON 337,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionHegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) is one of the most influential texts in the history of modern philosophy. In it, Hegel propos...

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Homo Sacer Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Paperback - Giorgio Agamben

136,99 RON 146,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio AgambenTranslator: Daniel Heller-RoazenThe work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy's most important and original phil...

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Reason and Revolution&Anniv Edition, Paperback (10th Ed.) - Herbert Marcuse

259,99 RON 278,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Herbert MarcuseIt is of the very definition of any "classic" work that it will not only introduce a new depth and direction...

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Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline, Second Edition: Factory Women in Malaysia, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Aihwa Ong

253,99 RON 271,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aihwa OngIntroduction by: Carla FreemanIn the two decades since its original publication, Spirits of Resistance and Capital...

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Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, Hardcover - Noah Webster

427,99 RON 457,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Noah WebsterLanguage is an expression of ideas, and as ideas change over time, words take on new meanings. Hence, Noah Webs...

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The Asatru Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, Paperback - The Norroena Society

193,99 RON 207,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: The Norroena SocietyFrom the ashes rises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of the Asa...

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How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist, Paperback - Andrew Newberg

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God is great--for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of peop...

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Knowledge and Decisions, Paperback - Thomas Sowell

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With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The V...

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What We Can't Not Know: A Guide, Paperback - J. Budziszewski

100,99 RON 108,99 RON

Reducere. In this new revised edition of his groundbreaking work, Professor J. Budziszewski questions the modern assumption that moral truths are unknowable....

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Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners, Paperback - Gustave Flaubert

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One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on...

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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Paperback - Robert Burton

151,99 RON

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, ...

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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, Paperback - Harvey Silverglate

96,99 RON

The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or...

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Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy, Hardcover - Peter J. Marina

248,99 RON

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, the modern-day bohemians of New Orleans have found themselves forced to the edges of poverty by the new touri...

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The Open Conspiracy: What Are We to Do with Our Lives', Paperback - H. G. Wells

78,99 RON 84,99 RON

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Bushido: The Soul of Japan, Hardcover - Inazo Nitobe

100,99 RON

A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried about the ethos...

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