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A work of art as well as a work of literature, A YEAR OF BIRDS will be welcomed by nature lovers, art lovers, and birders. With 150 color illustrations by renowned bird artist Barry Van Dusen and a foreword by celebrated naturalist Peter Alden, the...List Price $27.00List Price $27.00
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"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid...List Price $13.00Our Price $10.00List Price $13.00Our Price $10.00
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If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and...List Price $15.00List Price $15.00
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From its origins Islam has been an expansionist religion, understanding itself as a matter of faith to be in a permanent state of war with the non-Muslim world. After the initial consolidation of the Islamic caliphate, however, it soon became apparent...List Price $35.00Our Price $18.00List Price $35.00Our Price $18.00
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Text: English, German (translation)List Price $74.95Our Price $18.00List Price $74.95Our Price $18.00
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Briefly traces the life and career of Mikhail Bakhtin, a Russian critic, and discusses his writings about culture, texts, and meaningList Price $15.00List Price $15.00
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Newly awakened interest in Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), arguably the greatest Italian poet since the Renaissance, has resulted in this project to translate a major portion of his works. This volume is the first of four which will encompass the great...List Price $29.00Our Price $12.00List Price $29.00Our Price $12.00
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In this study of the origins of liberalism in political thought, Andrzej Rapaczynski examines the political theory of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.List Price $17.00List Price $17.00
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Impressive analytical essays on the transformation of historical studies in Europe.In four impressively researched essays Georg Iggers recounts the transformation of historical studies in Europe during the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on...List Price $22.95Our Price $16.00List Price $22.95Our Price $16.00
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Essays on Adorno's aesthetics, the nature of a postmodern ethics, and the persistence of modernity in the so-called postmodern age.The Persistence of Modernity presents four essays by one of Germany's foremost philosophers that go to the heart of a...List Price $40.00Our Price $15.00List Price $40.00Our Price $15.00
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In The Policing of Families, Jacques Donzelot, a student and colleague of Michel Foucault, offers an account of public intervention in the regulation of family affairs since the eighteenth century, showing how this intervention effected radical changes...List Price $14.00List Price $14.00
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R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective art book tate galleryList Price $30.00List Price $30.00
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Sligh creasing to DJ. Pencil marks in book (mostly underlining and check marks.)List Price $18.00List Price $18.00
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"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid...List Price $12.00Our Price $10.00List Price $12.00Our Price $10.00
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From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete...List Price $36.00Our Price $18.00List Price $36.00Our Price $18.00
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David Hockney: A RetrospectiveList Price $40.00List Price $40.00
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With the flowering of postcolonialism, we return to Frantz Fanon, a leading theorist of the struggle against colonialism. In this thorough reinterpretation of Fanon’s texts, Ato Sekyi-Otu ensures that we return to him fully aware of the unsuspected...List Price $34.00Our Price $15.00List Price $34.00Our Price $15.00
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From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our understanding of reproduction, ecology, evolution, artificial...List Price $17.95List Price $17.95
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The Stoic ideal of a well-lived life has been around since 300BC, but what can we learn from it 2,300 years later?In The Stoic Capitalist, Robert Rosenkranz shows how its teachings can lead to a life of accomplishment, fulfillment, and impact. Stoic...List Price $28.00List Price $28.00