40 results for '"MELE,A"'

Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality--most notably, incontinent action and self-deception--pose such difficult...

People backslide.They freely do things they believe it would be best on the whole not to do -- a judgment developed from their own point of view, not just the perspective of their peers or their...

"With the crisis of the global capitalist economy the topic of global culture is regaining its importance and needs to be revisited from both theoretical and practical standpoints. How do we make...

“This shiny, rainbow-hued book should prove exciting to little eyes and fingers, and there may be a lesson about love to be learned, too, for those who are ready for it.” —New York Times Book...

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER Lorrie Moore’s first novel since A Gate at the Stairs—a daring, meditative exploration of love and death, passion and grief, and what it means to be...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how...

A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011 | Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryAn intimate collection from one of America's most important poetsThe latest collection from one of our...

Every nation that invades the City gives it a new name. But before long, new invaders arrive and the City changes hands once again. The natives don't let themselves get caught up in the unending wars...

The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas...

Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it. In Homelessness Is a Housing...

The Stone Heart is the second book in the Nameless City trilogy from Faith Erin Hicks.Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more...

Can American cities respond effectively to pressing social problems? Or, as many scholars have claimed, are urban politics so mired in stasis, gridlock and bureaucratic paralysis that dramatic policy...

Vol. I: 554 p., 4 maps. Vol.II. 148 p., 78 pages of plates. 2 volume set.