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Weidenfeld and Nicolson
miércoles, 13 de noviembre de 2024
The Extensions of ManTerms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our a...9999903219507Marshall Mcluhan
The MIT Press
martes, 12 de noviembre de 2024
The second edition of this reference guide to the social sciences, with ninety per cent of the entries being new, rewritten or revised. New entries cover developments in traditiona...9999903215042Adam Kuper Jessica Kuper
Routledge
miércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2024
A Personal Exploration Into the Secret Healing Powers of an American Indian Medicine Man"A Native American Indian medicine man, spiritual leader, philosopher, and acknowledged spokesman and intertribal shaman for the Cherokee and Shoshone tribes, Rolling Thunder, serv...9999903213598Doug Boyd
DoubleDay
sábado, 2 de noviembre de 2024
Muslim Women in the Global EraIn Iran, hundreds of women are producing blogs, sharing their ideas in an Islamic republic that still limits women's expression. In Malaysia, members of Sisters in Islam are challe...9999903211310Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone
The Feminist Press at CUNY
viernes, 1 de noviembre de 2024
Race, Gender, and White SupremacyFerber's provocative critique examines white supremacists' firm belief that white men are becoming victims and the repercussions of their attempts to assert white male power.9999903196167Abby L. Ferber
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1998.
sábado, 5 de octubre de 2024
A Cultural HistoryWhether we like it or not, an atmosphere of fear pervades modern culture. In America, each day is color-coded for the level of threat; newspapers fill with gloomy news of climate c...9999903171621Bourke, Joanna
Editors Varis
sábado, 10 de agosto de 2024
This study of the solar system takes into account all the latest findings of radio astronomy, the space programmes of Russia and America and the work that is still being done with ...9999903137962Patrick Moore
Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
sábado, 1 de junio de 2024
The Danger of IndifferenceRacism has not been eradicated, despite the enormous strides taken over the past fifty years. It has mutated into new and subtler forms and has found new ways to survive. The racis...9999903136880Rajvinder S. Kandola Binn...
Editors Varis
sábado, 1 de junio de 2024
Girls Growing Up in the FiftiesIn this collection of autobiographical writing 12 women who grew into feminism in the 1970s look back on their childhoods. The contributors include Alison Fell, Harriett Gilbert, A...9999903134053Liz Heron
Virago Press Ltd
miércoles, 29 de mayo de 2024
Explores the mystery of the body, the fantastic way in which it works and its amazing ability to repair itself. The book relates dramatic tales offuturistic medicine taking place t...9999903131328Robert M. L. Winston Lori...
BBC Books
jueves, 23 de mayo de 2024
"From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers, a monumental work that radically redefines our conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for...9999903125655David B. Agus Kristin Lob...
Pocket Books
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently DeadNot too long ago, there was no coming back from death. But now, with revolutionary medical advances, death has become just another serious complication. As a young medical student...9999903125556David J. Casarett
Portfolio Hardcover
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Adventures on the Alimentary CanalIn this international bestseller, Mary Roach breaks bread with spit connoisseurs, beer and pet-food tasters, stomach slugs, potato crisp engineers, enema exorcists, rectum-examinin...9999903125488Mary Roach
Oneworld Publications
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the PlanetOn March 27, 1964, at 5-36 p.m., the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America--and the second biggest ever in the world, measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale--struck Alaska,...9999903125297Henry Fountain
Anchor Books
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Written by a leading dermatologist, The Blue Man and Other Stories of the Skin provides a compelling and accessible introduction to the life of our largest organ, while also recoun...9999903125273Robert A. Norman
University of California Press
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Letters on the Evolution of Life and Human Nature"Stimulated by Darwin's relatively uninformed but obviously intelligent questions, Dover takes the father of evolution on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride through recent genetic...9999903112679Gabriel A. Dover
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
lunes, 22 de abril de 2024
The Accelerating Pace of Human EvolutionAre we still evolving? Or has our mastery of the environment stopped evolution in its tracks? Spurred by a rapidly changing environment, and acting on our ever-expanding gene pool,...9999903112525Christopher Wills
Allen Lane
lunes, 22 de abril de 2024
Adventures in Community LivingIn 1972, at the height of the counter-culture movement, several hundred hippies drove their school buses into southern rural Tennessee and founded America's largest, modern-day int...9999903112495Rupert Fike
Summertown, Tenn. : Book Pub. Co., c2002.
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
When More is Not EnoughDespite an astonishing appetite for life, more and more Americans are feeling overworked and dissatisfied. In the world's most affluent nation, epidemic rates of stress, anxiety, d...9999903112075Peter C. Whybrow
W. W. Norton & Company
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
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