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Ethics in the Real World
A book of brief essays from the influential philosopher, in which he applies his controversial ways of thinking to a range of current issues, from abortion to whether chimpanzees are people.
20,50 €
Atlas of Ancient Rome
The Atlas of Ancient Rome provides a comprehensive archaeological survey of the city of Rome from prehistory to the medieval period. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full-color maps, drawings and photos, and 3D reconstructions, this...
249,50 €
Infinity and the Mind
In Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he calls the 'Mindscape,' where he explores infinity in all its forms: potential and actual, mathematical and physical, theological and mundane....
19,00 €
Horse, the Wheel, and Language
'If you want to learn about the early origins of English and related languages, and of many of our familiar customs such as feasting on holidays and exchanging gifts, this book provides a lively and richly informed introduction. Along...
31,50 €
Muqaddimah
The Muqaddimah is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the renowned fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge,...
25,50 €
How to Be Free
Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long--one of the world's leading authorities on...
19,00 €
Life of Animals in Japanese Art
Few countries have devoted as much artistic energy to the depiction of animal life as Japan. Drawing upon the country's unique spiritual heritage, rich literary traditions, and currents in popular culture, Japanese artists have long...
69,50 €
What Is Global History ?
Until very recently, historians have looked at the past with the tools of the nineteenth century. But globalization has fundamentally altered our ways of knowing, and it is no longer possible to study nations in isolation or to...
25,50 €
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with...
24,00 €
The Notebooks
Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a...
38,00 €
How to Die
'It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,' wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to 'study death always,' and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his...
19,00 €
Empires in World History
Explores how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. New in paperback.
35,50 €
Evil in Modern Thought
Beautifully written and thoroughly engaging, this book tells the history of modern philosophy as an attempt to come to terms with evil. It reintroduces philosophy to anyone interested in questions of life and death, good and evil,...
28,00 €
Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
Psychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a lot of research in psychology is...
23,00 €
Thirst for Empire
Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market...
28,00 €
Decolonization
The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in global politics....
23,00 €
Lost History of Liberalism
The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry--and a term of derision--in today's increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to...
21,50 €
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 150th...
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In an informative and wide-ranging introduction, Carroll expert...
28,00 €
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the...
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel,' 'Hansel and Gretel,' and 'Cinderella' would become the most...
23,00 €
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned
The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the...
23,50 €
Stalin
This is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist Russia was transformed into...
40,50 €
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite....
23,00 €
Open Society and Its Enemies
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. An immediate sensation...
31,50 €
New Mind Readers
The ability to read minds has long been a fascination of science fiction, but revolutionary new brain-imaging methods are bringing it closer to scientific reality. The New Mind Readers looks at the origins, development, and future of...
19,00 €
The World According to Physics
An illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world, from the BBC presenter and bestselling author. Using examples and thought-provoking analogies, Al-Khalili explains the physics that underpins everyday experiences and...
16,50 €
Lives of Bees
Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley's captivating story of what scientists...
38,00 €
Why Trust Science?
Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming Why should we trust science when our own politicians...
25,50 €
Honeybee Democracy
How honeybees make collective decisions, and what humans can learn from this amazing democratic process.
31,50 €
Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed...
23,00 €
Amazing Arachnids
Amazing Arachnids covers all aspects of arachnid biology, such as anatomy, sociality, mimicry, camouflage, and venoms. You will meet bolas spiders that lure their victims with fake moth pheromones, fishing spiders that woo their mates...
45,50 €
How to Clone a Mammoth
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, addresses this intriguing question by walking...
15,50 €
Secret of Our Success
This book shows that the secret of our success lies not in our innate intelligence, but in our collective brains¿on the ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another over generations. Tracking clues from our...
21,50 €
Against Democracy
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us¿it empowers us, helps us get what...
23,00 €
Founder's Dilemmas
The Founder's Dilemmas is the first book to examine the early decisions by entrepreneurs that can make or break a startup and its team. Drawing on a decade of research, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to...
21,50 €
Mostly Harmless Econometrics
'This pathbreaking book is a must-read for any scientist who is interested in formulating and testing hypotheses about the social world. This includes political scientists, sociologists, historians, geographers, and anthropologists. The...
53,00 €
Mastering Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a...
44,00 €
Game Theory
Suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this title introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory. It covers static and dynamic games, with complete and incomplete information and...
73,00 €
Tyranny of Metrics
Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instill the evaluation...
21,50 €
GDP
Diane Coyle traces the history of this artificial, abstract, complex, but exceedingly important statistic from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century precursors through its invention in the 1940s and its postwar golden age, and then...
16,50 €
Democracy Incorporated
Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into...
24,00 €
The Scientist's Guide to Writing
The ability to write clearly is critical to any scientific career. The Scientist's Guide to Writing provides practical advice to help scientists become more effective writers so that their ideas have the greatest possible impact. Drawing...
23,00 €
Encountering Development
'An intelligent and thorough overview of the rise of the concept of 'development' . . . . (This book) represents the best of interdisciplinary work in cultural studies and speaks to central debates across the permeable borders of...
35,50 €
Narrative Economics
From Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive economic events--and why financial panics can spread like epidemic viruses
19,00 €
Democracy and Prosperity
It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism. Torben Iversen and David Soskice argue that this view is wrong. In fact, advanced...
24,00 €
Why Nationalism
Around the world today, nationalism is back--and it's often deeply troubling. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, racist, and xenophobic purposes, reinforcing the view that it is fundamentally...
19,00 €
Austerity
Fiscal austerity is hugely controversial. Opponents argue that it can trigger downward growth spirals and become self-defeating. Supporters argue that budget deficits have to be tackled aggressively at all times and at all costs....
24,00 €
Innate
What makes you the way you are--and what makes each of us different from everyone else In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level:...
20,50 €
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