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29 produkter
Citizen Outlaw
One Man''s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper
E-bok, 2019
101 kr
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A VITAL NEXT CHAPTER IN THE ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN AMERICAWhen he was in his early twenties, William Juneboy Outlaw iii was sentenced to eighty-five years in prison for homicide and armed assault. The sentence brought his brief but prolific criminal career as the head …
Eccentric Renaissance
El Greco, Michael Damaskenos, Georgios Klontzas
Inbunden, 2024
918 kr
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The Byzantine icon has long remained marginal to the study of art's history, only emerging from Giorgio Vasari's condemnation of the gilded, unnatural style of Byzantine painting (maniera greca) when his theories were challenged in the early twentieth century. Eccentric Renaissance focuses on an …
Eccentric Renaissance
El Greco, Michael Damaskenos, Georgios Klontzas
E-bok, 2024
812 kr
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The Byzantine icon has long remained marginal to the study of art''s history, only emerging from Giorgio Vasari''s condemnation of the gilded, unnatural style of Byzantine painting ( maniera greca ) when his theories were challenged in the early twentieth century. Eccentric Renaissance focuses on …
Eccentric Renaissance
El Greco, Michael Damaskenos, Georgios Klontzas
E-bok, 2024
812 kr
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The Byzantine icon has long remained marginal to the study of art''s history, only emerging from Giorgio Vasari''s condemnation of the gilded, unnatural style of Byzantine painting ( maniera greca ) when his theories were challenged in the early twentieth century. Eccentric Renaissance focuses on …
Comfortably Numb
How Psychiatry Medicated a Nation
E-bok, 2008
79 kr
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American doctors dispense approximately 230 million antidepressant prescriptions every year, more than any other class of medication. Charles Barber explores this disturbing phenomenon, examining the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it. …
The English Language
A Historical Introduction
Av Philip A. (University of Sheffield) Shaw, Joan C. (University of Sheffield) Beal m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
1396 kr
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Where does today''s English come from? This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day. In response to demand from readers, a brand new chapter on late modern English has been added for this edition. Using dozens of …
Early Modern English
Häftad, 1997
435 kr
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Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the …
Songs from the Black Chair
A Memoir of Mental Interiors
Häftad, 2007
211 kr
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Title essay "Songs from the Black Chair" won the 2005 Pushcart Prize."An amazing book. . . . Barber is a gifted writer, and the work he has produced is an important addition to the literature of both mental health and New York City."- The Village Voice."Imaginative and beautifully written, with …
Corresponding with Carlos
A Biography of Carlos Kleiber
Inbunden, 2011
1817 kr
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Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to …
Corresponding with Carlos
A Biography of Carlos Kleiber
E-bok, 2011
827 kr
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Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to …
English Language
A Historical Introduction
Av Philip A. Shaw, Joan C. Beal m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
386 kr
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The English Language
A Historical Introduction
Av Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
401 kr
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A comprehensive yet concise history of the English language, this accessible textbook helps those studying the subject to understand the formation of English. It tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day, especially the effects of globalisation and the spread of, …
The English Language
A Historical Introduction
Av Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
951 kr
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A comprehensive yet concise history of the English language, this accessible textbook helps those studying the subject to understand the formation of English. It tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day, especially the effects of globalisation and the spread of, …
English Language
A Historical Introduction
Av Philip A. Shaw, Joan C. Beal m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
386 kr
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English Language
Av Philip Shaw, Joan Beal m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
319 kr
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This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the …
English Language
Av Philip Shaw, Joan Beal m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
319 kr
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This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the …
The English Language
Av Charles Barber, Joan Beal m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
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334 kr
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This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the …
The Icon
Av Charles Barber, Maria Vassilaki
Inbunden, 2026
2303 kr
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The Icon offers a comprehensive introduction to an art form that remains integral to the liturgical and devotional practices of Christianity in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond. Written by an international team of scholars, it explores how icons have been used and venerated for two …
Corresponding with Carlos
A Biography of Carlos Kleiber
Häftad, 2013
761 kr
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Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to …
Peace & Health
How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare
Häftad, 2022
409 kr
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Peace & Health
How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare
E-bok, 2022
135 kr
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The story of how the work of one small group of people grew to meet the size of their calling: to ensure that Health Care is a Right, Not a Privilege. Peace & Health is the story behind this improbable effort: the 20-year-old who plants the flag in his small hometown of Middletown, Connecticut; the …
Peace & Health
How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare
Häftad, 2022
374 kr
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Paz y Salud
Cómo un grupo de activistas de una pequeña ciudad y estudiantes universitarios propusieron cambiar la atención médica
Inbunden, 2023
350 kr
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Reading Michael Psellos
Av Charles Barber, David Jenkins
Inbunden, 2006
2833 kr
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The papers of this volume originated in a workshop held at the University of Notre Dame in February 2004 to discuss the variety of ways one might read Michael Psellos (1018-after 1081?). One of most original figures of Byzantine intellectual history, Psellos was a polymath whose range extended from …
Medieval Greek Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics
Av Charles Barber, David Jenkins
Inbunden, 2009
2349 kr
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Given the enduring importance of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, it is remarkable to find that there is no extensive surviving commentary on this text from the period between the second century and the twelfth century. This volume is focused on the first of the medieval commentaries, that produced …
Songs from the Black Chair
Inbunden, 2005
282 kr
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Day after day, night after night, the desperate men come and sit in the black chair next to Charles Barber's desk in a basement office at Bellevue and tell of their travails, of prison and AIDS and heroin, of crack and methadone and sexual abuse, and the voices that plague them. In the silence …
