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Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature
Av Walter Bauer, Frederick William Danker
Inbunden, 2001
2036 kr
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Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on …
Prince
Second Edition
Inbunden, 1998
416 kr
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Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and as a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been defended and applauded as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is rather than as it ought to be. In this edition there is an analytic introduction, a chronology of …
Limits of Critique
Av Rita Felski
Häftad, 2015
294 kr
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Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic's task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates …
Wounded Storyteller
Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition
Häftad, 2013
265 kr
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Since it was first published in 1995, "The Wounded Storyteller" has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger …
Milton Friedman on Economics
Selected Papers
Häftad, 2008
182 kr
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Upon his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as "the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era" by the "New York Times" and "the most influential economist of the second half of the twentieth century" by the "Economist". Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics …
Art of Growing Older
Writers on Living and Aging
Häftad, 1996
334 kr
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Wayne Booth has selected, and has been inspired by, the works by some of our greatest writers on the art of growing older. In this widely praised anthology he shows that the very making of art is in itself a victory over time. Culled chiefly from great literary works, this unusual compendium of …
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Häftad, 2016
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282 kr
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When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff's classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more …
Houston, We Have a Narrative
Why Science Needs Story
Av Randy Olson
Häftad, 2015
205 kr
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Ask a scientist about Hollywood, and you'll probably get eye rolls. But ask someone in Hollywood about science, and they'll see dollar signs: moviemakers know that science can be the source of great stories, with all the drama and action that blockbusters require. That's a huge mistake, says Randy …
Not by Genes Alone
How Culture Transformed Human Evolution
Av Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd
Häftad, 2006
325 kr
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Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth, and our societies are larger, more complex, and more cooperative than any …
Peloponnesian War
Av Thucydides
Häftad, 1989
255 kr
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"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every reason, the current availability of this great work …
Teaching as Story Telling
An Alternative Approach to Teaching and Curriculum in the Elementary School
Av Kieran Egan
Häftad, 1989
199 kr
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"I am very impressed by the practicality of [Egan's] introduction of the use of story-forms in curriculum for young children. His model is fascinating, and its various possibilities in a range of fields makes it worth a good look by many kinds of teachers."—Maxine Greene, Teachers College, Columbia
Imperative of Responsibility
In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
Av Hans Jonas
Häftad, 1985
442 kr
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Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion …
Men Like That
A Southern Queer History
Av John Howard
Häftad, 2001
334 kr
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One doesn't usually associate thriving queer culture with rural America, but John Howard's history of queer life in the South seeks to debunk the myth that same-sex desires can't find expression outside the big city. In fact, this book shows that the nominally conservative institutions of …
Proust in the Power of Photography
Av Brassai
Inbunden, 2001
561 kr
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One of the most original and memorable photographers of the 20th century, Brassai was also a journalist, sculptor and writer. He took great pride in his writing, and he loved literature and language - French most of all. When he arrived in Paris in 1924, Brassai began teaching himself French by …
Analysis of the Self
A Systematic Approach to the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorders
Av Heinz Kohut
Häftad, 2009
391 kr
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Psychoanalyst, teacher, and scholar, Heinz Kohut was one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals. A rebel according to many mainstream psychoanalysts, Kohut challenged Freudian orthodoxy and the medical control of psychoanalysis in America. In his highly influential book "The …
Professional Powers
A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge
Häftad, 1988
282 kr
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"This is an immensely useful book for sociologists working in a wide range of sub-fields. It confirms Freidson's status among the leading exponents of the old Chicago tradition. This book is catholic in its reading, sophisticated in its arguments and cautious in its judgements."—Robert Dingwall, …
This Wide and Universal Theater
Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now
Häftad, 2009
277 kr
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Many readers first encounter Shakespeare's plays in a book rather than a theater. Yet Shakespeare was through and through a man of the stage. So what do we lose when we leave Shakespeare the practitioner behind, and what do we learn when we think about his plays as dramas to be performed? David …
Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
Av E. T. A. Hoffmann, Leonard J. Kent m. fl.
Häftad, 1972
334 kr
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Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of The Nutcracker create a rich fictional world. Hoffman paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostile, absurd world.
Make Poverty Personal
Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
Av Ash Barker
Häftad, 2009
301 kr
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Poverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed …
Why Ecology Matters
Häftad, 2016
290 kr
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Global temperatures and seawater levels rise; the world’s smallest porpoise species looms at the edge of extinction; and a tiny emerald beetle from Japan flourishes in North America—but why does it matter? Who cares? With this concise, accessible, and up-to-date book, Charles J. Krebs answers …
Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins
Av Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell
Häftad, 2015
290 kr
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In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks while foraging for fish, we find clear examples of …
What Is Pastoral?
Av Paul Alpers
Häftad, 1997
344 kr
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In this work, the literary historian, Paul Alpers, argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. Ranging from Virgil's "Eclogues" to Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the …
Freak Show
Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Häftad, 1990
352 kr
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From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays …
Plotting with Eros
Essays on the Poetics of Love and the Erotics of Reading
Inbunden, 2009
689 kr
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The intricate relationship between the erotic and the literary is a recurring theme in Western literature, with a starting-point in Plato's dialogues. Our need to talk, write, and read about love has resulted in a rich tradition, ranging from theoretical and philosophical discussions of Eros to …
Seven Days in August
Av Brit Bildøen, Becky L. Crook
Häftad, 2022
138 kr
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Told in Bildøen’s signature lyrical prose, this story slowly unfurls the horrors of a national tragedy, while peeling back the layers of sorrow that infect relationships over time.A few years after the deadly 2011 terror attack in Norway’s Utøya Island, Otto and Sofie are attempting to put the …
Security and Human Rights in Eastern Europe: New Empirical and Conceptual Perspectives on Conflict Resolution and Accountability
With a foreword by Fredrik Löjdquist
Häftad, 2022
585 kr
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More than three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, several conflicts over territory and political influence in Eastern Europe persist. This volume gathers new empirical and conceptual perspectives on the situation regarding security and human rights in the EU's eastern neighborhood. The …
