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Classical Tradition
Av Anthony Grafton, Glenn Warren Most m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
837 kr
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“A vast cabinet of curiosities.”—Stephen Greenblatt“Eclectic rather than exhaustive, less an encyclopedia than a buffet.”—Frederic Raphael, Literary ReviewHow do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus’s sirens to those of an ambulance? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome is all …
Greek Thought
A Guide to Classical Knowledge
Av Jacques Brunschwig, Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd
Inbunden, 2000
848 kr
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Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In more than sixty essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth and reach of …
New Harvard Guide to Women’s Health
Av Karen J. Carlson M.D., Stephanie A. Eisenstat M.D. m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
536 kr
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With the publication in 1996 of The Harvard Guide to Women's Health, women seeking answers to questions about their health had access to the combined expertise of physicians from three of the world's most prestigious medical institutions: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and …
New History of German Literature
Av Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Anton Kaes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
561 kr
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The revolutionary spirit that animates the culture of the Germans has been alive for at least twelve centuries, far longer than the dramatically fragmented and reshaped political entity known as Germany. German culture has been central to Europe, and it has contributed the transforming spirit of …
Religions of the Ancient World
A Guide
Inbunden, 2004
685 kr
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Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners journeying from place to place peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated …
Tree of Life
A Phylogenetic Classification
Av Guillaume Lecointre, Hervé Le Guyader
Inbunden, 2007
368 kr
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Did you know that you are more closely related to a mushroom than to a daisy? That crocodiles are closer to birds than to lizards? That dinosaurs are still among us? That the terms "fish," "reptiles," and "invertebrates" do not indicate scientific groupings? All this is the result of major changes …
Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Av Brian K. Hall, Wendy M. Olson
Häftad, 2006
509 kr
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The new field of evolutionary developmental biology is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary biology. The fundamental principle of evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo") is that evolution acts through inherited changes in the development of the organism. "Evo-devo" is not merely a …
New Americans
A Guide to Immigration since 1965
Inbunden, 2007
427 kr
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Listen to a short interview with Mary WatersHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneSalsa has replaced ketchup as the most popular condiment. A mosque has been erected around the corner. The local hospital is staffed by Indian doctors and Philippine nurses, and the local grocery store is owned …
New Literary History of America
Av Greil Marcus, Werner Sollors
Häftad, 2012
403 kr
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America is a nation making itself up as it goes along—a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In these myriad, multiform, endlessly changing expressions of the American experience, the authors and …
Late Antiquity
A Guide to the Postclassical World
Av G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
555 kr
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The first book of its kind, this richly informative and comprehensive guide to the world of late antiquity offers the latest scholarship to the researcher along with great reading pleasure to the browser. In eleven comprehensive essays and in over 500 encyclopedic entries, an international cast of …
