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China’s Trapped Transition(2008) PEI, MINXINIn a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped TraVezava: Mehka42,27 € -
How Fat Works(2009) WOOD, PHILIP A.How Fat Works is a concise and up-to-date primer on the workings of fat. It is essential reading for professionals entering careers in medicine and public health administration or anyone wanting a better understanding of one of our most urgent health crisVezava: Mehka42,27 €
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Burning to Read(2010) SIMPSON, JAMESThis book details the sources—and profound consequences—of 16th-century Christian fundamentalism. Simpson focuses on the cultural transformation in England that allowed common people to read the Bible for the first time. The last wave of reading provokedVezava: Mehka42,27 €
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When Is Discrimination Wrong?(2011) HELLMAN, DEBORAHHellman develops a much-needed general theory of discrimination. She demonstrates that many familiar ideas about when discrimination is wrong—when it is motivated by prejudice, grounded in stereotypes, or simply departs from merit-based decision-making—woVezava: Mehka42,27 €
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Zhivago's Children(2011) ZUBOK, VLADISLAVThe story of the Russian intelligentsia after Stalin is poorly chronicled. Zubok turns a compelling subject into a portrait as intimate as it is provocative. Zhivago’s children, the spiritual heirs of Pasternak’s noble doctor, were the last of their kind—Vezava: Mehka42,27 €
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Lives of the Brain(2012) ALLEN, JOHN S.Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (bipedalism, relative hairlessness, etc.), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. How this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protVezava: Mehka42,27 €
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Crisis of Neoliberalism(2013) DUMENIL, GERARD,LEVY, DOMINIQUEExamines "the great contraction" of 2007 - 2010 within the context of the neoliberal globalization that began in the early 1980s. Summarizing a large amount of troubling data, the authors show that manufacturing has declined from 40 percent of GDP to undeVezava: Mehka42,27 €
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Communities of Discourse(1993) WUTHNOW, ROBERTSociologist Robert Wuthnow notes remarkable similarities in the social conditions surrounding three of the greatest challenges to the status quo in the development of modern society—the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the rise of Marxist soVezava: Mehka59,12 €
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Contraception(1986) NOONAN, JOHN T., JR.Originally published in 1965, Contraception received unanimous acclaim from all quarters as the first thorough, scholarly, objective analysis of Catholic doctrine on birth control. The author has written an important new appendix examining the developmentVezava: Mehka51,68 €
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Forbidden Grounds(1995) EPSTEIN, RICHARD A.This timely and controversial book presents powerful theoretical and empirical arguments for the repeal of the anti-discrimination laws within the workplace.Vezava: Mehka59,12 €
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Magic in the Ancient World(1999) GRAF, FRITZAncient Greeks and Romans often turned to magic to achieve personal goals. Magical rites were seen as a route for direct access to the gods, for material gain and for spiritual satisfaction. In this fascinating survey of magical beliefs and practices fromVezava: Mehka50,11 €
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Making Science(1992) COLE, STEPHENThe sociology of science is dominated today by relativists who boldly argue that the content of science is not primarily determined by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. Making Science is the first serVezava: Trda116,71 €
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Political Murder(1987) FORD, FRANKLIN L.Ford’s exploration of calculated, personalized assassination draws on history, literature, law, philosophy, sociology, and religion. Addressing the vast array of cases and combing thousands of years of history, he asks most of all whether assassination woVezava: Mehka63,46 €
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Populations, Species, and Evolution(1970) MAYR, ERNSTIn his extraordinary book, Mayr fully explored, synthesized, and evaluated man’s knowledge about the nature of animal species and the part they play in the process of evolution. Now, in this long-awaited abridged edition, Mayr’s definitive work is made avVezava: Mehka63,46 €
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Soviet Social Contract and Why It Failed(1993) COOK, LINDA J.A critical assessment of the implications of the "social contract" - a tacit agreement between the post-Stalin regime and the working class whereby the state provided economic and social security in return for the workers' political compliance.Vezava: Trda112,29 €
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Un Pensamiento Positiva Para Cada Dia (Positive Thinking Every Day)(1995) PEALE, DR. NORMAN VINCENTVezava: Mehka29,44 €
