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Media Theory in Japan(2017)Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formaVezava: Mehka51,37 € -
Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men(2020) AMBEDKAR, B. R.B. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and instigating the end of the caste system. In his 1948 book The Untouchables, he sought to trace the origin of Untouchability. Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is an annotated selection from this work,Vezava: Mehka39,05 € -
Chile Pepper in China(2020) DOTT, BRIAN R.Brian R. Dott explores how the non-native chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine but also medicine, language, and cultural identity. The Chile Pepper in China sheds new light on the piquant cultural impact of a potentVezava: Trda43,73 € -
Bookishness(2020) PRESSMAN, JESSICAJessica Pressman explores the rise of “bookishness” as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from store-window décor to experimental writing. Ranging from literature to kitsch objects, stop-motion animation films to book design, she consVezava: Mehka39,05 € -
Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World(2017) DIXON, TIMOTHY H. (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)This thought-provoking book presents a compelling account of recent and historical disasters, both natural and human-caused, drawing out common themes and providing a holistic understanding of hazards, disasters and mitigation, for anyone interested in thVezava: Trda45,92 € -
Six Months in 1945(2013) DOBBS, MICHAELWhen FDR, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1945, they had Hitler's armies on the run, and victory was just a matter of time. Their mission was to forge the decisions that would shape the postwar worVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Melissa(2022) GINO, ALEX"Allow me to introduce you to a remarkable book, full of love, wonder,hope, and the importance of getting to be who you were meantto be. You must read this." - David Levithan, author of EveryDay and editor of George. GEORGE is stunning debut about a giVezava: Mehka11,11 € -
Bringing Down the Educational Wall: Political Regimes, Ideology, and the Expansion of Education(2017) MANZANO, DULCE (UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE, MADRID)The book studies the causes of educational expansion. It considers the economic context of nations and explores the impact of political regimes and the ideology of dictatorships on education. The book is for undergraduate and graduate students in comparatVezava: Trda106,84 € -
Constructive Mind(2017) WAGONER, BRADY (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, AALBORG UNIVERSITY, DENMARK)The Constructive Mind presents the life, work and legacy of Frederic Bartlett (1886-1969), one of the leading psychologists of the twentieth century. Wagoner describes Bartlett's fundamental ideas - such as constructive remembering, imagining, thinking, sVezava: Trda127,21 € -
Slowdown(2021) DORLING, DANNYA powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown—of population growth, economies, and technological innovationVezava: Mehka23,87 € -
The Global Governed? - Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance(2020) PINCOCK, KATE (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD),BETTS, ALEXANDER (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD),EASTON-CALABRIA, EVAN (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)This book examines the role of refugees as providers of assistance to other refugees. Drawing upon ideas from anthropology and international relations, it offers an alternative vision for more participatory global governance, of relevance to other policyVezava: Mehka64,30 € -
Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer(2022) VOLPE, LISAA groundbreaking introduction to the photographic work of an iconic modern artistVezava: Trda67,85 € -
The Virus in the Age of Madness(2020) LEVY, BERNARD-HENRIA trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary societyVezava: Mehka17,90 € -
World Out of Reach(2021)Selections from the "Pandemic Files" published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideasVezava: Mehka14,46 € -
Joseph E. Yoakum(2021)The extraordinary life of a captivating American artist, beautifully illustrated with his dreamlike drawingsVezava: Trda67,85 € -
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Art of War in an Age of Peace(2021) O'HANLON, MICHAELAn informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextensionVezava: Trda41,35 € -
About The Rose(2022) FERRELL, ELIZABETHA remarkable portrait of a web of artistic connections, traced outward from Jay DeFeo’s uniquely generative work of artVezava: Trda84,81 € -
By Her Hand(2021)A brand new look at the extraordinary accomplishments of early modern Italian women artistsVezava: Trda55,13 € -
Statistics for the Social Sciences(2020) WARNE, RUSSELL T. (UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY)This textbook introduces statistics using the General Linear Model, a method that shows the interconnections among statistical concepts. The second edition is for undergraduate social science majors in a one-semester statistics course and provides timelyVezava: Mehka106,84 €
