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Critchlow Donald: American Political History

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet the country's national politics have historically included all those features. In American Political History: A Very Short Introduction, Donald Critchlow takes on this contradiction between original theory and actual…

Ware Susan: American Women's History

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraq war, this survey chronicles the contributions, recognized and unrecognized, that women have made to the American experience. Committed to a multicultural approach to women's history, the narrative opens not with the European settlers who came to America but with the Native…

Stewart Angas Weaver: Exploration

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: For as long as there have been civilizations, there has been the urge to venture outside of them, either in search of other civilizations or in search of novelty. Exploration: A Very Short Introduction surveys this quintessential human impulse, tracing it from pre-history to the present, from east to west around the globe, and from the depths of volcanoes to the expanses of space. Stewart Weaver…

Nicholas P. Money: Microbiology

Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know, play a critical role in ecosystems, in the chemistry of atmosphere and oceans, and within our bodies.…

Dodds Klaus: Geopolitics

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq, Lebanon, or Israel, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' — in Europe…

Nicholson Simon: Young Houdini: The Magician's Fire

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The world's most famous magician. But before his name became legend, who was young Harry Houdini? New York City, 1886. Harry Houdini is just a penniless street urchin dabbling with a few escape tricks. But when a well-known magician goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Harry and his friends, Arthur and Billie, are sucked into a deadly adventure. Now Harry must put all his extraordinary…

Lipsey Richard: Economics: 13th Edition

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: Fully updated, but maintaining its rigorous approach, the thirteenth edition of Economics guides students through the core principles of micro and macroeconomics, building firm foundations of understanding. Clear explanations ensure that students master each key concept before practical illustrations show how these ideas are applied in reality. Each topic is made easy to grasp through the use of…

Owen: Winnie's Alien Sleepover

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: In these four new stories, illustrated by Korky Paul, everyone's favourite witch is on the lookout! She's looking for her teddy bear, she's looking at Wilbur when he takes a starring role in a TV advert, she's looking pretty wobbly when she tries to ride a bike, and she's looking at stars (as well as the odd alien) on a stargazing sleepover! Fans who have grown up with Winnie, or those new to her…

Thomas Valerie: Winnie's Haunted House

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie and Wilbur are settling down for a lazy afternoon. But when Wilbur accidently smashes one of Winnie's vases he hides to evade suspicion... He then goes on to bring down Winnie's curtains and her chandelier — each time hiding himself away. Winnie begins to think her house must be haunted. She instigates what she thinks is a spell to fix a haunted house but ends up instead filling her house…

Platt Richard: In 1400, Reading Could Save Your Life?!

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The next title in the Would You Believe series, this book charts the fabulous exploration of education throughout history. Young educationalists get a real taste of the story behind schools and education as we examine the amazing teaching practices and types of schools which existed past and present. Readers will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that…

Ghazoul Jaboury: Forests

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on forests for a wide range of goods and services. Moreover, forests still retain a remarkable hold on our environmental values. In an…

Matthew S. Hedstrom: The Rise of Liberal Religion: Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century

Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: Winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Best First Book Prize of the American Society of Church History Named a Society for U. S. Intellectual History Notable Title in American Intellectual History The story of liberal religion in the twentieth century, Matthew S. Hedstrom contends, is a story of cultural ascendency. This may come as a surprise-most scholarship in American religious…

Lankov Andrei: The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this…

Devolder Katrien: The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Embryonic stem cell research holds unique promise for developing therapies for currently incurable diseases and conditions, and for important biomedical research. However, the process through which embryonic stem cells are obtained involves the destruction of early human embryos. Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or…

Jesse J. Prinz: The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Prinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the…

The New Nuclear Forensics: Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Nuclear material changes its form and properties as it moves through the nuclear fuel cycle, from one facility to another. Each step of the fuel cycle or each use of the material will inevitably leave its mark. The science of determining the history of a sample of nuclear material through the study of these characteristics is known as nuclear forensics. While nuclear forensic analysis has…

Siegel Jennifer: For Peace and Money: French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: From the late imperial period until 1922, the British and French made private and government loans to Russia, making it the foremost international debtor country in pre-World War I Europe. To finance the modernization of industry, the construction of public works projects, the building of railroads, and the development of the military-industrial complex, Russia's ministers of finance, municipal…

Insular Books: Vernacular Manuscript Miscellanies in Late Medieval Britain

Скачать книгу (размер 1 676 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 330) Аннотация: Insular Books discusses literary texts written in Anglo-French, Middle English, Older Scots, and Middle Welsh. The particular focus of the collection is one type of manuscript: the miscellany — essentially a multi-text manuscript whose contents are of a varied nature, often accumulated over time and added by different users.

Malksoo Lauri: Russian Approaches to International Law

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This book addresses a simple question: how do Russians understand international law? Is it the same understanding as in the West or is it in some ways different and if so, why? It answers these questions by drawing on from three different yet closely interconnected perspectives: history, theory, and recent state practice. The work uses comparative international law as starting point and argues…

Platt Richard: A Circus Horse Could Count?!

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Young readers will get a real taste of the story behind the story of entertainment as we examine the wonderful methods used to entertain in the past and present. Readers will learn about the often amazing and unusual practices that our ancestors employed, such as a cat piano, as well as music made from cheese drums or a sea organ in the present day! Includes fascinating facts about the circus and…