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Schoultz
Beneath the United States: A History of U.S. Policy toward Latin America
In this sweeping history of United States policy toward Latin America, Lars Schoultz shows that the United States has always perceived Latin America as a fundamentally inferior neighbor, unable to manage its affairs and stubbornly underdeveloped. This perception of inferiority was apparent from the...
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George Caspar Homans
Coming to My Senses: The Autobiography of a Sociologist
Those interested in the development of scientific theory and in the nature of academic life will appreciate this intellectual autobiography written by one of America's leading sociologists. Following his family tradition ( The Education of Henry Adams was written by his great-uncle), George Caspar ...
$38.41
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Sir Isaac Newton
The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
In his monumental 1687 work,  Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , known familiarly as the  Principia , Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries ...
$22.00
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Eugene Dickerson
Touching the Source: Book 2 Spiritual Sovereignty
Touching the Source: Book 2 – Spiritual Sovereignty is a spiritually captivating and profound true story. After a cascade of direct encounters with the unseen, Eugene Dickerson learns to live from the inner Source and discovers that spiritual sovereignty is not theory—it’s a daily practice. T...
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David McGowan
Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat, and other beloved cartoon characters have entertained media audiences for almost a century, outliving the human stars who were once their contemporaries in studio-era Hollywood. In Animated P...
$34.95
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Alan Jacobs
The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books)
How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English language While many of us are familiar with such famous words as “Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . .” or “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we may not know that they originated in The Book...
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Luke Mayville
John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
Why American founding father John Adams feared the political power of the rich―and how his ideas illuminate today's debates about inequality and its consequences Long before the "one percent" became a protest slogan, American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simpl...
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C. S. Huang
Philosophy, Philology, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century China: Li Fu and the Lu-Wang School under the Ch'ing (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History,
This book explains the general intellectual climate of the early Ch'ing period, and the political and cultural characteristics of the Ch'ing regime at the time. Professor Huang brings to life the book's central characters, Li Fu and the three great emperors he served: K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng, and Chie...
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C. V. Boys
Soap Bubbles: Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them
An excellent primer and the classic work on the topic of soap bubbles and films, this book employs simple experiments to establish a practical basis for the existence and function of surface tension and energy minimization. Dozens of experiments require nothing more than soap, straws, and bits of ru...
$7.95
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Amit Sood MD
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
In this book, Amit Sood, M.D., M.Sc., a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life. Have you ever driven several miles without noticing ...
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Joan PETERSILIA
WHEN PRISONERS COME HOME PAROLE AND PRISONER REENTRY: Parole and Prisoner Reentry (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
Every year, hundreds of thousands of jailed Americans leave prison and return to society. Largely uneducated, unskilled, often without family support, and with the stigma of a prison record hanging over them, many if not most will experience serious social and psychological problems after release. F...
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Michael Mandelbaum
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower
A new and unique framework for understanding the history of the foreign policy of the United States. The United States is now nearly 250 years old. It arose from humble beginnings, as a strip of mostly agrarian and sparsely populated English colonies on the northeastern edge of the New World, far ...
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Barry Hindess
Discourses of Power: From Hobbes to Foucault
In this accessible yet provocative text Barry Hindess provides a new interpretation of concepts of power within Western social thought, from Hobbes' notion of "sovereign power" to Foucault's account of "government". This book will be welcomed as an important contemporary contribution to one of the k...
$57.95
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Maragaret Read MacDonald
Scipio Storytelling: Talk in a Southern Indiana Community
This book discusses the art of storytelling in a small community of Southern Indiana. Based on audio-taped participant observation in the rural community of Scipio, Indiana, the author presents an analysis of storytelling performances during social events of family and friends. MacDonald discusses p...
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Benjamin D. Sommer
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel
In The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel, Benjamin D. Sommer investigates the notion of a deity's body and self in ancient Israel, Canaan, and Mesopotamia. He uncovers a lost ancient Near Eastern perception of divinity according to which an essential difference between gods and humans wa...
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Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Buddhist Dream Yoga: Dzogchen and the Practice of Natural Light
An instructional presentation of exercises rooted in the tradition of Dzogchen for enhancing self-awareness and developing clarity within sleep and dream states throughout all moments of the day and night. In Buddhist Dream Yoga , Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gives instructions for developing clarity...
$21.95
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Francis Fukuyama
The End of History and the Last Man
Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "Profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping thr...
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Mary R. Lefkowitz
Women in Greek Myth
In the first edition of Women in Greek Myth , Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frustrated individua...
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Brett Biebel
A Mason & Dixon Companion
Mason & Dixon might be Thomas Pynchon’s most human book. Its main characters are richly drawn, and they center the narrative. Yet the novel is also packed with historical allusions and an eighteenth-century vernacular that some readers may find difficult to navigate. A "Mason & Dixon" Companion ...
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Cristina Rivera Garza
Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics’ Circle Award for Criticism By one of Mexico's greatest contemporary writers, this investigation into state violence and mourning gives voice to the political experience of collective pain. Grieving is a hybrid collection of short crónicas, journalism...
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