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Byron L. Sherwin
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
Judah Loew, better known as the Maharal of Prague, was a pivotal personality in late medieval European Judaism. Best known from the popular legend that credited him with the creation of a golem - an artificial human with superhuman powers - his true importance lay in his comprehensive exposition of ...
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Robert Stern
Balance of Payments: Theory and Economic Policy
An original and systematic synthesis of the major postwar developments in theory and policy of balance-of-payments adjustment, this book focuses on the present-day system of pegged-but-adjustable exchange rates and the problems that policy authorities must face if they are to attain full employment,...
$47.99
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Thomas Piketty
Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, from the author of the bestselling global phenomenon  Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies w...
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C.L. Crouch
Isaiah: An Introduction and Study Guide: A Paradigmatic Prophet and His Interpreters (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the Old Testament)
C. L. Crouch and Christopher B. Hays introduce the Book of Isaiah in its diverse historical contexts, tracing its origins and development over several centuries: beginning with the career of the prophet Isaiah ben Amoz in eighth century Jerusalem, continuing with a late seventh century edition and t...
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Mark Haugaard
The four dimensions of power: Understanding domination, empowerment and democracy (Social and Political Power)
In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Mark Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment. Building upon the perspectives of Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Hannah Arendt, Anthony Giddens, Pierre B...
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Joseph Blenkinsopp
David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel
Examines the David theme in the collective mind of ancient Israel and the early church In this follow-up study to Judaism, The First Phase , Joseph Blenkinsopp traces the development of traditions about David in the collective memory of the people of Israel and the first Christians, from the exti...
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Donald A. Barr
Introduction to US Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Expanded and updated, this is a new edition of an essential look at the history, structure, successes, and problems of the US health care system. The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world. Yet the health of our society and our access to care are worse than in n...
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Steven Collins
Earthwide Drones: A Sky with No Limits
About Steven Collins, Sr. FAA Part 107, FAA Part 137 Certified Remote Drone Pilot Mr. Collins, has piloted and instructed drone pilots on multiple missions, along with maintenance and test flights. Mr. Collins also assists and instructs pilots with mission planning, briefing, mission execution, gr...
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Matt Ridley
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductioni...
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David Prescott
The Bonsai Handbook (IMM Lifestyle Books) The Science and Art of Bonsai from Anatomy to Aesthetics, and How to Grow Your Own, including Pinching,
Written by a master of the art, this is the go-to reference for starting your own bonsai collection! Authoritative and practical guide to bonsai cultivation for both indoor and outdoor varieties - The science and art of bonsai, from anatomy to aesthetics - Explanation of styles , both classical an...
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John G. Cottingham
Western Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)
Western Philosophy: An Anthology provides the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the Western philosophical tradition from ancient Greece to the leading philosophers of today. Features substantial and carefully chosen excerpts from all the greats of philosophy, arranged thematically and...
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Jonathan Tonge
Northern Ireland (Hot Spots in Global Politics)
For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. In this book, Jonathan Tonge examines the reasons for that conflict; the motivations of the groups involved and explores the prospects for a post-conf...
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John Marenbon
Medieval Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction
This new introduction replaces Marenbon's best-selling editions Early Medieval Philosophy (1983) and Later Medieval Philosophy (1987) to present a single authoritative and comprehensive study of the period. It gives a lucid and engaging account of the history of philosophy in the Middle Ages, di...
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Lawrence Lessig
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. In The Future of Ideas , Lawrence Lessig explains how the revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity once flourished because the Net protected a commons on which widest range of innovato...
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Vincent M. Smiles
First Thessalonians, Philippians, Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians: Volume 8 (New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament)
Vincent M. Smiles provides a fresh look at the early Church and the faith with which they approached their dynamic, diverse community. With a brief introduction to each letter, Smiles brings to light issues such as authorship, dating, and historical situation. Smiles focuses on similarities and cont...
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Susan Lee Ward
Lifelines: The Bowen Love Letters
"Katie Bowen was literate, observant, curious, compassionate, lucid, and philosophical. Her letters are informative, affectionate, and delightful to read. These letters constitute one of the finest pre-Civil War collections about military life." Dr. Leo E. Oliva, Santa Fe Trail Historian. Catherine...
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Carl Zimmer
At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water's Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life's transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to Homo sapiens today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre...
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Waldron
The Dignity of Legislation (The Seeley Lectures, Series Number 2)
In a lucid, concise volume, Jeremy Waldron defends the role of legislation, presenting it as an important mode of governance. Aristotle, Locke and Kant emerge as proponents of the dignity of legislation. Waldron's arguments are of obvious importance and topicality, especially in countries that are c...
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Sirley Marques Bonham Ph.D
Self-Experiments with Consciousness and Hypnagogia: A scientist's personal exploration of consciousness at the threshold of sleep and beyond
Synopsis This book tells about the author’s personal experience with subjective phenomena of the human mind and consciousness, with special emphasis on phenomena perceived at the threshold of sleep and wakefulness, known as hypnopompic and hypnogogic experiences (or in short “hypnagogia”), whi...
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Stephen Roach
Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China
An original and insightful analysis of the U.S.–China economic relationship   "Lucid and accessible. . . . One of the most important books on the relationship between the United States and China to be published in at least a decade."— Huffington Post The Chinese and U.S. economies have bee...
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