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Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish ...
$11.08
Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its tables heaped with food. How they experienced the realities of America's abundant food--its meat and white bread, its butter and cheese, fruits and vegetables, coffee and beer--reflecte..
Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity)
$16.48
Hypatia brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's ..
Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity)
$19.33
Hypatia--brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty--was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia'..
Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous...
$38.43
Over the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity the basis for patriarchal rule in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. Hysterical Men boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secur..
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery
$8.25
This book tells the exciting story of the ice ages what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next one is due. The solution to the ice age mystery originated when the National Science Foundation organized the CLIMAP project to study changes in the earth’s climate over the past 700,000 year..
Icons
$10.90
Byzantine and Russian Orthodox icons are perhaps the most enduring form of religious art ever developed--and one of the most mysterious. This book, featuring the painted panels made for churches and for prayer at home, provides an accessible guide to their story and power. Illustrated mostly with Cr..
Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the Worl...
$78.28
From subarctic tundra to equatorial rainforest, deep in the soil and at the tip of the highest tree, ants are found the world over. This book, by the world’s leading ant taxonomist, offers a definitive guide for identifying these ubiquitous insects.Barry Bolton provides identification keys to all th..
Idols of the Tribe: Group Identity and Political C...
$14.89
“A pacesetter, at the forefront in recognizing the persisting importance of ‘ethnicity as a force both in building nations and in tearing them apart,’ it is also a work of literary merit, crafted by a master wordsmith.” So comments Lucian Pye in reflecting on this classic work in political science a..
Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Win...
$41.25
This is the first book to challenge the "broken-windows" theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on..
Imperial China, 900-1800
$17.09
This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a sim..
In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the ...
$86.95
One of the world's foremost physiological ecologists discusses his life and work as a scientist and recounts in detail years spent in research in the wild in many parts of the world Author: Heinrich, Bernd Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674445481 I..
In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist’s Life in th...
$32.34
Why would a grown man chase hornets with a thermometer, paint whirligig beetles bright red, or track elephants through the night to fill trash bags with their prodigious droppings Some might say to advance science. Bernd Heinrich says because it’s fun.Heinrich, author of the much acclaimed Bumblebe..
In Doubt: The Psychology of the Criminal Justice P...
$16.86
The criminal justice process is unavoidably human. Police detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape the course of investigations, while prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. In this sweeping review of psychological research, Dan Simon shows h..
In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Li...
$9.96
If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental ca..
In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Li...
$9.73
If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental ca..
In Praise of Commercial Culture
$9.77
Does a market economy encourage or discourage music, literature, and the visual arts Do economic forces of supply and demand help or harm the pursuit of creativity This book seeks to redress the current intellectual and popular balance and to encourage a more favorable attitude toward the commerci..
In Search of Africa
$14.13
"There I was, standing alone, unable to cry as I said goodbye to Sidimé Laye, my best friend, and to the revolution that had opened the door of modernity for me--the revolution that had invented me." This book gives us the story of a quest for a childhood friend, for the past and present, and above ..
Indivisible by Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins
$8.40
A leading expert on twins delves into the stories behind her research to reveal the profound joys and real-life traumas of twelve remarkable sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets.Indivisible by Two introduces us to an assortment of memorable characters, from the “Fireman Twins” brothers who, thou..
Indivisible by Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins
$9.11
A leading expert on twins delves into the stories behind her research to reveal the profound joys and real-life traumas of twelve remarkable sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets.Indivisible by Two introduces us to an assortment of memorable characters, from the "Fireman Twins"--brothers who, tho..
Inequality Reexamined
$8.99
The noted economist and philosopher Amartya Sen argues that the dictum “all people are created equal” serves largely to deflect attention from the fact that we differ in age, gender, talents, and physical abilities as well as in material advantages and social background. He argues for concentrating ..
Information Technology in a Democracy (Studies in ...
$19.13
Book by Author: Westin, Alan F. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674454359 ISBN-13: 9780674454354..
Injury to Insult: Unemployment, Class, and Politic...
$16.73
It is commonplace in contemporary American politics for those who experience economic strain to join together and ask the government for help. The unemployed, by and large, have not done so. In their study, Kay Lehman Schlozman and Sidney Verba look closely at the unemployed and ask why not.Using th..
Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from ...
$9.02
Insects inhabit an often unexamined microcosmos, pursuing lives that are often strange beyond our wildest imaginings. From the dawn of humanity, our six-legged fellow Earthlings have repelled and enthralled us. Humans have exterminated, eaten, domesticated, and even excommunicated insects. We collec..
Inside Deaf Culture
$9.92
In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people's search for a voice of their own, and their proud self-discover..
Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Krus...
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Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962, Zubok and Pleshakov explore the personalities and motivations of the key people who directed Soviet political life and shaped Soviet foreign policy. They begin with the fearsome figure of Joseph Stalin, who was driven by the dual dream of a Communist r..