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The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Bu...
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Can the structures that animals build--from the humble burrows of earthworms to towering termite mounds to the Great Barrier Reef--be said to live However counterintuitive the idea might first seem, physiological ecologist Scott Turner demonstrates in this book that many animals construct and use s..
The Fifth Branch: Science Advisers as Policymakers
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How can decisionmakers charged with protecting the environment and the public’s health and safety steer clear of false and misleading scientific research Is it possible to give scientists a stronger voice in regulatory processes without yielding too much control over policy, and how can this be har..
The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army
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Standing guard around the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi, the ranks of a terracotta army bear silent witness to the vast power of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who unified China in 221 BCE. Six thousand warriors and horses make up the army, while chariots, a military guard, and a command post comple..
The First Jesuits
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John O'Malley gives us the most comprehensive account ever written of the Society of Jesus in its founding years, one that heightens and transforms our understanding of the Jesuits in history and today. Following the Society from 1540 through 1565, O'Malley shows how this sense of mission evolved. H..
The First Relationship: Infant and Mother, With a ...
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Daniel Stern's pathbreaking video-based research into the intimate complexities of mother-infant interaction has had an enormous impact on psychotherapy and developmental psychology. His minute analyses of the exchanges between mothers and babies have offered empirical support and correction for man..
The First Socialist Society - A History of the Sov...
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The First Socialist Society is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens have lived through from 1917 to the present, told with great sympathy and perception. It ranges over the changing lives of peasants, urban workers, and professionals; the interaction of Soviet autocrats wi..
The First Socialist Society: A History of the Sovi...
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The First Socialist Society is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens lived through from 1917 to 1993, told with great sympathy and perception. Tracing the evolution of the Soviet political system from its origins in 1917, Geoffrey Hosking shows how power has rarely been tra..
The Five Thousand Dictionary: A Chinese-English Po...
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Used copy that has been put to work. Cover worn but intact./lh Author: Fenn, Courtenay H. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0674305515 ISBN-13: 9780674305519..
The Forbidden City (Wonders of the World)
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Read supplementary material prepared by Geremie BarméRead the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II)The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng) lying at the heart of Beijing formed the hub of the Celestial Empire for five centuries. Over the past century ..
The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age ...
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As the United States gained independence, a full fifth of the country's population was African American. The experiences of these men and women have been largely ignored in the accounts of the colonies' glorious quest for freedom. In this compact volume, Gary B. Nash reorients our understanding of e..
The Formation of the Soviet Union: Communism and N...
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Here is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. In this revealing account, Richard Pipes tells how the Communists exploited the new nationalism of the peoples of the Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia,..
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Soc...
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Looks at the influence of smells in eighteenth and nineteenth century France, and discusses science, medicine, public health, urban planning, and literature of the period in terms of the sense of smell Author: Corbin, Alain Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISB..
The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle...
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Discusses the history of the Fourteenth Amendment, considers the intent of its framers and assesses its impact on U.S. history Author: Nelson, William E. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674316258 ISBN-13: 9780674316256..
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite
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In the aftermath of a financial crisis marked by bank-friendly bailouts and loosening campaign finance restrictions, a chorus of critics warns that business leaders have too much influence over American politics. Mark Mizruchi worries about the ways they exert too little. The Fracturing of the Ameri..
The Functions of the Executive: Thirtieth Annivers...
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Most of Chester Barnard’s career was spent in executive practice. A Mount Hermon and Harvard education, cut off short of the bachelor’s degree, was followed by nearly forty years in the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. His career began in the Statistical Department, took him to technical expe..
The Fundamentals of Brain Development: Integrating...
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In a remarkable synthesis of the research of the last two decades, a leading developmental neuroscientist provides psychologists with a sophisticated introduction to the brain the system that underpins the functions that they study.In clear terms, with ample illustrations, Joan Stiles explains the c..
The Gardens of Emily Dickinson
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In this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening, Judith Farr seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. She casts new light on Dickinson's temperament, her aesthetic sensibility, and her vision of the relationship between art and nature, ..
The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical ...
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In this pathbreaking study of the gendering of the practices of history, Bonnie Smith resurrects the amateur history written by women in the nineteenth century--a type of history condemned as trivial by "scientific" male historians. She demonstrates the degree to which the profession defined itself ..
The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of N...
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Frank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical intelligence that is always richly suggestive, never modish. He offers here an inquiry elegant in conception and style into the art of interpretation. His subject quit..
The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal ...
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The front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communitie..
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
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A leading psychiatric authority on anorexia nervosa, a baffling disorder in which self-starvation leads to devastating weight loss, uses case studies to clarify the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the disease that affects primarily adolescent and preadolescent girls Author: Bruch, Hilde Publisher..
The Great Jackass Fallacy
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Views the common assumption that people are motivated by rewards and punishments as destructive to the business organization, and puts forward new theories of human motivation. Author: Levinson, Harry Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0674362055 ISBN-1..
The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Econo...
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While fighting a war for the Union, the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and most socially advanced nation. Rejecting the common assumption that wartime domestic legislation was a series of piecemeal reactions to wartime necessities, Heather Cox Richardson argues tha..
The Harvard Guide to African-American History (Har...
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This landmark guide covers research into every aspect of African-American life and work, offering a compendium of information and interpretation about almost 400 years of African-Americans' experiences as an ethnic group and as Americans.The first part of the Guide contains 12 essays on historical r..
The Harvard Sampler: Liberal Education for the Twe...
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From Harvard University, one of the world’s preeminent institutions ofliberal education, comes a collection of essays sampling topics at the forefront of academia in the twenty-first century. Written by faculty members at the cutting edge of their fields, including such luminaries as Steven Pinker, ..