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A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the ...
$9.07
Millions have seen the movie and thousands have read the book but few have fully appreciated the mathematics developed by John Nash's beautiful mind. Today Nash's beautiful math has become a universal language for research in the social sciences and has infiltrated the realms of evolutionary biology..
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Sin...
$15.33
Will Friedwald’s illuminating, opinionated essays-provocative, funny, and personal-on the lives and careers of more than three hundred singers anatomize the work of the most important jazz and popular performers of the twentieth century. From giants like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinat..
A Cloak For The Dreamer (Brainy Day Books)
$7.95
In an entertaining introduction to the concept of geometry, a tailor's son attempts to create a cloak with only circles, with unfortunate results, and then works with his brothers to find a shape that works. Author: Friedman, Aileen Publisher: Scholastic Press Binding: hardcover Language: english IS..
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Q...
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Ten years after his death, Edwin Friedman's insights into leadership are more urgently needed than ever. He was the first to tell us that all organizations have personalities, like families, and to apply the insights of family therapy to churches and synagogues, rectors and rabbis, politicians and t..
A History of the Middle East
$59.68
As the birthplace of three principal religions, the Middle East is holy to 15 million Jews, 2 billion Christians, and 1 billion Muslims. As the cradle of western civilization, it is fundamental to world history, the place where humans transformed themselves from nomadic hunters to settled farmers ca..
A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis
$18.27
An offbeat and incisive cultural history charts the central role of the penis in Western culture in a study that explores the penis as an "idea" rather than a biological imperative in different eras and civilizations. 20,000 first printing. Author: Friedman, David M. Publisher: Free Press Binding: h..
A Wine and Food Guide to the Loire (Veuve Clicquot...
$12.15
Offers a portrait of France's beautiful wine region and discusses its history, appellations, grape varieties, vintners, and gastronomic traditions Author: Friedrich, Jacqueline Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 080504390X ISBN-13: 9780805043907..
Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholde...
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With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood."A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating boo..
Advanced Control System Design
$17.78
Stressing the importance of simulation and performance evaluation for effective design, this new text looks at the techniques engineers use to design control systems that work. It covers qualitative behavior and stability theory; graphical methods for nonlinear stability; saturating and discontinuou..
Africa (True Books)
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Describes the landscapes, plants, animals, history, and current conditions and ways of life of the continent of Africa. Author: Friedman, Mel Publisher: Childrens Pr Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 0531168638 ISBN-13: 9780531168639..
After Nihilism: Essays on Contemporary Art (Contem...
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Product DescriptionIn After Nihilism, Wilfried Dickhoff examines the art work of Neo-Avant-Garde European and American artists, including Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, and Philip Taaffe. Tracing the development of the Neo-Avant-Garde through the 1980s to the prese..
Agnelli, Fiat and the Network of Italian Power
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Product DescriptionA probing look at the life of one of Italy's most powerful figures describes the many provinces of Gianni Agnelli, including the Fiat industry, several major Italian newspapers, and major stock.From Publishers WeeklyAs owner of the Fiat industrial complex, Gianni Agnelli heads an ..
Alexander Fleming: Discoverer of Penicillin (Book ...
$21.37
A biography of the British bacteriologist, born in Scotland, who was knighted and awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering penicillin Author: Gottfried, Ted Publisher: Franklin Watts Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 0531113701 ISBN-13: 9780531113707..
Alfonso Ossorio
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Alfonso Ossorio Author: Friedman, B. H Publisher: H. N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810903520 ISBN-13: 9780810903524..
All His Jazz: The Life And Death Of Bob Fosse
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Bob Fosse (19271987), the director and choreographer of Chicago and Sweet Charity, has never been more popular than he is right now. Here is the less-publicized side of his story-his surprising ascent from the world of sleazy Chicago strip joints to the glitter of Broadway. A legend's memory is pres..
Amazon.com For Dummies
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If you’ve surfed the Web more than once, you’ve probably visited Amazon.com. Originally you may have gone there searching for books, but Amazon.com is so much more than a bookstore. The author of Amazon.com For Dummies®, who has been involved with the site from its beginnings, describes it as a shop..
American Art Song and American Poetry: Vol I (Volu...
$24.37
The first major treatment of the American art song in more than 40 years. In Volume I: America Comes of Age, Friedberg examines the transition from the European-influenced songs of MacDowell, Loeffler, and Griffes, to the consciously "American" style of Ives, Copland, Harris, and other 20th-century ..
American Law and the Constitutional Order: Histori...
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This is the standard reader in American law and constitutional development. The selections demonstrate that the legal order, once defined by society, helps in molding the various forces of the social life of that society. The essays cover the entire period of the American experience, from the coloni..
An Anatomy of Values: Problems of Personal and Soc...
$24.77
An interesting group of essays discussing moral choices, relationships, and human emotions. College level material. Author: Fried, Charles Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674031512 ISBN-13: 9780674031517..
AN Introduction to Jung's Psychology
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Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee. Author: Fordham, Frieda Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140135685..
Anatomy and Physiology For Dummies
$10.66
Learn about the human body from the inside outEvery year, more than 100,000 degrees are completed in biology or biomedical sciences. Anatomy and physiology classes are required for these majors and others such as life sciences and chemistry, and also for students on a pre-med track. These classes al..
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Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispani...
$9.05
More than just an anthology of Spanish and Spanish American literature, this text is also an introduction to literary analysis. Organized by genres (prose, poetry, drama, and the essay), it provides a rich and diverse array of reading selections. Each section is accompanied by an introduction and ex..
Architecture, You and Me: The Diary of a Developme...
$98.98
Book by Giedion, Sigfried Author: Giedion, Sigfried Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674044509 ISBN-13: 9780674044500..
Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews
$34.39
Much acclaimed and highly controversial, Michael Fried's art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains twenty-seven pieces, including the influential introduction to the catalog for Three American Painters, the text of his book Morris Louis, and the re..
Artificial Psychology
$64.01
Is it possible to construct an artificial person Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have for decades been developing computer programs that emulate human intelligence. This book goes beyond intelligence and describes how close we are to recreating many of the other capacities that ..