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Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. ... Meer informatie
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This revelatory volume brings together significant works in translations from nearly fifty Chinese writers. It includes poems, essays, fiction, songs ... Meer informatie
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Born into but escaped from slavery, Frederick Douglass—orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America—was a towering fi... Meer informatie
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Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie
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In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the... Meer informatie
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De adembenemende historische roman De vondeling van Veenhuizen van bestsellerauteur Patricia Snel begint in Amsterdam, 1824. De wezen Karel en Lize wo... Meer informatie
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With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, written works originating from Japan encompass a vast range of forms and genres. Since the eighth c... Meer informatie
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This book will become the standard work on the life and thought of Émile Durkheim, one of the great founding fathers of sociology. Durkheim remains on... Meer informatie
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How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins a... Meer informatie
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Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's phi... Meer informatie
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This book introduces the life and work of one of the most creative physicists of the 20th century. Niels Bohr, the pioneer of quantum theory, ranking ... Meer informatie
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J. L. Heilbron introduces Francesco Bianchini, reputed to be the greatest Italian of his time, whose life embodied the extraordinary meeting of scienc... Meer informatie
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Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely baffling. From the moment of its inception, its founders s... Meer informatie
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All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, and t... Meer informatie
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In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in t... Meer informatie
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NOW A MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIESTom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it.Struggling to stay one step ahead o... Meer informatie
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The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. Trevor Bryce offers an exploration of the rich world of Babylonia, providing insight ... Meer informatie
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A recognition of graffiti and street art by women from around the world... Meer informatie
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More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society,... Meer informatie
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Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories about society, economics, and politics have shaped and directed political... Meer informatie
