ISBN: 9780195089752 | Hardcover
Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than three years (in cloth and paper) and has sold... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780195101249 | Paperback
In GENDER AND DISCOURSE best-selling and highly respected linguist Deborah Tannen has gathered together five of her essays on language and gender to e... 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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A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780190932947 | Hardcover
Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198865018 | Paperback
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century explains the historical origins of the political shocks of the past decade: why politics has been so difficul... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780195079968 | Paperback
The concept of framing has been pivotal in research on social interaction among anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and linguists. This coll... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780195079951 | Hardcover
A study in linguistics which examines the "frame" of a given speech-act in its psychological setting. It is argued that both the speaker and the heare... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780195081947 | Paperback
Deborah Tannen has collected twelve published and unpublished essays on gender-related differences in conversational interactions. The essays comprise... Meer informatie
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Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahu... Meer informatie
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Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy ... 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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René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192854087 | Paperback
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examin... Meer informatie
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This book considers the steady presence of blasphemy in our world today, even as society grows increasingly secular. Discussing some of the most famou... Meer informatie
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Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its ut... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780241987889 | Paperback
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the forces that drive us and the inner musi... 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
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Restall and Solari explore Maya identity, politics, culture, and indigenous views of the universe from ancient times to the present. With the Maya his... Meer informatie
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The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid images: of merchants leading camel caravans over deserts and steppes to trade exotic goods in the bazaars of glitt... Meer informatie
