Basic books nov 2026 (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An acclaimed economist reveals why good parenting is far less stressful-and far more fun-than you think.'Cheery and intellectually hones . The bedrock of Caplan's argument is solid: Modern parenting is insane.' -Wall Street Journal We've needlessly turned parenting into an unpleasant chore. Parents invest more time and money in their kids than ever, but the shocking lesson of recent twin and adoption research is that upbringing is much less important than genetics. The big lesson for parents: Mold your children less and enjoy your life more. Your kids will still turn out fine. Now updated with a new afterword, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids asks the big questions: How can parents be happier What can they change-and what should they just accept Which worries can parents safely forget Drawing on economics and scientific research, Caplan answers all these questions and more. Since its initial publication, this modern classic has inspired countless parents to embrace its pro-child, pro-fun philosophy-and even to grow their families. You will never see kids or parenthood the same way again.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, the gripping tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century.'Once you start this book, it's nearly impossible to put it down.' -Washington Post In 1527, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane and knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. In the end, only four survived: three Spaniards and an African slave. Enduring a horrific march through Florida, a harrowing raft passage across the Louisiana coast, and years of enslavement in the American Southwest, this tiny band of castaways journeyed across an unknown land for almost ten years in search of the Pacific Ocean that would guide them home. Now updated with a new afterword, A Land So Strange brings to life the vast, dynamic world of North America just a few years before European settlers would transform it forever.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful proposal for fighting violence in America.'[Abt] presents a vision for dealing with urban violence by fundamentally rethinking how law enforcement and other government resources are used . Bleeding Out makes a compelling case that there is a path forward.' -Vox Violent crime remains one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But we already possess the tools necessary to stem violence on the streets of our cities. Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experience as a crime-fighter, scholar Thomas Abt proposes a relentless focus on violence itself-not guns, gangs, or drugs. Because violence clusters among small groups of people and places, it can be predicted and then prevented using smart-on-crime strategies that don't require new laws or big budgets. Curbing such crime can unlock the potential of our cities' most disadvantaged communities. Widely read and deeply influential-and now updated with a new preface on crime-fighting successes and challenges in the wake of the pandemic-Bleeding Outoffers practical solutions to the national emergency of crime and violence that challenges readers to demand action.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a renowned literary scholar, the definitive guide to the poetry of the Hebrew Bible, updated with a new preface.'Intelligent, precise and exciting.' -New York Times Book ReviewIn The Art of Biblical Poetry, renowned literary scholar Robert Alter radically expands the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation, but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this companion to the classic The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the distinctive workings of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. With pathbreaking analysis of biblical poetry's structure and function, Alter reveals new layers of meaning in the Hebrew Bible's range of poetic genres.Updated with a new preface reflecting on how Alter's understanding of biblical poetics has evolved since translating the full Hebrew Bible,¿The Art of Biblical Poetry¿is an indispensable contribution to biblical and literary scholarship alike.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the Cundill PrizeFrom a prize-winning historian, the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe.'A balanced, comprehensive survey of the uprising, gripping in its narrative and perceptive in its assessments, making it easily the most accessible study in English for a general readership.' -Financial Times The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In spring 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed bands to demand a new and more egalitarian order. But they proved no match for the forces of the lords, who put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy thousand and one hundred thousand peasants in just over two months. In Summer of Fire and Blood, the first history of the German Peasants' War in a generation, historian Lyndal Roper exposes the rebellion's far-reaching ramifications. Though the war's victors portrayed the uprising as naive and inchoate, Roper reveals a mass movement that sought to manifest the radical potential of the Protestant Reformation. Through the stories of the people themselves, Summer of Fire and Blood reconstructs the thrilling, tragic saga of the peasants' fight to change the world.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A hemispheric history of how free and fugitive antebellum African Americans sought freedom in Latin America.'Compelling, beautifully written. A tour de force.' -Greg Grandin, author of America, América'A game changer of a book.' -Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American RepublicFifty years before the United States went to war over the issue, Chile abolished slavery. Colombia followed in 1821, and Mexico soon after. Black Americans took note. As plantation slavery terrorized their communities, Latin America emerged as the place they could be free.Many have written about the Underground Railroad and northward migration to Canada, but for thousands of African Americans, freedom lay to the south. Abolitionists from Boston to San Antonio celebrated anti-slavery efforts in Latin America.Freed and fugitive slaves began to see the region as a viable place to migrate, a land where they could find stability, safety, and opportunity. Some went on their own initiative. Others were motivated by organized political movements, like a Lincoln-backed colony in Panama and hotly debated proposals for mass emigration to Central America.Drawing on travelogues, runaway slave ads, and hundreds of other archival sources across the Americas, Yesenia Barragan rewrites conventional histories of slavery in the antebellum era to prove that emancipation was a hemispheric effort. Eloquent and cutting-edge, In Latin America You Could Be Free is a powerful account of how African Americans pursued freedom in the darkest of circumstances.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible, Robert Alter, the classic book on the Bible as literature, now updated with a new preface.'A groundbreaking study that encourages us to look beneath the theological surface of the biblical text to glimpse its beating heart.' -Los Angeles TimesWinner of the National Jewish Book Award In The Art of Biblical Narrative, renowned critic and translator Robert Alter radically expands our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary techniques-from dialogue to artful repetition to recurrent motifs-to tell one of the greatest stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself. Now updated with a new preface, The Art of Biblical Narrative is an indispensable contribution to biblical and literary scholarship alike.…