yale university press mär 2012 (17 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 BC Would the experience resemble Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today This book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilization. It invites us to discover what th.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A pivotal biography, providing an unparalleled look into the poet's life. from his early employment to suspicious death. Draws upon exhaustive archival research.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Robert Mahony here traces Jonathan Swift's fluctuating reception in Ireland through the centuries, finding in Swift's ambivalence about his homeland echoes and anticipations of the ambiguities that have marked the development of Irish identity at large.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Human intelligence is among the most powerful forces on earth. This book explains how brains break down problems into useful, solvable parts and then assemble these parts into the complex mental programmes of human thought and action. It is suitable for those curious to understand how their own mind works.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Paulus-Jagric, Deborah (illustrator). Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the tumultuous decades which followed the English Civil War an extraordinary aristocratic couple, Henry and Mary Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, survived the social upheaval by creating a remarkable political partnership. Together, they worked to restore their family's estates and political power base as well as their home, Badminton House in Gloucestershire. They also sought to tame political and religious passions and to bring order and stability to Restoration society, a goal which was shared by many members of the landed classes. This fascinating book uses their story to illuminate the profound cultural changes which took place after 1660. It also brings to life Henry Somerset (1629-1700) and Mary Capel Somerset (1630-1715), two complex and unique individuals. Henry, third Marquis of Worcester and first Duke of Beaufort, was a powerful regional magnate and an active member of Charles II's Privy Council. The book recounts his activities in public life in England and Wales. It also shows the Duke rebuilding his war-ravaged estates, contesting with his local rivals and corresponding with his wife.Mary, meanwhile, distinguished herself in the newly emerging science of botany by growing and propagating an astonishing variety of exotic plants, and finding personal salvation in the natural world. Offering both an intimate portrait of a seventeenth-century marriage and an unusual view of the early days of Enlightenment science and rationalism, this book will captivate a wide audience of readers. 'Historians have written plenty of biographies of great men of the seventeenth century, but none depicts a married couple on equal terms in the vivid way McClain does.' David Underdown, Yale University 'McClain presents the Duke and Duchess as flesh and blood individuals. One can't help but become engrossed in their lives.' Mark A. Kishlansky, Harvard University Molly McClain is assistant professor in the department of history at the University of San Diego.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The English romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was hailed as the painter of light for his brilliantly coloured landscapes and seascapes. This book examines the ways in which Turner consistently strove to confront Claude's achievement and legacy.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nearly all communities are exclusive in some way. When race or wealth is the basis of exclusion, the homogeneity of a neighborhood, workplace, or congregation is controversial. In other instances, as with an artist's colony or a French language book club, exclusivity is tolerable or even laudable. In this engaging book, Lior Strahilevitz introduces a new theory for understanding how exclusivity is created and maintained in residential, workplace, and social settings, one that emphasizes information's role in facilitating exclusion. The book provides many colorful examples to show how lawmakers frequently misunderstand the subtle mechanics of exclusion, leaving enormous loopholes in the law. Strahilevitz focuses particular attention on today's changing dynamics of exclusion and discusses how technology presents new opportunities for governments to stamp out the most offensive exclusionary behaviors.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Walter De Maria (b 1935) is known for the expansive and perfectly ordered land art and installations he created in the 1970s. This book introduces the work, 'The Bel Air Trilogy' (2000-11), in which the artist combines exacting geometry with the unexpected element of three 1955 'gypsy-red' Chevrolet Bel Airs.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story of the trumpet from prehistory to the present day, written by two of its outstanding performers and teachers.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An extraordinary book encompassing the entire history of the world's most fascinating drug, and its dual nature as both destructive force and most powerful alleviator of pain.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first complete English translation of D'Annunzio's haunting book-length prose poem.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Subtitled 'The Untold Story Of America's Road To Empire Through Indian Territory'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Learn to Read Greek'''is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors' 'Learn to Read Latin, 'published in 2004. Like its Latin predecessor, it has a grammar-based approach and is intended for students who have a serious interest in learning the language. The text and workbook include carefully chosen vocabularies and extensive vocabulary notes; clear and complete presentations of all necessary morphology and syntax; large numbers of drills and drill sentences; and abundant unabridged sample passages''from a variety of Greek authors and texts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Geonic period from about the late sixth to mid-eleventh centuries is of crucial importance in the history of Judaism. This title describes the cultural spheres in which the Geonim were active and the historical and cultural settings within which they functioned.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When it was published twenty-five years ago, Catharine MacKinnon's pathbreaking work Sexual Harassment of Working Women had a major impact on the development of sexual harassment law. The U.S. Supreme Court accepted her theory of sexual harassment in 1986. Here MacKinnon collaborates with eminent authorities to appraise what has been accomplished in the field and what still needs to be done. An introductory essay by Reva Siegel considers how sexual harassment came to be regulated as sex discrimination. Contributors discuss how law can best address sexual harassment; the importance and definition of consent and unwelcomeness; issues of same-sex harassment; questions of institutional responsibility for sexual harassment in both employment and education settings; considerations of freedom of speech; effects of sexual harassment doctrine on gender and racial justice; and transnational approaches to the problem. An afterword by MacKinnon assesses the changes wrought by sexual harassment law in the past quarter century.