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The Mexican Revolution
Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In 1910 insurgent leaders crushed the Porfirian dictatorship, but in the years that followed fought among themselves, until a nationalist consensus produced the 1917 Constitution. This in turn provided the basis for a reform agenda that transformed Mexico in the modern era. The civil war and the reforms...
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Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying, understanding, and remediating people's reliance on inaccurate information that they should know to be wrong.
Our lives revolve around the acquisition of information. Sometimes the information we acquire—from other people, from books, or from the...
The Sociology of Katrina
Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.
This new edition explores...
Homer Simpson Ponders Politics
Popular Culture as Political Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
It is often said that the poet Homer "educated" ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Homer Simpson and his ilk are educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition.
Following...
by James R. Griesemer, Joan Roughgarden, Ofer Feinerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.
Many researchers and scholars in the life sciences have become increasingly critical of the traditional methodological focus on the...
Alpha Phi Alpha
A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of Transcendence
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
On December 4, 1906, on Cornell University's campus, seven black men founded one of the greatest and most enduring organizations in American history. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. has brought together and shaped such esteemed men as Martin Luther King Jr., Cornel West, Thurgood Marshall, Wes Moore,...
by Prosper Mérimée
Language: French
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Ce livre présente l’histoire de la Grèce ancienne, ce grand pays qui tient une si petite place sur la carte aujourd’hui. Le temps a cruellement mutilé l’histoire de la Grèce dont la langue devint rapidement celle du monde antique. Non seulement elle aplanit les obstacles qui rendaient autrefois...
by Prosper Mérimée
Language: French
Release Date: January 7, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: January 7, 2018
Les voiles sans mouvement pendaient collées contre les mâts ; la mer était unie comme une glace, la chaleur était étouffante, le calme désespérant.
by O. Henry, James Oliver Curwood, Zane Grey
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
This Western Classic Collection is the ultimate book bundle for readers of classic Western. Each masterful novel in this collection has inspired numerous adaptations, re-imaginings, and even whole genres of fiction. This collection contains: • A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill •Bar-20...
by Alan S. Crandall, Madhura A. Tamhankar, Myron Yanoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry reviews the most current practices in both ophthalmology and optometry. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. Myron Yanoff, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites expert ophthalmologists and Optometrists to contribute original...
by Myron Yanoff, MD, Jesse L. Berry
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry reviews the most current practices in both ophthalmology and optometry. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. Myron Yanoff, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites expert ophthalmologists and optometrists to contribute original...
Traveling the Beaten Trail
Charles Tait's Charges to Federal Grand Juries, 1822–1825
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
In Traveling the Beaten Trail: Charles Tait’s Charges to Federal Grand Juries 1822–1825, a concise and essential addition to the Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, authors Paul M. Pruitt Jr., David I. Durham, and Sally E. Hadden capture the life, achievements, and legacy of federal...
La Vénus d'Ille
édition intégrale
Language: French
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Prosper Mérimée nous transporte dans le Roussillon à Ille (aujourd'hui Ille-sur-Têt) lors de l'étrange découverte d'une magnifique Vénus avec cependant un air méchant et inquiétant. Cette oeuvre d'art gréco-phénicienne causera pourtant de grands malheurs alors qu'un mariage a lieu.
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by CSCMP, Robert Frankel, Scott B. Keller
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
A brand new collection of best practices for planning, organizing, and managing high-value supply chains… 8 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
8 authoritative books help you systematically plan, manage, and optimize any supply chain, in any environment...