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Dinner Pieces (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A collection of stories meant to be read while dining and drinking, the Dinner Pieces, or Intercenales, are among Alberti’s most innovative works. They constitute an important monument in... Læs mere
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Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Long before Greeks dominated the ancient Mediterranean, Phoenicians were the lords of the sea. Setting out from their Levantine cities, they introduced... Læs mere
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The Proof: Uses of Evidence in Law, Politics, and Everything Else (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
How do we know what we think we know? The answer is evidence, but evidence is no simple thing. What counts as evidence in a scientific... Læs mere
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Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn... Læs mere
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The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick return to the primary sources on the origin, drafting and adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to... Læs mere
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The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
If existing models of the structure of the universe are correct, then 85 percent of the cosmos comprises a substance called dark... Læs mere
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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In his final work, Richard Rorty provides the definitive statement of his political thought. Rorty equates pragmatism with anti-authoritarianism, arguing that because... Læs mere
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A Summer with Pascal (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Blaise Pascal is a marquee name, yet little read outside France. Antoine Compagnon provides an ideal introduction to one of the great intellects, contextualizing Pascal in his own... Læs mere
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Translating Faith: Ethiopian Pilgrims in Renaissance Rome (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Samantha Kelly tells the story of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims in sixteenth-century Rome. The only African community in premodern Europe to leave... Læs mere
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A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Francis Cogliano revisits the relationship between Washington and Jefferson, arguing that their vaunted differences mask mutual... Læs mere
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The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
National security once was not limited to physical defense. FDR equated... Læs mere
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The Iberian Apollonius of Tyre (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Iberian Apollonius of Tyre includes the poem The Book of Apollonius, a creative and Christianized adaptation, and the prose Life and History of King Apollonius, a... Læs mere
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