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What is populism? Is communism the same in China and Cuba? What makes a democracy? If youre not sure, this is the book for you! Look inside to find out why politics matters, and how its ideas shape ou...

The most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decad...

Grasping complex psychological ideas has never been easier. Transforming complicated ideas into easy-to-understand graphics supported by accessible text, Simply Psychology is the perfect introducti...

A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Equation Modeling, fifth edition, has been redesigned with consideration of a true beginner in structural equation modeling (SEM) in mind. The book covers introductory...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of tod...

Educational and inspirational, this gift-worthy New York Times bestseller from the authors of Rad American Women A-Z, is a bold, illustrated collection of 40 biographical profiles showcasing extraordi...

´Mulhall watches the extreme right revival from the inside - as an anti-fascist infiltrator criss-crossing the global networks of modern fascism - but he brings a deep analytical focus. By the end of ...

Charlie Mackesy´s beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an Academy Award(R) winning animated short film, now available to stream on Apple TV+ #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSE...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD - A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approa...

Since the early 2000s, state-led and innovation-focused strategies have characterized the approach to development pursued in countries around the world, such as China, India, and South Korea. Brazil, ...

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a ´heavy´ and ´solid´, hardware-focused modernity to a ´light´ and ´liquid´, software-based modernity. This passage, he argues, has brough...

An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by one of today´s most popular television shows: House is one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million vie...

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth?the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet? Donella Meadows rem...

Introductory Phonology provides an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. Developed and tested through years of experience and use, it emphasizes analys...

From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that econo...

Addressing the needs of engineers, energy planners, and policy makers, CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency provides up-to-date information on all important issues related to efficient energy use, includ...

With vast erudition, Foucault cuts across disciplines and reaches back into seventeenth century to show how classical systems of knowledge, which linked all of nature within a great chain of being and...

In 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful entrance into the national conversation on race. In a media landscape dominated by racially biased images of welfare queens and crack babies, Killing ...

The Military Balance is The International Institute for Strategic Studies´ annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries worldwide. It is an essential resource ...

Neurologist Damasio´s refutation of the Cartesian idea of the human mind as separate from bodily processes draws on neurochemistry to support his claim that emotions play a central role in human decis...

“A book about your brain that should make you think—twice.” —Alvin Toffler, New York Times bestselling author of Future Shock In his book iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern ...

Environmental applications have long been a core use of GIS. However, the effectiveness of GIS-based methods depends on the decision-making frameworks and contexts within which they are employed. GIS ...

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series...

In this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo, one of the world´s largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil´s communications landsca...

Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down....