For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colo...więcej »
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and r...więcej »
Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national ...więcej »
The Singularity of Being presents a Lacanian vision of what makes each of us an inimitable and irreplaceable creature. It argues that, unlike the 'subject' (who comes into existence as ...więcej »
'Fear the north wind. Because no one will hear you scream...'A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes reve...więcej »
In The Social Life of Financial Derivatives Edward LiPuma theorizes the profound social dimensions of derivatives markets and the processes, rituals, and belief systems that drive them....więcej »
The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling Social Medicine Reader provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, a...więcej »
Paul McCartney: The Songs He Was Singing vol. 5 traces the ups-and-downs of a remarkable career. Using facts, figures and anecdotes, it reveals the influ...więcej »
Dental Implants have advanced considerably in the past decade. They can remove most of the hassles of traditional dental procedures while improving patient satisfaction, giving better r...więcej »
In The Space of Boredom Bruce O'Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable symptom of downward mobility: an unshakeable and immense boredom. Focusing on ...więcej »
This revised edition of John E. Smith's classic details the phenomenal growth in American philosophy in the years since the book first appeared. Through the addition of a new chapter and the readdr...więcej »
In an aging mansion on the north side of London's Putney Bridge, an old woman confesses a secret to her grandson, just returned home from the battlefields of World War II. Charlotte Stetchworth has...więcej »
The essential purpose of a staircase is utilitarian: to facilitate ascent and descent. Yet the design of even the simplest stair is complex, requiring great knowledge, skill and ingenuity. This vol...więcej »
Approximately 9 million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914 to 1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war's significance to the history of the Great War. Ex...więcej »