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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 376 páginas
ISBN 978-1-56858-742-4
EAN 9781568587424
The moving story of one veteran's search for redemption in Viet Nam as he seeks forgiveness from the family of the man he killed forty years ago.On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diary-filled ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 17,40 €
ISBN 978-0-306-82176-9
EAN 9780306821769
An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan warsThese stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. And they are all unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 31,75 €
ISBN 978-0-465-02984-6
EAN 9780465029846
An eminent biophysicist asks: what can quantum mechanics tell us about the brain?No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind?In Physics in Mind, eminent biophysicist Werner R. Loewenstein seeks and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 17,40 €
ISBN 978-1-56858-974-9
EAN 9781568589749
Marwan Bishara, the chief policy analyst for Al Jazeera English and presenter of the show "Empire", looks at the roots of pro-democracy revolutions in the Arab world and offers an original analysis of what went right, why this moment is paramount, and howThe Invisible Arab traces the roots of the revolutions in the Arab world. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 176 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-01481-1
EAN 9780465014811
From one of our most gifted and lyrical writers on mathematics, an exploration of the fascinating origins and critical legacy of Euclid's influential book The Elements, a cornerstone of modern science.Geometry defines the world around us, helping us make sense of everything from architecture to military science to fashion. And for over two thousand years, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
ISBN 978-1-56858-436-2
EAN 9781568584362
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 344 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-01358-6
EAN 9780465013586
A prize-winning historian narrates the conflicts that transformed the nation during the 1960s, proving that the crucial upheaval came not in 1968, but in 1965. At the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-05895-2
EAN 9780465058952
In the years following World War II, medicine won major battles against smallpox, diphtheria, and polio. In the same period it also produced treatments to control the progress of Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, and schizophrenia. It made realities of open-heart surgery, organ transplants, test-tube babies. Unquestionably, the medical accomplishments of the postwar years stand at the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 312 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-02829-0
EAN 9780465028290
New answers to a timeless question: how do our minds make meaning? Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning-a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
ISBN 978-0-306-82151-6
EAN 9780306821516
Prominent historian and biographer, Charles Bracelen Flood, reveals the last year of General Grant's life and the portrait of a man, who despite his flaws, had great courage and determination, an abiding love of family and country, and an unshakeable vision for reconciling a divided nation. Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
ISBN 978-1-56858-730-1
EAN 9781568587301
"[Kafka] would have appreciated this narrative on any number of levels...[Carle] emerges as an odd and admirablecharacter in The Interrogator. Witnessing this prickly, rigidly upright man trying to wrest meaning from his bleak dilemma becomes the most compelling aspect of The Interrogator." -Salon To his friends and neighbors, Glenn L. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 384 páginas
PVP: 31,40 €
ISBN 978-0-306-82067-0
EAN 9780306820670
The first full-scale biography of the greatest of all polar explorers and a conqueror of the Northwest Passage as wellThe Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries-the Northwest Passage, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
ISBN 978-1-56858-723-3
EAN 9781568587233
"Simon Kuper is soccer's finest journalist...a terrific storyteller. This book is filled with reporting that will break your heart and analysis that will change the way you watch the game." -Franklin FoerWhen most people think about the Netherlands, images of tulips and peaceful pot smoking residents spring to mind. Bring up soccer, and most will ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 31,40 €
ISBN 978-0-465-02047-8
EAN 9780465020478
A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's toughest question: what is consciousness?Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh's starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven's Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have for centuries ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 528 páginas
PVP: 32,45 €
ISBN 978-0-465-01933-5
EAN 9780465019335
A prize-winning historian and expert on Chinese foreign relations examines China's relationship to the outside world for the past 250 years, showing how the past will set the course for China's future.As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 280 páginas
PVP: 21,30 €
ISBN 978-0-465-03141-2
EAN 9780465031412
One of the world's leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the agesWho is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why-beyond the idle curiosity-do these questions even matter? In ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 31,40 €
ISBN 978-1-56858-643-4
EAN 9781568586434
In the vein of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Chris Hedges and American Book Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco bring us a searing on-the-ground report on the crisis gripping underclass America and crime-Camden, New Jersey, with a population of 70,390, is per capita the poorest city in the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 341 páginas
PVP: 50,30 €
ISBN 978-0-8133-4538-3
EAN 9780813345383
Intended primarily as an undergraduate textbook, this volume covers the history and ongoing evolution of the United Nations, emphasizing its roles in international security, economic development and human rights. Mingst (diplomacy and international commerce, U. of Kentucky) and Karns (political science, U. of Dayton) have updated this new edition to cover the latest challenges facing ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
ISBN 978-0-306-81963-6
EAN 9780306819636
As Ross, New Yorker music critic, points out in his introduction, all music is subcultural and no music is everywhere beloved; thus, he and Carr chose pieces that lead the reader into an unfamiliar realm or mark new paths on well-trod groundpieces that assume no prior knowledge, only a spark of curiosity. Written by both ...
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