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Legendary conservationists show us that we still have the power to prevent critical consequences of the sixth extinction in this game-changing book.
Can we save threatened animals and ecosystems in the midst of a mass extinction? The answer is a resounding yes! Before They Vanish shows us how. ......
Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and ......
Coetzee, Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and analytic philosophy of mind-while giving readers a new framework for thinking about some of literature's most fundamental and exciting questions.
Coetzee, Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and analytic philosophy of mind-while giving readers a new framework for thinking about some of literature's most fundamental and exciting questions.
Beijing's Economic Statecraft during the Cold War, 19491991, describes China's use of economic instruments in pursuit of foreign policy goals from its foundation to the end of the Cold War. Taking on China's economic diplomacy during the period of 19491991 as an in-depth case analysis, Shu Guang Zhang focuses on the nuts and bolts of Beijing's ......
While visiting Europe In 1844, Harry McCall of Philadelphia wrote to his cousin back home of his disappointment. He didnt mind Paris, but he preferred the company of Americans to Parisians. Furthermore, he vowed to be 'an American, heart and soul' wherever he traveled, but 'particularly in England.' Why was he in Europe if he found it so ......
Spanning geographical, cultural, and methodological boundaries, the essays in Being and Becoming Visible examine female representation in a variety of performative and visual media. Olga M. Mesropova and Stacey WeberFève situate the disciplines of visual culture and performance studies within two conceptual frameworks -- multicultural and ......
Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard had a special knack for creating "cool" characters. In Being Cool, Charles J. Rzepka looks at what makes the dope-dealers, bookies, grifters, financial advisors, talent agents, ......
