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Making Sense of Media and Politics
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 29.95Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication has to do with the myriad ways in which politics has an impact on the news media and the equally diverse ways in which the media influences politics. Both of these aspects in turn weigh heavily... more...
The Dictator's Handbook
PublicAffairs 2011; US$ 17.99For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don?t care about the ?national interest??or even their subjects?unless they have to. This clever... more...
Explorers of the New World
Nomad Press 2011; US$ 12.95Offering a fascinating look into the Age of Exploration, this investigative guide delves into the voyages of real-life adventurers such as de Gama, Columbus, Magellan, Cabot, Cortes, and more. With common household items and minimal supervision, kids can enjoy 25 hands-on activities while learning about these legendary explorers in world history.... more...
The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 14.67Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Soygal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation but also advice on how to care for the... more...
The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 38.00Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. more...
The Hunger Games and Philosophy
Wiley 2012; US$ 18.95A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. The post-apocalyptic world of Panem's twelve districts is a divided society... more...
Meditations
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 8.99Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.'The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic... more...
The Righteous Mind
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableWhy can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe from you? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so easy to see the flaws in others' arguments, and less in our own? Jonathan Haidt, one of the world's most influential psychologists,... more...
What Money Can't Buy
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableShould we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons, auctioning admission to elite universities, or selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay? Isn't there something... more...
Super Brain
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 16.01Two pioneers in health--Dr Deepak Chopra and Prof Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of Alzheimer's--share a bold new understanding of the brain and a prescriptive plan for how we can use it to achieve physical, mental and spiritual well-being. In his bestselling books Ageless Body, Timeless Mind and Reinventing... more...









