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Democracy in What State?
Columbia University Press 2011; US$ 19.99"Is it meaningful, as far as you are concerned, to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?" In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy and its critical weaknesses. They also reconceive the practice to accommodate new political and cultural realities. Giorgio Agamben... more...
The Boys in the Boat
Pan Macmillan UK 2013; US$ 21.83The Boys in the Boat is the story of Joe Rantz, a charismatic young man born dirt poor in the woods of Washington State, who dreams of escaping the challenges of the Great Depression, and a complicated family life full of painful memories. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other young men exchange the sweat and graft... more...
The Poetry of Victorian Scientists
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00The first study of poetry by Victorian scientists, a unique record of the nature and cultures of Victorian science. more...
The Indifferent Stars Above
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99?An ideal pairing of talent and material... Engrossing.? ?Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review "Brown draws from the many previously published accounts of the tragedy... but he tells the tale with a novelist's touch." ? Boston Globe Reminiscent of Into Thin Air, Miracle in the Andes , and the works of Tim O?Brien ( The Things They Carried,... more...
A New Introduction to Islam
Wiley 2011; US$ 46.95The second edition of this student-friendly textbook explores the origins, major features and lasting influence of the Islamic tradition. Traces the development of Muslim beliefs and practices against the background of social and cultural contexts extending from North Africa to South and Southeast Asia Fully revised for the second edition, with completely... more...
The Indifferent Stars Above
HarperCollins 2009; Not Available?An ideal pairing of talent and material... Engrossing.? ?Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review "Brown draws from the many previously published accounts of the tragedy... but he tells the tale with a novelist's touch." ? Boston Globe Reminiscent of Into Thin Air, Miracle in the Andes , and the works of Tim O?Brien ( The Things They Carried,... more...
Pointing Out the Great Way
Wisdom Publications 2006; US$ 29.95This spiritual manual describes mahamudra meditation from the perspective of the ?gradual path,? a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. The book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems... more...
Oscillations in Neural Systems
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 120.00This book is the fourth in a series based on conferences sponsored by the Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND), an interdisciplinary organization of Dallas-Fort Worth area neural network professionals in both academia and industry. This topic was chosen as the focus for this special issue because of the increasing interest by neuroscientists... more...
Outgunned
Free Press 2010; US$ 26.00Ours is a nation in the grip of a strange kind of mania. Why after President Reagan was shot was there virtually no handgun legislation? Why after the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado, was nothing done to regulate the tools that children most frequently use to kill one another? Why was there no legislative response after a six-year-old in... more...









