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Blue Suede Clues
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 8.99After winning the hearts of critics and audiences (all over again) in Daniel Klein's Kill Me Tender , Elvis Aron Presley returns once more to try his hand at crime-solving in a fun, suspenseful sequel. 1963. Elvis Presley has just completed filming "Kissin' Cousins," a hillbilly romantic comedy of which he is instantly ashamed. His romance with... more...
Travels with Epicurus
Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 10.99One of the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypus travels to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books, seeking the best way to achieve a fulfilling old age Daniel Klein journeys to the Greek island Hydra to discover the secrets of aging happily. Drawing on the lives of his Greek friends, as well as philosophers ranging from Epicurus... more...
Travels with Epicurus
The Text Publishing Company 2012; US$ 29.99Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age is a humourous, uplifting meditation on finding the pleasures of old age, by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. When philosopher, jokester and septuagenarian Daniel Klein goes to the dentist for a regular check-up,... more...
What do Economists Contribute?
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 140.00The title of this book raises a provocative question that should make all economists think. What is our raison d'etre? Only a few economists have specifically addressed the issue. Several of the more challenging efforts are included here. Do economists have much influence on government policy, particularly over, say, five or ten years? Is that because... more...
Knowledge and Coordination
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 48.99Too often in economics the understanding of how things work by and large--not axiomatically or categorically--and the idea that we generally cannot know the economic system well enough to intervene into it beneficially are done less than justice. Yet they were Adam Smith's central messages for public policy, and they authorized a presumption of... more...
Umweltinformation im Völker- und Europarecht
Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 91.32Hauptbeschreibung Verfahrensrecht stellt eine notwendige Ergänzung des materiellen Umweltrechts dar. Verfügbarkeit von Information für den Einzelnen und die Öffentlichkeit ist dabei Grundvoraussetzung für aktive Teilhabe und effektiven Rechtsschutz in Umweltangelegenheiten. In Konsequenz haben das Völker- und das Europarecht vielfältige Pflichten... more...
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 13.00This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they?d had in school Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors?and born vaudevillians?Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR?s Weekend Edition . Lively, original,... more...
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 13.00Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex? A. Because they both scare the pants off us. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . Now they turn their attention to the Big D and share... more...
The Art of Happiness
Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 9.99New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new book, Travels with Epicurus The teachings of Epicurus?about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship?attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced... more...
Indochina
University of California Press 2010; US$ 60.00Combining new approaches with a groundbreaking historical synthesis, this accessible work is the most thorough and up-to-date general history of French Indochina available in English. Unique in its wide-ranging attention to economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it is the first book to treat Indochina's entire history from its inception... more...









