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  • Cover of Performing Violence
    Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian DramaBy Birgit Beumers, reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, and Mark Lipovetsky, associate professor of Russian studies and comparative literature at CUIntellect Ltd.New Russian
  • Cover of "How Oliver Olson Changed the World"
    By Claudia Mills, associate professor of philosophyFarrar, Strauss and GirouxOliver Olson’s teacher is always saying that one person with a big idea can change the world. But how is Oliver supposed to change the world when his parents won’t let him
  • Cover of "The Musical Comedy Films of Grogorii Aleksandrov"
    By Rimgaila Salys, professor of Germanic and Slavic language and literatureIntellect Ltd.Grigorii Aleksandrov’s musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s–1940s. Based on studio
  • Cover of "Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe"
    2nd EditionBy Mitchell C. Begelman, professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, and Martin Rees, University of CambridgeCambridge University PressRichly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer
  • Cover of "Astrophysics of Planet Formation"
    Philip J. Armitage, associate professor of astrophysical and planetary sciencesCambridge University PressThe study of planet formation has been revolutionized by recent observational breakthroughs, which have allowed the detection and
  • Cover of "Tobacco Industry and Smoking"
    Revised editionBy Fred C. Pampel, professor of sociologyLibrary in a Book SetAs the single largest preventable cause of premature death, tobacco use kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. But nearly one in five adults in the United States
  • Cover of "Delinquency in Society"
    Eighth EditionBy Robert M. Regoli, CU professor of sociology; John D. Hewitt, professor of criminal justice at Grand Valley State University; and Matt DeLisi, associate professor of sociology at Iowa State UniversityJones and Bartlett PublishersThe
  • Cover of "Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes"
    By Sharon K. Collinge, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and of environmental studies (Foreword by Richard T.T. Forman)Johns Hopkins University PressAsk airline passengers what they see as they gaze out the window, and they
  • Cover of "Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design"
    By Bradley Monton, associate professor of philosophyBroadview PressThe doctrine of intelligent design is often the subject of acrimonious debate. Seeking God in Science cuts through the rhetoric that distorts the debates between religious
  • Cover of "Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind"
    By Robert D. Rupert, assistant professor of philosophyOxford University Press“Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind� surveys philosophical issues raised by the situated movement in cognitive science, that is, the treatment of cognitive phenomena
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