Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zatopek
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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year In the summer of 1952 Emil Zatopek became...
Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness
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It's a misty night in 1950s New York. A silver Rolls-Royce screeches to a stop at the neon-lit...
Graphene: A New Paradigm in Condensed Matter and Device Physics
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The book is an introduction to the science and possible applications of Graphene, the first...
The Chemical Century: Molecular Manipulation and its Impact on the 20th Century
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This fascinating new volume provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the chemical aspects of...
Obsolescence: An Architectural History
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In our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more...
The Labor of Job: The Biblical Text as a Parable of Human Labor
Antonio Negri, Matteo Mandarini and Michael Hardt
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In The Labor of Job, the renowned Marxist political philosopher Antonio Negri develops an unorthodox...
Long Strange Journey: On Modern Zen, Zen Art, and Other Predicaments
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Long Strange Journey presents the first critical analysis of visual objects and discourses that...
Pathways to Reform: Credits and Conflict at the City University of New York
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A personal account of the implementation of a controversial credit transfer program at the nation's...
The Periodic Table
Primo Levi and Raymond Rosenthal
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Primo Levi's The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories that elegantly interlace the...
Vienna: A Cultural and Literary History
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From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's...