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This definitive collection gathers the most significant speechesofthe modern...This definitive collection gathers the most significant speeches of the modern era, from Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. to Ronald Reagan and Michelle Obama Defined by waves of idealism and doubt, progress and destruction, the twentieth...mehr
The Victorian rise of mass print media competed against persisting cults of or...The Victorian rise of mass print media competed against persisting cults of orality: lectures, political speeches, and other oral formats were omnipresent. Still, cultures of lecturing and public speaking have remained surprisingly invisible in...mehr
The human being is today at the center of scientific, social, ethical and phil...The human being is today at the center of scientific, social, ethical and philosophical debates. The Human Condition-in-the-unity-of-everything-there-is-alive, under whose aegis the present selection of essays falls, offers the urgently needed new...mehr
Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in th...Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters - including Dobby and...mehr
Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the...Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do...mehr
In this Norton Critical Edition, G. R. Thompson has fully introduced, annotate...In this Norton Critical Edition, G. R. Thompson has fully introduced, annotated, and edited each text. Backgrounds and Contexts includes fifty-seven carefully chosen documents that illuminate Poe's prolific but short career, among them reviews,...mehr
Though best known for his drama and fiction, Oscar Wilde was also a pioneering...Though best known for his drama and fiction, Oscar Wilde was also a pioneering critic. He introduced the idea that criticism was an act of creation, not just appraisal. Wilde transformed the genre by extending its ambit beyond art to include society...mehr
In the revolutionary excitement ofthe 1960s, young people around the world ca...In the revolutionary excitement of the 1960s, young people around the world called for a radical shift away from the old industrial order, imagining a future of technological liberation and unfettered prosperity. Industrial society did collapse, and a...mehr
Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations for t...Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations for thousands of years. They were money before coins, jewellery before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and environmental...mehr
Nikola Tesla blazed the path that electrical development followed for many yea...Nikola Tesla blazed the path that electrical development followed for many years to come. This record of Teslas pioneering work gathers many of his most famous findings and theories, allowing contemporary readers to experience the amazing range of his...mehr
Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen fo...Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past...mehr
The foot has a special place in musculoskeletal diagnosis due to its complex a...The foot has a special place in musculoskeletal diagnosis due to its complex anatomy and because many similar symptoms can have different causes, each requiring a different approach to treatment. The evaluation of foot disorders and diseases requires...mehr
The Wars of Religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and pea...The Wars of Religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late sixteenth century. This study offers a new history of these Wars of Religion from the perspective of the period's great diarist and collector, Pierre de...mehr