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Digital Empires : The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
Bradford, AnuOxford University Press 2023Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers?the United States, China, and the European Union?is intensifying. All thre...
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That is why theory of special relativity is nonsense
Slowak, JanBooks on DemandThe book presents the author's new evidence that SR is wrong. Among other things, an analysis of k-calculus from the book Introducing Einstein's Relativity by Ray d'Inverno from O...
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Stoic Wisdom : Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
Sherman, NancyOxford University Press 2021How do we find calm in times of stress and uncertainty? How do we cope with sudden losses or find meaning in a world that can easily rob us of what we most value? Drawing on the wi...
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Design - en introduktion
Heskett, JohnRaster förlag»Det här är den bästa bok som jag har läst om designprocessen och bygger på övertygelsen att design har en djup betydelse för oss alla på otaliga sätt.« — Terence Conran I den h...
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Rich Russians : From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie
Schimpfössl, ElisabethOxford University Press 2018The lives of wealthy people have long held an allure to many, but the lives of wealthy Russians pose a particular fascination. Having achieved their riches over the course of a sin...
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Yeats's Legacies: Yeats Annual No. 21
Open Book PublishersThe two great Yeats Family Sales of 2017 and the legacy of the Yeats family’s 80-year tradition of generosity to Ireland’s great cultural institutions provide the kaleidoscope thro...
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Near Abroad : Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
Toal, GerardOxford University Press 2016Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad" - newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union and are now Rus...
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Anteckningar från en kolchos
Rausing, SigridAlbert Bonniers förlagSigrid Rausing var 31 när hon flyttade till en by i Estland för att under ett år studera ”avkolchosifieringen”, hur människor upplevde frigörelsen från Sovjetunionen, och hur de fö...
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The Vietnam war a concise international history
Lawrence, Mark AtwoodOxford University Press 2008Introduction 1. The Roots of Revolution 2. Colonialism and Cold War 3. An Anguished Peace 4. Escalation 5. War on Many Fronts 6. The Tet Offensive 7. The End of the American...
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Trojan Women
Burian, PeterOxford University Press 2009 1. utgåvaIntroduction On the Translation Trojan Women Notes on the Text Glossary For Further Reading
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Two Billion Cars : Driving Towards Sustainability
Sperling, Daniel; Gordon, DeborahOxford University Press 2009 1. utgåvaAt present, there are roughly a billion cars in the world. Yet within twenty years, the number will double to 2 billion, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive grow...
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A Passion for Nature : The Life of John Muir
Worster, DonaldOxford University Press 2008 1. utgåva"I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to...
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Music in the USA : A Documentary Companion
Oxford University Press 2008 1. utgåvaMusic in the USA: A Documentary Companion charts a path through American music and musical life using as guides the words of composers, performers, writers and the rest of us ordin...
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Democracy, intermediation and voting on four continents
Oxford University Press 2007This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents. - ;This book presents the resu...
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The Apocryphal Jesus : Legends of the Early Church
Oxford University Press 2008 1. utgåvaJesus's childhood escapades and graphic descriptions of the torments of Hell - this book introduces readers to a selection, in a modern translation, of the many interesting and biz...
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Atlantic History : A Critical Appraisal
Greene, Jack D; Morgan, Philip D.Oxford University Press 2009 1. utgåvaAn Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History, Philip D. Morgan and Jack P. Greene 1. The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808, Joyce E. Chaplin (Harva...
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A guide to the good life : the ancient art of stoic joy
Irvine, William BOxford University Press 2008One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life , William...
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Music as Discourse
Agawu, KofiOxford University Press 2008 1. utgåvaIntroduction Part 1: Theory 1. Music as Language 2. Criteria for Analysis I 3. Criteria for Analysis II 4. Bridges to Free Composition 5. Paradigmatic Analysis Part 2: Anal...
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Please Please Me : Sixties British Pop, Inside Out
Thompson, GordonOxford University Press 2008 1. utgåvaPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Velvet Glove: The Art of Production 2. A Question of Balance: Engineering Art 3 4 5. Red-Light Fever: Musicians 6. Please Pleas...
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The Oxford book of modern science writing
Oxford University Press 2008Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology celebrating the finest writing by scientists for a wider audie...