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How to Kill a Dragon - Aspects of Indo-European Poetics - Bok av Calvert (Professor of Linguistics and Classics Watkins - Häftad

This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language.

SEK 896.00

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The Stars of Heaven - Bok av Clifford A. (Senior Scientist Pickover - Häftad

Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guid, you don't have to be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human existence. Clifford A.

SEK 301.00

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When Information Came of Age - Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 - Bok av Daniel R. (Professor of Social Scienc

Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. This title argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the 18th and early 19th centuries to gather and communicate information.

SEK 2127.00

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What Goes On - The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time - Bok av Walter (Professor Everett - Inbunden

In a stretch of just seven years, the Beatles recorded hundreds of songs which tower above those of their worthy peers as both the product of cultural leadership and an artistic reflection of their turbulent age, the1960s. Walter Everett and Tim Riley's What Goes On: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time blends historical narrative, musicology, and music analysis to tell the full story of the Beatles and how they redefined pop music.

SEK 1820.00

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Ending Midlife Bias - New Values for Old Age - Bok av Nancy S. (Professor of Bioethics & Humanities Jecker - Inbunden

As average lifespans stretch to new lengths, how are human values impacted? Should our values change over the course of our ever-increasing lifespans? Nancy S. Jecker introduces a new concept, the life stage relativity of values, which holds that at different life stages, different ethical concerns should take center stage. For Jecker, the privileging of midlife values raises fundamental problems of fairness, and reveals large gaps in ethical principles andtheories. Jecker introduces a new philosophical..

SEK 497.00

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Salafism in the Maghreb - Politics, Piety, and Militancy - Bok av Frederic (Senior Fellow Wehrey - Inbunden

The Arab Maghreb-the long stretch of North Africa that expands from Libya to Mauritania-is a vitally important region that impacts the security and politics of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and the broader Middle East. As Middle East scholars Frederic Wehrey and Anouar Boukhars show in Salafism in the Maghreb, it is also home to the conservative, literalist interpretation of Islam known as Salafism, which has emerged as a major social and political force.Through extensive interviews and fieldwork,..

SEK 1327.00

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