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Metamorphosis

By: Frans Kafka

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In Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Struggling to adapt to his new form, Gregor becomes isolated from his family, who are repulsed by his appearance. As Gregor's condition worsens, tensions rise within the household, ultimately leading to his tragic demise and forcing the family to confront their own lives and independence.

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6561332814

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Darwin Meets Einstein

On the Meaning of Science

By: Frans W. Saris

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Darwin Meets Einstein

On the Meaning of Science

By: Frans W. Saris

A witty, hard-hitting exploration of the ultimate aims of science in a dramatic form.

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Amsterdam University Press

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9089640584

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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

By: Frans de Waal

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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

By: Frans de Waal

A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393246191

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9780393246193

Imagining Urban Complexity

A Humanities Approach in Tropes, Media, and Genres

By: Frans-Willem Korsten,Anthony T. Albright

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Imagining Urban Complexity

A Humanities Approach in Tropes, Media, and Genres

By: Frans-Willem Korsten,Anthony T. Albright

Imagining Urban Complexity introduces passionate and critical perspectives on the link between the humanities and urban studies. It emphasizes tropes, media, and genres as cultural techniques that shape complexity in urban environments by distributing affordances, modes of sensing, and modes of sense-making. Focusing on urban political and cultural dynamics in 24 global cities, the book shows that urban environments are thematized in literature and art, but are also entities that are shaped, perceived, interpreted, and experienced through sense-making techniques that have long been central concerns of the humanities. These techniques, the book argues, activate a dialectic between urban imaginations and cancellations. Tropes, media, and genres are aesthetically and politically powerful: they propel imaginations and open up multiplicities of urban possibilities, they naturalize actualized orders, and they cancel alternatives. The book moves between close readings of city spaces and more systemic and infrastructural approaches to urban environments, providing tools and strategies that can be adapted and extended to understand urban complexity in different cultural and political contexts. The book speaks to global audiences from a continental philosophical tradition. It is relevant to undergraduates, postgraduates, and academic researchers in the fields of critical urban studies, urban design, comparative literature, cultural studies, cultural analysis, ecocriticism, political theory, and ethics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040095593

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9781040095591

Agents of Change

Strategy and Tactics for Social Innovation

By: Sanderijn Cels,Jorrit de Jong,Frans Nauta

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Agents of Change

Strategy and Tactics for Social Innovation

By: Sanderijn Cels,Jorrit de Jong,Frans Nauta

A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication While governments around the world struggle to maintain service levels amid fiscal crises, social innovators are improving social outcomes for citizens by changing the system from within. In Agents of Change, three cutting-edge thinkers and entrepreneurs present case studies of social innovation that have led to significant social change. Drawing on original empirical research in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, they examine how ordinary people accomplished extraordinary results. Sanderijn Cels, Jorrit de Jong, and Frans Nauta offer lively illustrations and insightful interpretations of how innovators, social entrepreneurs, and change agents are dealing with powerful opponents, the burdens of bureaucracy, and the challenge of securing resources and support. This book will appeal to anyone who is intrigued by imaginative, cross-boundary thinking and transformative change. It will be of particular interest to those who want to know how exactly innovators pull it off. With practitioners, scholars, and students of public policy and management in mind, the authors dissect the strategies and tactics that social innovators employ to navigate the risky waters of their institutional environments. Contents Part 1: Introduction: Chess Masters and Acrobats 1. Strategy and Tactics 2. Crafting the Case: The Art of Making a Start 3. Prompting Progress: The Art of Making Things Happen 4. Managing Meaning: The Art of Making Sense Part 2: Front-Line Innovations 5. Under the Radar: Medical Informatics in Japan 6. Relentless Incrementalism: Financial Literacy Training for Newcomers in Canada 7. Join the Club! Alzheimer Cafés in the Netherlands 8. Just a Tool? Implementing the Vulnerability Index in New Orleans Part 3: Innovations in Governance 9. The Sun Kings: Solar Energy in Germany 10. Change on Steroids: Public Education in New Orleans 11. The Value of Values: Higher Education in Virginia 12. A Window of Opportunity: Institutional Reform in Denmark Conclusion: Innovating Strategically

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250

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Rowman & Littlefield

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081572263X

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9780815722632

Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

By: Frans de Waal

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

By: Frans de Waal

A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats in distress, to elephants revisiting the bones of their loved ones—show that humans are not the only species with the capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. Frans de Waal opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected.

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296

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393635074

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9780393635072

Dynasty

A Very Short Introduction

By: Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam

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Dynasty

A Very Short Introduction

By: Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam

Combining history and anthropology in a global examination of families and power, this book connects medieval kings and queens to contemporary family business empires. Its sweeping overview of five millennia of rulership uncovers recurring predicaments of bloodline succession, and sheds light on divergence and change in dynastic practice.

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0198809085

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Metamorphosis

By: Frans Kafka

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La Metamorfosis

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La Metamorfosis

By: Frans Kafka

En "La metamorfosis" de Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa, un viajante de comercio, se despierta transformado en un insecto gigante. Luchando por adaptarse a su nueva forma, Gregor se aísla de su familia, que siente repulsión por su aspecto. A medida que el estado de Gregor empeora, aumentan las tensiones en el seno de la familia, lo que acaba provocando su trágica muerte y obligando a la familia a enfrentarse a sus propias vidas y a su independencia.

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6561332806

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A Metamorfose

By: Frans Kafka

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A Metamorfose

By: Frans Kafka

Em "Metamorfose", de Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa, um caixeiro-viajante, acorda e se vê transformado em um inseto gigante. Lutando para se adaptar à sua nova forma, Gregor se isola de sua família, que sente repulsa por sua aparência. À medida que a condição de Gregor piora, as tensões aumentam dentro da casa, o que acaba levando à sua trágica morte e forçando a família a confrontar suas próprias vidas e independência.

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Darwin Meets Einstein

On the Meaning of Science

By: Frans W. Saris

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Darwin Meets Einstein

On the Meaning of Science

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A witty, hard-hitting exploration of the ultimate aims of science in a dramatic form.

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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Darwin Meets Einstein

Darwin Meets Einstein

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Imagining Urban Complexity

Imagining Urban Complexity

Agents of Change

Agents of Change

Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Dynasty

Dynasty

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

La Metamorfosis

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A Metamorfose

A Metamorfose

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