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Commodification and Its Discontents

By: Nicholas Abercrombie

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Commodification and Its Discontents

By: Nicholas Abercrombie

Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption underlying such questions is that there are things that should not be bought and sold because it would give them a financial value that would replace some other, and dearly held, human value. Those who ask questions of this kind often fear that the replacement of human by money values – a process of commodification – is sweeping all before it. However, as Nicholas Abercrombie argues, commodification can be, and has been, resisted by the development of a moral climate that defines certain things as outside a market. That resistance, however, is never complete because the two regimes of value – human and money – are both necessary for the sustainability of society. His analysis of these processes offers a thought-provoking read that will appeal to students and scholars interested in market capitalism and culture.

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1509529837

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Diplomatic Tradecraft

By: Nicholas Kralev

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Diplomatic Tradecraft

By: Nicholas Kralev

As universities and governments seek to prepare the next generation of diplomats to manage international affairs, they finally have a teaching tool focusing on the practical knowledge and skills that in the past could be learned only on the job. Edited by Nicholas Kralev, founder of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, Diplomatic Tradecraft brings together 18 career ambassadors with decades of experience to lift the curtain on a mysterious but vital profession, and to pass on the insights and abilities they gained to those who will succeed them. Beginning with an overview of diplomatic institutions and protocols, the text considers the key attributes of diplomatic communication and negotiation, as well as core specializations including economic, consular and public diplomacy. With compelling narratives, case studies and exercise scenarios, the chapters on various aspects of diplomatic practice form a cohesive and comprehensive volume, written in an accessible and engaging style.

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1009121251

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Corporate Governance Regulation

How Poor Management Is Destroying the Global Economy

By: Nicholas V. Vakkur,Zulma J. Herrera

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Corporate Governance Regulation

How Poor Management Is Destroying the Global Economy

By: Nicholas V. Vakkur,Zulma J. Herrera

Why U.S. corporate governance regulation has lost its way, and what must be done to improve it Modern history persuasively demonstrates the inexorable link that binds comprehensive regulation to the global economy. This important book, rather than simply recount a litany of corporate governance failures, persuasively explains why, despite policymakers' best intentions, regulation has failed in the modern era. An objective study intended for a diverse readership, Corporate Governance Regulation unveils the underlying, root causes of regulatory failure. The result: A compelling and original analysis, broadly suited for a global audience of all backgrounds. Written by published, subject-area experts, the authors carefully delineate how U.S. corporate governance regulation, beginning with Sarbanes Oxley, lacks an adequate rational basis, as may be attributed to a non-existent policy dialogue The witnessed result: A conspicuous lack of regulatory efficacy, enormous costs, coupled with paltry benefits The focus is upon reigniting a stalled, non-productive policy dialogue, by eschewing stale, overly-polemicized arguments, as needed to develop a common ground Drawing from an eclectic, analytic framework, governance experts Nicholas Vakkur and Zulma Herrera offer both the professional and global citizen alike a multi-dimensional understanding of issues critical to global economic health. Nuanced and persuasively argued, Corporate Governance Regulation represents a formidable catalyst in the elusive, ongoing quest for global economic stability.

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111849637X

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Peru's Southern Coast

By: Nicholas Gill

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Peru's Southern Coast

By: Nicholas Gill

Peru is one of the most diverse and fascinating countries on the planet. Of the 117 life zones on earth, 84 can be found here. Because of this, Peru's flora and fauna is some of the most unusual on earth. Scientists are only beginning to grasp just how many species exist and how many are still likely to be discovered. Large areas of rainforest and mountains remain unexplored. It was only in the past few decades that research began on the canopy tops, the upper levels of the rainforest, which have opened up a whole new world of plant and wildlife. As far as history goes, there is more here than anywhere else in the Americas. Most have heard of the Incas and Machu Picchu, but there were many large civilizations here long before the Incas: the Chav n, Chimu, Moche, Wari, Nazca and Paracas. Each group left their mark on the country in some way and their achievements, artifacts, and architecture are more impressive in many ways than that of the Incas. Highlights of the Southern Coast: * Wine and Pisco tasting OCo Sample the world's largest Pisco-producing region and some of the finest wine Peru has to offer. * Islas Ballestas OCo See seals, frigate birds, and Humboldt penguins in the poor man's Galapagos. * Santa Catalina Monastery OCo Walk through the secluded city within a city, one of Peru's most revered Catholic landmarks. * Nazca Lines OCo Take a gut-wrenching flight in a five-seater plane for the best view of the Nazca lines. The Nazca Lines, 22 km/13 miles north of Nazca, were made by removing the darker sun-baked stones and piling them on either side of the line, exposing the lighter soil. Why the lines were made is still open to much debate, but scientists have a fairly good idea of who made them. The Paracas and Nazca peoples are believed to have created the lines between 900 BC to 600 AD. It is also believed that the Huari settlers from Ayacucho made some additions in the seventh century. There are literally hundreds of lines and geometric shapes that stretch for miles, but the animals such as a monkey, dog, spider, whale, and several birds, including a hummingbird with a wingspan of over 100 yards, are the most well-known. There are also images of a tree, hands, and what is thought by some to be an astronaut. * Adventure OCo Trek Colca Canyon, climb El Misti, or raft in Cotahuasi. This guide includes full details on where to stay and eat in Southern Peru, plus what to see and do. Also included is an extensive introduction to Peru as a whole, with information about the history and culture of the country, the cuisine, the arts, the people, the flora & fauna, the parks & reserves, and the 20 top adventures.

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1588438066

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Adventure Guide to Peru

By: Nicholas Gill

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Adventure Guide to Peru

By: Nicholas Gill

We have the only all-color guide and the most extensive one to Peru. Larger than Spain, France and Germany combined, Peru offers astonishing variety in its landscape, from the endless desert coastline, to the cool mountain waters of Lake Titicaca, the glaciered pinnacles of the Andes or the rainforests filled with wildlife. The author shows how to explore them all, through guided tours or on your own, on brief excursions or week-long treks. Peru was home to the Inca empire 500 years ago, but this was just the last of a succession of pre-Columbian civilizations going back thousands of years. In.

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1588436284

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Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-25

Selections from Maga's Infancy

By: Nicholas Mason

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Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-25

Selections from Maga's Infancy

By: Nicholas Mason

Contextualizes and annotates the influential, scandalous, and entertaining texts which appeared in the "Blackwood's Magazine" between 1817 and 1825. This title features a detailed general introduction, volume introductions and endnotes, providing the reader with an understanding of the origins and early history of "Blackwood's Magazine".

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1040156177

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The Chosen City

By: Nicholas Schoon

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The Chosen City

By: Nicholas Schoon

The Chosen City is about making urban regeneration work. It describes what has gone wrong with Britain's cities and proposes how they can be put right.

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1134515669

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Building the Post-war World

Modern Architecture and Reconstruction in Britain

By: Nicholas Bullock

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Building the Post-war World

Modern Architecture and Reconstruction in Britain

By: Nicholas Bullock

Building the Post-War World offers for the first time an overall account of Modern Architecture in the decade after the Second World War.

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Psychology Press

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041522179X

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Gordon Bunshaft and SOM

Building Corporate Modernism

By: Nicholas Adams

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Gordon Bunshaft and SOM

Building Corporate Modernism

By: Nicholas Adams

This nuanced portrait of Gordon Bunshaft and his work for the architecture firm SOM explores his role in defining the built aesthetic of corporate America.

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0300227477

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Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood

By: David Rudlin,Nicholas Falk

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Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood

By: David Rudlin,Nicholas Falk

This successful title, previously known as 'Building the 21st Century Home' and now in its second edition, explores and explains the trends and issues that underlie the renaissance of UK towns and cities and describes the sustainable urban neighbourhood as a model for rebuilding urban areas. The book reviews the way that planning policies, architectural trends and economic forces have undermined the viability of urban areas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. Now that much post-war planning philosophy is being discredited we are left with few urban models other than garden city inspired suburbia. Are these appropriate in the 21st century given environmental concerns, demographic change, social and economic pressures? The authors suggest that these trends point to a very different urban future. The authors argue that we must reform our towns and cities so that they become attractive, humane places where people will choose to live. The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood is a model for such reform and the book describes what this would look like and how it might be brought about.

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1136434895

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Britannia’s Palette

The Arts of Naval Victory

By: Nicholas Tracy

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Britannia’s Palette

The Arts of Naval Victory

By: Nicholas Tracy

Britannia's Palette looks at the lives of British artists who witnessed the naval war against the French Republic and Empire between 1793 and 1815. This band of brothers, through their artistic and entrepreneurial efforts, established the images of the war at sea that were central to the understanding their contemporaries had of events - images that endure to this day. In this unprecedented book, Nicholas Tracy reveals the importance of the self-employed artist to the study of a nation at war. He includes lively accounts of serving officers, retired sailors, and academy-trained artists who, often under the threat of debtor's prison, struggled to balance the standards of art with the public desire for heroic, reassuring images. Containing over eighty illustrations, Britannia's Palette explores a varied and exciting collection of paintings that reveal the poignancy of the human experience of war.

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0773531130

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Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25

Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas

By: Julie H. Ferguson,Tom Henighan,Nicholas Maes,Wayne Larsen,Sharon Stewart

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Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25

Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas

By: Julie H. Ferguson,Tom Henighan,Nicholas Maes,Wayne Larsen,Sharon Stewart

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas

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Dundurn

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145972433X

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The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth

The Brave and Brief Lives of the War Poets

By: Nicholas Murray

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The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth

The Brave and Brief Lives of the War Poets

By: Nicholas Murray

The poetry that emerged from the trenches of WWI is a remarkable body of work, at once political manifesto and literary beacon for the twentieth century. In this passionate recreation of the lives of the greatest poets to come out of the conflict, Nicholas Murray brilliantly reveals the men themselves as well as the struggle of the artist to live fully and to bear witness in the annihilating squalor of battle. Bringing into sharp focus the human detail of each life, using journals, letters and literary archives, Murray brings to life the men's indissoluble comradeship, their complex sexual mores and their extraordinary courage. Poignant, vivid and unfailingly intelligent, Nicholas Murray's study offers new and finely tuned insight into the - often devastatingly brief - lives of a remarkable generation of men.

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0748112421

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Collected Prefaces

Nicholas Hagger's Prefaces to 55 of His Literary and Universalist Works

By: Nicholas Hagger

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Collected Prefaces

Nicholas Hagger's Prefaces to 55 of His Literary and Universalist Works

By: Nicholas Hagger

Nicholas Hagger's 55 books include innovatory works on literature, history, philosophy and international politics. In his first published literary work he revived the Preface, which had fallen into disuse after Wordsworth and Shelley. He went on to write Prefaces (sometimes called ‘Prologues’, ‘Introductions’ or ‘Introductory Notes’) for all his subsequent books. Collected Prefaces, a collection of 55 Prefaces (excluding the Preface to this book), sets out his thinking and the reader can follow the development of his philosophy of Universalism (of which he is the main exponent), his literary approach (particularly his combination of Romanticism and Classicism which he calls "neo-Baroque") and his metaphysical thinking. His Prefaces can be read as essays, and as in T.S. Eliot’s Selected Essays there is an interaction between adjacent Prefaces that brings an entirely new perspective to Hagger's works. These Prefaces cover an enormous range. Nicholas Hagger is a Renaissance man at home in many disciplines. His Universalism focuses on humankind’s relationship to the whole universe as reflected in seven key disciplines seen as wholes: the whole of literature, history, philosophy and the sciences, mysticism, religion, international politics and statecraft and world culture. Behind all the Prefaces is Hagger’s fundamental perception of the unity of the universe as the One and of humankind’s position in it. These Prefaces complement his Selected Letters, a companion volume also published by O-Books, and contain startling insights that illumine and send readers to the works the Prefaces introduce.

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1789042747

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Sacred Dialogues: Christianity and Native Religions in the Colonial Americas 1492-1700

By: Nicholas Griffiths

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Sacred Dialogues: Christianity and Native Religions in the Colonial Americas 1492-1700

By: Nicholas Griffiths

A Spanish conquistador who posed as a sorcerer and cured native Americans as he trekked across an unknown wilderness; a French Jesuit who conjured rain clouds in order to impress his indigenous flock with the potency of Christian magic; a Puritan minister who healed a native chief in order to win him for God; a Mexican noble who was burned at the stake for resisting the gentle Franciscan friars; an Andean chief who was haunted by nightmares in which his native gods did battle with the Christian Father; a Huron magician who vied with French missionaries over spirits of the night in a shaking tent ceremony. These are a few of the individuals whose struggles are brought to life in the pages of this book. Their experiences, among others, reveal what happened when Christianity came into contact with Native American religions in three distinct regions of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century colonial America: Spanish, French and British.

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Lulu.com

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0244019630

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Modernism, Romance and the Fin de Siècle

Popular Fiction and British Culture

By: Nicholas Daly

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Modernism, Romance and the Fin de Siècle

Popular Fiction and British Culture

By: Nicholas Daly

In Modernism, Romance and the Fin de Siècle Nicholas Daly explores the popular fiction of the 'romance revival' of the late Victorian and Edwardian years, focusing on the work of such authors as Bram Stoker, H. Rider Haggard and Arthur Conan Doyle. Rather than treating these stories as Victorian Gothic, Daly locates them as part of a 'popular modernism'. Drawing on work in cultural studies, this book argues that the vampires, mummies and treasure hunts of these adventure narratives provided a form of narrative theory of cultural change, at a time when Britain was trying to accommodate the 'new imperialism', the rise of professionalism, and the expansion of consumerist culture. Daly's wide-ranging study argues that the presence of a genre such as romance within modernism should force a questioning of the usual distinction between high and popular culture.

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1139426036

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Media and Society

Production, Content and Participation

By: Nicholas Carah,Eric Louw

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Media and Society

Production, Content and Participation

By: Nicholas Carah,Eric Louw

′This is the media and society text that critical scholars have been waiting for′. - Professor Mark Andrejevic, Pomona College This book unpacks the role of the media in social, cultural and political contexts and encourages you to reflect on the power relationships that are formed as a result. Structured around the three cornerstones of media studies; production, content and participation, this is an ideal introduction to your studies in media, culture and society. The book: Evaluates recent developments in media production, industries and platforms brought about the emergence of interactive media technologies. Examines the shifting relationship between media production and consumption instigated by the rise of social and mobile media, recasting consumption as ‘participation’. Explores the construction of texts and meanings via media representations, consumer culture and popular culture, as well as the relationship between politics and public relations. Assesses the debates around the creative and cultural labour involved in meaning-making. Includes a companion website featuring exercise and discussion questions, links to relevant blogs and web material, lists of further reading and free access to key journal articles.

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SAGE

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1473911699

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A Musicology for Landscape

By: David Nicholas Buck

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A Musicology for Landscape

By: David Nicholas Buck

1. In an open field -- 2. A parallel history of time in music and landscape -- 3. Horizons -- 4. Clouds -- 5. Meadows -- 6. Busoni's garden.

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1351804960

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William "Baldy" Smith

Engineer, Critic and Union Major General in the Civil War

By: Stephen Nicholas Siciliano

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William "Baldy" Smith

Engineer, Critic and Union Major General in the Civil War

By: Stephen Nicholas Siciliano

Lauded for gallantry at Antietam and demoted for insubordination after Fredericksburg, Major General William "Baldy" Smith remains a controversial figure of the Civil War. His criticism of the Union high command made him unpopular with both peers and superiors. Yet his insight as an officer and an engineer enabled him to offer effective solutions to challenges faced by fellow generals. In this first comprehensive biography, Smith emerges as a field commander with deep concern for his men and a fearless critic of the failures of the Union generalship, who was recognized for a strategic perspective that helped save Federal armies.

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McFarland

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1476686130

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International Retailing

By: Nicholas Alexander,Anne Marie Doherty

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International Retailing

By: Nicholas Alexander,Anne Marie Doherty

International Retailing reflects contemporary research and current practice, focusing on what is happening in the field, who is making it happen, why it is happening in the way it is, and how it is happening. Structured around four parts, this textbook guides students through the internationalization process, considering international markets, and how retail companies operate within them. It concludes by exploring future trends and challenges of the international retail marketplace." "The text is packed with a wealth of international examples and familiar case studies, clearly showing how the theory translated into practice."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press

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0199212821

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Writing and European Thought 1600-1830

By: Nicholas Hudson

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Writing and European Thought 1600-1830

By: Nicholas Hudson

This book argues for the importance of writing to conceptions of language, technology, and civilization in the early modern era.

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0521455405

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Coast: Our Island Story

A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

By: Nicholas Crane

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Coast: Our Island Story

A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

By: Nicholas Crane

Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers - have an incredible tale to tell. Coast: Our Island Story is an enthralling account, sparkling with geography, history, adventure and eccentric characters, told with Nick Crane's trademark charisma and wit.

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Random House

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1409074552

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Being Interior

Autobiography and the Contradiction of Modernity in Seventeenth-Century France

By: Nicholas D. Paige

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Being Interior

Autobiography and the Contradiction of Modernity in Seventeenth-Century France

By: Nicholas D. Paige

Autobiography came into being when we began to see the self differently.

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0812235770

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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A Novel

By: Nicholas Drayson

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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A Novel

By: Nicholas Drayson

“A charming love triangle in Nairobi, Kenya, forms the center of a novel that manages to be both sweet and gripping.” —Publishers Weekly For the past three years, Mr. Malik, a widower and avid birdwatcher, has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, the lovely woman who leads the Tuesday morning bird walk sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Beneath his unassuming exterior and carefully sculpted comb-over lies a warm and passionate heart. But just as he gets up the nerve to ask Rose to the annual Nairobi Hunt Club Ball—Nairobi’s social event of the season—a boyhood nemesis arrives and becomes equally enraptured with Rose. Rather than force her to choose between them, the two men agree to a clever solution: whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time will win the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball. Set against a lush Kenyan landscape rich with wildlife and political intrigue, this humorous novel is a “welcome respite from our crazy world” (USA Today). “This charming novel . . . If you are a fan of Alexander McCall Smith’s, you’ll find Drayson’s knowing, sprightly writing just as entertaining.” —People “[This book is] a sheer delight for birders and nonbirders alike.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “As bright and perky as a purple-backed sunbird.” —TheNew York Times Book Review

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HMH

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0547391587

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Lubetkin and Goldfinger

The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing

By: Nicholas Russell

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Lubetkin and Goldfinger

The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing

By: Nicholas Russell

Berthold Lubetkin and Ernö Goldfinger were two leading architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.

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1915853974

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Church, World and the Christian Life

Practical-Prophetic Ecclesiology

By: Nicholas M. Healy

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Church, World and the Christian Life

Practical-Prophetic Ecclesiology

By: Nicholas M. Healy

This book analyzes the impact of pluralism and inclusivism upon ecclesiology.

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0521786509

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Being Digital

By: Nicholas Negroponte

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Being Digital

By: Nicholas Negroponte

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --Newsday In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax.

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Vintage

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1101911824

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9781101911822

Votaries of Apollo

The St. Cecilia Society and the Patronage of Concert Music in Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1820

By: Nicholas Michael Butler

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Votaries of Apollo

The St. Cecilia Society and the Patronage of Concert Music in Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1820

By: Nicholas Michael Butler

A comprehensive account of the musical culture of Charlestons golden age

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1570037051

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Radical

A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

By: Nicholas Von Hoffman

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Radical

A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

By: Nicholas Von Hoffman

The tactics and strategy of Alinsky, who died in 1972, have been studied by people as diverse as Barack Obama, Csar Chavez, Hilary Clinton, Dick Armey, the Tea Partiers and activists and organizers of every persuasion. Thousands of organizations a...

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