Tabla de Contenidos: “…An exaltation of thirty : Murasaki and company -- Genealogy and birth of the Pill -- Bitter pills -- The view from Tokyo -- Sex and immortality -- From the Pill to the PC -- Science-in-fiction is not science fiction : is it autobiography? …”

“…Thrift and Thriving in America is a collection of groundbreaking essays from leading scholars across the humanities and social sciences on the seminal importance of thrift to American culture and history. …”

“…Over her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media. …”

“…Artistic education has become one of the most influential art-pedagogical concepts in German-speaking countries. …”

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“…In Wirelessness, Adrian Mackenzie draws on philosophical techniques from a century ago to make sense of this most contemporary postnetwork condition. …”

“…But how do young children whose first language is not English become proficient learners, and which classroom strategies have the most impact on literacy learning? …”

“…How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into one that today defines the nation's most important policy choices? …”
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“…Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. …”

“…One day he is drawn into an antiquarian bookshop and becomes enchanted with the bookseller’s beautiful daughter, Chantal. …”

“…There are valuable lessons to be learnt from the book about the best ways to counter fascism which are powerfully relevant to our contemporary political situation. …”

“…It is becoming increasingly apparent that Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), long known as a student, friend and translator of Wittgenstein, was herself one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Making of the Poet's Image From Identity to Difference The Philosopher on the Couch: From Creators to Imitators Dangerous Mimetic Images and Artists Finally, the Poet 4. …”

“…As a consequence, its sources are seldom clearly exposed and, as word, object and meaning change, are sometimes lost. They reach from an English translation of the 1916 inaugural lecture of the first Chair in Legal Significs at the Amsterdam University, via mid 20th century studies on "property" or "contract," to equally fascinating essays on contemporary semiotic problems produced by former students of the Roberta Kevelson Semiotics Roundtable Seminar at Penn State University 2012 and 2013. …”

“…She believes that, paradoxically, if we view Malthus's works as the period pieces they are, it becomes more and not less easy to see their relevance to our own problems. …”

“…Reflect on such phenomena at any length and it can be very difficult not to become deeply pessimistic about human existence. Yet for some, pessimists are simply refusing to acknowledge the progress that humankind has made over the centuries, especially with regard to the technological advances of the modern era. …”

“…Elections influenced by fake news and unscrupulous hidden actors, the cyber-hacking of trusted national institutions, the vacuuming of private information by Silicon Valley behemoths, ongoing threats to vital infrastructure from terrorist groups and even foreign governments-all of these concerns are now part of the daily news cycle and are certain to become increasingly serious into the future. …”

“…This gave them the opportunity to become key actors -- and mid-level decision makers -- within the regime. …”

“…The model economy for which the theorem could be proved was mapped out in 1954 by Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu collaboratively, and by Lionel McKenzie separately, and would become widely known as the "Arrow-Debreu Model." While Arrow and Debreu would later go on to win separate Nobel prizes in economics, McKenzie would never receive it. …”

“…In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with martyrdom in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of nations around the world. …”