Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the ...
 Author: Pamela O. Long Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 001.1094 EAN: 9780801866067 ISBN: 0801866065 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2001-07-13 [... more]
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Culture of the Fork
Bad translation distracting -- but content is good: I would have given this book *five* stars, had it not been for the shoddy - literal translation from Italian to English. Being an Italian speaker, I sometimes had to re-read certain sentences with my & [... more]
$32.50
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The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918
the book is a superb general cultural history of the period.: The book is a superb general cultural history of the turn of the century period that relates developments in culture and society to new technologies of transportation and communication. He [... more]
$19.95
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the ...
Amazon.com Review: The Condition of Postmodernity is David Harvey's seminal history of our most equivocal of eras. What does postmodernism mean? Where did it come from? Harvey, a professor of geography and a key mover behind extending the scope and [... more]
$37.95
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Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 ...
The most complete book of its kind: As a student in Professor Calkin's Medieval Architecture course at Cornell, I have found this book to be an invaluable resource. Professor Calkins has intimate knowledge of all of the buildings described, and the [... more]
$79.95
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An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France
Intense is good, Condensed is not: Clive Coates is a charming and often acerbic British writer who happily flaunts convention in his monthly wine newsletter by eschewing any form of number rating (no stars, no points, no grades). His ratings are terms [... more]
$65.00
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Churchill: A Biography
Book Description: Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history, but even though he was at the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years, he might be remembered only as a minor player in the drama of British government had it not been for [... more]
$40.00
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Fatale : How French Women Do It
Charming Little Read for Francophiles: This is a charming little tribute to the je-ne-sais-quoi of the French woman. It's sweet, fairly interesting and a lovely little read. Unfortunately, this books seems to be marketed as a How-to-Become-French Manual: [... more]
$14.95
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich ...
Amazon.com Review: Professor David S. Landes takes a historic approach to the analysis of the distribution of wealth in this landmark study of world economics. Landes argues that the key to today's disparity between the rich and poor nations of the world [... more]
$18.95
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford ...
Two books by Winchester on the OED: Which one to pick: The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was a huge project, far larger than I would have suspected. It took decades to prepare and used several thousand volunteers. Its leaders were men [... more]
$26.00
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Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization
Intriguing study of a touchy subject: This book does a very good job of explaining why, more than other Europeans, many French get hot under the collar about American economic and cultural "imperialism". It is particularly strong on the period [... more]
$22.95
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Germany since 1945 (Opus)
Author: Lothar Kettenacker Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 943.0879 EAN: 9780192892423 ISBN: 0192892428 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 1997-07-31 [... more]
$27.80
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