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Jonathan Cole
A moving, patient-centred portrait of the social importance of speech, from a medical expert known for his humanizing explorations of health.
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The Reign of God constitutes the first detailed and systematic critical engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology. It argues that O'Donovan's theological account of political authority is not tenable on…
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Chekhov often said that 'I am a doctor by trade and sometimes I do literary work in my free time', a surprising claim, given his status as a giant of…
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Christos Yannaras
This book offers a concise, yet provocative, summation of Christos Yannaras' long reflection on the meaning of politics.
Jonathan R. Cole
Smoother Pebbles presents a collection of essays authored or coauthored by Jonathan R. Cole, a leading Columbia Program figure, that trace the development and institutionalization of the sociology of science.
One of the most important books on higher education to be written in the past several decades. –Dallas Morning News
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Drawing on work in neurology, human development, anthropology, philosophy, and the arts, this text moves from the biological evolution of the face, through the mechanics of expressionism and perception, to…
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This incisive and comprehensive book examines the threats to American pre-eminence in higher learning and research, and identifies what a great university will need to be in 20-30 years’ time…
Presents a survey of women’s role in the scientific community.
The Land Beyond the Rainbow is a short story to help children to understand the relation of light and color.
Jonathan Ackerman Coles
A comprehensive tribute to the life and works of Abraham Coles, an American educator, physician and author. This collection includes biographical information, memorial tributes, and a selection of Coles' writings…
Jonathan Cole (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
The Reign of God constitutes the first detailed and systematic critical engagement with Oliver O'Donovan’s political theology. It argues that O'Donovan’s theological account of political authority is not tenable on…
Abraham Coles,Jonathan A Coles
Abraham Coles - biographical sketch, memorial tributes, selections from his works is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
Abraham Coles
Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch; Memorial Tributes; Selections From His Works, Some Hitherto Unpublished is a book that provides a comprehensive look into the life and works of Abraham Coles. The…
Jonathan Cole (Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital)
Ian Waterman lost all sense of movement below the neck over forty years ago. Unable to move, he felt disembodied and frightened. Slowly, he taught himself to dress, eat and…
At a moment in which interest in political theology is rising, acceptance of a public role for religion is declining, and cynicism regarding both political and religious institutions is overflowing…
Jonathan Cole,Henrietta Spalding
We are defined by our faces. They give identity but, equally importantly, reveal our moods and emotions through facial expression. So what happens when the face cannot move? This book…
Abraham Coles, Jonathan Ackerman Coles
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Richard E. Cytowic
Using experiments with more than 40 synesthetes, Richard Cytowic argues that the brain is an active explorer, not just a passive receiver, and offers a view of what it means…
It is a remarkable human document, a neurological epic. A case-history, a physiological investigation, a detective story and a romance. Oliver Sacks
Andrew Jonathan Cole,Aaron M. Shupp
Based on the authors’ years of experience with students, teachers, and families, this reader-friendly guide is equally useful for working with students with and without a specific diagnosis. Teachers will…
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Publisher: J. Munroe Publication date: 1837 Subjects: Sick Meditations Juvenile Fiction / Health
Celebrated scholars, including Joan Scott, Noam Chomsky, Stanley Fish, Judith Butler, Jon Elster, Akeel Bilgrami, and Jonathan R. Cole, examine contemporary pressures on the free pursuit of knowledge.
Abraham Coles,Jonathan Ackerman Coles,Ezra Mundy Hunt
Abraham Coles - Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes and Selections from his Works is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on…
Abraham Coles,Ezra Mundy Hunt,Jonathan Ackerman Coles
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains. The authors examine a range of evidence to assess whether the ‘bottom billion’ people, living mainly in…
Jonathan Kozol
In this National Book Award-winning book, Kozol unflinchingly exposes the disturbing destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school. A new Epilogue assesses the last 20 years of…
Arising from the third Cary Conference held in 1989, Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems investigates the utility and limitations of cross-system comparisons in ecology.
Jonathan Mitchell
Jonathan Mooney,David Cole
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The drastically changed climate in which research universities and other institutions of higher education now function has led to grave doubts about how these institutions will operate in the future…
Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. This book provides an overview of the status and role of modeling in ecosystem science, including perspectives on the…
Lynn W. Smith,Patrick W. Conway
The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization addresses the underlying psychological and personality factors predisposing patients to experience somatization and somatizing syndromes. It is directed at the needs of the practicing medical…
This Handbook serves as a unique resource for understanding how analytical frameworks developed within the literature assist in understanding the nature and management of commons resources.
Adam Reich,Peter Bearman (Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences, Columbia University)
Adam Reich and Peter Bearman examine how Walmart workers make sense of their jobs in order to consider the nature of contemporary low-wage work, as well as the obstacles and…
Paul W. Kingston,Jonathan R. Cole
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