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Bitch The Journey of a Word - Karen StollznowBitch The Journey of a Word - Karen Stollznow
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- Karen Stollznow
- 200
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
Bitch is a bitch of a word. It used to be a straightforward insult, but today―after so many variations and efforts to reject or reclaim the word-it's not always entirely clear...
Compelling Communication Writing, Public Speaking and Storytelling for Professional Success - Hall SimonCompelling Communication Writing, Public Speaking and Storytelling for Professional Success - Hall Simon
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- Simon Hall
- 336
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
Do your communication skills let you down? Do you struggle to explain and influence, persuade and inspire? Are you failing to fulfil your potential because of your inability to...
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human - Kindt JuliaThe Trojan Horse and Other Stories Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human - Kindt Julia
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- Julia Kindt
- 380
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwins theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our...
Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimers - Gibbs DanielDispatches from the Land of Alzheimers - Gibbs Daniel
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- Daniel Gibbs
- 228
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
In 2006, Daniel Gibbs, author of A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologists Personal Battle against Alzheimers Disease (soon to be a documentary produced by MTV/Paramount+), first...
Democracys Resilience to Populisms Threat Countering Global Alarmism - Weyland KurtDemocracys Resilience to Populisms Threat Countering Global Alarmism - Weyland Kurt
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- Kurt Weyland
- 322
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
The recent global wave of populist governments, which culminated in Donald Trumps victory in 2016, has convinced many observers that populism is a grave threat to democracy. In...
Byron A Life in Ten Letters - Stauffer AndrewByron A Life in Ten Letters - Stauffer Andrew
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- Andrew Stauffer
- 300
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame – and...
Some New World Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age - Harrison PeterSome New World Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age - Harrison Peter
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- Peter Harrison
- 488
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- Cambridge University Press
In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported...
Toxic Stress How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do about It - Wulsin Lawson R.Toxic Stress How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do about It - Wulsin Lawson R.
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- Lawson R. Wulsin
- 300
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
Our stress response system is magnificent - it operates beneath our awareness, like an orchestra of organs playing a hidden symphony. When we are healthy, the orchestra plays...
Just Following Orders Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience - Caspar Emilie A.Just Following Orders Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience - Caspar Emilie A.
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- Emilie A. Caspar
- 261
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
How can obedience and carrying out orders lead to horrific acts such as the Holocaust or the genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, or Bosnia? For the most part, it is a mystery why...
Yukikazes War The Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific - Walker Brett L.Yukikazes War The Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific - Walker Brett L.
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- Walker Brett L.
- 311
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
Only one elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer survived the cruel ocean battlefields of World War II. This is her story. Brett Walker, historian and captain, delves into...
A Philosopher Looks at Friendship - Chappell Sophie GraceA Philosopher Looks at Friendship - Chappell Sophie Grace
- Sophie Grace Chappell
- 208
- 2024
- Cambridge University Press
While for centuries friendship has fascinated and puzzled philosophers, they havent always been able to fit it into their theories. The author explores friendship as something...
Democracy Theatre and Performance From the Greeks to Gandhi - Wiles DavidDemocracy Theatre and Performance From the Greeks to Gandhi - Wiles David
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- David Wiles
- 256
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- Cambridge University Press
Democracy, argues David Wiles, is actually a form of theatre. In making his case, the author deftly investigates orators at the foundational moments of ancient and modern...