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The Evolution of God
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Robert Wright
In this sweeping narrative that spans the Stone Age to the Information Age, Wright's findings that overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sure to cause controversy.
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Nonzero the Logic of Human Destiny
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Robert Wright
Wright's thesis, a game-theory-based reevaluation of the history of the world, secures supporting evidence from a number of places and events across time and geography, challenging the idea of an aimless drift of human progress. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
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Robert Wright
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics--as well as their implications for our ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Wright's Unity Temple, Barnsdall House and Johnson Wax Administration Building. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. The text explains how together, the three buildings ...
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A Simple Monk: Writings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Tom Morgan (Editor), Alison Wright (Photographer), Professor Robert Thurman (Introduction by)
This coffee-table book includes photographs by Alison Wright of the Dalai Lama and his fellow Tibetans-in-exile, as well as essays about the Dalai Lama by Orville Schell, Robert Thurman, Diki Tsering (the Dalai Lama's mother), and others.
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Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
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Dr. Frans de Waal, Robert Wright, Christine M Korsgaard
'It's the animal in us', we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a ...
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Ethnic Families in America: Patterns and Variations
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Charles H Mindel
Suitable as a supplement for undergraduate courses in Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Minority Groups, Social Work with Minority Groups, and Race and Ethnicity. Reflecting the social and political dynamics in the United States, this edited volume offers an inclusive look at multicultural diversity in the U.S. with extensive coverage of the ...
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Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 2
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Sharon Gosling, Brad Wright, Robert C Cooper
First there was the blockbuster "Stargate" movie, then the smash hit TV series "Stargate SG-1" (now entering its ninth season), and now there's the equally successful spinoff show: "Stargate: Atlantis"! The Stargate Atlantis team, now based in the mythical Lost City in a distant galaxy, have made friends and enemies, including the deadly Wraith, ...
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Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems
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Pablo Neruda, Robert W Bly (Editor), James Arlington Wright (Translator)
'Robert Bly is a vital link between poetry and the brass tacks of living, a very suitable editor for Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo.... His selection of poems shows his creative instinct. He is the best of three translators represented, though all are good. His interview with Neruda shows two poets bringing out the best in each other....' Kansas ...
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Educational Assessment: Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability
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Mr. Robert J Wright
Educational Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability is a core text for use in a first level graduate course in educational measurement and testing. In addition to covering the topics traditionally found in core textbooks for this course, this text also provides coverage of contemporary topics (including national testing programs, ...
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Pigeon Pie
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Robert Campbell
The political powerhouse behind Chicago's Democratic Party thinks it's time Jimmy Flannery campaigned to take over committeemanship of the prestigious 11th ward. Jimmy's not sure he wants the job. But Jimmy might not have a choice.
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One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe
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Robert E Wright
A noted economic historian reveals the political and economic battle behind early America's first national debt and its continued legacy today. Since the Revolutionary period, our leaders have warred over the role of debt and finance in building a great nation. In "One Nation Under Debt", noted historian Robert E. Wright expertly explores the ...
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Hip-Deep in Alligators
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R Wright Campbell
A Chicago sewer inspector sees a lot of strange things, but when Jimmy Flannery finds a body half-eaten by a crocodile, he follows the clues from a pigeon-pinching ring to first-degree murder. And it will take all his street smarts just to stay alive!
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Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information
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Robert Wright
Wright provides an invigorating encounter with three controversial scientistsand their unorthodox perceptions of our world.
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary
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Robert Wright
An original examination of human behavior in which Wright concludes that morality is very much a product of our genes.
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Boneyards
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R Wright Campbell
Set in Chicago, amid the ethnic neighbourhoods, jazz clubs and Irish bars. Police sergeant Ray Sharkey is a law unto himself, using it for his own ends. But when a candidate in the mayoral election focuses on police corruption, Sharkey becomes the target. By the author of "The Junkyard Dog".
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Seasons of a Family's Life: Cultivating the Contemplative Spirit at Home
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Wendy M Wright, Robert Benson (Foreword by)
In Seasons of a Family's Life, Wendy M. Wright- parent, Church historian, and follower of the contemplative tradition- offers a reflective, story-filled, and inspirational examination of the spiritual fabric of domestic life. This practical and insightful book explores family life as a context for nurturing contemplative practices in the home. ...
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The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life
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Robert Wright
Robert Wright examines a new science that has emerged from the work of evolutionary biologists and the social sciences. Taking the life and work of the evolutionist Charles Darwin as his context, Wright demonstrates how Darwin's ideas are still relevant today. He retells - from the perspective of evolutionary psychology - the stories of Darwin's ...
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The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright in Dialogue
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John Dominic Crossan, N T Wright, Prof. Robert B Stewart (Editor)
Two of today's most important and popular New Testament scholars--John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright--air their very different understandings of the many historical realities and theological meanings of Jesus' Resurrection.
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Night Fighter
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Robert Wright, C F Rawnsley
Once the day fighters had saved Britain from invasion, it fell to the night fighters to save her cities from destruction. At the beginning, interception by night proved virtually impossible, particularly, as the German bombers carried out their raids in cloudy weather. Soon, however, the navigator was presented with a mysterious little black box, ...
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Thinning the Turkey Herd
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Robert Campbell
In this crime novel, Jimmy Flannery has to investigate the deaths of three would-be models. Someone is "thinning the turkey herd", the name given to the hundreds of hopeful models that arrive in Chicago every day. The author's first Jim Flannery book, "The Junkyard Dog", won an Edgar award.
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Addiction Intervention
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Robert K White, MA (Editor), Deborah George Wright (Editor)
Addiction Intervention: Strategies to Motivate Treatment-Seeking Behavior shows you how to use the tools of intervention--the words, the steps, and the strategies--to be a change agent in the lives of individuals with alcohol and drug addictions. It is full of effective strategies and case studies coming from widely respected specialists across ...
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Teaching Number in the Classroom with 4-8 Year Olds
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Mr. Robert J Wright, Mr. James Martland, Ann K Stafford
'At last a book is written by teachers for teachers based on sound research that will generate enquiry based learning. It is essential for every classroom with lots of mathematical activities. These will purposefully engage children and allow for differentiation for those who require additional support to understand the number system and the ...
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Three Scientist & Gods
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Robert Wright
Three men, possessing dazzling minds and interesting character, go about asking intellectual questions. They provide for an ingenious blend of people and ideas, a story of scientific ambition, a look of visionary thought reshaping orthodoxy in search of the ultimate unity--that of information.
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Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century
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John T Greenwood, Robert K Wright
???Fully integrates illustrations with text ???Includes more than 150 photographs, most in color and many rarely seen ???Captures the spirit of the volunteers and their sacrifices ???Calls attention to previously neglected aspects of airborne history This handsome, large-format book takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the U.S. Army's hard ...
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