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Embodied Minds in Action
Embodied Minds in Action
In Embodied Minds in Action, Robert Hanna and Michelle Maiese work out a unified treatment of three fundamental philosophical problems: the mind-body problem, the problem of mental causation, and the problem of action. This unified treatment rests on two basic claims. The first is that conscious, intentional minds like ours are essentially...
Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America

“If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of
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Civilization: A History of the World in 1000 Objects
Civilization: A History of the World in 1000 Objects

Discover how humans created their world from the objects they left behind - from the US Constitution to the first iPhone - in DK's latest history book.

From the beginning of human history, the one thing that has defined us is our talent for making things, from basic technology and everyday objects, such
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Cybersecurity Law
Cybersecurity Law

A definitive guide to cybersecurity law

Expanding on the author’s experience as a cybersecurity lawyer and law professor, Cybersecurity Law is the definitive guide to cybersecurity law, with an in-depth analysis of U.S. and international laws that apply to data security, data breaches, sensitive information...

Andrology for the Clinician
Andrology for the Clinician

Andrology for the Clinician consists of two parts: In Part One, the busy clinician can easily find the problem-orientated information he or she needs on such issues as male factor fertility problems, male contraception, and male genital tract infection and tumours. Part Two contains in-depth subject-orientated information and...

Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics & Chip Design
Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics & Chip Design

Sometimes you have to do good engineering to straighten out twisted politics. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization that was founded to ensure that the principles embodied in the Constitution and Bill of Rights are protected as new communications technologies emerge, and O"Reilly, the premier publisher of computer...

Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall
Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall
MAY 6, 2003, WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN Washington, D.C. The Federal Reserve held its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in its two-storied chandeliered boardroom at the central bank's white marble temple on Constitution Avenue. Now, there was nothing unusual about the FOMC gathering. The committee meets...
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States 3 Volume Hardback Set: The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Vol. 1
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States 3 Volume Hardback Set: The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Vol. 1

Prefaces to sets of essays, such as this one, are often devoted to explaining why publication was delayed or why certain planned essays are missing from the completed book. This Preface is an exception. All of the authors met their deadlines — or near to — and they produced a very close approximation to the volume that the editors...

The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Many scholars believe that the framers of the Constitution intended Congress to be the preeminent branch of government. Indeed, no other legislature in the world approaches its power. Yet most Americans have only a murky idea of how it works.

In The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than...

Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity

A landmark manifesto about the genuine closing of the American mind.

Lawrence Lessig could be called a cultural environmentalist. One of America's most original and influential public intellectuals, his focus is the social dimension of creativity: how creative work builds on the past and how society encourages or inhibits
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Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia
Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia

This collection of essays looks at over 200 major court cases, at both state and federal levels, from the colonial period to the present. Organized thematically, the articles range from 1,000 to 5,000 words and include recent topics such as the Microsoft antitrust case, the O.J. Simpson trials, and the Clinton impeachment. This new edition...

Stock Trader's Almanac 2005
Stock Trader's Almanac 2005
J.P. Morgan's classic retort "Stocks will fluctuate" is often quoted with a wink-of-the-eye implication that the only predication one can make about the stock market is that it will go up, down, or sideways. Many investors agree that no one ever really knows which way the market will move.  Nothing could be farther from the truth. We...
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