Intellectuals and Race (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Intellectuals and Race (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Thomas Sowell's incisive critique of the intellectuals' destructive role in shaping ideas about race in America Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international

Intellectuals and Society (Sowell Thomas)(Paperback)

The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell (Riley Jason L.)(Pevná vazba)

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers. Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to

Wealth, Poverty and Politics (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

A revised and enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's essential examination of differences of wealth and income between nations and within nationsWealth, Poverty and Politics challenges the assumptions, the definitions, the evidence and the reasoning of most of what is said about differences of income

The Thomas Sowell Reader (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

A one-volume introduction to over three decades of the wide-ranging writings of one of America's most respected and cited authors These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The

Discrimination and Disparities (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

An empirical examination of how economic and other disparities ariseEconomic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe

Charter Schools and Their Enemies (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success.The black-white educational achievement gap -- so much discussed for so many years -- has already been closed by black students

Economic Facts and Fallacies (Sowell Thomas)(Paperback)

In Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies

Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (Sowell Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

The bestselling citizen's guide to economics Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different

Thomas the Tank Engine - Railway Race Day(Pevná vazba)

Race Women Internationalists: Activist-Intellectuals and Global Freedom Struggles (Umoren Imaobong D.)(Paperback)

Revisioning French Culture (Sobanet Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Revisioning French Culture brings together a striking group of leading intellectuals and scholars to explore new avenues of research in French and Francophone Studies. Covering the medieval period through the twenty-first century, this volume presents investigations into a vast array of subjects

Thomas Hardy - Bockhampton and Beyond (Norman Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Difference and Orientation: An Alexander Kluge Reader (Kluge Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Alexander Kluge is one of contemporary Germany's leading intellectuals and artists. A key architect of the New German Cinema and a pioneer of auteur television programming, he has also cowritten three acclaimed volumes of critical theory, published countless essays and numerous works of fiction,

Affective medievalism: Love, abjection and discontent (Prendergast Thomas A.)(Pevná vazba)

Men Explain Things to Me - And Other Essays (Solnit Rebecca (Y))(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing

Conquests and Cultures: An International History (Sowell Thomas)(Paperback)

This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try to understand the role of cultural differences within

Minjian: The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals (Veg Sebastian)(Pevná vazba)

Sebastian Veg explores the rise of minjian-unofficial, unaffiliated, and among the people-intellectuals and how they have profoundly transformed China's public culture. Minjian documents how, amid deep structural shifts, grassroots thinker-activists began to work outside academia or policy

Dickens Boy (Keneally Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

By the author of Schindler's Ark and master storyteller, Thomas Keneally, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his adventures in the Australian

Handbook on Acts and Paul's Letters (Schreiner Thomas R.)(Pevná vazba)

Leading biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner provides an easy-to-navigate resource for studying and understanding the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters. This accessibly written volume summarizes the content of each major section of the biblical text to help readers quickly grasp the sense

The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club (Wheeler Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Athen um has attracted leading scientists, writers, and intellectuals throughout its history--Charles Darwin and Matthew Arnold, Edward Burne-Jones and Yehudi Menuhin, Winston Churchill and Gore Vidal. Tracing the Athen um from its founding to its recent reinvention, Michael Wheeler explores

A Book of Hours (Merton Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Presents a resource for daily prayer and

Migrations and Cultures: A World View (Sowell Thomas)(Paperback)

Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period

Space Race - The Journey to the Moon and Beyond (Cruddas Sarah)(Pevná vazba)