The Comfort of People (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

The Comfort of People (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines the social worlds of people suffering from terminal or long-term illness. Threading together a series of personal stories, based on interviews conducted

The Global Smartphone: Beyond a Youth Technology (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

A look at the adoption of smartphones by older people across the globe. The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose--but do we really know what it is, or what its consequences are for people's lives around the world? This volume presents the findings of eleven anthropologists in

The Comfort of Things (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

Wer und vor allem wie lebt man in London heute? In 30 brillanten Portr ts erf hrt der Leser ganz intime Details, durchlebt selbst alle H hen und Tiefen der Protagonisten und erh lt einen umfassenden Einblick in das 'Wesen der Menschen' aus Sicht eines

The Global Smartphone: Beyond a Youth Technology (Miller Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A look at the adoption of smartphones by older people across the globe. The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose--but do we really know what it is, or what its consequences are for people's lives around the world? This volume presents the findings of eleven anthropologists in

Environmental Science (Miller G. Tyler)(Paperback)

The 16th Edition of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is 'inspiring people to care about the planet.' Partnering with National Geographic Learning, the authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman deliver a text that equips and inspires you with the tools and knowledge to make a difference solving today's

Ve Day: The People's Story (Miller Russell)(Paperback)

Drawing from first-hand interviews, diaries and memoirs of those involved in the VE Day celebrations in 1945, VE DAY: The People's Story paints an enthralling picture of a day that marked the end of the war in Europe and the beginning of a new era. VE Day affected millions of people in countless

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (Miller Henry)(Paperback)

First published in 1959, this touching fable tells of Auguste, a famous clown who could make people laugh but who sought to impart to his audiences a lasting joy. Originally inspired by a series of circus and clown drawings by the cubist painter Femand Leger, Miller eventually used his own

Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration (Miller David)(Paperback)

How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to downplay the considerable cultural and demographic impact of immigration on host societies. Seeking to balance the rights of immigrants with the

This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent (Miller Daegan)(Paperback)

'The American people sees itself advance across the wilderness, draining swamps, straightening rivers, peopling the solitude, and subduing nature,' wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835. That's largely how we still think of nineteenth-century America today: a country expanding unstoppably, bending

The Psychology of Stupidity (Marmion Jean-Francois)(Paperback)

At last, stupidity explained And by some of the world's smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James, and Ryan Holiday 'We need books like this one.' --Steven Pinker And so I proclaim, o idiots of every stripe and morons of

Stuff (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things. This book shows why it is time to acknowledge and confront this neglect and how much we can learn from focusing our attention on stuff.The

A History of Future Cities (Brook Daniel)(Paperback)

Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world 'instant cities' like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints

Death of the Gods (Miller Carl)(Paperback)

Dictator Literature - A History of Bad Books by Terrible People (Kalder Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

A tour of the merciless leaders who inflicted their books upon society, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao and many

Key Person of Influence - The Five-Step Method to Become One of the Most Highly Valued and Highly Paid People in Your Industry (Priestley Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment (Miller Daniel C.)(Paperback)

A concise, up-to-date review of school neuropsychological assessment that covers effective treatment planning The third edition of Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment offers a practical and concise overview of neuropsychological practice in schools and other pediatric clinical

Plant Kin: A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil (Miller Theresa L.)(Paperback)

The Indigenous Canela inhabit a vibrant multispecies community of nearly 3,000 people and over 300 types of cultivated and wild plants living together in Maranh o State in the Brazilian Cerrado (savannah), a biome threatened with deforestation and climate change. In the face of these environmental

The Wisdom of the Heart (Miller Henry)(Paperback)

In this selection of stories and essays, Henry Miller elucidates, revels, and soars, showing his command over a wide range of moods, styles, and subject matters. Writing 'from the heart,' always with a refreshing lack of reticence, Miller involves the reader directly in his thoughts and feelings

Materiality (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

Throughout history and across social and cultural contexts, most systems of belief--whether religious or secular--have ascribed wisdom to those who see reality as that which transcends the merely material. Yet, as the studies collected here show, the immaterial is not easily separated from the

Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling (Miller Geri)(Paperback)

Drawing from her years of experience working in the addiction-counseling field, Geri Miller provides an engaging, balanced overview of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field. From assessment and diagnosis of addiction to preparing for certification and licensure as

The Anatomy of Disgust (Miller William Ian)(Paperback)

William Miller embarks on an alluring journey into the world of disgust, showing how it brings order and meaning to our lives even as it horrifies and revolts us. Our notion of the self, intimately dependent as it is on our response to the excretions and secretions of our bodies, depends on it

The Lives of Lee Miller (Penrose Antony)(Paperback)

Collected in this compelling volume are the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded by her son, Antony Penrose, whose years of work on her photographic archives have unearthed a rich selection of her finest work, including portraits of her friends Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst,

The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Miller Arthur)(Paperback)

To celebrate the centennial of his birth, the collected plays of America's greatest twentieth-century dramatist in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition In the history of postwar American art and politics, Arthur Miller casts a long shadow as a playwright of stunning range and power whose works held up

Batman: Year One (Miller Frank)(Paperback)

Written by Frank Miller Art and cover by David Mazucchelli A new softcover edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures eve! In addition to telling the entire dramatic story of Batman's first year fighting crime, this collection includes loads of reproductions of