Memoirs of Duke de Richelieu

History of Mme. la marquise de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV. n6e Poisson, wife of M. le Normand d'Etioles. — Binet, a relative of hers, procures her for the king. — Uneasiness of Boyer and of the pious party. — Two parties were produced at the court, that of the favorites and that of the dauphin. — Their reciprocal views and interests. — Portrait of M. d'Etioles, husband of the fav…

Addiction and responsibility

This volume offers a range of perspectives on addiction and responsibility and how the two are bound together. Distinguished contributors dicuss questions concerning whether or not we are responsible for our own addictions and what responsibilities others have to help.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Parasites, pathogens, and progress: Diseases and economic development

In this work, the authors combine biological and economic perspectives to suggest an innovative view of American history with implications for how we understand history as a whole.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Taking [a]part: The politics and aesthetics of participation in experience-ce…

Title appears as: Taking [a]part.In Taking [A]part, John McCarthy and Peter Wright consider a series of boundary-pushing research projects in human-computer interaction (HCI) in which the design of digital technology is used to inquire into participative experience. McCarthy and Wright view all of these projects -- which range from the public and performative to the private and interpersonal --…

Why have children?: The ethical debate

"In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify the choice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, Christine Overall maintains that the burden of proof should be reversed: that the choice to have children calls for more careful justification and reasoning than the choice not to. Arguing that the choice to have children i…

Julius the street boy : or, Life in the west

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History of civilization in Europe : from the fall of the Roman Empire to the …

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Helmholtz: From enlightenment to neuroscience

"Although Hermann von Helmholtz was one of the most remarkable figures of nineteenth-century science, he is little known outside his native Germany. Helmholtz (1821-1894) made significant contributions to the study of vision and perception and was also influential in the painting, music, and literature of the time; one of his major works analyzed tone in music. This book, the first in English t…

Holiday tales

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Half-hours with the early explorers

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