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  • Wieger, L.: Chinese Characters
    Chinese Characters
    by L. Wieger
    ISBN 0818800941 (0-8188-0094-1)
    Hardcover, Paragon Book Gallery Ltd

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  • Harper Collins: Collins Gem German Dictionary
    Collins Gem German Dictionary
    by Harper Collins, Veronika Calderwood-Schnorr, Silke Probst, Helen Galloway
    ISBN 0007126239 (0-00-712623-9)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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  • Collins Gem German Dictionary: German-English, English-German
    ISBN 0004707478 (0-00-470747-8)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    The best-selling German mini dictionary

    • fully revised and up-to-date
    • extra help with the most common words
    • special entries on German life and culture
    • compact and reliable
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  • Collins Gem German Dictionary: German-English/English-German
    by Harper Collins, Christine Bahr
    ISBN 0004723570 (0-00-472357-0)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    Now with all the latest German spelling changes implemented

    • OVER 70,000 references

    • special entries on German life and culture

    • extra help with the most frequently-used words in German

    • compact and reliable

    • The best-selling mini dictionary

     

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  • Cuentos De Canterbury
    by Geoffrey Chaucer, Ivana Mollo
    ISBN 849764803X (84-9764-803-X)
    Softcover, Edimat Libros

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    For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.
     
    Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.
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  • Adler, Eve: Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions
    Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions
    by Eve Adler
    ISBN 0812090853 (0-8120-9085-3)
    Softcover, Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated

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  • Davies, Christopher E.: Divided by a Common Language: A British American Dictionary Plus
    Divided by a Common Language: A British American Dictionary Plus
    by Christopher E. Davies, Jason Murphy
    ISBN 0966094573 (0-9660945-7-3)
    Softcover, Mayflower Pr

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  • Duden: Die Deutsche Rechtschreibung
    by Dudenredaktion (Bibliographisches Institut)
    ISBN 3411040149 (3-411-04014-9)
    Hardcover, Dudenverlag

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    Der Duden Bd.1 Duden Die deutsche

    Rechtschreibung

    Gewicht: 1148 g
    Umfang: 1216 S.
    Format: 19,5 cm
    Einband: gebunden

    Das umfassende Standardwerk auf der Grundlage
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  • From Alpha to Omega: An Introduction to Classical Greek
    by Anne Groton
    ISBN 158510034X (1-58510-034-X)
    Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co

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    From Alpha to Omega is a Classical Greek grammar textbook of fifty lessons with readings beginning with Aesop. Answer Key contains answers to all exercises. The exercise text provides additional exercises, additional explanatory material and answer keys for all exercises in the ancillary text. Online audio files of vocabulary and exercises are available for the first half of the text, developed by David Nye, Calvin College.
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  • Fun With Chinese Characters
    by Tan Huay Peng, Huoping Chen
    ISBN 1932457003 (1-932457-00-3)
    Softcover, Master Communications Inc

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    Fun with Chinese Characters (in three volumes) makes learning Chinese characters entertaining and memorable! Every page contains all the information you need to learn a Chinese character: the origin (etymology) of a character, its description and an entertaining illustration by cartoonist Tan Huay Peng. Knowing the origin greatly simplify the recognition the characters. The cartoons which accompany each character are often comical and clever. Examples of how the character is used in compound phrases are offered. First volume contains an in-depth introduction on the genesis of the characters. The third volume contains index of all 480 characters and their location.

    The characters are written in traditional and simplified characters and has romanized pinyin pronunciation. Stroke orders, definition and example sentence make this book a valuable resource. Learning Chinese characters has never been so much fun! [via]

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  • The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
    by Suzette Haden Elgin
    ISBN 0880292571 (0-88029-257-1)
    Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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    This is the second in a series of books, which presents the key tactics and skills for controlling language behaviour in one's personal and professional life. It explains the hidden meanings of silences, body language, expression and tone and it shows how to get on someone's wavelength and how to speak someone's language. [via]

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  • A Glossary of Literary Terms
    by M. H. Abrams
    ISBN 0030119537 (0-03-011953-7)
    Softcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

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    "A Glossary of Literary Terms, International Edition," will deepen your understanding of and insights into the literature you love - whether it's classic Greek, modern mysteries, cutting-edge drama, or any other form - and it will open the worlds of literary forms you have yet to discover. [via]

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  • How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World
    by Francis Wheen
    ISBN 158648348X (1-58648-348-X)
    Softcover, Perseus Books Group

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    In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.

    What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.

    In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.
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  • Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense
    by Francis Wheen
    ISBN 1586482475 (1-58648-247-5)
    Hardcover, Perseus Books Group

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    In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.

    What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.

    In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.
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  • Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction
    by Benjamin Fortson
    ISBN 1405103167 (1-4051-0316-7)
    Softcover, Blackwell Pub

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    Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material.


    • Fills a long-present gap in the literature of Indo-European studies.
    • Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter.
    • Discusses linguistic and cultural developments for each branch of the Indo-European language family.
    • Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language.
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  • Yao, Tao-Chung: Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Character Workbook Level 1
    Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Character Workbook Level 1
    by Tao-Chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Daozhong Yao
    ISBN 0887272665 (0-88727-266-5)
    Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co

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  • Yao, Tao-Chung: Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Level 1
    Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Level 1
    by Tao-Chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Daozhong Yao
    ISBN 0887272649 (0-88727-264-9)
    Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co

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  • Yao, Tao-Chung: Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Textbook Level 1
    Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Textbook Level 1
    by Tao-Chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Daozhong Yao
    ISBN 0887272622 (0-88727-262-2)
    Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co

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  • An Introduction to Old Irish
    by R.P.M. Lehmann, Lehmann W.P.
    ISBN 0873522885 (0-87352-288-5)
    Softcover, Modern Language Assn of Amer

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  • Irish Dictionary: English-Irish Irish-English/Bearla-Gaeilge Gaeilge-Bearla
    by Seamus Mac Mathuna, Ailbhe O Corrain
    ISBN 0004707532 (0-00-470753-2)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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  • Ballhatchet, H. J.: Japanese
    Japanese
    by H. J. Ballhatchet, S.K. Kaiser
    ISBN 0844238074 (0-8442-3807-4)
    Softcover, Ntc Pub Group

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  • Ballhatchet, H. J.: Japanese: A Complete Course for Beginners
    Japanese: A Complete Course for Beginners
    by H. J. Ballhatchet, S.K. Kaiser
    ISBN 0844238686 (0-8442-3868-6)
    Softcover, McGraw-Hill

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  • [???]: Japanese for Busy People
    Japanese for Busy People
    ISBN 4770018827 (4-7700-1882-7)
    Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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  • The Kanji Dictionary
    by Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn, Kimiko Fujie-Winter
    ISBN 4805305452 (4-8053-0545-2)
    Hardcover, Charles E. Tuttle Co

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    The Kanji Dictionary has been hailed as a revolution in Japanese language reference materials. Including over 47,000 character compounds, it employs a unique multiple-reference compound system: every compound is listed under each of its component characters. This unique, time-saving feature makes finding compounds fast and easy. Entries are arranged according to a simplified radical-based reference system; comprehensive on/kun readings index and a handy radical overview lists add other parameters for searching for entries. Newly coined terms, particularly those in new technical fields, are added to the most common and most important terms and expressions currently in use. [via]

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  • [???]: Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese
    Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese
    ISBN 4770024800 (4-7700-2480-0)
    Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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  • Langenscheidt's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English/English-Japanese
    by Langenscheidt Staff
    ISBN 1585730386 (1-58573-038-6)
    Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc

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    This Pocket Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary has up-to-date words, examples of usage, idiomatic expressions, and romanization of all Japanese characters. Also the Japanese - English section is arranged alphabetically according to pronunciartion. Over 40,000 references. [via]

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  • Langenscheidt's Universal Turkish Dictionary: Turkish-English/English-Turkish
    by H. J. Kornrumpf
    ISBN 0887291678 (0-88729-167-8)
    Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc

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    Dictionaries in this Universal line are complete, concise, and priced to sell. They are small enough for pocket or purse, comprehensive enough for classroom use or casual conversation. Up to 35,000 entries. [via]

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  • Bloomfield, Leonard: Language
    Language
    by Leonard Bloomfield
    ISBN 812081195X (81-208-1195-X)
    Hardcover, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (Pvt. Ltd)

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  • Aitchison, Jean: Language Change: Progress or Decay?
    Language Change: Progress or Decay?
    by Jean Aitchison
    ISBN 0876634560 (0-87663-456-0)
    Hardcover, Universe Books

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  • Latin for Americans: First Book
    by Charles Henderson, B. L. Ullman, Norman E. Henry
    ISBN 0026409127 (0-02-640912-7)
    Hardcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co

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  • Latin for Americans: Book 1
    by B. L. Ullman
    ISBN 0026409151 (0-02-640915-1)
    Hardcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co

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    Latin may be a "DEAD" language, however it still has it's place in medicine, science and the Law. This will be a help to those students. [via]

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  • Lonely Planet Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook
    by Richard Delacy
    ISBN 0864424256 (0-86442-425-6)
    Softcover, Lonely Planet

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    Contains extensive vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation sections; script throughout for both Hindu and Urdu; conversation topics together with essential language; also includes cultural tips and information with an extensive food section. [via]

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  • Man Made Language
    by Dale Spender
    ISBN 0863584012 (0-86358-401-2)
    Softcover, Pandora Pr

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  • The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
    by Merriam Webster
    ISBN 0877796378 (0-87779-637-8)
    Softcover, Merriam Webster

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    Fully revised edition. An all-purpose thesaurus at an attractive price.\n- More than 150 000 synonyms related words idiomatic phrases near antonyms and antonyms.\n- Alphabetically organized for ease of use\n- Abundant usage examples\n- Brief definitions describe shared meanings\n\nBinding: Mass-market paperback\nWeight: 13 oz\nPages: 800\nSize: 4.19 x 6 7/8 \n [via]

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  • Cornog, Mary Wood: Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
    Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
    by Mary Wood Cornog
    ISBN 0877799105 (0-87779-910-5)
    Softcover, Merriam Webster Mass Market

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  • Mother Tongue: How Humans Create Language
    by Joel Davis
    ISBN 1559722061 (1-55972-206-1)
    Hardcover, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

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    Presenting the latest and most controversial research on the origin of languages, the author of Mapping the Code discusses first language acquisition, idiot savants, language and stroke victims, and other issues. 15,000 first printing. [via]

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  • Haugen, Einar Ingvald: Norsk-Engelsk Ordbok: Med Oppslagsord Pa Bokmal Og Nynorsk Overs. Til Amerikansk Engelsk
    Norsk-Engelsk Ordbok: Med Oppslagsord Pa Bokmal Og Nynorsk Overs. Til Amerikansk Engelsk
    by Einar Ingvald Haugen
    ISBN 8200048543 (82-00-04854-3)
    Hardcover, Universitetsforl

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  • On Certainty/Uber Gewissheit
    by G.H. Von Wright, G. E. M. Anscombe, Wittgenstein
    ISBN 0061316865 (0-06-131686-5)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    Philosophy, German Studies [via]

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  • Lazzarino, Graziana: Prego!: An Invitation to Italian
    Prego!: An Invitation to Italian
    by Graziana Lazzarino, Anna Maria Bellezza, Mara Mauri Jacobsen
    ISBN 0070377227 (0-07-037722-7)
    Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College

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  • Heisig, James W.: Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
    Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
    by James W. Heisig
    ISBN 0870407392 (0-87040-739-2)
    Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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  • Berkley Editors: Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
    Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
    by Berkley Editors
    ISBN 0808571338 (0-8085-7133-8)
    Hardcover, Bt Bound

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  • Russian in 10 Minutes a Day
    by Kristine Kershul, Kamal Bouranov, Marianna Ilyina, Alla A. Smyslova
    ISBN 0944502474 (0-944502-47-4)
    Softcover, Bilingual Books, Inc.

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    The book walks you through your language in 23 easy steps. Almost automatically you will acquire a large working vocabulary that will suit your needs. As you work through the steps, use the sticky labels (included). At the back of the book, you will also find cut-out flash cards to make learning fun. When you have completed the book, cut out the menu at the back and take it along on your trip. [via]

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  • Talking Right: How the Right turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Lovi
    by Geoff Nunberg
    ISBN 1586483862 (1-58648-386-2)
    Hardcover, Public Affairs

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    Geoffrey Nunberg breaks new ground with this fierce and funny narrative of how the political right has ushered in a new world order, aided unwittingly by the liberal media. Democrats are well known for their "lousy bumper stickers," as Joe Klein puts it. As liberals wade through the semantics of "social security lockbox," "single payer," and other wonky locutions, the right has become harder, meaner and better at getting out the message: the estate tax became the more menacing "death tax" and a contentious education initiative was wrapped in the comforting (and memorable) blanket of "No Child Left Behind." But Nunberg shows that the real story is more subtle than just a bumper sticker war. Conservatives' main goal wasn't to win voters over to their positions on healthcare, education, or the environment. They had a much more dramatic ambition. By changing the meaning of words like "values," "government," "liberal"; "faith," and "freedom," conservatives have shifted the political center of gravity of the language itself to the right. "Whatever our politics," Nunberg observes, "when we talk about politics nowadays, we can't help using language that embodies a conservative world-view."
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  • Websters' First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language
    by Mary Daly, Jane Caputi
    ISBN 0807067334 (0-8070-6733-4)
    Softcover, Beacon Press

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  • What's the Good Word?
    by William Safire
    ISBN 0812910060 (0-8129-1006-0)
    Hardcover, Times Books

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  • Word Power Made Easy
    by Norman Lewis
    ISBN 0883659255 (0-88365-925-5)
    Hardcover, BBS Publishing Corporation

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    Binding: Hardcover Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation Date published: 1995 ISBN-13: 9780883659250 ISBN: 0883659255 [via]

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  • Beard, Henry: X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator
    X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator
    by Henry Beard
    ISBN 1592400140 (1-59240-014-0)
    Hardcover, Gotham Books

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  • Rowlands, E. C.: Yoruba
    Yoruba
    by E. C. Rowlands
    ISBN 0844238430 (0-8442-3843-0)
    Softcover, Teach Yourself

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    • La Tabla Rasa
      by Steven Pinker
      ISBN 8449314895 (84-493-1489-5)
      Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A

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      La concepción que podamos tener de la naturaleza humana afecta a todos los aspectos de nuestra vida, desde la forma en que educamos a nuestros hijos hasta las ideas políticas que defendemos. Sin embargo, en un momento en que la ciencia está avanzando espectacularmente en estos temas, muchas personas se muestran hostiles al respecto. Temen que los descubrimientos sobre los patrones innatos del pensar y el sentir se puedan emplear para justificar la desigualdad, subvertir el orden social, anular la responsabilidad personal y confundir el sentido y el propósito de la vida.En La tabla rasa, Steven Pinker explora la idea de la naturaleza humana y sus aspectos éticos, emocionales y políticos. Demuestra que muchos intelectuales han negado su existencia al defender tres dogmas entrelazados: la tabla rasa (la mente no tiene características innatas), el buen salvaje (la persona nace buena y la sociedad la corrompe) y el fantasma en la máquina (todos tenemos un alma que toma decisiones sin depender de la biología). Cada dogma sobrelleva una carga ética, y por eso sus defensores se obcecan en tácticas desesperadas para desacreditar a los científicos que los cuestionan.Pinker aporta calma y serenidad a estos debates al mostrar que la igualdad, el progreso, la responsabilidad y el propósito nada tienen que temer de los descubrimientos sobre la complejidad de la naturaleza humana. Con un razonamiento claro, sencillez en la exposición y ejemplos procedentes de la ciencia y la historia, el autor desmonta incluso las amenazas más inquietantes. Y demuestra que un reconocimiento de la naturaleza humana basado en la ciencia y el sentido común, lejos de ser peligroso, puede ser un complemento a las ideas sobre la condición humana que miles de miles de artistas y filósofos han generado. Todo ello aderezado con un estilo que, en sus obras anteriores, le sirvió para conseguir muchos premios y el aplauso internacional: ingenio, lucidez y agudeza en el análisis de todos los asuntos, sean grandes o pequeños. [via]

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