
TITLES

WALDEN TWO
Philosophy
Genre:
B.F. Skinner
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Publisher:
Hackett
A reprint of the 1976 Macmillan edition.
This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct.
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TWO HUNDRED STORMY DAYS (Duecento Giorni di Tempesta)
Literary & General
Genre:
Simona Moraci
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Publisher:
Marlin
An intriguing love triangle among Sonia, Stefano and Andrea in a Sicilian seaside town in the hands of crime. All three are teachers in a school where the pupils' violent refusal of any rule and discipline dominates.
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EACH STORY IS A GAME
Biology is part of your life and the lives of all living things… Join Tomi and Sofi on their day of pure biology and discover this fascinating discipline.
Genre:
Giovanna Paesani
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Publisher:
LaMeridiana
A book to use and discover. Each story becomes a game and by playing children learn about themselves and the world.
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A SHORT HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Religion
Genre:
Dirk Ansorge
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Publisher:
Fr. Pustet
Dirk Ansorge broadly traces the epochs of the history of theology from late antiquity to the present day and makes central theological statements understandable from their respective historical contexts and concepts.
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WITTGENSTEIN CONVERSATIONS, 1949-1951
Philosophy
Genre:
O. K. Bouwsma
Edited by J. L. Craft and R. E. Hustwit
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Publisher:
Hackett
Offers insights into what Wittgenstein was like as a human being. This title presents Wittgenstein's outlook on morality and religion, and reveals some of his personal problems.
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CLIMATE STORIES
Current Issues
Genre:
Gianluca Lentini
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Publisher:
Hoepli
How and how often has climate changed over the past five thousand years?
Ever since the Ice Age, climate changes have affected the development of cultures and civilisations.
This book tells the complex and changing story of Climatology, a science as old as human civilisation.
Starting from ancient Mesopotamia, where special climatic conditions led to the first flourishing civilisations, it goes all the way to the latest research on the climate of far away planets, while never averting eyes from the fact that today, climatology is at the centre of the political and economic debate on global warming: while climate triggered human development (e.g. it was thanks to warmer temperatures that agriculture was made possible), now it is man who determines climate
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THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF COLONIALISM
History
Genre:
Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy
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Publisher:
Bristol U.P. - Policy Press
This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world.
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