Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris
Abydos: Egypt’s First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris, by David O’Connor, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, co-director, Yale University-University of Pennsylvania-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Excavations at Abydos, marks the first in-depth book on one of Egypt's most important yet mysterious archaeological sites...
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E.O. Wilson and B.F Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism
David Sloan Wilson, author of Darwin’s Cathedral writes: "E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner agreed that the human capacity for change is both a product of genetic evolution and an evolutionary process in its own right...
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Mapping the Territory
Chris Bram’s Mapping the Territory includes essays, articles, and reviews he has written over the past three decades...
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Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action, and Society: A New Analysis
Justin Holt, an adjunct instructor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, examines Karl Marx’s philosophy of nature and reveals how it is the basis for his practical philosophy in Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action, and Society: A New Analysis...
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Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson
Menahem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) was the seventh and seemingly last Rebbe of the Habad-Lubavitch dynasty...
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The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law
The 750 men imprisoned at Guantánamo following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, ranged in age from teenage boys to elderly men and came from over 40 countries...
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Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America
Nathaniel Frank, an adjunct faculty member in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, draws on decades of research on gay service and hundreds of interviews with policymakers, government officials, academics, and service members in his latest work, Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America...
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