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Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian Drama By Birgit Beumers, reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, and Mark Lipovetsky, associate professor of Russian studies and comparative literature at CU Intellect Ltd. New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the 20 th century, following a...

By Claudia Mills, associate professor of philosophy Farrar, Strauss and Giroux Oliver Olson’s teacher is always saying that one person with a big idea can change the world. But how is Oliver supposed to change the world when his parents won’t let him do anything on his own – not...

By Rimgaila Salys, professor of Germanic and Slavic language and literature Intellect Ltd. Grigorii Aleksandrov’s musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s–1940s. Based on studio documents, press materials and interviews with surviving members of Aleksandrov’s film crews, this book presents...

2nd Edition By Mitchell C. Begelman, professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, and Martin Rees, University of Cambridge Cambridge University Press Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer simulations, this book shows how black holes were discovered, and discusses our current understanding...

Philip J. Armitage, associate professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences Cambridge University Press The study of planet formation has been revolutionized by recent observational breakthroughs, which have allowed the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets, the imaging of protoplanetary disks, and the discovery of the Solar System’s Kuiper Belt. Written...

Eighth Edition By Robert M. Regoli, CU professor of sociology; John D. Hewitt, professor of criminal justice at Grand Valley State University; and Matt DeLisi, associate professor of sociology at Iowa State University Jones and Bartlett Publishers The eighth edition of “Delinquency in Society” provides a systematic introduction to the...

Revised edition By Fred C. Pampel, professor of sociology Library in a Book Set As the single largest preventable cause of premature death, tobacco use kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. But nearly one in five adults in the United States still smokes. Despite vigorous criticism from public-health...

By Sharon K. Collinge, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and of environmental studies (Foreword by Richard T.T. Forman) Johns Hopkins University Press Ask airline passengers what they see as they gaze out the window, and they will describe a fragmented landscape: a patchwork of desert, farmlands and developed...

By Bradley Monton, associate professor of philosophy Broadview Press The doctrine of intelligent design is often the subject of acrimonious debate. Seeking God in Science cuts through the rhetoric that distorts the debates between religious and secular camps. Bradley Monton, a philosopher of science and an atheist, carefully considers the...

By Robert D. Rupert, assistant professor of philosophy Oxford University Press “Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind” surveys philosophical issues raised by the situated movement in cognitive science, that is, the treatment of cognitive phenomena as the joint product of brain, body, and environment. The book focuses primarily on the...