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著者:Matt Birkbeck
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2005年08月02日
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著者:Anna Wierzbicka
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2021年11月25日
It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Anna Wierzbicka, the distinguished linguist known for her theories of semantics, has written the first book t……続きを見る
著者:Lauren McKee
出版社: Association for Asian Studies
発売日: 2023年02月06日
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出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2019年10月29日
A vision for building a society that looks beyond money and toward maximizing the values that make life worth living, from the cofounder of Kickstarter.
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H. L. Mencken's 'In Defense of Women' is a provocative and thought-provoking analysis of the role and treatment of women in society. Mencken offers a critical examination of the prevailing attitudes……続きを見る
著者:Jeremy Black
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2016年03月03日
The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on the continent French armies were repeatedly victor……続きを見る
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出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2005年11月16日
Recent debates about British political and military strategies, derived in particular from dissension about Britain’s relationship with Europe and from disagreement over the Iraq war, has led to a g……続きを見る
著者:Gloria Dickie
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2023年07月11日
**An Economist Best Book of 2023 • An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • A Science News Favorite Science Books of 2023 • A Scientific American Best Staff Read of 2023
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著者:J. G. A. Pocock
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
This sixth and final volume in John Pocock's acclaimed sequence of works on Barbarism and Religion examines Volumes II and III of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, carrying Gibbo……続きを見る