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  • Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah
    Clarence E. (Clarence Edward) Dutton / John Wesley Powell / Willis Drummond
    John Wesley Powell’s 'Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah' offers a foundational exploration of land use and conservation in the American West. This seminal work, focusing on the arid regions and specifically Utah, delves into the challenges and possibilities presented by the unique environment. Powell’s...
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    37,35 €

  • Sent Before Their Time
    Edward Dutton
    What do Sir Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, and Buddha have in common? They were all born prematurely. Tiny, weak, and brain-damaged, they very nearly didn’t survive. But, just about pulling-through, they went on to change the world. And so did Rousseau, Goethe, and Moses, despite being born tiny and many months early. In Sent Before Their Time, Edward Dutton, who was born 3 mon...
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    17,90 €

  • Witches, Feminism, and the Fall of the West
    Edward Dutton
    The archetype of the 'witch' is burnt deep into the European psyche, recurring again and again in folklore and fairytales. But is she merely the stuff of fantasy? Roald Dahl warned that witches don’t always don black hats and ride on broom sticks. They 'dress in ordinary clothes, and look very much like ordinary women. . . . That is why they are so hard to catch.' In Witches, F...
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    20,75 €

  • Meeting Jesus at University
    Edward Dutton
    How does university turn students into who they become? Why are student evangelicals such a significant and controversial force at so many universities? In many countries, university has become the main Rite of Passage between the child and adult worlds. University can be enjoyable and fascinating but also life-changing and traumatic. And at th ...
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    83,06 €

  • Islam
    Edward Dutton
    An intellectual gap separates the Islamic world and the West. Muslim children under-perform on most all educational measures, and Muslim societies produce fewer books, scientific advances, and cultural achievements. Evolutionary psychologist Edward Dutton demonstrates that this is not just a matter of genetics, war, or politics; the problem derives from Islam itself. Holding to...
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    16,59 €

  • Making Sense of Race
    Edward Dutton
    Race is our age’s great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist-that it’s a 'social construct' and biological differences between races are trivial or 'skin deep.' But as with taboos in other times, our attitude towards race seems delusional and schizophrenic. Racial differences in sports and culture are clear to everyone. Race is increasingly a factor in publ...
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    20,23 €

  • Making Sense of Race
    Edward Dutton
    Race is our age’s great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist-that it’s a 'social construct' and biological differences between races are trivial or 'skin deep.' But as with taboos in other times, our attitude towards race seems delusional and schizophrenic. Racial differences in sports and culture are clear to everyone. Race is increasingly a factor in publ...
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    29,63 €

  • Why Islam Makes You Stupid . . . But Also Means You'll Conquer The World
    Edward Dutton
    A “brain gap” separates Islam and the West. The populations of the Muslim world have markedly lower IQ and produce fewer intellectual and cultural achievements. Muslim communities within Western nations suffer from the same problems. In this startling book, Edward Dutton demonstrates that this phenomenon is not just a matter of race, global conflict, or political systems. It de...
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    11,18 €

  • Churchill's Headmaster
    Edward Dutton
    Winston Churchill is Britain’s national hero. His prep school headmaster was a sadist who almost ruined Churchill’s life. This first ever biography of Churchill’s headmaster pulls these myths apart. Churchill emerges as an intelligent and inspiring Narcissist who took Britain into a needless war, bankrupted it, lost its Empire and set off a process culminating in traditional Br...
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    25,26 €

  • Marketing Issues of 'waste' Grown Aquatic Foods
    John Dutton Conant Little / John Edward Huguenin
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    14,79 €

  • The Genius Famine
    Bruce G Charlton / Edward Dutton
    We live in a society where, for whatever reason, genius tends to be unacknowledged, denied, ignored or even (usually for 'politically correct' reasons) actively persecuted. For the past four hundred years, geniuses have been common to all the major humanities and sciences, art, literature, medicine, law, politics, the military and religion - yet today they have almost d...
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    21,23 €

  • From Sudan to Suomi
    Edward Dutton
    Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, , language: English, abstract: ABSTRACT Sudan and Suomi ('Finland' in Finnish) are very different nations. Various assessments have rated Finland the best country in the world in which to live while Sudan struggles, mired in poverty and intermittent civil war. Finland is the worl...
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    44,81 €

  • Charlemagne’s Mustache
    Paul Edward Dutton
    Charlemagne’s Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age presents the reader with seven engaging studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How w...
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    146,37 €

  • Meeting Jesus at University
    Edward Dutton
    How does university turn students into who they become? Why are student evangelicals such a significant and controversial force at so many universities? In many countries, university has become the main Rite of Passage between the child and adult worlds. University can be enjoyable and fascinating but also life-changing and traumatic. And at the exact time when a student’s ...
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    268,37 €

  • A Book Of The Play V2 (1876)
    Edward Dutton Cook
    A Book of the Play V2 (1876) is a comprehensive guide to the history and practice of theatre, written by Edward Dutton Cook. Originally published in 1876, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the art of the stage. It covers a wide range of topics, including the history of theatre from ancient Greece to modern times, the art of acting, the construction of ...
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    36,44 €

  • Earthquakes
    Clarence Edward Dutton
    ''Earthquakes: In The Light Of The New Seismology'' is a book written by Clarence Edward Dutton in 1904. The book focuses on the study of earthquakes and seismology, which was a relatively new field of study at the time. Dutton provides a comprehensive overview of the science of seismology, including the history of earthquake research, the causes and effects of earthquakes, and...
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    38,60 €

  • Charlemagne’s Mustache
    Paul Edward Dutton
    Charlemagne’s Mustache: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age presents the reader with seven engaging studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How ...
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    144,84 €