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History of Art

Believing and Seeing The Art of Gothic Cathedrals

Recht Roland

ISBN: PB: 9780226706078, ISBN: HB: 9780226706061, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 85 halftones

In "Believing and Seeing", Roland Recht argues that preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works. In addition to the great cathedrals of France, Recht explores key religious buildi...

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Media Studies

News at Work Imitation in an Age of Information Abundance

Boczkowski Pablo J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226062808, ISBN: HB: 9780226062792, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings, 12 tables, 7 halftones

Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustome...

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Law

Failure of Corporate Law Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities

Greenfield Kent

ISBN: PB: 9780226306940, ISBN: HB: 9780226306933, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"The Failure of Corporate Law" returns corporate law to a system in which the public has a greater say in how firms are governed. Kent Greenfield maintains that the laws controlling firms should be much more protective of the public interest and of t...

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Buddhism

Buddhism and Science A Guide for the Perplexed

Lopez Donald S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226493190, ISBN: HB: 9780226493121, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
278 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, both practitioners and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed its compatibility with science. In "Buddhism and Science", Donald S. Lopez Jr. explores how and why these two seemingly...

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Evolution

Nature

Orchard Invisible A Natural History of Seeds

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226757742, ISBN: HB: 9780226757735, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
224 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 21 halftones

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of lif...

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Islam

Medieval

Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages

Touati Houari

ISBN: HB: 9780226808772, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm

In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. On these journeys, voyagers not only interacted with foreign cultures – touring Greek civilization, exploring the Middle East and North...

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Education

Making Failure Pay For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools

Koyama Jill P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226451749, ISBN: HB: 9780226451732, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

A little-discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after-school tutoring companies – the largest of which are private, for-profit corporations – and to pay them with federal funds".Maki...

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Business & Economics

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2009 Volume 24

Acemoglu Daron, Rogoff Kenneth, Woodford Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226002101, ISBN: HB: 9780226002095, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
440 pp., 23x15 cm, 41 line illus.

The "NBER Macroeconomics Annual" provides a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomics and major developments in the theory of macroeconomic analysis and policy that include leading economists from a variety of fields. The papers and...

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Cookbooks

Jewish Studies

Kosher Baker Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy

Shoyer Paula

ISBN: HB: 9781584658351, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2010
348 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Producing flavorful and appealing kosher desserts has been a challenge in Jewish households throughout the ages. Without access to butter, cream, milk, cheese, yogurt, or other dairy products, creating a tasty and memorable dessert for family and fri...

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Business & Economics

NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2009 Volume 6

Reichlin Lucrezia, West Kenneth

ISBN: PB: 9780226707501, ISBN: HB: 9780226707495, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
500 pp., 23x15 cm, 60 line illus.

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers included in this volume discuss openness and the fall and rise of stock market correlations between 1890 and 2001; defaults, unde...

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