Описание: Before winning international fame with Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut was a master of the drugstore paperback and the popular short story. This authoritative collection of his brilliant early work opens with Player Piano (1952), a Metropolis-like parable of breakneck technological innovation and its effect on those it robs of their livelihoods. The Sirens of Titan (1959), the interplanetary adventures of the world's wealthiest and most despised man, is both a pulp-fiction space opera and a satire on the vanity of human striving. The confessions of a German-American double agent well placed among the Nazi elite, Mother Night (1962) is a cautionary tale with a famous moral: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Here too are six of Vonnegut's best short stories, gems that display his matchless talent for hilarious invention and caustic social criticism.
A companion volume, Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973, collects Cat's Cradle; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-Five; Breakfast of Champions; and three short stories, including "Welcome to the Monkey House."
LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Описание: The ultimate Vonnegut: all 14 novels plus a selection of the best of his stories in a definitive collector's boxed set. The novels of Kurt Vonnegut defined a generation a remain among the most enduringly popular and influential works of the last century. Now, for the first time, they are available in a single collector's edition, featuring authoritative annotated texts. This boxed set includes four Library of America volumes: Novels & Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night Novels & Stories 1963-1973 Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions Novels 1976-1985 Slapstick / Jailbird / Deadeye Dick / Galapagos Novels 1987-1997 Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Автор: Offit Anne Название: Biodiversity and Conservation ISBN: 1682862771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682862773 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27978 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Theories, research, practical applications, and case studies related to all contemporary topics of relevance to biodiversity and conservation, have been included in this book. The chapters included in this book on environmental management and planning, green technology, environmental health, sustainable development, etc. provide an exhaustive insight into this field. A number of latest researches have been included to keep the readers up-to-date with the global concepts in this area of study.
Автор: Offit Anne Название: Ecology, Environment and Conservation ISBN: 1682860612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682860618 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26515 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book integrates some of the key issues and concepts pertaining to ecology, environment and conservation. The rapid degradation of natural resources, diminishing reserves of conventional fuel and mineral sources, and the impoverished state of environmental health has necessitated the re-evaluation of damage caused by various industrial and human activities. The topics covered in this extensive book deal with some of the crucial aspects such as emerging trends in recycling and waste management, strategies to improve sustainability and productivity, diverse branches of ecology, population dynamics and utilization of natural resources, green house effects, etc. From theories to researches to practical applications, case studies related to all contemporary topics of relevance to this field have been included in this book. This book is a resource guide for experts as well as students.
Автор: Offit Anne Название: Principles of Ecosystem Diversity ISBN: 1632396475 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781632396471 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 16929 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Ecosystem diversity refers to the study of the various types of ecosystems found on the planet earth. It deals with the different terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and studies the diversity found in both. This book talks about the various principles related to ecosystem diversity. It sheds light on the basic to the most complex variations present in different ecosystems. This book includes contributions of experts and scientists which will provide innovative insights into this field. The extensive content of this book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject. It will serve as a reference to a broad spectrum of readers including ecologists, biologists, environmentalists, researchers and students.
Автор: Offit Anne Название: Environmental Science ISBN: 1682863050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682863053 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 28344 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Environmental science is a discipline that assimilates concepts and information from several fields such as atmospheric science, mineralogy, oceanology, environmental engineering, geosciences, etc. to help solve the current environmental problems and assess various environmental impacts. This innovative and comprehensive book integrates the well-developed theory and practical applications of environmental science with the help of topics like pollution control, toxicology, environmental management, natural resource management, etc. This book, with its detailed analyses and data, will prove immensely beneficial to professionals and students involved in this area at various levels.
Автор: Offit Paul A. M.D. Название: Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All ISBN: 0465057969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780465057962 Издательство: Little, Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2124 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 2014, California suffered the largest and deadliest outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough," in more than fifty years. This tragedy was avoidable. An effective vaccine has been available since the 1940s. In recent years other diseases, like measles and mumps, have also made a comeback. The reason for these epidemics can be traced to a group whose vocal proponents insist, despite evidence to the contrary, that vaccines are poison. As a consequence, parents and caretakers are rejecting vaccines for themselves and their families.In Deadly Choices , infectious-disease expert Paul Offit takes a look behind the curtain of the anti-vaccine movement. What he finds is a reminder of the power of scientific knowledge, and the harm we risk if we ignore it.
In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing expos of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.
Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine--an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks--can actually be harmful to our health.
Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit separates the sense from the nonsense, showing why any therapy--alternative or traditional--should be scrutinized. He also shows how some nontraditional methods can do a great deal of good, in some cases exceeding therapies offered by conventional practitioners.
An outspoken advocate for science-based health advocacy who is not afraid to take on media celebrities who promote alternative practices, Dr. Offit advises, "There's no such thing as alternative medicine. There's only medicine that works and medicine that doesn't."
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