Understanding the vital role of marriage in upholding Britain`s power and influence over Europe, Queen Victoria asserted herself as royal matchmaker. This is a study of how a family shaped Europe.
Автор: Aronson Theo Название: A Family of Kings: The Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark ISBN: 1839012579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781839012570 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2206.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
In 1863, Queen Victoria decreed that her son Edward, Prince of Wales, should marry Princess Alexandra, daughter of the obscure and unsophisticated heir to the Danish throne.
The beauty, grace and charm of Prince Christian's daughter had prevailed over the Queen's intense dislike of the Danish royal house. Even the embarrassingly difficult Bertie was persuaded to agree to the match.
Thus began the fairy-tale saga of a family that handed on its good looks, unaffectedness and democratic manners to almost every royal house of modern Europe. For, in the year that Alexandra became Princess of Wales, her brother Willie was elected King of the Hellenes; her father at last succeeded to the Danish throne; her sister Dagmar was soon to become wife of the future Tsar Alexander III of Russia; and her youngest sister Thyra later married the de jure King of Hanover.
A Family of Kings is the story of the crowned children and grandchildren of Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark, focusing on the half-century before the First World War. It is an intimate, domestic study of a close-knit family, their individual personalities, and the courts to which they came.
Автор: Oxley Jennifer, Aronson Billy Название: Peg + Cat: The Penguin Problem ISBN: 0763690732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763690731 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Skiing past hurdles can be a problem when you don t know your "over, under, "and "in between. "Peg and Cat to the rescue Peg and Cat are at the South Pole preparing to watch the ski race at the Animal Winter Games. Suddenly they spy the Penguins zooming downhill. CRASH The Penguins apologize ("Snow problem," says Cat), but it seems that there "is "a problem: the Penguins keep slamming into things So they all try again, with Peg shouting directions each time they come to a hurdle. "Go over Go under Go in between " But the Penguins still have no clue, because they don t know what "over, under, "and "in between "mean. Luckily, Cat points out some directional arrows to follow, and a problem is solved . . . for the moment. Now can anyone figure out how to keep the ice floe the Penguins have landed on from tilting?"
Автор: Pratkanis Anthony, Aronson Elliot Название: Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion ISBN: 0805074031 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805074031 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 3035.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Americans create 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in the mass media. Persuasion has always been integral to the democratic process, but increasingly, thoughtful discussion is being replaced with simplistic soundbites and manipulative messages. Drawing on the history of propaganda as well as on contemporary research in social psychology, "Age of Propaganda" shows how the tactics used by political campaigners, sales agents, advertisers, televangelists, demagogues, and others often take advantage of our emotions by appealing to our deepest fears and most irrational hopes, creating a distorted vision of the world we live in. This revised and updated edition includes coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, recent election campaigns, talk radio, teen suicide, U.F.O. abductions, the Columbine shootings, and novel propaganda tactics based on hypocrisy and false allegations. Anthony Pratkanis is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Elliot Aronson is one of our nation's most eminent social psychologists. He is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Visiting Professor of Psychology at Stanford University The United States creates 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in mass media. Persuasion has always been integral to the democratic process, but increasingly, thoughtful discussion is being replaced with simplistic soundbites and manipulative messages. Drawing on the history of propaganda as well as on contemporary research in social psychology, "Age of Propaganda" shows how the tactics used by political campaigners, sales agents, advertisers, televangelists, demagogues, and others often take advantage of our emotions by appealing to our deepest fears and most irrational hopes, creating a distorted vision of the world we live in. This revised and updated edition includes coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, recent election campaigns, talk radio, teen suicide, U.F.O. abductions, the Columbine shootings, and novel propaganda tactics based on hypocrisy and false allegations. "We're all headed for an 'ignorance spiral' if we don't stop American standards of persuasion from deteriorating . . . Don't be part of the problem. Read the book."--"Philadelphia Inquirer" "A brilliant tour-de-force . . . about the most pervasive cultural phenomena of our time."--George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus of the Annenberg School of Communication "The authors . . . inform, provoke, and occasionally shock the reader about the ways in which our beliefs, preferences, and choices are constantly influenced."--Mahzarin Banaji, Yale University "After reading this book, I have begun to doubt that I ever had much control over how I have been influenced by media hype and clever half-truths."--James Randi, debunker of psychic fraud and author of "Flim-Flam" and "The Mask of Nostradamus" "I could easily list ten reasons why you should read this book, but your boss and colleagues will probably tell you more about it at the office tomorrow--or worse, your competitors will show you next week."--Peter H. Farquhar, Center for Product Research, Carnegie-Mellon University "A gold mine of valuable information and insights into the persuasion process."--Robert B. Cialdini, Arizona State University, and author of "Influence" "A people's guide to baloney-detecting."--"Seattle Times"
Описание: A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, Savage Grace is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland -- beautiful, rich, worldly -- and their handsome, gentle son, Tony. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the whole family in a violent chain of events. Savage Grace unfolds against a glamorous international background (New York, London, Paris, Italy, Spain); features a nonpareil cast of characters (including Salvador Dalн, James Jones, the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and European nobility); and tells the doomed Baekelands' story through remarkably candid interviews, private letters, and diaries, not to mention confidential hospital, State Department, and prison documents. A true-crime classic, it exposes the envied lives of the rich and beautiful, and brilliantly illuminates the darkest corners of the American Dream.
Автор: Aronson Roy Название: Tales of an African Vet ISBN: 0762772417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780762772414 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2532.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Original publication and copyright date: 2011.
Автор: Aronson, Elliot Wilson, Timothy Akert, Robin Sommers, Samuel Название: Social psychology, global edition ISBN: 1292438320 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781292438320 Издательство: Pearson Education Рейтинг: Цена: 15386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For courses in Social Psychology Show how the ever-changing field of Social Psychology is useful in students everyday lives Social Psychology, 15th Edition retains the hallmark of its past success: up-to-date coverage of the quickly evolving subject matter written in a lively manner that has been embraced by thousands of students around the world. Authors Nyla Branscombe and Robert Baron both respected scholars with decades of undergraduate teaching experience generate student excitement by revealing the connections between theory and real-world experiences. The 14th Edition offers updated content to engage students, as well as new What Research Tells Us About sections in each chapter that illustrate how research findings help answer important questions about social life.
Автор: Aronson, Marc Название: Skull in the Rock, The ISBN: 1426310102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781426310102 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1743.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Discovery of a species of human - a chapter in our own ancestry - reads as a quest, from the nitty-gritty of evidence gathering to the magnificent moments of revelation.
Автор: Oxley Jennifer, Aronson Billy Название: Peg + Cat: The Pizza Problem ISBN: 0763692468 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763692469 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 551.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: What do fractions have to do with pizza? The stars of the Emmy Award-winning animated series Peg + Cat serve up -- and solve -- a delicious problem. It's lunchtime at Peg's Pizza Place Peg and Cat are excited to take their first order -- from the Teens -- only to learn that some customers want a whole pizza while one of them wants half a pie. How can Peg and Cat make half a pie when they don't know what half is? Peg is totally freaking out -- until Cat reminds her that when it comes to halves and wholes, it's all in how you slice it.
Автор: Aronson Marc Название: Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue ISBN: 1534444149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781534444140 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Рейтинг: Цена: 1102.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue"--
In 2014, the residents of Flint, Michigan noticed that their water was a copper hue and smelled and tasted like sulfur. Some began using bottled water, but many of those who didn't started to experience rashes, hair loss, and a frightening, dehabilitating illness. Still, city officials claimed water tests were normal. It wasn't until nearly a year later when Flint resident Lee Ann Walters sent a water sample to the Environmental Protection Agency herself that the truth came out: the citizens of Flint where being poisoned by their own water supply. Based on the authors' original reporting and featuring government documents, photographs, and, Poisoned Water is a riveting look at an alarming story of a government who turned away from its citizens--and the power of those same citizens who rose up to demand action.
