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  • GRAPHICAL BELIEF MODELING
    RUSSEL .G ALMOND
    This innovative volume explores graphical models using belief functions as a representation of uncertainty, offering an alternative approach to problems where probability proves inadequate. Graphical Belief Modeling makes it easy to compare the two approaches while evaluating their relative strengths and limitations. The author examines both theory and computation, incorporatin...

    $1,480.00

  • WORLD LITERATURE DECENTERED
    IAN ALMOND
    What would world literature look like, if we stopped referring to the “West”? Starting with the provocative premise that the “‘West’ is ten percent of the planet”, World Literature Decentered is the first book to decenter Eurocentric discourses of global literature and global history – not just by deconstructing or historicizing them, but by actively providing an alternative. L...

    $1,180.00

  • EDUCATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL
    BRENDA ALMOND
    First published in 1981, Education and the Individual presents a reasoned case for maintaining the maximum freedom of choice in education in those areas where the interests of the individual and the state conflict. The book argues that ultimately the freedom to opt out of the education system altogether must be protected, as well as the freedom to choose a religious education i...

    $920.00

  • MEANS AND ENDS IN EDUCATION
    BRENDA ALMOND
    First published in 1982, Means and Ends in Education explores the contrasts between approaches to teaching where teaching is simply a means to some other end; approaches in which the end determines the means; and approaches in which means and ends are integrated and education serves an intrinsic purpose. The book considers the concept of education and evaluates different proces...

    $860.00

  • APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
    BRENDA ALMOND / DONALD HILL
    In bringing the concepts and methods of philosophy to bear on specific, pressing, practical concerns, applied philosophy is the modern expression of a perennial concern: to understand, in part to control, and to come to terms with the conditions in which human life is to be lived. Originally published in 1991 and written by distinguished philosophers and academics from Europe, ...

    $1,060.00

  • PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
    LEN ALMOND
    At a time when PE has become a compulsory part of the National Curriculum, this book focuses on the role of PE and sport in schools. This edition includes sections on the National Curriculum, vocational education, GNVQ and GCSE. ...

    $1,340.00

  • HISTORY OF ISLAM IN GERMAN THOUGHT
    IAN ALMOND
    This concise overview of the perception of Islam in eight of the most important German thinkers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries allows a new and fascinating investigation of how these thinkers, within their own bodies of work, often espoused contradicting ideas about Islam and their nearest Muslim neighbors.  Exploring a variety of 'neat compartmentalizations' at wor...

    $1,560.00

  • SUFISM AND DECONSTRUCTION
    IAN ALMOND
    Examinung a series of common features in the works of Derrida and the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi, considered to be one of the most influential figures in Islamic thought, the author addresses the significant absence of attention on the relationship between Islam and Derrida. Presenting a deconstructive perspective on Ibn 'Arabi, the book's features include:* the opposition to systema...

    $1,560.00

  • MI PAPA ES UN HOMBRE PAJARO
    ALMOND DAVID
    En una ciudad lluviosa al norte de Inglaterra, cosas extrañas están pasando. Papá está armando un par de alas, comiendo moscas y arreglando un nido. La tía Dorita está haciendo empanaditas. El señor Popó está recorriendo las calles gritando muy fuerte. Hasta el señor Menta, el profesor, está dando aletazos. Y viendo todo esto está Isabelita; quien extraña a su mamá y tiene que ...
    En stock

    $195.00

  • PUPPET
    DAVID ALMOND
    ¿Qué puede hacer un marionetista cuando es viejo, está solo y todas sus marionetas se han marchado?Silvester decide fabricar un último muñeco. La marioneta que crea es un poco extraña, no se parece en nada a las que hizo en el pasado. Cuando Silvester le habla, Puppet le responde. Cuando Silvester lo levanta, echa a andar... Una mañana, Silvester coge a Puppet de la mano y se a...
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    $190.00

  • BAD STORIES
    STEVE ALMOND
    " Almond draws on everything from  The Grapes of Wrath   to the voting practices of his babysitter to dismantle the false narratives about American democracy ." —Cheryl Strayed, international-bestselling author of  Wild   Like a lot of Americans, Steve Almond spent the weeks after the 2016 election lying awake, in a state of dread and bewilderment. The problem wasn't just the e...

    $229.00

  • EL NIÑO QUE NADABA CON PIRAÑAS
    ALMOND DAVID
    Stanley Potts ya no tiene una vida normal: tío Ernie transformó su casa en una enorme enlatadora de pescado, y su locura lo llevó a extremos inaceptables. Ahora Stan se ha ido de casa, y viaja con un circo ambulante. Enfrentando sus miedos, Stan descubrirá, lejos del mundo conocido, su verdadera vocación: Es el niño que nada con pirañas! ...
    Agotado

    $99.00

  • MINA
    ALMOND, DAVID
    Sentada en un árbol. Mina observa el mundo y se sorprende de todo lo que existe. Le encanta contemplar la vida, asombrarse por los milagros y celebrar lo inesperado. Por eso, se niega a ser una alumna que sólo completa lineas en blanco en un examen y prefiere usar su imaginación. Entonces decide escribir un diario, en el que explora las misteriosas conexiones entre las palabras...
    Agotado

    $278.00

  • TRAGAFUEGOS
    ALMOND
    Bobby Burns es un chico con suerte. Siempre ha vivido en un plácido pueblo costero en el norte de Inglaterra, donde ha sido testigo de estrellas que se reflejan en el gélido mar, de una niña que puede sanar cervatillos con sus sueños, de un escapista que rompe cadenas y traga fuego. Sin embargo, una sombra amenaza su existencia. Su nueva escuela es un lugar frío y cruel; su pad...
    Agotado

    $278.00

  • STRONG RELIGION
    GABRIEL A. ALMOND / R. SCOTT APPLEBY / EMMANUEL SIVAN
    After the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, religious fundamentalism has dominated public debate as never before. Policymakers, educators, and the general public all want to know: Why do fundamentalist movements turn violent? Are fundamentalisms a global threat to human rights, security, and democratic forms of government? What is the future of fundament...

    $576.60

  • MY LIFE IN HEAVY METAL
    STEVE ALMOND
    From the New York Times–bestselling author and Dear Sugars columnist, an arousing story collection exploring modern love in the age of hook-up culture.   Steve Almond's  My Life in Heavy Metal presents twelve passion-fueled stories—including his Pushcart Prize-winning story "The Pass"—that take a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age ...

    $229.00

  • ARCILLA
    ALMOND DAVID
    Agotado

    $291.00

  • SKELLIG
    ALMOND
    Agotado

    $231.00

  • AVIATION
    PETER ALMOND
    Agotado

    $699.00

  • CLICK ZONA LIBRE
    ALMOND / COLFER / DOYLE
    Agotado

    $120.00