Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: david e jones

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  • SOVIET SOCIAL PROBLEMS
    WALTER CONNOR / DAVID E POWELL / ANTHONY JONES
    This book analyzes the Soviet Union's social problems, focusing on those it shares with Western industrial societies. It assesses the social concerns confronting Gorbachev, including poverty; prostitution; health, education, and family issues; and the difficulty of adapting to technological change. ...

    $1,200.00

  • SOVIET UPDATE, 1989-1990
    ANTHONY JONES / DAVID E. POWELL
    Due to the pace of change in the USSR, monographs and textbooks in the field are quickly becoming dated. This book is the inaugural edition of a series that seeks to fill that void by presenting a biannual, systematic summary and analysis of developments in Soviet affairs. In this first volume, noted experts cover the years 1989-1990, examining the full range of political, econ...

    $1,200.00

  • WHY ARE WE CONSCIOUS?
    DAVID E.H. JONES
    There are two huge gaps in scientific theory. One, the contradiction between classical and quantum mechanics, is discussed in many publications. The other, the total failure to explain why anything made of atoms (such as ourselves) can be conscious, has little acknowledgement. The main thesis of this book is that to be conscious at all, you need an unconscious mind. The author ...

    $699.00

  • AN INSTINCT FOR DRAGONS
    DAVID E. JONES
    First published in 2002. The image of a dragon- magnificent, terrifying, voracious and powerful- is ingrained in our culture. But where di it originate? And how is that people from Africa to China to America picture it the same? An Instinct for Dragons is anthropologist David E. Jones' account of his search for the mysterious birth of this ubiquitous monster. Nit only does ...

    $1,160.00

  • NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ARMOR, SHIELDS, AND FORTIFICATIONS
    DAVID E. JONES
    The first systematic comparative study of the defensive armor and fortifications of aboriginal Native Americans. From the Chickasaw fighting the Choctaw in the Southeast to the Sioux battling the Cheyenne on the Great Plains, warfare was endemic among the North American Indians when Europeans first arrived on this continent. An impressive array of offensive weaponry and battle ...

    $229.00

  • POISON ARROWS
    DAVID E. JONES
    A comprehensive survey of organic compounds used as poisons—on arrows and spears, in food, and even as insecticides—by numerous Native American tribes. Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, w...

    $251.00