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Steinway and Sons Review

September 2nd, 2010 No comments
Steinway and Sons

Lieberman is the director of the archives that house the Steinwaycollection, and writes as a knowledgeable insider.The history of thefamily and its pianos is told, from its beginnings in Germany, up throughthe sale to CBS and the Birminghams (the sale to the Selmer Company in 1995happened after the publication of the book.)As a bonus, there’s [...]

Psychology: Pythagoras to Present Review

July 18th, 2010 No comments
Psychology: Pythagoras to Present (Bradford Books)

Malone’s Psychology is a “must-read” for any serious student of psychology, philosophy, or the history of Western thought. It is an “ought-to-read” for virtually everyone else. The book not only lays out quite clearly the essential philosophical underpinnings of modern psychology; it gives the subtext, the “back story”, gems from and about the ancestral and [...]

Developmental Social Psychology: From Infancy to Old Age Review

July 12th, 2010 No comments
Developmental Social Psychology: From Infancy to Old Age

I received this book in a timely fashion.It was in great condition and exactly what i asked for.
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Product Description: Students attracted to both developmental psychology and social psychology often find that these have now become two almost independent disciplines. [...]

War and Anti-War: Making Sense of Today’s Global Chaos Review

July 10th, 2010 No comments
War and Anti-War: Making Sense of Today

Published in 1993, the authors published this look into the future of warfare. Building on the paradigm introduced in their earlier books (Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift), the authors argue that as the new “Third Wave” transforms society, so will it transform warfare. Throughout, the authors attempt to show how war has been [...]

The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats Review

June 13th, 2010 No comments
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats

There isn’t a great deal of personal, emotional information about Thomas Young, the title polymath here. But then his life was mostly in his work. And there is a lot to be learned following Thomas’ investigations of a variety of scientific and scholarly subjects.
His range truly was amazing. How did people accomplish so much in [...]