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  • How the Internet Shapes Collective Actions

    by S. Schumann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force that can incite complex social phenomena such as collective actions. This book critically assesses this claim and highlights how internet use can shape mobilizing processes to foster collective actions. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Being Present

    Growing Up in Hitler's Germany

    by Schumann ...
    “Professor Schumann, of Smith College, was six years old when Hitler came to power in Germany. He grew up in a smallish, very ship-minded town on the approach to the Kiel Canal. The place was far from the centers of power and corruption, and devoid of concentration camps. Young Willy became a devoted Nazi believer. Professor Schumann’s intention in writing this understated and not self-defensive ... Read more

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  • The Schumanns and Johannes Brahms

    The Memoirs of Eugenie Schumann

    by Eugenie Schumann ...
    Eugenie Schumann, youngest daughter of the famed composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara discusses her memories of her life, and her studies with Johannes Brahms. Drawing upon correspondences between members of the Schumann family, Eugenie relates her memories of childhood and education, and her experiences learning music under the tutorship of Johannes Brahms. The ongoing fame of her mother ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough

    A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

    by Taylor Sharpe Schumann ...
    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award FinalistECPA Top Shelf Award WinnerTaylor Schumann never thought she'd be a victim of gun violence. But one spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived, she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible.In When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough, Taylor invites us to see what it means to be ... Read more

    $35.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Music and Musicians

    by Robert Schumann ...
    Translated by Paul Rosenfeld ...
    Edited by Konraad WolffTranslated by Paul RosenfeldWith twenty black-and-white illustrationsSchumann’s literary gifts and interests almost equaled his musical ones. From boyhood on he was drawn to literary expression, and his writings on music belong to the best among the romantic literature of the 19th century. The same fire, poetry, directness of expression, the same inventiveness we love in his ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • 3 Romances - A Score for Solo Piano Op.28 (1839)

    by Robert Schumann ...
    This volume contains the complete score for Robert Schumann's 1839 solo piano composition, “3 Romances, Op.28”. Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) was a seminal German composer and esteemed music critic. When his piano teacher assured him hat the could be the most accomplished piano virtuoso in Europe, he dedicated his energies to this end. However, a severe injury to his hand meant that his dream ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swarm Intelligence

    From Social Bacteria to Humans

    Edited by Andrew Schumann ...
    The notion of swarm intelligence was introduced for describing decentralized and self-organized behaviors of groups of animals. Then this idea was extrapolated to design groups of robots which interact locally to cumulate a collective reaction. Some natural examples of swarms are as follows: ant colonies, bee colonies, fish schooling, bird flocking, horse herding, bacterial colonies, ... Read more

    $130.99 CAD

  • The Secret Power of Middle Children

    How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities

    by Katrin Schumann, Catherine Salmon Ph.D. ...
    This myth-busting book shows how "forgotten" middle children can-and do-rule the world.In this counterintuitive book, psychologist Catherine Salmon and journalist Katrin Schumann combine science, history, and real-life stories to reveal for the first time that our perception of middle children is dead wrong.Using unpublished and little-known research from evolutionary psychology, sociology, and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Two-Countries

    US Daughters & Sons of Immigrant Parents: Flash Memoir, Personal Essays and Poetry

    Edited by Tina Schumann ...
    The IPPY Award–winning anthology of poetry, memoir, and essays—"accounts of assimilation and nostalgia, celebration and resistance" (Rick Barot, author of The Galleons).This collection contains contributions from sixty-five writers who were either born and/or raised in the United States by one or more immigrant parent. Their work describes the many contradictions, discoveries and life lessons one ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Explanation in Action Theory and Historiography

    Causal and Teleological Approaches

    Edited by Gunnar Schumann ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    Is the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological? While this is a central question in analytic philosophy of action, it also has implications for questions about the differences between methods of explanation in the sciences on the one hand and in the humanities and the social sciences on the other. Additionally, this question bears on the problem of the ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Atmospheric Physics

    Background – Methods – Trends

    Edited by Ulrich Schumann ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), this book presents more than 50 chapters highlighting results of the institute’s research.The book provides an up-to-date, in-depth survey across the entire field of atmospheric science, including atmospheric dynamics, radiation, cloud physics, chemistry, climate, numerical ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Governing Cultures

    Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government

    Edited by K. Coulter, W. Schumann ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    By assembling original, ethnographically-grounded research in legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies, this volume illuminates and unpacks the structures, practices, and values of government actors in local, regional, and national contexts. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD