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Counterplay [[electronic resource] ] : an anthropologist at the chessboard / / Robert Desjarlais
| Counterplay [[electronic resource] ] : an anthropologist at the chessboard / / Robert Desjarlais |
| Autore | Desjarlais Robert R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chess - Philosophy
Chess players - Psychology Anthropology - Philosophy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century chess
anecdotes anthropologists anthropology of games anthropology biographical sketches chess aficionados chess culture chess historians chess lovers chess players chess strategies chess competition cultural context discussion books ethnographers ethnography game historians games intersubjectivity mental exercise mind games nonfiction popular games psychology strategy games themes of play |
| ISBN |
1-283-27747-6
9786613277473 0-520-94820-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Blitzkrieg Bop -- 2. Notes on a Swindle -- 3. Psych-Out -- 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues -- 5. Son of Sorrow -- 6. Ambivalence -- 7. Cyberchess -- 8. 24/7 on the ICC -- Endgame -- Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation -- Appendix 2. " Life is touch-move" -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791559703321 |
Desjarlais Robert R
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Counterplay [[electronic resource] ] : an anthropologist at the chessboard / / Robert Desjarlais
| Counterplay [[electronic resource] ] : an anthropologist at the chessboard / / Robert Desjarlais |
| Autore | Desjarlais Robert R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chess - Philosophy
Chess players - Psychology Anthropology - Philosophy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century chess
anecdotes anthropologists anthropology of games anthropology biographical sketches chess aficionados chess culture chess historians chess lovers chess players chess strategies chess competition cultural context discussion books ethnographers ethnography game historians games intersubjectivity mental exercise mind games nonfiction popular games psychology strategy games themes of play |
| ISBN |
1-283-27747-6
9786613277473 0-520-94820-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Blitzkrieg Bop -- 2. Notes on a Swindle -- 3. Psych-Out -- 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues -- 5. Son of Sorrow -- 6. Ambivalence -- 7. Cyberchess -- 8. 24/7 on the ICC -- Endgame -- Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation -- Appendix 2. " Life is touch-move" -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822096303321 |
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Desjarlais Robert R
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Faithful to Fenway [[electronic resource] ] : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark / / Michael Ian Borer
| Faithful to Fenway [[electronic resource] ] : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark / / Michael Ian Borer |
| Autore | Borer Michael Ian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.357/640974461 |
| Soggetto topico | Baseball - Social aspects - Massachusetts - Boston |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Faithful
Fenway Full Take amusing anecdotes ballpark fans investigates legendary mystique shared stories their tragedy triumph |
| ISBN |
0-8147-8993-5
0-8147-9115-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Boston believes : Fenway Park, a "lyrical little bandbox" -- The birth of an urban ballpark : leisure, nostalgia, and the baseball creed -- The ballpark at rest : the civic partnership between Boston, the Red Sox, and the Fenway faithful -- Objects of faith and consumption : souvenirs, replicas, and other representations of Fenway Park -- Some diamonds are not forever : debating the future of Fenway Park -- Believe in Boston : Red Sox nation and the cultural power of place. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781913603321 |
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Borer Michael Ian
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Faithful to Fenway : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark / / Michael Ian Borer
| Faithful to Fenway : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark / / Michael Ian Borer |
| Autore | Borer Michael Ian |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.357/640974461 |
| Soggetto topico | Baseball - Social aspects - Massachusetts - Boston |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Faithful
Fenway Full Take amusing anecdotes ballpark fans investigates legendary mystique shared stories their tragedy triumph |
| ISBN |
0-8147-8993-5
0-8147-9115-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Boston believes : Fenway Park, a "lyrical little bandbox" -- The birth of an urban ballpark : leisure, nostalgia, and the baseball creed -- The ballpark at rest : the civic partnership between Boston, the Red Sox, and the Fenway faithful -- Objects of faith and consumption : souvenirs, replicas, and other representations of Fenway Park -- Some diamonds are not forever : debating the future of Fenway Park -- Believe in Boston : Red Sox nation and the cultural power of place. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814544303321 |
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Borer Michael Ian
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
| Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.740978 |
| Collana | Organisms and Environments |
| Soggetto topico |
Grassland ecology
Grasslands Grasses |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anecdotes
archaeologists biography autobiography conservation cowboy culture cultural forces environmentalists evolution grass grassland ecologists grasslands biology grasslands historical habitats human habitat lawns modern philosophy nonfiction north america organisms and environments petroleum geologists ranchers rangelands restoration ecology restore ecosystems science majors sustainability textbooks turf wildlife biologists |
| ISBN |
1-282-36109-0
9786612361098 0-520-94452-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Promethean Legacy -- 2. Out of the Forest -- 3. Science and Faith -- 4. Playing God -- 5. Pleasing to the Eye -- 6. Where the Short Grass Grows -- 7. Turf -- 8. Grass and Grazers: An Ecological Primer -- 9. Bison Plains and Prairie Dogs -- 10. Taming of the West -- 11. Production Science Comes to the Range -- 12. The Last Pariah -- 13. The Trouble with Livestock -- 14. Subsidizing John Wayne -- 15. Collateral Damage -- 16. Cowboy -- 17. Resurrection -- 18. Pleistocene Park -- 19. Diversity -- 20. Long Road Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402903321 |
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Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grass : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
| Grass : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.740978 |
| Collana | Organisms and Environments |
| Soggetto topico |
Grassland ecology
Grasslands Grasses |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anecdotes
archaeologists biography autobiography conservation cowboy culture cultural forces environmentalists evolution grass grassland ecologists grasslands biology grasslands historical habitats human habitat lawns modern philosophy nonfiction north america organisms and environments petroleum geologists ranchers rangelands restoration ecology restore ecosystems science majors sustainability textbooks turf wildlife biologists |
| ISBN |
1-282-36109-0
9786612361098 0-520-94452-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Promethean Legacy -- 2. Out of the Forest -- 3. Science and Faith -- 4. Playing God -- 5. Pleasing to the Eye -- 6. Where the Short Grass Grows -- 7. Turf -- 8. Grass and Grazers: An Ecological Primer -- 9. Bison Plains and Prairie Dogs -- 10. Taming of the West -- 11. Production Science Comes to the Range -- 12. The Last Pariah -- 13. The Trouble with Livestock -- 14. Subsidizing John Wayne -- 15. Collateral Damage -- 16. Cowboy -- 17. Resurrection -- 18. Pleistocene Park -- 19. Diversity -- 20. Long Road Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817476203321 |
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Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mark Twain's helpful hints for good living [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for the damned human race / / Mark Twain ; edited by Lin Salamo, Victor Fischer, and Michael B. Frank of the Mark Twain Project
| Mark Twain's helpful hints for good living [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for the damned human race / / Mark Twain ; edited by Lin Salamo, Victor Fischer, and Michael B. Frank of the Mark Twain Project |
| Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
| Disciplina | 818/.409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SalamoLin
FischerVictor <1942-> FrankMichael B |
| Collana | Jumping frogs |
| Soggetto topico | Conduct of life |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american author
american literature anecdotes aphorisms autobiography biography burglars childrearing children classic literature classic classics comic dress etiquette fashion fiction food funny grooming guidebook health history humor hygiene jokes letters literary celebrity literary criticism literary sketch literature maxims memoir parenting rogues salesman satire short stories social commentary social life society speeches twain unpublished twain |
| ISBN |
1-282-46316-0
9786612463167 0-520-93134-3 1-59734-736-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Everyday Etiquette -- 2. Modest Proposals and Judicious Complaints -- 3. The American Table -- 4. Travel Manners -- 5. Health and Diet -- 6. Parenting and the Ethical Child -- 7. Clothes, Fashion, and Style -- 8. In Case of Emergency -- About the Texts -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783386603321 |
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Twain Mark <1835-1910.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rebellion, rascals, and revenue : tax follies and wisdom through the ages / / Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod
| Rebellion, rascals, and revenue : tax follies and wisdom through the ages / / Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod |
| Autore | Keen Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource 537 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336.2009 |
| Soggetto topico | Taxation - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
America
China English France Great Britain Hut Tax War Japan Maori New Zealand United States VAT Vlad the Impaler ancient taxes anecdotes bizarre cheating death and taxes deduction dog tax dumbest taxes evasion exemption failed haven history of taxation modern taxes origin of income tax poll protests revenue sales smartest taxes stamp strangest taxes successful tariffs tax revolts tax use weird |
| ISBN | 0-691-19998-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Searching for the Holy Grail -- War Profiteers and the Corporate Tax Revisited -- Give Me Land, Lots of Land -- Conscripting Wealth -- Limiting the Damage -- The Cleverest Man in England -- Broaden the Base, Lower the Rate (Maybe) -- Shaping a Tax System -- How Many Feathers? -- 11. Citizens of the World -- Squeezing a Rice Pudding -- Havens from the Tax Storm -- The Rich Are Different from Us -- They Don't Live Here Any More -- Don't Tell -- False Profits -- If I Were You, I Wouldn't Start from Here -- A Farewell to Arms (Length Pricing)? -- Tumbling Taxes
The Big Picture -- Part III. Changing Our Ways -- 8. Breaking Bad and Making Good -- Do the Right Thing -- Family Matters -- Taxing Knowledge -- Tax Bads, Not Goods -- Saving the Planet -- Wind-Breaking Cows, Scary Dogs, and Cute Cats -- The Wages of Sin -- The Vile Custome -- The Curse of the Drinking Classes -- Sex, . . . -- . . . Drugs, . . . -- . . . But Not Much Rock and Roll -- Unhealthy Living -- Just Say No? -- 9. Collateral Damage -- Spurring Ingenuity -- Stranger Things -- Drawing a Line -- Excess Burden -- No Fire without Smoke -- A Window on Excess Burden -- 10. How to Pluck a Goose A Crime of Passion and the French Income Tax -- Old Fears and New Directions -- 6. Some Are More Equal Than Others -- Taxing Femininity -- Peculiar Tax Institutions -- Leaps of Faith -- Outsiders -- Strangers in a Strange Land -- Taxes as Punishment -- Hard Choices -- 7. Stick or Shift? -- False Starts -- Burgling Other People's Intellect -- You Must Remember This -- Buddy, Can You Spare 1/20th of a Dime? -- Things Aren't Always What They Seem -- Helping the Working Poor (or Their Employers) -- Are Tax-Free Municipal Bonds a Giveaway to the Savvy Rich? -- The Murky Incidence of the Corporate Tax Doing Your Bit -- Paying Your (Feudal) Dues -- Crossing the Line -- And There's More -- Jobs for the Boys -- A Tax on Stupidity -- Part II. Winners and Losers -- 4. Fair Enough -- Heads on Pikes -- Poll Taxes and the English -- Noble Causes -- Trying to Be Fair -- Pay for What You Get? -- Pay What You Can? -- Show Me a Sign -- Taxing by Class -- Taxing by Community -- Taxing the Finer Things in Life -- Presumptions of Prosperity -- 5. This Colossal Engine of Finance -- The Work of Giants: The Income Tax in Britain -- The Dred Scott Decision of the Revenue Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Plunder and Power -- 1. Any Public Matter -- Bengal to Boston -- Never Such Disgrace -- Why Bolivia Is Landlocked -- Taxing the Light of Heaven -- Not Everything Is About Tax. But . . . -- 2. The Way We Were -- A Quick Gallop through the Long History of Taxation -- How Much? -- Warfare and Welfare -- Babbage's Nightmare -- Debt, Default, and Princes -- Making Money -- 3. By Another Name -- Elizabeth I to Spectrum Auctions -- Selling Sovereignty -- Cheap Labor -- Working for Nothing -- A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554235303321 |
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Keen Michael
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An Unspecific Dog: Artifacts of This Late Stage in History / Joshua Rothes
| An Unspecific Dog: Artifacts of This Late Stage in History / Joshua Rothes |
| Autore | Rothes Joshua |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brooklyn, NY, : punctum books, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 164 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
| Soggetto topico | American fiction - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Fiction |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anecdotes
humor aphorisms fables agnotology |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910247444803321 |
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Rothes Joshua
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| Brooklyn, NY, : punctum books, 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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