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From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopaedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements. In this engaging, erudite account, renowned cultural historian Peter Burke argues for a more rounded view.

Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissance humanists viewed the Middle Ages as an era of darkness, Enlightenment thinkers tried to sweep superstition away with reason, the modern welfare state sought to slay the “giant” of ignorance, and in today’s hyperconnected world seemingly limitless information is available on demand. But what about the knowledge lost over the centuries? Are we really any less ignorant than our ancestors?

The concept of identity has become widespread within the social and behavioral sciences, cutting across disciplines from psychiatry and psychology to political science and sociology. Introduced more than fifty years ago, identity theory is a social psychological theory that attempts to understand person's identities, their sources in interaction and society, their processes of operation, and their consequences for interaction and society from a sociological perspective.

UFOs? Alien Abductions? Men in Black? Nothing in Jake Muller’s experience has prepared him for these kinds of things. But then he’s never been faced with a challenge that he didn’t take head-on. Finding a teenaged girl over a thousand miles from where she is supposed to be is just the beginning. Going toe to toe with a global cabal intent on ushering a new world order might just be the end.

La storia del Cinquecento in Italia - il secolo del Rinascimento - è complessa, intricata, contradditoria e ricca di avvenimenti straordinari e importanti. Dalla fine del periodo di relativa pace della seconda metà del '400, si passa alle guerre d'Italia che iniziano con la calata del re francese Carlo VIII nel 1494 e che dureranno per molti decenni ancora.

Das Szenario deutet auf eine regelrechte Hinrichtung - Tod durch Genickschuss. Wie ist es möglich, dass jemand drei Männer völlig ohne Widerstand ermorden kann? Es fehlen jegliche Spuren von Kampf. Alle drei wurden mit derselben Waffe erschossen. Wer steckt hinter diesem unfassbaren Verbrechen? Wenn Special Agent Owen Burke und sein Partner Ron Harris zum Einsatz kommen, geht es erfahrungsgemäß um verworrene Fälle. Burke und Harris sind Ermittler beim FBI in New York, einem Police Department mit hoher Mordrate.

USA Today bestselling author of Nine Jan Burke delivers chills, suspense, shockers, and sharp wit in eighteen works of short fiction sure to satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike. This positively addictive anthology is full of surprises—a patchwork of settings and characters not soon forgotten, and mysterious twists and revelations not quickly shaken!