Originally published in 1920, this book provides a theory of the dramatic origin of the older Eddic poems. Whilst the Eddic…

\nFully updated, flexible resources taking an active-learning approach that encourages students to aim higher in the 0500,…

This entertaining collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather, reissued in its 1893 second edition, does…

John Browning (1830-1925) was the leading British manufacturer of precision scientific instruments. The two volumes offered…

• Rok vydání 1888

This 1888 work by Elizabeth Brown, a pioneering female astronomer, describes her journey to Russia to observe the total…

Originally published in 1900, this book presents a collection of fascinating lectures collated from the manuscripts of…

• Rok vydání 1880

Caroline Molesworth began to make scientific observations in the garden of her home in Cobham, Surrey in 1823, and continued…

The Austrian scientist Ernst Mach (1838-1916) carried out work of importance in several fields of enquiry, including physics…

John Banks (1740-1805) lectured on natural philosophy, showing practising engineers, mechanics and artisans how they could…

\nOriginally published in 1972, this study is dedicated to the surviving speakers of the Dyirbal, Giramay and Mamu…

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Help your students to flourish as knowers with this updated series for first examination 2022. Written by experienced…

\nProviding a clear and defined starting point for any behavioural study, this is the first book to make available a…

This book develops a new political economy, enabling us to see, understand and advocate a diverse economy beyond capitalism…

\nThis book will engage readers in Irish, American and Caribbean literatures, especially those interested in world…

\nThis study offers a critical interpretation of literary representations of urban poverty and the sustained trauma…

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Accessible but exciting critical handbook on one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity.…

The naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) wrote this brief, accessible book for lay readers. He used the classification system…

Originally published in 1933, this book argues that Shakespeare's concern was more for plot and contrast than character.…

This 1929 text investigates, from the standpoint of diplomatic and international history, a question which confronted and…

By the late nineteenth century, it was still safer for a woman to give birth at home than in a maternity hospital. In this…

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In the first printed response to Edmund Burke's attacks on the principles of the French Revolution, Wollstonecraft argues…

Joseph Harris (c.1704-64) was an astronomer and teacher of navigation who published a number of books on scientific…

This book examines the theology and ethics of land use through critical biblical exegesis. It explores the biblical writers'…

This work assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in contemporary Africa, and…

A 'user's guide' to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the methodological family of set-theoretic methods in social…

\nCrime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices introduces readers to the theory and practice of crime…

This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception.…

This book explains why we have anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and sanctions laws, and how they can work…

\nThis innovative text offers a fresh approach to Italian politics and society, providing insight into subjects ranging from…

\nThis text is a guide for professional editors, providing evidence-based definitions, recommendations and support for…

\nAn essential work of reference for students and researchers of kinship, this Handbook will also be of interest to anyone…

\nIllustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental…

Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, has been for a thousand years denounced by the Western Church as an arch-heretic and…

• Rok vydání 1999

This 1999 book explores the centrality of contract to debates over freedom and slavery in nineteenth-century America. It…

This is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French film…

This is the first comprehensive philosophical book on forgiveness in both its interpersonal and political contexts. Having…

Why do some national movements use violent protest and others nonviolent protest? Wendy Pearlman argues that much of the…

This study explores how we remember traumatic events such as wars, famines, genocides and terrorism. Taking examples from…

In this study, the first to examine Luchino Visconti's entire works, Henry Bacon examines the films of one of Italy's…

James Tully examines demands for cultural recognition, involving nationalism, Aboriginal rights, feminism, and ethnic…

Offers a reconstruction of one of the cornerstones of Western thought, the Stoic notion of wisdom. It explains its pivotal…

1. Introduction Devyani Sharma and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Data Collection: 2. Ethics in linguistic research Penelope…

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the fundamental normative issues underpinning immigration policy. A distinguished…

Part I. Questions and Frameworks for the Study of Second Language Speech: 1. An introduction to second language speech…

\nPolitics and International Law uses accessible writing and contemporary examples to explain where international law comes…

\nBased on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members, this is a history of the Muslim Brotherhood in…

This volume is a vision of contemporary China from the inside. Eight recent essays by the prominent public intellectual Xu…

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This 1997 book was the first English translation of all Kant's writings on moral and political philosophy in a single volume.…