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Author: Albert J. RaboteauPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Oct 07, 2004Number of Pages: 416 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0195174127ISBN-13: 9780195174120

Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there's no way we're going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. The book we just read. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions,...

Smuggler Nation is the first book that retells the story of America and its foreign relations as a series of intense battles over illicit trade. As Andreas argues in this fascinating and provocative...

Sally Holland and Jonathan Scourfield explain what social work is and the range of cases it deals with. Looking at its history and main debates, as well as the theories and methods of social work,...

Part of the 'Occasional Papers' series of CSSSC, this essay is a brief, and sharply posed, exchange between Dipesh Chakrabarty and Ranajit Das Gupta on working class consciousness in Bengal. it...

Taking as a framework the history of relations between Ireland, England, and Scotland, each chapter in this book discusses a Scottish, English or Irish poem that begins with a line from one of the...

The story of John Henry, the mighty railroad man who has become a towering figure in American culture, is told in this portrait of the most recorded folk song in American history.Author: Scott...

Offers a history of Africans in North America from the first arrivals in 1526 through the Revolutionary War.Author: Peter H. WoodPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: January 02,...

The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the six books in The Medieval & Early Modern World series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to...

Student Study Guide To An Age Of Science And Revolutions, 1600-1800 (Medieval & Early Modern World)Author: Toby E. HuffPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2005Number of Pages:...

Student Study Guide to The African and Middle Eastern World, 600-1500 (Medieval & Early Modern World)Author: Randall L. PouwelsPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: October 01,...

The Student Study Guide is an important and unique component that is available for each of the eight books in The World in Ancient Times series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to be...

The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the books in The Medieval & Early Modern World series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to be...

The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the six books in The Medieval & Early Modern World series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to...

Studies on the Text of Suetonius de Grammaticis Et RhetoribusAuthor: Robert a. KasterPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: May 01, 1992Number of Pages: 176 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This book explores the institution of Sufism, the most dynamic face of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, as it sets out to study the mystical rituals and devotional practices that characterize...

Can't you see that I don't care what anybody says?' Charity Royall lives in the small New England village of North Dormer. Born among outcasts from the Mountain beyond, she is rescued by lawyer...

SuperCollider for the Creative Musician is a comprehensive tutorial and reference guide for students, composers, and practitioners seeking a structured tour through this open-source software program...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles...

While politicians, entrepreneurs, and even school children could tell you that sustainability is an important and nearly universal value, many of them, and many of us, may struggle to define the...

Can investors do well financially and do good for the world? Should they try? Many assume that investors don't care who wins" as long as they are making money. For some investors, this mindset still...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History The unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman's fight for justice--and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed...

A novel that depicts the harsh living conditions of the working class in England, with a thesis that argues for action --Provided by publisher.Author: Benjamin DisraeliPublisher: Oxford University...

Teaching to Live explores the connections between religion, education, and struggles for freedom within African American communities throughout the twentieth century by examining the lives of African...

The young Jane Austen was a precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature, both of which she soon began to imitate and parody. Three volumes of her vivacious teenage writing...

What happens when Broadway goes abroad? Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad offers a look at how the Broadway musical travels the world, influencing and even transforming local...

The European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights are three supranational jurisdictions that protect human rights. This...

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars In The Midst Of A Big OneAuthor: David KilcullenPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Apr 15, 2011Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage:...

Many thinkers believe that the next transformational change in human organisation will be the onset of human-level artificial intelligence (the 'singularity'), and that the most likely method of...

On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean,...