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When the post-war relationship between Spain and America began, Hitler s old ally was an unlikely ca... more

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Timely theological insights on culture and humanity from the pen of the Pontiff In this second volum... more

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Analysis, assessment, and data management are core tools required for operation research analysts. T... more

Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, relig... more

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The past decade has witnessed a remarkable resurgence in the intellectual interplay between geograph... more

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. Nicholas J. Higham is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester; Martin Ryan lectures...... more

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England, a period surely foundational to the rural landscape of today. NICHOLAS J. HIGHAM is Professor of Early Medieval and...... more

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Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development, and risk and a new section on prac... more

Although the concept of public diplomacy has been part of America′s wartime strategy as far back as ... more

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The relationship between a head of government (head of the executive branch) and a nation’s parliame... more

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Much of the progress in the diagnosis, classification, and treatment of childhood hematological diso... more

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O’Shaughnessy, Henneberg, and their contributors examine how the theory and practice of marketing ha... more

Military intervention to protect civilians in danger has emerged as a key challenge for the West. Th... more

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There is a stark contradiction between the theory of universal human rights and the everyday practic... more

There is a stark contradiction between the theory of universal human rights and the everyday practic... more

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