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Lao is the national language of Laos, and is also spoken widely in Thailand and Cambodia. It is a to... more

"Serious social scientists who care about making sense of the world can no longer ignore the fact th... more

inherited guilt, curses, and divine causation. N.J. Sewell-Rutter gives these familiar issues a fresh appraisal, arguing that...... more

Martin West is widely recognized as one of the most significant classicists of all time. Over nearly... more

How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choos... more

This book marks an exciting convergence towards the idea that human culture and cognition are rooted... more

that we can assess how best to approach it as a historical source. N.J. Higham shows, through a close reading of the text...... more

that we can assess how best to approach it as a historical source. N.J. Higham shows, through a close reading of the text...... more

In the thirty-seven years that have gone by since the first volume of Progress in Optics was publish... more

The European integration process has provided for the internal market, an area without internal fron... more

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world’s drylands, are a vital com... more

One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason’s 1970 theorem about t... more

A pro-gay, pro-science look at a vexing issue . evolutionary biology suggests that individual living... more

Now in its Third Edition, Plastics is the key text for senior students studying the science and engi... more

Based on many years of personal observation, Palladio’s Children critically examines the role of the... more

In this superb introduction, Nicholas Dent covers the whole of Rousseau’s thought. Beginning with a ... more

In this superb introduction, Nicholas Dent covers the whole of Rousseau’s thought. Beginning with a ... more

This is an ambitious, original, and complex treatment of key aspects of contemporary capitalism. It ... more

and Urban Culture--David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E. Farnsley II, editors...... more

Who is responsible for the terror, atrocities, and violations of human rights that occur in civil wa... more

Meanings of cultural importance are found not only in words but also in the very grammar of a langua... more

This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years ... more

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Unimolecular reactions are in principle the simplest chemical reactions, because they only involve o... more

The fifth meeting in the successful series Helicobacter pylori: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Cure to... more

Crossing the Gods examines the sometimes antagonistic and sometimes cozy but always difficult and da... more

This important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb ... more

Meanings of cultural importance are found not only in words but also in the very grammar of a langua... more

This unique collection presents texts in international relations that range from Ancient Greece to t... more

This unique collection presents texts in international relations that range from Ancient Greece to t... more

constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure. N. J Higham offers an in-depth examintaion of the first two Arthurian...... more

Published as a tribute to the life and works of Professor Barri Jones, this volume collects 33 wide-... more

The development of glucocorticoids as therapeutic agents.- Glucocorticoid biology - a molecular maze... more

Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred, was one of the greatest architects of the Englis... more

Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not e... more

Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), Durkheim’s nephew, was a key figure among Durkheimians and helped to found... more

The excavation and reconstruction of Maussian meanings proves richly gratifying to the intellectual ... more

This new book updates and expands Harold Burton s classic book, UHT Processing of Milk and Milk Prod... more

Key Topics in Otolaryngology second edition provides essential information on 100 major subjects per... more

Like an underground stream which rarely comes to the surface but which nevertheless irrigates the co... more

As theorists have begun using geographical concepts and metaphors to think about the complex and dif... more

Mehrgeschwindigkeits-Algorithmen der digitalen Signalverarbeitung sind au erordentlich effizient und... more

At the turn of the millennium, and now after the fall of the Berlin wall, the best way to map the tr... more

At the turn of the millennium, and now after the fall of the Berlin wall, the best way to map the tr... more

This volume consists of diary extracts written by Collin Brooks, a Fleet Street journalist who rose ... more

Ralph, in his seventies and terminally ill, has two final missions: to be reconciled to his long-aba... more

Orthogonal arrays have played a vital role in improving the quality of products manufactured through... more

This textbook for graduate students introduces integrable systems through the study of Riemann surfa... more

efficient way to pack a large number of equal spheres in n-dimensional Euclidean space? The authors also continue to examine...... more

Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to ... more

Anthropology at the University of Oxford. After studying classics and medicine N. J. Allen qualified in Social Anthropology at...... more

Exploratio is the first ever survey of Roman military and civil intelligence. The authors examine in... more

This book examines the Conservative party’s responses to the problems of fascism from 1935 - 1940. C... more