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Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging fro …

It is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives–Graham Greene The luminous books of our childhood will remain the luminous books of our lives.–Joyce Carol Oates Writers, as …

This fully revised second edition takes account of historical work produced during the last decade. Covering the period between Louis XIV”s death in 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in …

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of English in Practice continues to be an essential practical guide to studying English at University. It is for all those who are about to embark on an En …

First published in 2002. This book is the second in a series of three, which discuss successively the position of reason in the theory of knowledge, in ethics, and in theology. Blanshard is concerned …

We imagine posthumans as humans made superhumanly intelligent or resilient by future advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science. Many argue that these enh …

Throughout history, humans have always indulged in certain irrationalities and held some fairly wrong-headed beliefs. But in his newest book, philosopher Lee Mc Intyre shows how we”ve now reached a …

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in this study. Taken from the viewpoint of those loyal to the Hanoverian Crown, the three mainland campaign …

TO CATCH A TIGER is the true story of how racism nearly destroyed a small Southern community. Based on historical events that happened between 1958 and 1960 in Front Royal, Virginia, this autobiograp …

This is an endearing little tale of a fairy who suffers badly in a storm and her wings are broken but with the aid of wise woodland creatures a little luck and a little magic she seeks and finds a cu …