Ray Kurzweil 
Age of Spiritual Machines [EPUB ebook] 

This is the first complete study of China”s most popular eighteenth-century poet in any Western language. The work consists of a detailed biography, a study of Yuan”s revolutionary reinterpretation …

Body Space brings together some of the best known geographers writing on gender and sexuality today. Together they explore the role of space and place in the performance of gender and sexuality. The …

This book takes a clear look at the course of the economic and political developments in Japan since the Second World War and in particular trends in government and politics since the peace treaty of …

This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba”thist rule and, particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in w …

Written by one of the most eminent scholars in the field, Ethnographies of Reason is a unique book in terms of the studies it presents, the perspective it develops and the research techniques it illu …

This book examines the logic behind the shifts and paradigm changes within the scholarship on peacebuilding. In particular, the book is concerned with examining if, and how, these shifts have signifi …

This book examines Hinduism from both a historical and contemporary perspective. It provides some interesting insights into factors that shaped and defined Hinduism in the diaspora. It also examines …

This title was first published in 2003. Adolescence is popularly understood as a transitional phase of turbulence and extremes. It is also often associated with ”trouble”. Criminal justice statisti …

Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for t …

This examination of nuclear arms control addresses the question of what kind of posture do second generation nuclear weapons states adopt in a world in which the presumption of non-proliferation is a …