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Imposing Values: Liberalism and Regulation (Oxford Pllitical Philosophy)
Imposing Values: Liberalism and Regulation (Oxford Pllitical Philosophy)
A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent of state ownership of...
Thomas Hardy's 'Poetical Matter' Notebook
Thomas Hardy's 'Poetical Matter' Notebook
...the notebook offers a rich and vivid demonstration of the ways in which Hardy, astonishingly creative even into his mid-80s, worked persistently with ideas towards so many of the poems which were gathered into the remarkable final volume, Winter Words. With particular value from a biographical standpoint, we can catch tantalising glimpses of the...
The World Heroin Market: Can Supply Be Cut? (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
The World Heroin Market: Can Supply Be Cut? (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
Heroin is universally considered the world's most harmful illegal drug. This is due not only to the damaging effects of the drug itself, but also to the spread of AIDS tied to its use. Burgeoning illegal mass consumption in the 1960s and 1970s has given rise to a global market for heroin and other opiates of nearly 16 million users. The production...
A Primer for Mathematics Competitions
A Primer for Mathematics Competitions
The importance of mathematics competitions has been widely recognized for three reasons: they help to develop imaginative capacity and thinking skills whose value far transcends mathematics; they constitute the most effective way of discovering and nurturing mathematical talent; and they provide a means to combat the prevalent false image of...
Albion and Jerusalem: The Anglo-Jewish Community in the Post-Emancipation Era (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Albion and Jerusalem: The Anglo-Jewish Community in the Post-Emancipation Era (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Lionel de Rothschild's hard-fought entry into Parliament in 1858 marked the emancipation of Jews in Britain--the symbolic conclusion of Jews' campaign for equal rights and their inclusion as citizens after centuries of discrimination. Jewish life entered a new phase: the post-emancipation era. But what did this mean for the Jewish community and...
Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine: The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to Build the Modern Computer
Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine: The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to Build the Modern Computer
the amount of information collected by the editor is huge and it offers interesting reading for anybody with a deep interest in computer history. EMS Newsletter Wonderful...The Essential Turing is a must. J. Bowen, The Times Higher Education Supplement This book (and the related website of the Turing Archive) will be an invaluable reference for...
Text Algorithms
Text Algorithms
"It is very convenient to have this book at hand. It is the first book that systematically presents the results of work on practical and theoretical algorithmic problems on texts up to the most recent developments in stringology."--Mathematical Reviews

"Given the practical importance of this fast-moving subject, serious
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The Tao of Chemistry and Life: A Scientific Journey
The Tao of Chemistry and Life: A Scientific Journey

As most writers will testify, writing a book entails a fair amount of hard work. It follows that one needs a reason for undertaking the task in the first place. The easiest motivation to understand for writing a book, and perhaps the most common one, is the desire for monetary reward. I do not know what inspired J. K. Rowling to write her...

Credit and Community: Working-Class Debt in the UK since 1880
Credit and Community: Working-Class Debt in the UK since 1880
Credit's centrality to the current economic crisis makes the publication of Sean O'Connell's social history of working-class credit consumption particularly timely. Although the credit crunch came too late to be included in this book, the portrait of a complex relationship between lenders and borrowers over the past 120 years should be required...
Possibility
Possibility
Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of "possible worlds." The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and relations. It is motivated by considerations about how we actually speak of...
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
`Anyone who is addicted to the richness of the English language or simply intrigued by the origin and meaning of an idiom like "teach your grandmother to suck eggs" will relish this work.' Library Journal

Did you know that 'flavor of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlors in the
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Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships
Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships
Much has been made of the complex social arrangements that girls and women navigate, but little scholarly or popular attention has focused on what friendship means to men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with nearly 400 men, therapist and researcher Geoffrey L. Greif takes readers on a guided tour of male friendships, explaining what makes them...
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