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British Butterflies - figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture and preservation, etc. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus ...

British Butterflies - figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture, and preservation is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on th...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Through this 12-week study, readers will see the centrality of the temple as a picture of God restoring his presence with his people--and as a foretaste of the promised Messiah who would come to bring God's presence to his people forever.

A radically alternative exploration ofnews circulation that asks: do we even know what news is?

This is a book about voting - what people think they are doing when they cast a vote.

A re-evaluation of William Morrisas ideas on such diverse subjects as love, work, revolution, architecture, economics and ecology.

Gettysburg. Does any other single word in any language invoke so much passion and angst, enthusiasm and sadness, as do those ten letters? But what IS Gettysburg, exactly? I am almost embarrassed to say I discovered the answer to that question¿or at least approached an answer¿only late in life. Of course, Gettysburg is a small charming city nestled in south-central Pennsylvania, but in so many ways it beggars description. For about half the yea...

This collection of new essays, written by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, examines the most central issues of property theory from a variety of perspectives. The essays discuss whether property may be dissipated or used imprudently with impunity, and analyze how a person's property should be distributed after death. They survey the current economic landscape of intellectual property and show that Locke's celebrated justificatio...

What is death? How can I help those who are dying? How can I prepare for my own death? And how can I come to terms with bereavement? Here is an accessible and moving introduction to The Tibetan Book of the Dead, whose visionary perspective on living, dying, and loss is one of the most inspirational and compelling in world literature.

This is a book about voting - what people think they are doing when they cast a vote.

Digital technologies are now ubiquitous, changing the ways we live and learn and creating a new e-connected age of opportunity and risk. The e-Connected World provides a balanced, informed, and imaginative examination of the advent of these new technologies in areas such as education, crime, privacy, democracy, and social exclusion. Contrary to writings that herald the internet as a great liberator or see the information age as a dystopia requ...

Digital technologies are now ubiquitous, changing the ways we live and learn and creating a new e-connected age of opportunity and risk. The e-Connected World provides a balanced, informed, and imaginative examination of the advent of these new technologies in areas such as education, crime, privacy, democracy, and social exclusion. Contrary to writings that herald the internet as a great liberator or see the information age as a dystopia requ...

These essays have their origin in the 2010 EAAS Biennial Conference, held in Dublin. Using a variety of disciplines and approaches, they explore the many dimensions offered by the conference theme. The topics addressed here include: the interactions between youth and age, the idealization of youth in American culture juxtaposed with the increasing actuality of an ageing society, the relationship between war and youth, the cultural construction...

Who cheats on taxes? Can these people be identified, and how can they be encouraged to pay what they owe? Theses are perennial questions for government tax authorities. This book describes large, randomized, controlled experiments done in Minnesota to evaluate the best methods for increasing voluntary tax compliance with the income tax. Simultaneous experiments compared audit threats, better service to taxpayers, better forms design, and the i...

A radically alternative exploration of news circulation that asks: do we even know what news is?

From its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of political messages, could that invigorate democracy? If political elites fail to respond to such energy, where will it leave them? In this short book, internationally renowned sc...

From its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of political messages, could that invigorate democracy? If political elites fail to respond to such energy, where will it leave them? In this short book, internationally renowned sc...