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The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and best-known legal text of ancient India. A seminal Hindu work, it is important for its classic description of the many social institutions which have come to be identified with Indian society. Patrick Olivelle's lucid translation is the first to be based on his critically edited text.

The largest ever collection of true erotic confessions - by real women and men.

Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices. The volume introduces the classical questions of philosophy of law as well as new emerging areas of theoretical dispute for legal theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. Providing introductions to all major areas of Anglo-American law, and the major philosophical underpinnings of each of these areas, it also examines ...

This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy. Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates' life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socra...

Nach >Das Holztheater< und >Himmelsöhi, hilf!< ist >Der Sprung in den Papierkorb< Thomas Hürlimanns dritter Essay- und Geschichtenband. Ein Motiv, das darin immer wieder auftaucht, ist die Treppe. Thomas Hürlimann findet sie in Platons Höhle, aber auch in den Fußballstadien oder an einem Zypressenhang am Comer See. Über die Treppe führt er uns zu Jean Paul, zu Friedrich Schiller und zu Botho Strauß. Und er erzählt von der über sieben Decks und...

For fans of THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hossein and Yasmin Khadra's THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL, a devastating tale of forbidden love between an Englishwoman and a Kabul warlord.

Addresses the puzzling apparent contradictions in the Gospels, and argues that these difficulties are necessary to encourage us to make an active spiritual effort to understand.

Introduces the techniques and concepts of statistics in human and physical geography. This book explains not only how to apply quantitative tools but also why and how they work. It helps students gain important skills for utilizing conventional and spatial statistics in their own research, as well as for critically evaluating the work of others.

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After living away for years, Sandy Lafonde returns to her childhood home at the Watishka First Nation reserve. Little has changed since she left -- a local gang menaces the area, the community is splintered and the Cree youth are left restless and frustrated. Sandy realizes that she needs to do something to help, so she proposes to start a junior hockey team. Drawing on her own past, Sandy steps in as coach and tries to reign in the star playe...

This volume, dealing with Nucleation, Aggregation and Crystallization, consists of a compilation of lectures offered at the international course held at Karolinska Institute and at the scientific meetings of the MARIE Network.The word "nucleation, " derived from "nuclear family, " refers to the concept of the progenitor, or the mother and the father of any family. Only in the last few centuries have physicists "borrowed" the word, and more rec...

Presents an analysis of the conceptual and functional aspects of boiler design and evolution. This work describes boiler theory, elaborates on the parts and sub-assemblies of the boiler and its essential auxiliaries, and, explains firing systems, including FBC and HRSG.

Land has long been neglected in economics. That is now changing. Recently, seven teams from Australia, the European Union, and the USA have, for the first time, included land use in their computable general equilibrium models, the work horses of economic policy analysis. This book describes and critically assesses the underlying data, the methodologies used, and the first applications.

Explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought about. This book examines how each of the five US armed services made their adjustments both to the technologies and the use of force.

When aspiring designer Isabel Bookbinder bags a job with Nancy 'Fashion Aristocracy' Tavistock, she's sure her career is finally on track. Well, ok, the fashion pages of heat. So, learning from the very best, the future's looking bright for Isabel Bookbinder: Top International Fashion Designer.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software Process, held in Vancouver, Canada, in May 2009 - colocated with ICSE 2009, the 31st International Conference on Software Engineering. The 33 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on process management, process tools, proces...

Leading historians select and describe the 20 most significant events in British History.

A superbly concise and clear, single-volume account of the English Civil Wars.

An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house. In the dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed: a human skull rests on a cauldron, surrounded by slain chickens and bizarre figurines. Just as Tempe is closing in on answers, another body is discovered: a headless corpse carved with Satanic symbols.

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of one of Shakespeare's last plays. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of The Winter's Tale in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with directors Dominic Cooke, Adrian Noble and Gregory Doran - providing an illuminating i...