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The Fundamentals of Reasons offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of reasons. The authors explore the twin roles of reasons in explanation and deliberation, show why reasons are so important for a wide range of philosophical issues, and guide the reader through the debates.

What Twenty-First-Leadership Can Learn from Nineteenth-Century American Literature aims to narrow the gap between leadership theory and practice, offering an account of how leaders in organizations can improve their practice by drawing on the literary imagination.

Godfrey used to be a tadpole. Now he is a frog. He doesn't think it's a very exciting thing to be. Can his friends show him just how special he really is?

In this book, J. L. Schellenberg argues that humanity has developed spiritually and morally in a way that would have been reflected in Christian doctrine if that doctrine had been inspired by a good and all-knowing God, and that Christian doctrine cannot therefore be related to such a God in the way that it purports to be.

Enemies in the Empire demonstrates how Britain developed a global system of mass deportation and internment during the Great War. Using case studies in Britain, South Africa, and India, the authors place these internees into the broader history of internment, the history of the First World War, and the history of the British Empire.

Dangerous Gifts is a book about the strategic, economic, legal, and religious undertones of Great Power interventions and violence in the Levant.

Sixteen prominent scholars offer fresh interpretations and assessments of Aristotle's metaphysical thinking: his accounts of definition and meaning; his understanding of being and the categories; his models of explanation and causation; and his accounts of modality, space, and change. No knowledge of ancient Greek is assumed.

A study of British and American Utopian writing of the 1800s in the context of developments in real architectural, political, and cultural life. The book studies utopian visions published in the UK and the USA in the 1800s by writers such Robert Owen, James Silk Buckingham, Edward Bellamy, and William Morris.

The book offers a comprehensive conceptual analysis of terrorism, comparing it with competing theories and views on the subject, such as terrorism is killing civilians, or terrorism is a form of violence that relies on the distinction between direct and indirect targets.

The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world ranging from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. At its core is the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what contemporaries called the 'Second' and 'Third Worlds'.

What justifies political power? Most philosophers argue that consent or democracy are important, in other words, it matters how power is exercised. But this book argues that outcomes primarily matter to justifying power.

This book draws on a process-oriented perspective to understand the pervasiveness of digitalization in organizations, and contemporary society.

Straightforward explanations of key topics are paired with learning features showcasing the law in its everyday context to give students a firm grasp of the fundamentals of the legal system.

Herdegen's Principles of International Economic Law has established itself as a leading textbook in the field. This fully updated third edition covers areas of growing relevance in international economic law, including corporate social responsibility, challenges for WTO law, the impact of human rights and environmental law, and cryptocurrencies.

This book consists of 42 anecdotes illustrating how statistical methods applied to data produce insight and solutions to the questions that the data were collected to answer. Real-life and sometimes artificial data are used to demonstrate the painless method and magic of statistics. Statistical jokes, puzzles and folktales are scattered throughout.

Describes the fundamental mathematics and algorithms of machine learning (an example of artificial intelligence) and signal processing, two of the most important and exciting technologies in the modern information economy. Builds up concepts gradually so that the ideas and algorithms can be implemented in practical software applications.

Written by professional physicists with over 140 years' of teaching experience combined, this book is aimed at students and lecturers in physics and presents analytical mechanics as the basis for the study of theoretical physics.

Written by professional physicists with over 140 years' of teaching experience combined, this book is aimed at students and lecturers in physics and presents analytical mechanics as the basis for the study of theoretical physics.

Designed in an exam format with 80 questions to be answered in two hours, this Mock Examination challenges your knowledge of all areas of the 2024 NIE syllabus, drawn from the Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2024.

Designed in an exam format, with questions to be answered in three hours, this practice paper helps candidates prepare for their NPPF Step Two Legal Examination (formerly OSPRE® Part I). Questions are presented in the Type A exam-style and answers are fully referenced to the official syllabus in Blackstone's Police Manuals 2024.

Shaping the Law of Obligations presents a collection of essays in honour of Ewan McKendrick KC, discussing compelling questions and ideas in the areas of contract, tort, unjust enrichment, and commercial law.

Are courts resisting the rise of legal limitations to state action caused by investment treaty commitments? This book pioneers a unique analysis of both investment law and comparative constitutional law by examining how a selection of the highest courts around the world have addressed this potential discord.

The Wonder of Quantum Spin discusses the key role quantum spin continues to play in many frontiers of physics that include the study of new exotic states of matter, quantum information and quantum computing. Spin tales also include the story of MRI - one of the most important applications of quantum science to humanity.

The book provides a self-contained and accessible introduction to integrable systems. It starts with an introduction to integrability of ordinary and partial differential equations, and goes on to explore symmetry analysis, gauge theory, vortices, gravitational instantons, twistor transforms, and anti-self-duality equations.

The book provides a self-contained and accessible introduction to integrable systems. It starts with an introduction to integrability of ordinary and partial differential equations, and goes on to explore symmetry analysis, gauge theory, vortices, gravitational instantons, twistor transforms, and anti-self-duality equations.

Siniver provides a comparative and systematic analysis of the role of international arbitration in the settlement of interstate territorial disputes. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources the book focuses on four contemporary cases.

The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation explores the biblical canon, translation and print, the development of Reformation hermeneutics, the history of Bible commentators, and exegesis relating to key texts and theological themes of Reformation writing and discourse.

The English Civil War was a war of words as well as a military conflict, with supporters of the king and parliament arguing over the meaning of God, liberty, nature, people, law, and other central concepts. Words at War explores these arguments, which continue to shape the political and cultural landscape of the modern world.

Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and North presents academic and creative work on menstruation from menarche to menopause across a range of disciplines. A multi-disciplinary edited collection, it highlights diverse cultural contexts, lived experiences, and activist perspectives, challenging stigmas and taboos.

A companion volume to the first edition published in 2012 Behavioural Reponses to a Changing World: Challenges and Applications examines wildlife behavioural responses to human-induced environmental change through a translational lens.