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Robots, Gadgets, and Artificial Intelligence is the perfect way for young readers to get to grips with the basic principles of the subject and its terminology. With a clear and entertaining explanation, comic strips, photographs, and illustrations, it reveals what AI is, how robots have evolved, and the role they could play in the future...

Rico Federico knows what trouble is, and he knows to stay away from it. If there's one thing he's learnt, it's that he will always be the suspect. He sees injustice happening all around him and wants to speak out. But how? Then a stranger gives him the perfect opportunity, and everything starts to go wrong.

New Mediums, Better Messages? demonstrates that development is not only about economics and technology but also about ideas, perceptions, and representations.

New Mediums, Better Messages? demonstrates that development is not only about economics and technology but also about ideas, perceptions, and representations.

What is Heidegger talking about when he says that being conceals itself? This is the first study to systematically address that question. Withy sorts the phenomena of concealing and concealment that Heidegger discusses into a highly structured taxonomy, thereby clarifying Heidegger's notoriously difficult discussions of being as self-concealing.

A study of philosopher George Berkeley's influence on British Romantic poetry, and especially the works of William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and Percy Bysshe Shelley that offers new readings of Berkeley's works and the development of his style as a writer.

Addressing both the common law rules on jurisdiction, and special rules on employment within the European regimes for jurisdiction and choice of law, this book provides essential information for the application of relevant rules in both employment law and private international law, and explains the context in which they operate.

Howard studies literary regionalism and it shows that one of the ways we imagine the world is through writing and reading about particular places. Howard also explores how writers are shaped by particular places and how their stories shape our understanding of localities and the globe.

Speculative Fictions places Alexander Hamilton at the center of American literary history to consider the important intersections between economics and literature.

The Hebrew Bible formulates two sets of law: one for Israelites and one for gentiles living in the Holy Land. Law Beyond Israel argues that the laws for non-Israelites form the historical basis of qur'anic law, pointing to legal continuity from the Hebrew Bible to the New Testament and from late antique Christianity to nascent Islam.

A detailed analysis of the syntax of early Byzantine Greek texts from Egypt that traces the bilingual interference in the syntax of verbs, adverbial phrases, clause linkage as well as in semi-formulaic expressions and formulaic frames.

The End of the World in Scandinavian Mythology is a detailed study of the Scandinavian myth on the end of the world, the Ragnarök, and its comparative background, giving an historical perspective to contemporary human fears and hopes about the end of the world in the Ragnarök myth of cosmic destruction and cosmic renewal.

Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, telling stories of individuals across the socio-economic scale. This vivid investigation of the meaning of illegitimacy gets to the heart of powerful inequalities in families, communities, and the state.

Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England details the relationship between transnational mobility and the development of Tudor Catholicism, underlining the importance of international mobility as a crucial factor in the development of English Catholicism and the wider European Catholic Church over the mid sixteenth century.

Company Law provides a succinct and accessible account of the law, demystifying complex topics without over-simplification. The book focuses on key principles taught on undergraduate courses as well as exploring elements of corporate theory.

A crucial period for the birth of modernity, France's 'long eighteenth century' (c. 1650-1820) was an era marked by the formulation of a new aesthetic and ethical code revolving around the intensification of emotions and the hyperbolic use of weeping. IThinking About Tears reveals another side to a period often called 'the age of reason'.

Catholics in Contemporary Britain showcases findings from a wide-ranging, empirical study of Catholics living in Britain, placing the contemporary Catholic community in the wider contexts of their society and the global faith of which they are a part and presenting a rich and fascinating demographic, religious, and attitudinal profile.

Richard Cross explores the largely uncharted territory of seventeenth-century Christology, paying close attention to its metaphysical and semantic presuppositions and consequences. He shows that theologians of all stripes develop and expand theories that are associated respectively with the medieval theologians Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus.

This book provides a thorough analysis of Brazilian business law for foreign investors and their legal advisers, focusing on topics and legal risks particularly relevant to business transactions, which commonly lead to disputes in the aftermath of signing or performance of deals.

The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency provides a diverse perspective on the use of electroencephalography (EEG), giving readers the opportunity to learn about a vast array of methods to conduct EEG frequency analyses, from 'traditional' to cutting-edge techniques, providing a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the topiic.

Written by an examiner, this comprehensive resource offers complete support for the latest syllabus, with a focus on exam success and assessment requirements. For first teaching September 2022, first examination March 2024.