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During the early days of the professional English theatre, dramatists wrote for playhouses that, though enclosed by surrounding walls, remained open to the ambient air and the sky above. This book considers the various ways in which the air is brought into presence within early modern drama.

This book hypothesises that the ICN's structures provide powerful influence mechanisms for strong NCAs and NGAs, over the weak; and 'competition experts' over wider state interests, discussing the legitimacy of this from a political and legal theory perspective, and analysing the ICN's effectiveness and efficiency.

Developing original accounts of the many aspects of belief, On Believing puts the believer at the heart of the story. Developing a novel account of the normativity of belief, Hunter argues that the ethics of belief concern how a believer ought to be positioned in a world of possibilities.

Structured clinical management (SCM) is a unified approach to the treatment of people with personality disorder, which is within reach of general mental health professionals without extensive additional training. This book provides a practical, and detailed guide on how mental health services can implement SCM in their clinical practice.

This third edition of the definitive guide to banking provides an overview and analysis of developments and research in the field written by leading academics, researchers, and practitioners.

A stimulating and highly readable introduction to the science of imperfections, this book focuses on their crucial role in technology, as well as their influence on society, love, life, health, politics, career development, and key environmental issues, enabling readers to counteract scientific misinformation.

Machiavelli was painfully aware of living in a disastrous moment of Italy's history, and was harshly critical of Italy's princes, its professional soldiers, and the Church. This is a study of his evaluation of their failures, especially how wealthy elites were prepared to undermine law and government to preserve and augment their power and wealth.

Apparently alone in the Universe, the Earth glows bright with life, a cosmic oasis of biodiversity. This book considers life on Earth, and human interactions with it culminating in our domination of the living world, and asks what we have learnt about our biosphere, the risks it faces, and how we might become stewards of the life around us.

Many view Kaiser Wilhelm II as having personally ruled Germany, dominating its politics, and choreographing its leap to global power, but The Kaiser and the Colonies shows that he played a surprisingly muted role in the German Empire in contrast to the lively, varied, innovative responses to German imperialism from monarchs around the world.

The second edition of a commentary on the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Administered Arbitration Rules providing practitioners with an inside perspective on how the HKIAC administers arbitrations under their rules.

Aristophanes' Wasps (422 B.C.) is an entertaining comedy that plunges us into the life of a family in classical Athens, while treating themes that readers of any time and place can appreciate. A father and son argue about politics, household servants try to please their master, a disruptive gang of the father's friends decide to intervene, a dog becomes a lightning-rod for his antics in the kitchen, attempts are made at reform and reconciliation, and it all ends with a drinking party that goes disastrously wrong. The father, Philocleon, and his friends, the chorus of wasp-like old men for whom the play is named, are some of the great creations of comic drama. The characters of the Wasps make constant references to the everyday world they are living in: its political demagogues, court system, religious rituals, social niceties, class distinctions, diseases, clothes, food, toilets, paychecks, geography, weather, household items, literary and mythological allusions, military experiences, and much more. These references give the play its immediacy, but their unfamiliarity to modern students can pose a challenge. This edition provides a full introduction devoted to the political, social, and literary background of the play, as well as notes to the text explaining historical details.

An exposition of modern game theory suitable for advanced undergraduates. The book emphasizes the ideas behind the theory rather than their mathematical expression, but defines all concepts precisely. Covers strategic, extensive, and coalitional games, and includes the topics of repeated games, bargaining theory, and evolutionary equilibrium.

The unforgotten coat belongs to Chingis, one of two Mongolian brothers Julie knew as a child. As she tries to help them make sense of their new, unfamiliar surroundings, the brothers speak of their fear of a demon that makes people vanish. Slowly, Julie learns the painful truth behind this very real threat.

This book explores variation in Bantu subject and object marking on the basis of data from 75 Bantu languages. It specifically addresses the question of which features are involved in agreement and nominal licensing, and examines how parametric variation in those features accounts for the settings and patterns that are attested crosslinguistically.

A landmark investigation into one of the most important trends at the interface of law and technology: the effort to harness emerging digital technologies to change the way that parties form and perform contracts.

The Invisible World of Germs is the perfect way for young readers to get to grips with the subject and its terminology. With a clear and entertaining explanation, with comic strips, photographs, and illustrations, this book reveals what germs are, how they spread, how we defend ourselves, and whether a world without germs is possible.

The Secrets of the Universe is the perfect way for young readers to quickly get to grips with the basic principles of the subject and its terminology. With a clear and entertaining explanation, coupled with comic strips, photographs, and illustrations, the beginning of the Universe, what it is, how it works, and possible futures are revealed...

Following a ferocious storm, Hannah and Becky find themselves lost in the dangerous Tasmanian bush. Recused and adopted by a pair of Tasmanian tigers, the girls must adapt to a new life in the wild, where every day is a brutal fight for survival.

A concise, fascinating, and practical guide to consumer behaviour, bringing essential theories to life through an impressive array of engaging international case studies.

Propaganda, Gender, and Cultural Power tells the story of the gendered methods, policies, and institutions that contributed to the making of French cultural diplomacy in Britain, against the backdrop of war, changing Franco-British relations, European tensions and the global transformation of what 'foreign affairs' meant to states.

Towns on the Edge in Medieval Europe offers comparative research on the emergence and development of medieval chartered towns within northern European territories subjected to conquest and colonisation, namely Ireland, Wales, Prussia, and Livonia.

Our attitudes towards an event may vary depending on whether the event has happened or has yet to take place. Philosophers and psychologists explore such psychological past/future asymmetries to reveal what kinds of asymmetries we exhibit, and under what conditions, and how they may reflect particular beliefs about time, or features of time itself.

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!

Beehive gets your students working together to achieve great results. See them learn about the world around them, grow their global skills and fly through their exams and beyond!