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A study of the fiction of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Marilynne Robinson. It uses a variety of critical approaches to explore the way that the novelist plays her large theme of loss into the meticulously created everyday world of her characters.

Examines the form of the novel, capaciously defined and across its history, exploring the interplay of conformity and experimentation in classic and outlier examples of the genre, with a focus on Joseph Conrad, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf.

Explores the influence of the early modern historian and statesman John Selden on the thought and works of the poet John Milton.

This second edition incorporates the latest advances in the field, particularly those relating to obesity in critical care, pharmacology, and antibiotics, as well as new chapters on screening and cardiac risk in obesity surgery, obesity and artificial ventilation, and bariatric surgery in the elderly.

This book studies such governments, covering the full life-cycle of coalitions from the formation of party alliances before elections to coalition formation after elections.

The book identifies a new human rights phenomenon. While disappearances have tended to be associated with authoritarian state and armed conflict periods, this study looks at these acts carried out in procedural democracies where democratic institutions prevail.

An essential and accessible guide to the assessment of the effectiveness of peace-building policies for all those working in, or studying, the area.

A study of Ludwig Boltzmann's oeuvre in early statistical mechanics. It is designed to reveal Boltzmann's true endeavors and to give new life to his various theoretical constructions. It offers introductory historical and biographical materials, detailed summaries and analyses of all the relevant texts.

Something lives deep within the forest . . . something that has not been seen on Callum's farm for over a hundred years. Callum and Iona make a promise to keep their amazing discovery secret, but can they keep it safe from harm? The pact they make will change lives forever.

This study examines the acts of ancient church councils as the objects of textual practices, in their editorial shaping, and in their material conditions.

A volume which brings an imperial and colonial perspective to the Italian experience of the First World War. Vanda Wilcox explores how the Italian empire was conceived both in conventional terms as a system of colonies under Italian sovereignty, and as an informal global empire of emigrants; both were mobilised in support of the war.

This book guides clinicians through the management of common situations found in palliative medicine. Using patient case scenarios, it gives students and medical professionals an accessible, evidence-based entryway to gain the skills and knowledge needed to provide high quality palliative and end of life care to patients and their families.

This monograph provides an in-depth comparison of lay and religious sources produced in Siena (1260-1330) on criminal justice, conflict, and violence.

This volume charts the development of political thought between 1517-1625. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Europe and beyond, it offers a new reading of early modern political thought, making connections between Christian Europe and the Muslim societies that lay to its south and east.

How do people remember financial crisis? Do these memories affect how policy-makers and the public respond to crises, or is the past used in different ways by different actors? This volume examines a range of cases of financial crisis where either the past has been remembered, forgotten, used, or dismissed to try to begin to answer these questions.

Studies Asian American, Asian Canadian, and Asian Australian writing to establish what 'diasporic poetics' might be held in common.

The thesis of mental fragmentation has recently attracted increased attention as a way of explaining facts about mind and language. This volume provides an accessible introduction and essays on foundations and applications of fragmentation.

This volume presents a selection of John Broome's most important work since 2000 in an area of philosophy where he has led the way. Topics discussed include the structure of normativity; the priority of oughts over reasons; the distinction between rationality and normativity; the character of human reasoning; and the nature of preferences.

At a time when literature is thought to have limited value in a world dominated by scientific thinking, this volume offers close readings of John Milton's major works to argue that poetry is a vital means of knowing the world and answering the most fundamental questions.

Mickey is a secret agent for the Top Secret Animal spy ring COBRA. When her hero and codebreaker extraordinaire Hildegarde L. McTavish disappears, Mickey feels it's her duty to investigate. But the Animal Spies do not meddle in human affairs - will Mickey be able to bridge the gap between human and animal spies?

This volume is the first handbook devoted entirely to the multitude of frameworks adopted in the field of morphology. It offers critical discussions of the main theoretical issues in word formation and inflection, a detailed guide to each morphological theory, and explorations into the relationship between morphological theory and other fields.

Dominic Scott and R. Edward Freeman adopt an innovative approach to understanding leadership by returning to one of the greatest thought leaders in history-the Greek philosopher Plato. They bring the richness of Plato's models of leadership to bear on contemporary case studies, examining the nature and purpose of leadership in today's world.

In a globalized world, business ethics continues to gain importance as a field of study. Using a novel approach that centres on economic theory and analysis, this book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts of business ethics related to both the economy as a whole and corporate ethics of the individual company.

What is going on when we are consciously aware of a visual scene, or hear sounds, or otherwise enjoy sensory experience? David Papineau argues controversially for a purely qualitative account: conscious sensory experiences are intrinsic states with no essential connection to external circumstances or represented properties.

This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including descriptions of syntactic features, introductions to historical and cultural topics, and selected readings from classical literature with original commentaries. It also provides an extensive glossary and up-to-date bibliography.

Human language allows us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of words. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes us on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand.

We often find ourselves communicating from radically different perspectives on the world. In this new book Ludlow explains how we successfully communicate across some radically diverse perspectival positions, including diverse temporal, spatial and personal positions, through our use of cognitive dynamics.

Covering literature, film, interior design, architecture, photography, fashion, ballet, and flower arranging, Baroque between the Wars offers a new take on modernism that explores how baroque offered a whole new way of being modern.

How the International Committee of the Red Cross emerged triumphant from the dark days of World War II, escaping its ambiguous wartime record to re-affirm its leadership in world humanitarian affairs and help rewrite the rules of war in the Geneva Conventions

This little hardback book creates a moment to focus on Learning. It introduces words to talk about trying new things, asking questions, and exploring in a way that feels good and develops confidence. The engaging art style, characters and picture book feel make it perfect to share and it is packed with educational goodness to help children grow.