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Explores the works and careers of a group of Renaissance Portuguese poets, and illuminates the ways in which they conceived of themselves and their practice, the systems of patronage within which they worked, and the challenges they faced in the pursuit of publication.

Explores the promise and limitations of competitive market dynamics, looking at the threats to competition-cartels, agreements, monopolies, and mergers-and the laws in place across the US and European Union to safeguard the process of competition.

Never have financial markets been subjected to a period of change as rapid and extensive as took place from the 1970s onwards. Ranald C. Michie provides an authoritative account of this upheaval based on a careful reading of the Financial Times over the last four decades.

How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add - whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly.

This work is a manifesto for epistemic independence: the independence of good thinking from practical considerations. It presents a functionalist account of the normativity of assertion in conjunction with an integrated view of the normativity of constative speech acts.

In Naturally Free Action, Oisin Deery argues that free will exists, understood as the ability to act freely. This conclusion is supported by showing how the concept of free will plausibly refers to many actual human behaviors, and how these behaviors count as a natural category or kind.

What matters in survival? What relation to a future individual gives you a reason for prudential concern for that individual? According to Douglas Ehring's radical view, nothing matters in survival: there is no relation that gives you a basic, foundational normative reason for prudential concern.

This book opens with defenses of the philosophy of pessimism, first on secular grounds and then again on distinctively Christian grounds with reference to the fallenness of human beings. It then details traditional Christian reasons for optimism with which this philosophy of pessimism can be qualified.

A young man lies bleeding in the street. It's Glasgow and it's May: the Orange Walks have begun. Graham doesn't want to be involved. He just wants to play football with his mate, Joe. But then he witnesses a shocking moment of violence... A gripping tale of two boys who must find their own answers in a world divided by differences.

An essential exam preparation workbook, CRQs for the Final FRCA is dedicated to helping candidates pass this new assessment type for the Final FRCA Written Paper first time.

A key revision resource for dental undergraduates and foundation dentists, SBAs and EMQs for Human Disease (Medicine) in Dentistry is also suitable for qualified practitioners undertaking professional development and learning about the medical context of dentistry.

The most comprehensive history of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and of its members, this study takes the reader from the formation of the first petrostate in the world, Venezuela, in the late 1920s, to the global ascent of petrostates and OPEC during the 1970s, to their crisis in the late-1980s and early- 1990s.

A considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique, Directions books offer the most student-friendly guide to the subject; they empower students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence.

In this revised edition, the nature, history, and significance of investment treaties are examined, as well as their impact on international investors and investments, and the governments that are party to them. Recent treaties, trends, and controversy are also discussed.

Lisa lives in a tiny place called Noisy Village with all her friends, and with so many children living there, it's a very noisy place indeed!Join the children on a riotous adventure as they explore the great outdoors and get up to plenty of mischief, in this gently humorous story collection by much-loved author, Astrid Lindgren.

Bromley's Family Law remains the most authoritative textbook on the subject and has been used by generations of both students and practitioners as a reliable source of guidance. It is both detailed yet readable, offering a black-letter account of family law while situating the subject in its UK and international context.

Providing a complete analysis of the law of reinsurance this new edition gives extended consideration to complex areas, such as good faith, and issues on which there is no authority.

The essential Guide to the Sentencing Code providing expert commentary on the scope, extent, and effects of the Sentencing Act 2020 with practical checklists and tables, ensuring users can track the changes between the previous law and the new Code. Includes digital access on OUP LawReader.

Determinism, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility features nine essays on determinism, freedom, and moral responsibility in ancient thought. Bobzien shows how the concept of free will entered metaphysical and moral debates only at a relatively late stage.

Volume IX in the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde brings together Wilde's first performed play, Vera; or, The Nihilist, and his first West End success, Lady Windermere's Fan. The edition includes textual notes, two lengthy Introductions, and commentaries which identify references, allusions, and possible source materials.

The study proposes a different understanding of the complex relationship between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa, it challenges the conventional wisdom on Europe's benevolent foreign policy and the image of 'Fortress Europe' alike.

After watching his brother having all the fun, a young boy wishes he was BIG. When his dream comes true, he goes on a joyful adventure. But as he keeps getting BIGGER and BIGGER, he realises that sometimes it's good to be small. A mostly wordless story that develops visual literacy and inspires children to wonder: what would I do if I was BIG?

English File's unique, lively and enjoyable lessons are renowned for getting students talking. In fact, 90% of English File teachers we surveyed in our impact study found that the course improves students' speaking skills.

English File's unique, lively and enjoyable lessons are renowned for getting students talking. In fact, 90% of English File teachers we surveyed in our impact study found that the course improves students' speaking skills.

This volume examines democracy and elections in Africa, taking stock of the state of constitutional democracy on the continent after the democratic gains of the 1990s and 2000s, focusing on how competitive politics or multiparty democracy can be realized and how, through competition, such politics could lead to better policy and practice outcomes.

The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain is a groundbreaking compendium of current research on music in the human brain. It brings together an international roster of 54 authors from 13 countries providing an essential guide to this rapidly growing field.

This accessible and engaging book provides readers with the knowledge, experience, and confidence to work with raw data and unlock essential information (insights) from data summaries and visualisations.

A complete six-year primary Science course that takes a problem-solving approach to teaching young learners the skills they need to think like scientists.

In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Slack explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries. Looking at the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature, he considers how it was fought and controlled, and the impact it had on our modern notions of public health.

The book presents the first extensive treatment of magnetic small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), enabling advanced students and researchers to make efficient use of the method and to analyze and interpret their SANS experiments.