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From the Korean War to the current conflict in Iraq, Paying the Human Costs of War examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the...

First-hand descriptions highlight this volume on exploration of the shallow sea bed. It collects the dispersed material on this environment, which the development of SCUBA equipment has made easier...

For nearly two decades, "Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science" has distinguished itself as the standard for texts specifically designed to meet the needs of beginning students...

No American writer of the nineteenth century was more universally enjoyed and admired than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His works were extraordinary bestsellers for their era, achieving fame both here...

Making a Case focuses on contemporary housing in the United States and the future of the American home. Like the Case Study program after World War II, it seizes on a critical moment in the history...

This is a book about the English Reformation.

With Decoration, the long-running architecture journal 306090 enters a new era as it evolves into full-color book format. In this milestone volumemixing contemporary building projects with commentary...

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This study offers an historical and philosophical interpretation of and commentary on Plato's "Apology of Socrates". The authors argue, contrary to virtually every modern interpretation of the...

This book offers the first English translation of the funerary speech for John Chyrsostom delivered by one of his former clergy in a city close to Constantinople in the autumn of 407 when news...

From the beloved and bestselling Sir Terry Pratchett, creator of the Discworld fantasy series."In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet." That’s the old story...

“Delightful. . . logically illogical as only Terry Pratchett can write.” —Anne McCaffreyWill the most unlikely hero in all of Discworld save the universe once again . . . or has his luck finally run...

"If you read just one of Pratchett's books, you'll want to read everything he wrote. That now includes A Stroke of the Pen." -- Washington Post A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive...

The first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common...