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The pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people arent very good at it? That is the question posed by this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness, understood here as a psychological phenomenon... Read more
Cambridge: English First Result is fully updated to prepare students for success in the new 2015 exam... Read more
Lawyers' Skills helps students develop the legal skills required for successful practice in the modern solicitor's firm... Read more
All normal human beings alive in the last fifty thousand years appear to have possessed, in Mark Turners phrase, irrepressibly artful minds... Read more
Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a broad spectrum of maritime security threats... Read more
New and improved edition of the challenging secondary course that prepares students for school-leaving exams. Read more
David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written... Read more
Professor Stern puts applied linguistics research into its historical and interdisciplinary perspective... Read more
There are more than ten thousand particle accelerators in the world from the linear accelerators used for cancer therapy in modern hospitals to the giant 'atom-smashers' at international particle physics laboratories used to unlock the secrets of creation... Read more
Thinking about church architecture has come to an impasse. Reformers and traditionalists are talking past each other... Read more
Are the workings of the international world to be explained scientifically, or are they to be understood through their inward meaning? In Explaining and Understanding International Relations philosopher Martin Hollis and international relations scholar Steve Smith join forces to analyse the dominant theories of international relations and to examine the philosophical issues underlying them... Read more
Tyler Burge presents a substantial, original study of what it is for individuals to represent the physical world with the most primitive sort of objectivity... Read more
Origins of Language: A Slim Guide offers a concise and accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language... Read more
For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies... Read more
Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime and criminality. Criminology is an ideal textbook for undergraduate students approaching the subject for the first time... Read more
The Objects of Thought addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist... Read more
James D. Watson looks back on his extraordinary and varied career - from its beginnings as a schoolboy in Chicagos South Side to the day he left Harvard almost 50 years later, world-renowned as the co-discoverer of DNA - and considers the lessons he has learnt along the way... Read more
Saul Kripkes Locke Lectures were delivered in Oxford in 1973. Delivered in Kripkes usual extemporaneous style, for years the lectures have only been available as a transcription that has been informally exchanged among philosophers... Read more
Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse 'political correctness', and restricting liberal freedoms of expression, amongst other things... Read more
The English File Teacher's Book offers a comprehensive walk-through guide to every lesson, in every unit of the English File Student's Book, along with over 70 photocopiable activities... Read more