Provides a clear and concise discussion of the debates surrounding martyrdom
Includes specific cases of martyrdoms from various different historical contexts and religious traditions
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Explores the most challenging question facing the world: how will we meet the global energy demand without destroying the planetary environment?
Dispels some of the current myths about nuclear po ... Read more
Explains the facts about a process that is often considered mysterious and threatening
Covers the whole spectrum of modern anaesthetic practice, from general and local anaesthesia, anaesthesia fo ... Read more
Written by one of the leading scholars in the area of organization theory
Demonstrates the origins of organization with examples of prehistoric humans organizing to hunt food, find shelter, and t ... Read more
A timely introduction to a rapidly growing religious movement
Covers all aspects of the movement - its history, practice, and its global spread
Discusses gender issues within Rastafari
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If I by miracle can be This livelong minute true to thee 'Tis all that heav'n allows.'
The Earl of Rochester was England's first celebrity poet, a byword for the theatricality, licentiousness, and ... Read more
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Fully revised and updated for the new edition, the Oxford Handbook of Gastroenterology and Hepatology comprises a unique A-Z compendium of the specialty, and a dedicated section detailing 30 of the mo ... Read more
Looks at what plants are, how they grow, how we use them, and how we can look after them for the next generation
Examines how plants evolved and how they cope on dry land, including their reprodu ... Read more
A short introduction to the number world, looking at different types of numbers and how they behave
Reveals the astonishing richness and variety of numbers, including primes, imaginary and comple ... Read more
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Philosophy is written in this great book which is continually open before our eyes - I mean the universe...'
Galileo's astronomical discoveries changed the way we look at the world, and our place i ... Read more
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