A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is the only dictionary available with a primary focus on UK law enforcement terms. Succinct and practical in its approach, it contains over 3,400 entries covering ever ... Read more
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It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards...I saw that at some stage in my life the whole structure would have to be utterly demolishe ... Read more
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Anglicanism is the English state church, and it also has more than 70 million followers throughout the world.
Explains how Anglicanism is defined, and how it fits into the broader picture of Chri ... Read more
HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the d ... Read more
Shows why memories are an integral part of being human, and why they underpin our sense of who we are
Explains the science of how the brain stores and accesses memories, and the questions surroun ... Read more
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Did you know that Batts, may have had stout ancestors? That Dennes could be descended from swineherds? That Herons might come from thin men with long legs? How much do you know about the origin of you ... Read more
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A concise study of one of the most extraordinary and dramatic periods in world history
Considers the effects of the Crusades on ordinary life in Western Europe and the parts played by ordinary me ... Read more
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A controversial and fascinating look at the contemporary global art scene - from Britain to China, South Africa to Cuba
Asks the big questions that need asking about what underlies contemporary art ... Read more
Compiled by the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare, and one of the best-known authorities on the playwright's works, this dictionary offers information on all aspects of Shakespeare, both in his ... Read more
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Charles de Secondat,Baron de Montesquieu; Margaret Mauldon; Andrew Kahn
Pages
320 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 196 mm
Pub date
Apr 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?'
Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness th ... Read more
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