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This book examines late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature written in England and Germany, exploring the relationship between Orientalism, Decadence, and cosmopolitanism, arguing that representations of the East played a critical role in the literary landscape of Decadence over this period.

This study examines the political, social, economic, and demographic dimensions of the plague pandemic which affected Colonial India in the late-nineteenth century. Natasha Sarkar details the progress of the disease within a complex colonial environment, exploring the attitudes and responses of indigenous communities and key colonial actors.

Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis outlines the implications of vice concepts being incorporated into psychiatric diagnosis and clinical practice, leading to some of the vexing problems in mental health and social care.

The challenge this book grapples with is how biodiversity might be conserved without producing global injustice.

Focusing on the striking contradiction between destruction and care, violent repression, and the simultaneous development of the welfare state, Nations Apart brings a new revisionist interpretation of an occupied society.

The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy (QTMT) is a celebration of queer, trans, bisexual and gender nonconforming identities and the spontaneous creativity that is at the heart of queer music-making.

Epistemic Blame is the first book-length philosophical examination of our practice of criticizing one another for epistemic failings. Cameron Boult argues that members of epistemic communities stand in epistemic relationships, and epistemic blame is a distinctive way of modifying these relationships.

This leading text provides everything you need for bringing, defending, and appealing employment cases in one volume, Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2023 provides an unbeatable combination of clear, comprehensive commentary and key legislation.

Rise of the International brings together scholars of International Relations and History to capture the emergence and development of the thought, the relations, and the systems that have come to be called international in western discourse.

With unrivalled coverage of IR theories from leading experts, from liberalism to postcolonialism. Reorganised to reflect the importance of global IR and newly authored chapters on classical realism, liberalism, Marxism, and critical theories. Case studies show readers how theory can be applied to address concrete political problems.

Personalism and Personalist Regimes offers a systematic examination of the logic of personalism, or personalist rule, tackling comprehensively the study of personalist leaders and personalist regimes.

Little Intisar has a BIG job at her Auntie Mahira's wedding: she's going to dance in the group performance! But as Intisar struggles with getting the routine right, her family of movers and groovers come to the rescue to show her being herself is far more fun than being perfect.

When Mirabelle plays too many pranks and isn't allowed at her parents' picnic party, she has a brilliant idea: she'll take a shrinking potion, so she'll be too tiny for anyone to see! But Mirabelle discovers that the garden is a little more dangerous when you're no taller than a blade of grass. Has the mischief gone too far this time . . . ?

On Jack's tenth birthday he discovers that he's a fairy. A real one, With magical powers. Now he must save humanity from a terrible threat - the unicorns have stopped farting, which means human happiness has dropped to dangerous levels.

Buffalo Lil and Buffalo Jill looked just the same, but they were as different as apple-pie and cacti. When there's a big HOO-HA at the Wild West competition, they learn that there's more than one way to be a cowgirl.

When a boy stumbles into a blank book, he thinks it looks empty . . . until he meets a paintbrush. Although the boy is certain that he can't draw or paint, the brush encourages him to try-and it soon becomes clear that anything can be turned into something. With a bit of imagination, the possibilities are endless-you can paint the world!

A series designed to get little ones moving and playing! In this story, readers are encouraged to copy Pony as he gallops, whinnies, and trots around the farm. Featuring a cut-out mask, song, and animation, this series is truly interactive and a lot of fun!

A series designed to get little ones moving and playing! In this story, readers are encouraged to copy Dinosaur as she roars, stomps, and runs in the forest. Featuring a cut-out mask, song, and animation, this series is truly interactive and a lot of fun!

Have you ever wondered how your brain works? Want to know why your brain is like a supercomputer? Written by neuroscientist Dr Mike Tranter, Your Intelligent Brain and How You Use It will tell you everything you need to know.

Intentionality Deconstructed argues for the view that no concrete entity - mental, linguistic, or any other - can possess intentional content. Nothing can be about anything. The concept of intentionality is flawed, and so content ascriptions cannot be "absolutely" true or false - they lack truth conditions.

This volume offers a collective exploration of the moral philosophy of Christian Wolff, one of the great philosophers of the 18th century. The contributors discuss major themes in Wolff's German Ethics of 1720, showing the importance of this work within the history of ethics and its continuing interest today.

This book in the Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law series provides a critical analysis of existing paradigms, concepts, and normative ideologies of modern African constitutional identity.

The book studies various cultural aspects of the Gulf migrants in Kerala since the 1980s. It offers a detailed analysis by drawing from discussions in film studies, visual culture, and literary studies, while combining thematic and formal analyses of texts to address questions on collectivities and citizenship in globalization.

In Forex Forever, Ranald C. Michie examines how the foreign exchange market has developed in the City of London over the past 150 years and uncovers its secret existence in London before the First World War.

This primer introduces students to key concepts in the study of cancer, explaining how cancers develop and covering a variety of approaches to their diagnosis and treatment. Discussions of innovations in prevention, screening, and AI-supported diagnosis provide insights into current developments in cancer research and how they benefit patients.

This second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation brings together the latest developments in the field of noninvasive neuromodulation, and highlights challenges, opportunities, and future directions for this rapidly changing field.

From Winston Churchill to Nick Clegg, Tony Blair to Nigel Farage, elite British politicians have privately and publicly toyed with the concept of co-operating with their competitors. Cross-Party Politics in Britain, 1945-2019 takes a historical-comparative look at seven such cases from the last 80 years.

Spinoza in Germany presents fifteen newly commissioned essays examining the legacy and influence of Spinoza on German thought in the long nineteenth century. The volume illuminates both the nature of Spinoza's philosophical contribution, as well as novel aspects of the philosophical lineage from idealism to Marxism, psychoanalysis, and beyond.

Leading scholars representing the world's five great religious traditions--Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--discuss fundamental philosophical questions on revelation and religious experience; analysis of faith; science and religion; the foundation of morality; and life and the afterlife.