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Living with Darwin

evolution, design, and the future of faith

Recent debates about Intelligent Design have brought into high relief the huge schism between those who believe in Darwin and the power of science to understand the world, and those who look through the prism of religious faith. Why, asks eminent philosopher Philip Kitcher, does ...

Christ killers

the jews and the Passion from the Bible to the big screen

The New Testament accounts of Jesus' crucifixion have stood at the bedrock of Christianity since it's birth in the 1st century, and they remain among the essential foundations of Western culture in the 21st. These Gospel narratives of the Passion - the arrest, trial, scourging ...

The Oxford Bible commentary

The Oxford Bible Commentary is an exciting new ecumenical verse-by-verse commentary on the whole Bible, including all the books of the Apocrypha, for use by Christians, Jews, and members of other religious traditions, or of none. 1.5 million words long, it has been written ...

European Union Law

A highly accessible account of European Union law. The clear and concise commentary and explanations are complemented by summaries of key cases to illustrate the points of law, creating a complete learning experience in one volume. With a strong focus on active learning techniques, the ...

Secured lending in eastern Europe

comparative Law of secured transactions and the EBRD model Law

This new work is the first comparative study of central and eastern European secured transactions laws to be written in English. It gives a valuable insight into the legal reforms taking place in the transition economies of central and eastern Europe (and elsewhere), explaining the ...

The little book of commonsense investing

the only way to guarantee your fair share of stock market returns

Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for the long term is a winner's game. Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero-sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), but after ...

The history of Africa

the quest for eternal harmony

This book provides a wide-ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day - using the cultural, social, political, and economic lenses of Africa as instruments to illuminate the ordinary lives of Africans. The result is a fresh new survey that includes a wealth ...

Regards sur les sociétés anglaise, espagnole et française au XVIIe siècle

On insiste souvent sur les changements survenus dans nos sociétés européennes, tout particulièrement en Europe occidentale, faisant ainsi du siècle des Lumières l'époque par excellence de transition vers les mondes contemporains. En réalité. les changements ont commencé beaucoup plus tôt, aussi bien au niveau ...

Political game theory

an introduction

Political Game Theory is a self-contained introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. The book presents choice theory, social choice theory, static and dynamic games of complete information, static and dynamic games of incomplete information, repeated games, bargaining theory, mechanism design and ...

Real analysis with economic applications

There are many mathematics textbooks on real analysis, but they focus on topics not readily helpful for studying economic theory or they are inaccessible to most graduate students of economics. Real Analysis with Economic Applications aims to fill this gap by providing an ideal textbook ...

Economic disasters of the 20th century

How do we define an economic disaster? It is a difficult question. Most centuries would claim that they have had their share of disasters, but the twentieth century certainly seems to have been more prone to them than the previous one. A number of leading ...

Philosophy of science A-Z

While philosophy of science has always been an integral part of philosophy, since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has developed its own structure and its fair share of technical vocabulary and problems. Current debates revolve around deep conceptual and methodological issues in the ...

The noble revolt

the overthrow of Charles I

John Adamson's book traces the careers and fortunes of the small group of English noblemen who risked their lives and fortunes to challenge the king's attempt to create an authoritarian monarchy in the Stuart kingdoms during the 1630s. Beginning with a core of ...

The price of fear

Al-Qaeda and the truth behind the financial war on terror

Finance has taken centre stage since 9/11 and the waging of the "War on Terror". But despite extensive media coverage, the war on this financial front remains little understood. This book traces the origins of the well-tried money laundering template and dicusses the laws ...

Diccionario de derecho, Economía y Política = Wörterbuch Recht, Wirtschaft, Politik.Tomo 1: Español-Alemán = Band 1: Spanisch-Deutsch

The God of Israel

In the ancient Near East the God of Israel stands unique; he is the central character of the Old Testament. The collection of essays in this volume presents the historical background against which belief in him developed and discusses aspects of the topic that remain ...

La República suicida

Utilizando un sólida base documental, este ensayo permite comprobar que el discurso de las izquierdas españolas respecto a la Segunda República está dirigido a negar su pasado revolucionario al servicio de sus objetivos ideológicos y de las estrategias geopolíticas de la Unión Soviética.

Comentarios a la red española de Convenios de Doble Imposición

Esta obra analiza de forma exhaustiva y rigurosa, pero con un enfoque práctico, la red de Convenios de doble imposición de España. Se trata de un pormenorizado estudio de cada artículo de todos y cada uno de los Convenios a través del cual se facilita ...

Psicología social

un compromiso aplicado a la salud

El aumento de la esperanza de vida, el envejecimiento de la población, la prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas, el deterioro del medio ambiente, nos remiten a la necesidad de investigar e intervenir en cuestiones como nuestros estilos de vida, nuestra socialización y las condiciones en las ...

La gallina de los huevos de cemento

La obra que presentamos no es un ensayo moralizador, su propósito es analizar, asépticamente, las circunstancias que han dado lugar a los palmarios abusos urbanísticos que se han venido produciendo en este país, inicialmente en el litoral pero con posterioridad allí donde se detecta por ...