Oxford University Press

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Who were the great landlords of eastern Germany? Scott Eddie analyses shifts in landownership to identify these key figures in the country's history. Meticulously researched and thoroughly documented, this book will be the benchmark for all future work in this area....

Renaissance Cultures of InterpretationA comprehensive re-examination of John Donne, through his response to the most        iconic religious figure in Western theology, Saint Augustine of Hippo. This book        significantly enriches our understanding of the reading and writing culture of        Renaissance England, and of the religious debates...

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Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim        more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their        toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of        chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global response....