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the Great Clock and the Bells at the Palace of WestminsterRichly illustrated, this book covers the history of Big Ben, the great clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock's 150th anniversary in 2009....

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Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad history of sibling relations in America....

This thought-provoking and ambitious book is a sustained critique of the        conventional understanding of what it means to "e;explain"e; something in the social        sciences. It makes the strong argument that the traditional understanding involves        asking questions that have no clear foundation and provoke an unnecessary...

In this book Jace Weaver takes Native American literature as a resource for reflection on Native American values and spirituality. In one of the broadest critical readings of Native American literature to date, Weaver examines 17 Native American authors, ranging in time from 1768 to the present, in terms of their relationship to Native American...

This book lays out foundations for a "e;science of morals."e; Binmore uses its precision as a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and, by treating people as rational individuals who can empathize and make decisions, generates new insights into the...