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An Analysis of Verbal and Constructional MeaningThe Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an        understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and        Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today. The        impersonal construction has been a topic of...

The order that material, for both facts and skills, is presented or explored by a learner can strongly influence what is learned, how fast performance increases, and sometimes, even that the material is learned at all. In this book, the contributors argue that these effects are more pervasive and important than they have been treated. They explore...

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This book is the first comprehensive study of fiction written by Irish authors        during the Victorian age. James H. Murphy analyses the development of the novel in        Ireland and examines the work of 150 authors including well-known figures such as        William Carleton, Charles Lever, Somerville and Ross, and Bram Stoker in the...

In this book the distinguished Roman Catholic theologian Bernard Cooke reassesses the long-standing Christian description of divine power. The word 'power' evokes the spheres of economic, political, and social life. Cooke suggests, however, that the deepest questions about conflicting powers are theological and concern what Christians have...

The War for Alexander the Great's EmpireThe story of one of the great forgotten wars of history, Dividing the Spoils serves up a fast-paced narrative that revives the memory of the Successors of Alexander and their bloody, forty-year struggle to divide his empire. Drawing on a wide range of historical materials, Robin Waterfield illuminates the...