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This ambitious work represents the first full-scale attempt to provide a restrictive theory of parameters, i.e. of the nature and limits of syntactic variation....

A ReaderThis is an anthology of the writings of Charles Wesley. Best known for his hymns, such as `Hark! the Herald Angels Sing', and `Jesus, Lover of My Soul', Charles was the younger brother of John Wesley and the co-founder of Methodism. Despite his importance in the history of Protestantism, there is no collection of his writings in print, and...

The successes of scienceThe enormous recent progress in fighting cancer, and the science behind it, is        revealed fully for the first time in this book. Using scientific evidence from        around the world, Lauren Pecorino examines the biology of cancer, looks at new        cancer treatments, and provides recommendations about lifestyle...

An Eighteenth-Century HistoryThe Acadian Diaspora tells the extraordinary story of thousands of Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia and scattered throughout the Atlantic world beginning in 1755. Following them to the Caribbean, the South Atlantic, and western Europe, historian Christopher Hodson illuminates a long-forgotten world of imperial...

Based on wide-ranging, original research into political, personal, and general correspondences across a period of significant social and political change, this book explores the gendered nature of politics and political life in eighteenth-century England by focusing on the political involvement of female members of the political elite. Chalus...

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