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The Role of Lotteries in Decision MakingIn The Luck of the Draw, Peter Stone surveys the variety of arguments proffered        for and against lotteries and argues that they only have one true effect relevant to        decision making: the "e;sanitizing effect"e; of preventing decisions from being made on        the basis of reasons. While...

Prescriptions for Choral Excellence presents the most up-to-date research in voice science, and leadership and performance psychology. In layman's terms, it addresses the topics most relevant to choirs, and provides instruction on how to apply the concepts in day-to-day rehearsal and performance....

This collection documents the different ways in which Asian governments have been        pursuing economic nationalism even as they have been integrating with the world        economy. The book challenges the popular view that with globalization, either the        role of the state becomes redundant or that states are unable to...

The Asketikon of St Basil the Great comprises a new English translation and studies which re-examine the emergence of monasticism in Asia Minor. Rufinus' translation of an earlier edition is compared with the Greek text of the longer edition, as a means of tracing the development of ideas. Silvas concludes that the antecedents of the monastic...

The Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave (1825) is the first fugitive slave narrative in American history. This authoritative, annotated edition of the Life represents an historic partnership between a prominent scholar of the African American slave narrative and Grimes's great-great-great-granddaughter, whose genealogical research has...

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