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Yggdrasil and the Cross in the NorthG. Ronald Murphy offers an insightful examination of the lasting significance of Yggdrasil in northern Europe, showing that the tree's image persisted not simply through its absorption into descriptions of Christ's crucifix, but through recognition by the newly converted Christians of the truth of their...

A Brief History of SwearingAlmost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant to insult or to commend, swear words perform a crucial role in language....

What Everyone Needs to KnowWhat happens in Spain, among the euro zone&'s largest economies, matters. Its high unemployment (over 26%), burgeoning public debt, and banking crisis will be formative for the zone&'s future.   In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, a timely addition to Oxford&'s acclaimed What Everyone Needs to Know series, veteran...

The Objects of Thought addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. Tim Crane argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that we will not adequately understand thought's representational power ('intentionality') unless we...

Essays on Citizenship and SovereigntyIn Liberal Rights and Responsibilities, Christopher Heath Wellman offers original theories of political legitimacy and our obligation to obey the law, and then, building upon these accounts, defends a number of distinctive positions concerning the rights and responsibilities individual citizens, separatist...

A HistoryOne of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics synthesizes the vast history of strategy's evolution in this consistently engaging and surprising account of how it came to pervade every aspect of life....