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The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in AfghanistanTo this day the belief is widespread that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are in many        respects synonymous, that their ideology and objectives are closely intertwined and        that they have made common cause against the West for decades. Yet this view have        hardly ever been scrutinized...

Prince Shotoku (573?-622?), the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, was one of the greatest cultural icons of pre-modern Japan. The cult that grew up around his memory is recognized as one of the most important religious phenomena of the time. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult over the roughly 200 years following...

Daniel Deronda, the last of Eliot's novels, is the final and comprehensive expression of her idealism. It is presented for the World's Classics series in Graham Handley's superb Clarendon edition, with a new introduction and notes....

The middle of the eighteenth century was a period of more or less continuous warfare. Britain, and therefore Ireland, was involved in conflict with the Bourbon powers of Spain and France for much of the time between 1739 and 1763. Even in times of nominal peace, war between Britain and France continued beyond Europe. This book explores the impact...

This group biography follows three generations of ministers' daughters and wives in a famed American Unitarian family. Cynthia Tucker examines the Eliots, their religious tradition, and the Eliot women's largely neglected female vocation. Spanning 150 years from the early 19th century forward, the narrative is shaped into a series of stories. Each...

Life, Labours and LegacyA collection of chapters, authored by leading experts, which cover the life and wide-ranging scientific contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)....