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What Everyone Needs to KnowNobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create...

Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim SocietiesIslam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. In Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy, Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held belief among social scientists that religious politics and...

The modern applications of X-ray crystallography range from drug design to characterization of high technology materials. This book tells the story of its pioneers and relates how the first crystal structures were determined....

Doubt and Darkness, 1895-1897In Therese of Lisieux: God's Gentle Warrior, Thomas Nevin examined the popular saint in the broad context of her life with her family and as a Carmelite nun. Now he focuses on her writings, especially the last of her three "e;autobiographical"e; manuscripts, known simply as "e;C"e;. During her last...

Asian Immigrants and the Making of Agriculture in California's Santa Clara ValleyGarden of the World examines how overlapping waves of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants fundamentally altered the agricultural economy and landscape of the Santa Clara Valley as well as white residents' ideas about race, gender, and what it meant to...

The Evolution of SovereigntyHow do international norms evolve? This book focuses on the most important norm in the international system-the norm of sovereignty-and argues that the extent to which norms change depends on the outcome of military intervention. Jennifer M. Ramos develops and tests a counterintuitive theory of norm change within the...