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The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662This unique edition of the Book of Common Prayer includes the texts of three different versions, 1549, 1559, and 1662, to provide a panorama of the history of ritual in England from the Reformation to the present day. The first edition for the common reader, with full notes and introduction, this is one of the...

How East and West Germans Made the Iron CurtainThe building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War.   Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the...

The Conscious Brain brings neuroscientific evidence to bear on enduring        philosophical questions. Major philosophical and scientific theories of        consciousness are surveyed, challenged, and extended....

Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants        has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's        climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal        crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and...

The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-OffsThis interdisciplinary volume unites evolutionary and molecular biologists from        various fields (life history theory, molecular biology, developmental biology,        aging, phenotypic plasticity, social behaviour, and endocrinology) who use studies        of molecular...

A Very Short IntroductionGerman writers, be it Goethe, Nietzsche, Marx, Brecht or Mann, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This    Very Short Introduction illuminates the particular character and power of German literature, and examines its impact on the wider cultural world....