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'What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men,        and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your        throat?'Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a        major work of the European Enlightenment. It is also a highly entertaining book:        this is...

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David Seed examines how science fiction has emerged as a popular genre of        literature in the 20th century, and discusses it in relation to themes such as        science and technology, space, aliens, utopias, and gender. Looking at some of the        most influential writers of the genre he also considers the wider social and        political...

Anarchist MusingsManuel Gonzalez Prada was a powerful Peruvian writer and political reformer whose essays and speeches influenced generations of young radicals. He founded the Party of National Unity in 1891, was linked to the anarchist movement, and served as Director of the National Library from 1912-1914. His writings have had enormous impact on...

Why are some performers exhilarated and energized about performing in public,        while others feel a crushing sense of fear and dread, and experience public        performance as an overwhelming challenge that must be endured? These are the        questions addressed in this book, the first rigorous exposition of this complex        phenomenon....

As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precious metals, dyes, and many other products underwrote new luxury trades, and...