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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure. However illogical as a detective...

A Very Short IntroductionThis wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from art, architecture, and literature, to advances in science, trade and...

Casey O'Callaghan presents the first philosophical book about sounds. He offers an original systematic treatment of sound and sound experience, and shows how thinking about audition and appreciating the relationships between multiple sense modalities can enrich our understanding of perception and the mind....

A Defense of Revealed ReligionSamuel Fleischacker defends what the Enlightenment called 'revealed religion': religions that regard a certain text or oral teaching as sacred, as wholly authoritative over one's life. At the same time, he maintains that revealed religions stand in danger of corruption or fanaticism unless they are combined with...

This book is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the relationship between economics and happiness. Including contributions from those who helped to establish this growing field, this interdisciplinary volume is destined to become a necessary reference for students and academics alike....

Buried in Treasures is dedicated to providing those individuals who suffer from compulsive hoarding with a step-by-step plan for beating their problem. This book provides the necessary information to understand the problem of compulsive hoarding, while also providing tools to help beat it. Tolin, Frost, and Steketee's scientifically and clinically...