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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt describes the emergence and development of the        distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to        their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans. It details the changing nature        of life and death in the Nile valley, which gave rise to some of the...

The political trajectory of Latin America in the last decade has been remarkable.          The left, which had been given up for dead across the region, swept into power in        numerous countries: Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and even Chile.          Moreover, the Mexican left, which lost an extremely close (and disputed)...

When beautiful Lucy Graham becomes Lady Audley, her future looks secure. But her past is shrouded in mystery, and the disappearance of a young man sparks an investigation that will reveal her dark secret... This new edition explores the novel in the context of nineteenth-century sensation fiction and the lively debates it provoked....

Liquid crystal elastomers are an entirely new physical system, occupying a transitional zone between liquids and solids. This book is the foundation treatise in this emerging field of combined chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering. It reviews experimental techniques and results, theoretical ideas and reviews the foundations of the field....

In   Great Minds in Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts...

This ground-breaking book brings to life a neglected topic: our everyday aesthetic interactions with the world around us and the objects in it. Yuriko Saito shows how exploring everyday aesthetics can enrich the content of our aesthetic discourse, and reveals its influence on the state of the world and our quality of life....