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Old Mortality (1816), which many consider the finest of Scott's Waverley novels,        is a swift-moving historical romance that places an anachronistically liberal hero        against the forces of fanaticism in seventeenth-century Scotland, in the period        infamous as the `killing time'. Its central character, Henry Morton, joins...

A Very Short IntroductionHieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study,...

Ann Braude demonstrates the important role of women in American religious history. Although women have until recently been barred from public religious leadership, their support has sustained American religious organizations for centuries. Focusing on this crucial role, Braude examines the influence of women on religious history, and the influence...

Logical Syntax, Semantics, and ProcessingThis book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type        of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a        function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational,        and psycholinguistic aspects of logical...

Technological Creativity and Economic ProgressIn a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial revolution--pass...

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