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From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home, and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. This comprehensive and engaging study covers the whole sweep of history from the earliest written records to the present day....

States criminalise a wide range of transnational offences, such as piracy, human trafficking, drug trafficking, terrorism, organised crime, and cybercrime. This book provides an introduction to this developing area of law, setting out what transnational crimes are, and how states can establish jurisdiction over them and enforce it....

The  Oxford Handbook of Neurology is a practical and concise, quick reference guide for use on the ward and in clinical settings. It covers the entire breadth of neurology with sections on neuroanatomy, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurophysiology. It provides information on neurological assessment, neurological presentations and disorders....

An Examination of Explanations of Delinquent BehaviorTheories of Delinquency is a comprehensive survey of the theoretical approaches towards understanding delinquent behavior. Donald Shoemaker aptly presents all major individualistic and sociological theories in a standard format with basic assumptions, important concepts, and critical evaluations....

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Henry James and Alfred HitchcockHenry James and Alfred Hitchcock knew too much. Self-imposed exiles, they        approached American and European society as inside-outsiders, a position that        afforded them a kind of double vision. Masters of their arts, manipulators of their        audiences, prescient and pathbreaking in their techniques,...