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David Armstrong sets out his metaphysical system in a set of concise and lively chapters each dealing with one aspect of the world. On the basis of the assumption that all that exists is the physical world of space-time, he constructs a coherent metaphysical scheme that gives plausible answers to many of the great problems of metaphysics....

A Microcomparative PerspectiveVariation in Datives collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives....

A Very Short IntroductionWhat do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to understand terrible suffering....

Land without HistoryFeatures eight essays by Euclides da Cunha, about his trip through the Amazonin 1905, written to describe the Brazilian hinterlands to the urban citizens....

The inside story of cells and complex lifeWith vivid descriptions and master storytelling, Martin Brasier introduces the        quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Covering the period from 1 to 2        billion years ago we explore the formation of the complex (eukaryotic) cell; and        discover a fundamental turning point in the...