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"e;They called it the Reagan revolution,"e; Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address. "e;Well, I&'ll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense."e;  Nearly two decades after that 1989 speech, debate continues to rage over just how revolutionary those...

A Very Short IntroductionLeofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter....

A Very Short IntroductionAmid the catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination.     The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction provides a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and an international scale....

This book lifts the veneer of 'employability', to expose serious problems in the way that future workers are trying to manage their employability in the competition for tough-entry jobs in the knowledge economy; in how companies understand their human resource strategies and endeavour to recruit the managers and leaders of the future; and in the...

Wannenwetsch shows how worship challenges the deepest antagonisms in political thought and social practice through careful analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship. Particular worship practices (confession, preaching, praising, intercession, observance of holy days) are examined for their ethical and political significance....