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The first of Trollope's six Palliser novels, Can You Forgive Her? explores the dilemma of Alice Vavasor, torn between two suitors, and the choices faced by two other independent women. The tensions within Victorian society highlighted by the plot are illuminated in the introduction and notes to this new edition....

California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963The eighth volume written in one of the great ongoing works of American cultural        history--Kevin Starr's monumental Americans and the California Dream series...

Work is deeply embedded in the moral and political character of most societies. For many, work becomes fused with our personal and social identities - who we are and how we define ourselves. Steve Fineman explores the key debates about work and the factors that affect it including topics such as globalization, feminism, and technology....

Desires and ValuesReasons from Within defends the view that all our reasons for acting derive from        our desires, and ultimately from our deepest concerns. There are no objective values        in the world that could require our concerns to be other than they are. It will be        of interest to anyone interested in the nature of values and...