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Jealousy in Roman Love ElegyThe Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself....

David J. Chalmers constructs a highly ambitious and original picture of the world, from a few basic elements. He returns to Rudolf Carnap's attempt to do the same, and adopts the idea of scrutability--according to which reasoning from a limited class of basic truths yields all truths about the world--to address central themes in philosophy....

Street Gang Patterns and Policies provides a crucial update and critical        examination of knowledge about gangs and major gang control programs across the        nation. Filling an important gap in the literature on street gangs and social        control, this book is a must-read for criminologists, social workers, policy makers,        and...

Part of the Oxford American Ophthalmology Library, this book provides clear and detailed guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma....

A History of the Noble GasesThere are eight columns in the Periodic Table. The eighth column is comprised of the rare gases, so-called because they are the rarest elements on earth. They are also called the inert or noble gases because, like nobility, they do no work. They are colorless, odorless, invisible gases which do not react with anything,...

The Transformation of Friendship--and What the Law Has to Do with ItFriendship is one of our most important social institutions. It is the not only the salve for personal loneliness and isolation; it is the glue that binds society together. Yet for a host of reasons--longer hours at work, the Internet, suburban sprawl--many have argued that...