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Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their        evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative        summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification        resulting from DNA studies....

The Legacy of a Christian PlatonistIn this book, Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space-a space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. Although it has often been suggested that Augustine in some way inaugurated the Western tradition of inwardness, this is the first study to...

Dispersed Democratic Leadership seeks to explore the unique way democracy disperses leadership, and the significant opportunities and challenges it presents to democratic leaders....

Social Science and Conversation AnalysisHarvey Sacks's early death in 1975 robbed the social sciences of one of its most original thinkers. Although he published relatively little in his lifetime, his lectures and papers were enormously influential in sociology and sociolinguistics, and they played a major role in the development of...

A Very Short IntroductionThis book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twenty-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories....