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American Images of the Vietnam WarHundreds of memoirs, novels, plays, and movies have been devoted to the American war in Vietnam. In spite of the great variety of media, political perspectives and the degrees of seriousness with which the war has been treated, Katherine Kinney argues that the vast majority of these works share a single story: that...

The book presents a new way of understanding Darwinism and evolution by natural selection, combining work in biology, philosophy, and other fields. It gives new criticisms of gene-centered views of evolution, and presents a new framework for understanding the evolution of complex organisms and societies....

A Very Short IntroductionFashion is a global industry, and plays a role in our economic, political, cultural, and social lives. However, fashion is often denigrated as trivial and superficial, a sign of vanity and narcissism. This     Very Short Introduction will give a clear understanding of how fashion has developed while addressing these...

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This rendering of the Sugata Saurabha, in a long line of accounts of the Buddha's        life dating back almost 2,000 years, may be the last ever to be produced that        conforms to the traditions of Indic classic poetry. It will not only appeal to        scholars of Buddhism but will find use in courses that introduce students to...

The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700A panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East        from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam....