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Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer of romantic heart, plans a modest walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and, contrary to his better sense, finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower....

Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public DomainHow well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like        taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and        society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform? In this book, Colin        Talbot examines how we can...

Volume 1 reviews the basic mechanisms underlying visual depth perception. It starts with a review of the history of investigations of visual depth perception, from the ancient Greeks to the early 20th century. A review of the structure and physiology of the primate visual system is followed by a review of the evolution of visual systems and of the...

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A central question in philosophy is whether and how truth depends on the world. Trenton Merricks considers the question not in abstract isolation but in the context of its implications for a variety of other philosophical debates. He casts new light not only on the nature of truth but on these philosophical debates themselves....