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Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North AfricaMaking environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, Water on Sand opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry....

A Very Short IntroductionGerman philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. This Very Short Introduction discusses the idea that German philosophy forms one of the most revealing responses to the problems of modernity. Including many significant German philosophers, and other more neglected thinkers, he provides an insight into German...

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance. This book is the report of a high-level...

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme -        the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14,        and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The        transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and...

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Somananda&'s Sivadrsti and His Tantric InterlocutorsJohn Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or "e;Recognition [of God]"e; School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition...