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Commentary, Cases, and MaterialsEconomic, social and cultural rights are finally coming of age. This book brings together all essential documents, materials, and case law relating to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) - one of the most important human rights instruments in international law - and its...

A Century of Waging WarAmerican Arsenal examines the United States' transformation from isolationist state to military superpower by means of sixteen vignettes, each focusing upon an inventor and his contribution to the cause. Beginning with Thomas Edison's developments of WWI submarine technology, and ending with Neal Blue, chairman of...

Current Practice GuidelinesClinical Cardiology: Current Practice Guidelines is an essential tool for the busy clinician, providing succinct yet detailed access to the most recent trial and guideline data supporting practice and patient management in cardiology. ESC and ACC/AHA guidelines are continually being updated and often overlap in their...

Hip Hop, Poetry, and Contemporary Rhyming CultureRhyme&'s Challenge offers a concise, pithy primer to hip-hop poetics while presenting a spirited defense of rhyme in contemporary American poetry. David Caplan&'s stylish study examines hip-hop&'s central but supposedly outmoded verbal technique: rhyme. At a time when print-based poets generally...

A Very Short IntroductionWhat is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a...

A Tale of History, Social Science, and LawSame-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare. Carlos A. Ball...