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His Life and WorkCarl von Clausewitz&'s masterwork, On War, is generally considered the greatest text on military theory ever written. Clausewitz is a touchstone for the field today, and is read by scholars, students, and military personnel around the world. And yet to Clausewitz himself, far more important than achieving recognition for his...

Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social controlHow can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? How does music elicit or arouse our emotions? What happens at the physiological and neural level when we listen to music? How do composers and performers practically manage the expressive...

Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public HealthDecisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today&'s health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world have stepped back from...

A Very Short IntroductionNormon Solomon&'s succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short Introduction starts by...

&'Your bed shall be the moorcock&'s, and your life shall be like the hunted deer&'s, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.&'Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for his life in the dangerous company of Jacobite outlaw and suspected assassin Alan...

Movement, dispersal, and migration on land, in the air, and in water, are pervading features of animal life. They are performed by a huge variety of organisms, from the smallest protozoans to the largest whales, and can extend over widely different distance scales, from the microscopic to global. Integrating the study of movement, dispersal, and...