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Untold Stories of the February 1917 RevolutionReveals to the world for the first time a unique and hitherto undiscovered selection of interviews with leading participants in the February Revolution of 1917, representing the most significant contemporary testimony on the overthrow of Europe's last old regime....

A Theological ProblemKant is a key thinker in the emergence of our contemporary sense of what 'human freedom' is, and why it is important. This book shows that important features of Kant's philosophy were forged out of difficulties he had in reconciling his belief in God as creator with the concept of human freedom....

Bengali Poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and his Reception of the Graeco-Roman ClassicsThis volume examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873). Riddiford introduces new texts and contexts to the fields of classical reception and postcolonial scholarship, offering a surprising early chapter in...

Christopher G. Timpson provides the first full-length philosophical treatment of quantum information theory and the questions it raises for our understanding of the quantum world. He argues for an ontologically deflationary account of the nature of quantum information, which is grounded in a revisionary analysis of the concepts of information....

The Development of Isaiah Berlin's Political ThoughtA detailed study of Isaiah Berlin: historian, philosopher, and political theorist. Situates his evolving ideas in the context of British society and world politics. Offers a new interpretation of Berlin's influential writings on liberty and his debts to philosophy, and makes clear his...

New York&'s Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped ItIn Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and...