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An authoritative edition of Austen's legacy in manuscript~Will appeal to anyone interested in textual studies and the relationship between print and non-print media~Offers a new perspective on a much-loved and familiar literary great~Presents facing-page facsimile images and a full commentary on the manuscripts~Will transform the field of Austen studies

Comprehensive one volume guide to the practice, procedure, and application of international criminal law~Up-to-date, practitioner focused commentary designed to be accessed during the course of tribunals, hearings, and appeals~Unrivalled breadth of jurisdictions including the International Criminal Court and the war crimes tribunals established for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and other conflict zones as w...

Clarifies the content, character, and legal significance of the principle of effectiveness in the international law of territory~Provides a thorough analysis of the case law on territorial questions, including important recent decisions~Offers a unique perspective on the evolution of international law, both in terms of its normative content and its means of application, by focusing on territory ~Features a clear analytical framework to assi...

Fifth volume in a series of illustrated books of the instrument collections at the National Maritime Museum~Complete description and analysis of the collection, including full technical data~Full colour photography of every instrument~Includes new research into the history of the marine chronometer~Provides details on how the instruments were made and how to assess and date a marine chronometer

Advances a sweeping reinterpretation of the Bill of Rights~Reveals most Americans did not call the set of constitutional amendments ratified in 1791 the Bill of rights until the twentieth century~Asserts that the Bill of Rights was mostly used to increase the authority of the federal government until the end of World War Two~Presents the Bill of Rights is a dynamic idea that adapts with the times and facilitates constitutional change

First comprehensive account of cheating in everyday life across multiple contexts~Covers cheating in the realms of sports, organizations, taxes, academia, copyright infringement, marriage, and insurance and mortgages~Covers instances of cheating recently in the news, including the Wells Fargo suit about fraudulent accounts and plagiarism accusations after Melania Trump's convention speech

A new edition of one of the most celebrated slave narratives, written by a former slave who went on to become a leading figure in the British abolitionist movement~Equiano's personal account of the horrors of slavery is also an exciting adventure story of his travels on the high seas, and as an explorer and merchant in the Caribbean, the Arctic, and America~Uses the lively 1789 first edition text~Brycchan Carey's introduction surveys Equiano's...

A beautifully produced critical edition in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh ~Includes a critical introduction and full contextual notes, introducing the reader to the rich literary, social, and biographical context of each book

Revised edition of an acclaimed classic on Muhammadan law~Contains comprehensive improvements, taking into account all the relevant legislative enactments and major case law since the last edition~Preserves the ideas, style, and continuity of the original work~Revising Editor among the foremost living authorities on Islamic law

The only complete edition and translation of De principis instructione~Provides a detailed, and violently partisan, account of the last days of Henry II of England~Full of stories and anecdotes of the time, such as accounts of the discovery of the tomb of Arthur and Guinevere and the legend of the destruction of the Picts~Offers an insight into the literary culture at the heart of the Twelfth-century Renaissance

Offers a new critical text alongside fluent and engaging English translations~Provides comprehensive detail in a rich and keenly-focused word-by-word commentary~Draws new conclusions about the interrelations of some of the apographa and presents new readings of several key poems

Questions dominant historical narratives and shows the ways they have influenced modern understanding of pre-modern women's roles in their social and intellectual world.~Offers an alternative historiography that enables voices that are generally marginal to be heard~Demonstrates the ways in which labels and libels were fluid, socially constructed, and reflective of the time in which they emerged~Examines the continuities from the later medieva...

Successfully class tested in undergraduate and graduate level diction courses at major U.S. universities and conservatories~Presents pronunciation and enunciation in a new, easy-to-navigate format~Extensive practice material includes enunciation and pronunciation exercises, IPA transcription worksheets, and examples from the vocal literature~Companion website featuring audio streaming of all examples and keys to all exercises

Major new work from one of the world's leading International Relations scholars~An important contribution to International Relations theory and practice~Provides the most authoritative assessment of trust research in International Relations to date~Rich empirical case-studies spanning recent international history

Distinguishes itself as the only work providing comprehensive coverage of the law relating to the regulation of the police ~Contains dedicated chapters on complaint and disciplinary processes, specific criminal offences, inquest proceedings, public inquiries, and judicial review ~Offers a selection of key appendices, including all relevant performance and misconduct regulations, Home Office Guidelines, and Police Appeals Tribunal Rules

Presents multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research papers describing new developments in the field of cognitive poetics~Authors have diverse disciplinary backgrounds, but all of them embrace theories and research findings from multiple perspectives, such as linguistics, psychology, literary studies, music, art, neuroscience, and media studies~Explicitly discusses empirical and theoretical challenges in doing interdisciplinary work, whic...

Reveals Astaire and Kelly as pivotal figures in the development of modern film dance~Argues that dance is the backbone of the Hollywood musical~Fuses archival material with new research to illustrate Balanchine's choreographic development in film

A vivid account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, from prehistoric times to the age of pyramids~Looks at these two seminal civilizations side by side, showing how they mixed with and borrowed from each other over the centuries~Deals with everything from the creation of cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the birth of 'everyday' practices such as cooking food and keeping the house and body clean~Concludes ...

An informative, engaging and topical book which offers an argument about British politics at a time when British politics remains a key talking point~Extremely topical in light of the shift in British politics in the wake of the EU referendum and its political after-shocks~Offers a very original (and controversial) account of modern British history -- one which challenges dominant views on the left and right

Offers both a new account of the continuous and a historical study of the development of our understanding of the notion~Draws together philosophy and mathematics in a way that is accessible to non-specialist readers~Co-authored by two eminent philosophers