What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everyday truths so eminently forgettable? How do newspapers set about ensuring that their headlines make you want to read on? And why do we remember complicated stories but not complicated facts? In the course of over ten years of study, Chip and[...]

John Flanagan, author of the bestselling Ranger's Apprentice fantasy adventure epic, delivers a second prequel to Ruins of Gorlan, the novel that started it all, with Halt and Crowley preparing for war against a near-unstoppable enemy When the former Baron Morgarath escaped to avoid punishment for [...]

The Riemann zeta-function embodies both additive and multiplicative structures in a single function, making it our most important tool in the study of prime numbers. This volume studies all aspects of the theory, starting from first principles and probing the function's own challenging theory, with [...]

A study of what ethnic minorities in Britain think about and how they engage in British politics. It considers the ways in which ethnic minorities resemble or differ from the white British population, and differences between different minority groups.[...]

For centuries, philosophers have been puzzled by the fact that people often respect moral obligations as a matter of principle, setting aside considerations of self-interest. In more recent years, social scientists have been puzzled by the more general phenomenon of rule-following, the fact that peo[...]

Elaine Heath is both deeply admiring and deeply critical of the Twilight novels, and offers here an analysis of what they say about temptation, sin, salvation, heaven and hell, sex, power, reconciliation and organized religion.[...]

If you have struggled personally against the powerful draw of pornography, or if you have ever tried to help someone fighting this battle, you know how hard it is to break free. But real freedom isn't found by trying harder to change. Nor is it found in a particular method or program. Only Jesus Chr[...]

This text is concerned with the significance of time in work and everyday life. The contributors are among the foremost authorities in the field, and their up-to-date contributions consider the changing social meanings that time has in work, leisure and everyday routines. Together they provide a com[...]

When was the last time you read a love story that touched your heart and soul? When you open a book by Lorraine Heath you'll experience the amazing joy—and tender heartache—of falling in love. Come discover what so many readers already know, that Lorraine Heath is a rising superstar of romance...A[...]

In his arms she found the greatest joy she'd ever known...but his heart belonged to another. Can her love make their marriage real before their time together ends — forever?[...]

Despite her good intentions to find a proper husband among the British aristocracy, lovely, innocent Lydia Westland finds herself falling in love with a handsome but scandalously improper rake, Rhys Rhodes, the Marquess of Blackhurst. Original.[...]