Norms are a pervasive yet mysterious feature of social life. In Explaining Norms, four philosophers and social scientists team up to grapple with some of the many mysteries, offering a comprehensive account of norms: what they are; how and why they emerge, persist and change; and how they work. No[...]
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Tort Law Directions is written in an engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on tort law courses with clarity. The book provides a thorough introduction to the key principles of tort law, and illustrates the points of law through discussions of important case[...]
Historically, Americans have seen libertarians as far outside the mainstream, but with the rise of the Tea Party movement, libertarian principles have risen to the forefront of Republican politics. But libertarianism is more than the philosophy of individual freedom and unfettered markets that Repub[...]
Taking stock of contemporary social, cultural, and political currents, Timothy Brennan explores key turning points in the recent history of American intellectual life. He contends that a certain social-democratic vision of politics has been banished from public discussion, leading to an unlikely con[...]
Brennan W. Breed claims that biblical interpretation should focus on the shifting capacities of the text, viewing it as a dynamic process instead of a static product. Rather than seeking to determine the original text and its meaning, Breed proposes that scholars approach the production, transmissio[...]
Artists have often taken rational, material existence as a starting point for engagement with metaphysics and mysticism, but no book until now has traced a similar strategy on the part of curators. In Curating Consciousness, Marcia Brennan focuses on one of the transformational figures of twentieth[...]
When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. Until now... Created by the merging of witch and doppelganger, Mirei is a unique being. Her extraordinary magic makes her the most poweful witch alive -- and a notorious social outcast. Whil[...]
Environment: The Science behind the Stories captures your interest with a revolutionary new approach to environmental science. Integrated central case studies woven throughout each chapter, use real-life stories to give you a tangible and engaging framework around which to learn and understand the s[...]
A stunning new voice in romantic suspense makes her debut with this first book in a back-to-back trilogy in which a former FBI agent turned crime novelist discovers her books are being used as a blueprint for murder. Original.[...]
Still battling her personal demons, Miranda Moore, a former FBI trainee now a member of a local search-and-rescue team and the only survivor of a brutal serial killer known as the Butcher, embarks on an uneasy alliance with an FBI agent--and former lover--to race against time to stop the man who had[...]
When the man she had helped convict of the rape and murder of her sister is set free because of exculpatory evidence, FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin launches her own investigation to uncover the truth about the case, only to discover that a brutal serial killer has been at large for years and, posi[...]
The gruesome killing of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance and another young woman draws homicide detective Carina Kincaid into an uneasy alliance with Sheriff Nick Thomas, the brother of the prime suspect in the crime and a police officer still scarred by a recent encounter with a serial killer, as they[...]