WARNING TO READERS:If you're anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-Muslim, pro-terrorism, a bigot, pro-hate, anti-Mormon, expect sex scenes and vulgar language for "realism;" don't read this book, you won't enjoy it.But if you love great sci-fi/espionage books and are generous enough to overlook errors (the author is partly blind), you will enjoy this exciting story. Please note that in some instances the writing is altered to reflect how Russians today, and Civil War era America...

Our world is rich in things of varying degrees of quality. This book argues that sortal quality, what others have called goodness of a kind, is the fundamental evaluative notion. It shows how it is woven into the most fundamental parts of our cognitive, emotional, and practical lives. It explains how people can identify a sortal's standards of quality and figure out how a thing measures up. It argues that sortal quality is a primary source of pleasure, showing how pleasure is a cognitive r...

Developing original accounts of the many aspects of belief, On Believing puts the believer at the heart of the story. Hunter argues that to believe something is to be in position to do, think, and feel things in light of a possibility whose obtaining would make one right. The logical aspect is that being right depends only on whether that possibility obtains. The psychological one concerns how that possibility can rationalise what one does, thinks, and feels. But, Hunter argues, ...

To evaluate the familiar, even over-familiar, story of Handel's life could be seen as a quixotic endeavour. How can there be anything new to say? This book seeks to distinguish fact from fiction, not only to produce a new biography but also to explore the concepts of biography and dissemination by using Handel's life and lives as a case study. By examining the images of Handel to be found in biographies and music histories - the genius, the religious profound, the master of musical styles,...

Everyone knows that tobacco is a heavily regulated industry. But it hasn't always been that way. The road to regulation has been a long one, with twists and turns that are on the level of the best Hollywood blockbuster.

Advice to young singers often follows the standard line of the great French singer Claire Croiza: "Study the poem away from the music, so that you know what the words really mean." But Croiza's advice is notoriously difficult to follow when performing French mélodies. Just how do you approach a French poem? In the lyric poetry on which the mélodie is based, meaning is conveyed not just through the words but also through the poem's formal structure. Understanding Frenc...

In the words of the immortal Sherlock Holmes:“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth.”The biggest clue to the identity of Jack the Ripper was that he was not caught. Simply put he should have been. A similar serial killer, Joseph Vacher, in a similar time frame (see “The Killer of Little Shepherds” by Douglas Starr) was caught and guillotined by the combined efforts of a detective an...

From the masters of horror at Writers, Poets and Deviants:Prepare for terror…- An exterminator meets his match in a family's attic…- A cuddly toy with a disturbing origin is all the rage…- A boy's survival of a deadly accident turns out to be more curse than miracle…- A man asks a vampire for a favor and gets more than he wished for…- A strange device collects and stores the rage from people bent on revenge…- An exquisite chess set in an old...

The Geneva Protocol, authored by David Hunter Miller, is a significant work that delves into the intricacies of international law and diplomacy. It primarily focuses on the efforts to establish peace and prevent war through legal frameworks. Miller's analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the historical context surrounding the protocol, emphasizing its importance in shaping future treaties and international relations. The book serves as a critical resource for understanding the evol...

Creating Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945–2015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive account of Japan’s post-1945 army, including a comprehensive institutional history, together with the evolution of roles and missions and the adoption of successive professional identities. The organizational history is embedded within a thorough examination of Japan’s own defense policy, as well as of America’s policy of alliance with Japan. The b...

A major new work on Apollinaire paints a vivid portrait of the artist in love, in the epicentre of the Parisian avant-garde, and in the cauldron of World War One.A renowned literary figure in pre-first world war Paris, Guillaume Apollinaire volunteered for war in 1914, trained as an artilleryman and was posted in April 1915 to the western front in northern France, participating in a bloody September offensive and then moving into the front line as...

"How would you like to ship with me?"Dick regarded me with a look of mingled surpise and inquiry."To be explicit: I have been thinking of making the tour of New England in search of sport and adventures. I want a companion. How would you like to ship for the voyage as first mate, with half the fish and half the trouble for your wages?"My kinsman's quench countenance blazed with renewed light: "Cousin Robert, here's my hand on it. I'm ready for anything by land or se...