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In this rip-roaring space opera, a ragtag band of explorers are out to make the biggest score in the galaxy. On this space jump, no one is who they seem . . . Captain Hammond Roystan is a simple cargo runner who has stumbled across the find of a lifetime: the Hassim, a disabled exploration...

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A fun, fascinating way to expand your knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures Read & Think Spanish offers an innovative, non-intimidating approach to learning Spanish language basics. Compiled by the expert editors of Think Spanish! magazine, this book brings together 75...

The State of State Theory: State Projects, Repression, and Multi-Sites of Power, Glasberg, Willis, and Shannon argue that state theories should be amended to account both for theoretical developments broadly in the contemporary period as well as the multiple sites of power along which the state governs....

One of the makers of modern India. 'MV was a genius. Perfectly honest and devoted to his work, he set new standards of efficiency. This is the story of a poor boy who became the Grand Old Man of India.

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Fear and Trembling is an influential philosophical work by Soren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio (John the Silent). The title is a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12, "..continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling."- Excerpted from Fear and...

The Dominican Republic is one of the most fascinating islands in the Caribbean, in modern times famous for its sexotourism and all-inclusive resorts. This book is a hilarious travelogue about open sex, voodoo (vodou)  and other "taboos" that might be considered...

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James.

Female novelists have always invested as much narrative energy in constructing their male characters_heroes and villains_as in envisioning their female protagonists, but this fact has received very little scholarly attention to date. In Women Constructing Men, scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany,...

The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countries in the region can be classified as failed states. While various states in the Americas have been labeled...