The award-winning, internationally bestselling novel—“the French Brokeback Mountain” (Elle)—about a love affair between two teenage boys in a provincial high school in 1984 Fra
My First 1000 Animals presents an enormous variety of animals living in the world's diverse habitats. Creatures of all kind attract children's attention, as will the charming illustrations in this boo
Guilhem Olivier's Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God is a masterful study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood deities in the Mesoamerican pantheon.An enigmatic and melod
The question of the sources of international law inevitably raises some well-known scholarly controversies: where do the rules of international law come from? And more precisely: through which process
International law has recently emerged as the subject-matter of an exciting new field of philosophical investigation. The Philosophy of International Law contains 29 cutting-edge essays by leading phi
International law has recently emerged as the subject-matter of an exciting new field of philosophical investigation. The Philosophy of International Law contains 29 cutting-edge essays by leading phi
There have been many recent advances in the pharmacology of pain, both in terms of mechanisms of transmission and events underlying the production of analgesia. This volume provides an up-to-date over
Interest in republicanism as a political theory has burgeoned in recent years, but its implications for the understanding of law have remained largely unexplored. Legal Republicanism is the first boo
A team of freelance spies gets caught up in a web of corruption and terrorism in a struggle to control rare minerals key to today's technology. Shortlisted for the 2015 Quais du Polar Series Prize. Pa
From the world's most romantic city comes this enchanting guide to passion and love. Three chic Parisian women share their secrets for every stage of romance, from fleeting flirtations to the beginnin
Besson (public international law and European law, U. of Fribourg, Switzerland) and Marti (law, Pompeu Fabra U., Spain) present papers from the eponymous academic workshop held under the auspices of t
This open access book presents 18 case studies that explore current scientific and technological efforts to address global development issues, such as poverty, from a holistic and interdisciplinary po
In mechanical engineering and structural analysis there is a significant gap between the material models currently used by engineers for industry applications and those already available in research l
Recounts the World War II experiences of a seven to twelve-year-old French boy from a middle-class Catholic family, describing how he reacted to the changing circumstances
Presenting some impressive recent achievements in differential geometry and topology, this volume focuses on results obtained using techniques based on Ricci flow. These ideas are at the core of the s
