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Unlock a magic that could save the world ... or destroy it. From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy: 'This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting' Independent'Destined to be a classic' Garth Nix'A stunning adventure' Cressida Cowell'Pure joy to read' Jasbinder BilanWhen her sister vanishes after a mysterious earthquake, Ysolda sets off on a rescue mission.But these are dangerous times, and soon she is forced to strike a deadly bargain with the wolf queen herself. Join Ysolda and her loyal sea hawk as they embark on an epic quest to save her sister and unlock the earth's most powerful magic ... From the author of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies, the Geomancer trilogy is a new modern classic for readers young and old.Kiran Millwood Hargrave is winner of the Wainwright Prize (in Sept 2023), the Waterstones Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year.

Unlock a magic that could save the world ... or destroy it. From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy: 'This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting' Independent'Destined to be a classic' Garth Nix'A stunning adventure' Cressida Cowell'Pure joy to read' Jasbinder BilanWhen her sister vanishes after a mysterious earthquake, Ysolda sets off on a rescue mission.But these are dangerous times, and soon she is forced to strike a deadly bargain with the wolf queen herself. Join Ysolda and her loyal sea hawk as they embark on an epic quest to save her sister and unlock the earth's most powerful magic ... From the author of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies, the Geomancer trilogy is a new modern classic for readers young and old.Kiran Millwood Hargrave is winner of the Wainwright Prize (in Sept 2023), the Waterstones Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more) A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD "A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way...An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light." --NPR "Shocking...Achingly poetic...Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps...Armfield exercises an exquisite--even sadistic--sense of suspense." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded, Leah

From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a former couple in lockdown together―and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.With her trademark spare, crystalline prose―a voice infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post)―Elizabeth Strout once again turns her exquisitely-tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, this time following the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Oh William! through the early days of the pandemic. As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and longtime friend, William. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea. They will not emerge unscathed. Rich with empathy and em

Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of 2022From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated―and overwhelmed―pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air.“An utter joy from beginning to end!” ―Sophie Blackall, two-time Caldecott Medal winnerIt’s summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people’s feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach.Here, a pup can run!With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, Doug Salati shows us how to find calm and carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day.

A stunning and lyrical picture book debut that tells the true story of a young girl’s immigration and search for home.Zahra lives in a beautiful place where the desert reaches all the way to the sea and one hundred butterflies seem to always fill the sky. But when Baba and Mama tell her that their family is no longer welcome here and they must leave, Zahra wonders if she will ever feel at home again. And what about the wonderful people she will leave behind?But when she and her family arrive in a new desert, she’s surprised to find some familiar elements amid all the newness―and in time, a new kind of magic around her. Home might not be as far away as she feared it would be.With spare, moving text and detailed, evocative art, Zahra Marwan tells the true story of her family’s immigration from Kuwait, where they were considered stateless, to New Mexico, where together they made a new home.

A gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestselling classic adventure, with a beautiful cover by Katie Hickey and an introduction by award-winning author of Letters from the Lighthouse Emma Carroll. 'Funny, wise and true' - Philip PullmanA joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and extraordinary characters. Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon.She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents.And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who lives alone on the wild river shores, she begins a spectacular journey to the heart of an extraordinary and beautiful new world. Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and

Ernest Hemingway's most beloved and popular novel ever, with millions of copies sold--now featuring early drafts and supplementary material as well as a personal foreword by the only living son of the author, Patrick Hemingway, and an introduction by the author's grandson Seán Hemingway.The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novel confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Glaciers, so simple in chemical composition, are actually complex, vital entities. Far from being a passive chunk of ice, a glacier is a dynamic system, sensitive to its surroundings and constantly changing to adapt to its environment. An appreciation of the natural beauty of glaciers are created, how they behave, how they affect the environment and how they are eventually destroyed. Few people are untouched by glaciers. A significant part of the world's population inhabits areas formerly covered by glacial ice, which left its marks on the land. Today, glaciers are only found in select parts of the world, but by their influence on global sea level and climatic change, they could have a dramatic effect on modern humanity. Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation aims to increase our knowledge and understanding of glacial activity and products. It is written in a nontechnical and engaging style. The text is peppered with anecdotes and insights from one of the world's experts on

Table of Contents:Chapter 0 PrecalculusChapter 1 Functions and LimitsChapter 2 DerivativesChapter 3 Inverse FunctionsChapter 4 Applications of DerivativesChapter 5 IntegralsChapter 6 Techniques of IntegrationChapter 7 Applications of IntegrationChapter 8 Parametric Equations and Polar CoordinatesChapter 9 Vector SpacesChapter 10 Partial DerivativesChapter 11 Multiple IntegralsChapter 12 Sequences and SeriesAppendix A The Precise Definition of LimitsAppendix B Change of VariablesAppendix C Vector CalculusExercise AnswersIndex

◎學生課本分冊B附線上帳號(拆封不退)◎內容範圍為Unit 7～Unit 12◎線上練習含額外聽、說、讀、寫等練習活動◎線上練習平台網址：cambridgeone.org◎適用程度：IntermediateEVOLVE is a six-level English course that gets students speaking with confidence. Drawing on insi

◎學生課本分冊B附線上帳號(拆封不退)◎內容範圍為Unit 7～Unit 12◎線上練習含額外聽、說、讀、寫等練習活動◎線上練習平台網址：cambridgeone.org◎適用程度：Upper IntermediateEVOLVE is a six-level English course that gets students speaking with confidence. Drawing o

◎學生課本分冊B附線上帳號(拆封不退)◎內容範圍為Unit 7～Unit 12◎線上練習含額外聽、說、讀、寫等練習活動◎線上練習平台網址：cambridgeone.org◎適用程度：AdvancedEVOLVE is a six-level English course that gets students speaking with confidence. Drawing on insights

◎學生課本分冊B附線上帳號(拆封不退)◎內容範圍為Unit 7～Unit 12◎線上練習含額外聽、說、讀、寫等練習活動◎線上練習平台網址：cambridgeone.org◎適用程度：ElementaryEVOLVE is a six-level English course that gets students speaking with confidence. Drawing on insigh

本書內容包含第A部分總則（General)規則 1 適用（Application)規則2消防安全目標與功能規定（Fire Safet)Functional Requirements)規則 3 定義（Definitions)第B部分防止火災與爆炸（Prevention of Fire Explosion)規則 4 著火之可能性（Probability of Ignition)規則5&nbs

本書講述的是兩個單身女人豐富的個人感情生活。她們一朵好似紅玫瑰，一朵好似白玫瑰，她們代表女人不同的A、B兩面，在現實的生活中搖曳著，感悟著，成長著，綻放著，且凋零著。

; 麻瓜A：日語單詞怎么這么難記？ 麻瓜B：背的時候記住了，沒用多久就又忘了！ 麻瓜C：我想邊看邊記，可結果邊看邊忘！ 麻瓜D：背日語單詞真是太無聊了，每次一翻開書，我就睡著了。 ;

本書內容包括：函數、極限與連續、導數與微分、微分中值定理與導數的應用、不定積分、定積分、多元函數微分學、二重積分、無窮極數、微分方程與差分方程簡介，書后附有習題(A)、(B)的參考答案。

本教程共四冊，其中第一冊和第四冊為12個單元，第二冊和第三冊為15個單元，每單元含Text A, Text B, Text C三篇快速閱讀材料及習題。緊扣大綱，選材廣泛，具有針對性和趣味性。

萬向思維幫助學子走向清華北大，最新AB卷全面考測單元知識點。 新課程標準，新教學思想。 A卷——基礎知識全面系統訓練。 B卷——重點難點綜合達標測試。 智慧島——從課堂到奧林匹克。

大A是伸出雙手，向上高舉。大B是頭上戴著圓帽子，手裡抱著胖娃娃。讓小朋友利用全身來玩遊戲，充分利用四肢來學習語言，以獨特且正面的方式，來引導小朋友認識26個字母。

本書將重要、常在英文考試中出現的單字分門別類為3個grade，共計收錄單字3000個！書中並將近似易混淆的單字彙整，做明確的分析！ Grade A單字 454 字 Grade B單字 450 字 Grade C單字 539 字

This volume surveys important topics in singularity theory, with a particular focus on computational aspects of the subject. The contributors to this volume include R. O. Buchweitz, Y. A. Drozd, W. Ebeling, H. A. Hamm, Le D. T., I. Luengo, F.-O. Schreyer, E. Shustin, J. H. M. Steenbrink, D. van Straten, B. Teissier and J. Wahl. Together they describe the development of various areas of singularity theory over many years, and a range of open questions are discussed. Research workers in singularity theory, computer algebra or related subjects will find that this book contains a wealth of valuable information.

An original mystery adventure, colored by magical realism, about a girl whose world is peopled with animals no one else can see, with a mystery, a circus, and family at its heart. Far away in the middle of the sea there is an island shaped like a giraffe. Nine-year-old Vega lives there with her father and grandfather—a gardener and former ringmaster.Their shed—the Paraphenalium—is filled with every possible thing you didn’t know you needed. Vega’s bathroom is home to a gray bear with shampoo-lathered fur, and every day she talks with the asphalt beaver and crosswalk zebra on the way to school. Her best friend is Nelson, who observes things others don’t notice and keeps a notebook of mysteries and facts.Vega and Nelson set out to save Vega’s father and find her mother in a search that leads them to a unique circus and unexpected answers. Giraffe Island is a magical realist mystery adventure driven by the longing to be part of a family. It is playful, fresh, and beautifully written.

Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionLonglisted for the 2023 Plutarch Award A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub From the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament--and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expr

A farm girl with a big imagination turns her landlocked home into an ocean playground in this dreamy picture book for little mermaids everywhere. A little girl dreams of adventures in the water and feels the spirit of the ocean all around her . . . even though she lives on the prairie, with flat land as far as the eye can see. But she won't let a little detail like that stand in the way of being a meadow mermaid! Frolicking in the "waves" of wheat and "oceans" of grass, spying sea horses and . . . a shipwrecked sailor? Even if that shipwreck is actually an overturned bike and the sailor a new kid from a neighboring field, it's still a chance to make a new friend, one with an imagination as expansive and a love of the ocean as deep as the little girl's own. This fanciful, whimsical picture book will charm young mermaids and little pirates everywhere, and inspire them to embrace the spirit of the ocean in the things around them, no matter where they live!

Help I'm melting A boy rescues a snowball again and again in this funny story about a snowball that gets to see all four seasons. A boy makes a snowball and is about to throw it when he hears Stop . . . Let's do something else. So the boy and the snowball make a snow angel, build a snow fort, and make a snowman instead. The boy decides to take the snowball home. When the snowball starts to melt, the boy rescues it by putting it in the freezer, where the snowball meets some very nice frozen foods and a tray of ice cubes too. The snowball meets flowers and butterflies in spring, sea and sand in summer, and apples and colorful leaves in fall. With a bright, glittery cover and bold illustrations, The Luckiest Snowball is a great read-aloud to share. Children will enjoy shouting along with the snowball's refrain-- Help I'm melting There is back matter about the seasons and the three states of water. An ILA-CBC Children's Choice

Set in the Caribbean in the pre-Columbian era, Shape of a Warrior is a captivating tale about the indomitable spirit of a young adventurer and her unlikely friend in the battle-centered world of the indigenous Kalina people. On the island of Hiroon, a Kalina girl rescues and helps hide a strange-looking boy who she thinks is a captive escaped from a nearby village. But he's not. He's a boat wreck survivor from a distant land that apparently is unknown to anyone else.For Yurubi, who dreams of boat building and canoeing, Aloo grows to become a friend like no other, although he's terrified of the sea. Together, they secretly explore the forest near his cave hideout, learn to make weapons and tools, play wrestling games, hunt, and build small river boats. But their world of adventure crumbles when Aloo is forced out of hiding and as Yurubi's unwomanly skills become apparent.Their close bonds rip apart as they are battered by the vagaries of nature and deluged with suspicion, belligerence a

40 fant嫳tico d燰s para vivir tu fe en Jes con creatividad Un diario para ni隳s que invita a la reflexi鏮, devoci鏮 y acci鏮 para profundizar en su fe. Los peque隳s (y no tan peque隳s lectores) reaccionar嫕 a las ense鎙nzas de la Palabra de Dios de una manera vibrante y accesible con «Biblia infogr塻ica para ni隳s: Diario Aventura. Este innovador diario combina la narrativa b燢lica con un dise隳 visual din嫥ico que captura la imaginaci鏮 de los ni隳s, gui嫕dolos de forma interactiva edificante. «Biblia infogr塻ica para ni隳s: Diario Aventura es ideal para familias, iglesias y escuelas cristianas que buscan una herrmienta atractiva para ense鎙r a los ni隳s los fundamentos de la fe. Su dise隳 inclusivo y accesible es perfecto para lectores j镽enes de entre 8 y 12 a隳s, aunque su contenido visual y narrativo tambi幯 cautivar?a lectores de todas las edades. Este libro no solo educa, sino que inspira a los ni隳s a desarrollar una relaci鏮 significativa con su Se隳r, convirtiendo el apredizaje b燢lico e

南程墓地位於河北省石家莊市元氏縣城西北8.5公里，處於殷村鎮南程村與陳郭莊村之間。在此區域內分佈大量的兩漢時期墓葬，目前發掘的有三處。A處為石武鐵路客運專線沿線發掘的南程墓地，分為四個亞區，共計發掘66座墓葬。B處為南水北調的南程墓地北段，在A處之西150米。共計發掘墓126座。C處為南水北調南程墓地南段，在B處之南300米，共發掘墓葬30餘座（由北京市文物研究所發掘）。南程墓地北距常山郡元氏故城遺址1.6公里。南程墓地如此大規模的漢代墓葬區，應屬￿常山郡元氏故城的平民墓葬區。整個墓區呈區域性集中分佈，每個區域可能屬￿不同的家族或人群。本報告主要介紹南水北調的南程墓地北段（B處）的發掘成果。

'A master storyteller' -GUARDIAN'A superb chronicler of cop culture' -SUNDAY TIMES'Crime fiction at its best' -AGEEVERY COLD CASE DESERVES JUSTICEA cloud of despondency hangs over the Mornington Peninsula. A decomposing corpse is fished out the sea but cannot be identified. A two-year-old is missing, but without sufficient evidence the Waterloo Police can't charge their lead suspect. And what was a simple case of burning letterboxes has quickly escalated into torched stolen cars.Something has to give. And then Kitty Casement - aerial photographer and friend of Detective Inspector Hal Challis - is driven off the road, her plane damaged and her life under threat. Is this another case doomed to run cold, or could it provide the break they need?From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author ofConsolationandDay's Endcomes the second Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Now with a reimagined look! Join Tim and his friends on a treacherous journey across the seas in the laugh-out-loud funny, highly illustrated third book of the New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Tim chapter book series from Spy School author Stuart Gibbs. After helping Princess Grace foil the villainous Prince Ruprecht--twice!--junior knights Tim, Belinda, and Ferkle are on a new quest--this time to recover the Queen of Merryland's precious golden fleece (and more importantly, the protective amulet in its pocket) from the Kingdom of Dinkum. The safety of all Merryland depends upon them. But first, they must face the deadly Sea of Terror and the dastardly perils it contains. Tim and his friends will have to use every ounce of bravery, valor, and intelligence they possess to navigate the treacherous waters--or else risk becoming flotsam on the waves.

What did ancient Jews believe about demons and angels? This question has long been puzzling, not least because the Hebrew Bible says relatively little about such transmundane powers. In the centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great, however, we find an explosion of explicit and systematic interest in, and detailed discussions of, demons and angels. In this book, Annette Yoshiko Reed considers the third century BCE as a critical moment for the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology. Drawing on early 'pseudepigrapha' and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, she reconstructs the scribal settings in which transmundane powers became a topic of concerted Jewish interest. Reed also situates this development in relation to shifting ideas about scribes and writing across the Hellenistic Near East. Her book opens a window onto a forgotten era of Jewish literary creativity that nevertheless deeply shaped the discussion of angels and demons in Judaism and Christianity.

The Low Countries was collectively one of the earliest and most heavily urbanised societies in European history. Present-day Belgium and the Netherlands still share important common features, such as comparatively low income inequalities, high levels of per capita income, a balanced political structure, and a strong 'civil society'. This book traces the origins of this specific social model in medieval patterns of urbanisation, while also searching for explanations for the historical reproduction of social inequalities. Access to cheap inland river navigation and to the sea generated a 'river delta' urbanisation that explains the persistence of a decentralised urban economic network, marked by intensive cooperation and competition and by the absence of real metropolises. Internally as well, powerful checks and balances prevented money and power from being concentrated. Ultimately, however, the utmost defining characteristic of the Low Countries' urban cultures was located in their resi

When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of indigenous peoples recognized in research and commercialization? What other ethical, legal, and policy issues come into play? Is it accurate for countries to self-identify as users or providers of genetic resources? This edited collection, which focuses on Canada, is the result of research conducted in partnership with indigenous peoples in that country, where melting permafrost and new sea lanes have opened the region's biodiversity, underscoring Canada's status as a user and provider of genetic resources and associated indigenous knowledge. This work is an important resource for scholars, corporations, indigenous peoples, policymakers, and concerned citizens as Canada and other countries take on the implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing policies over genetic resources and associated indigenous knowledge. This book is also available as Open Access.

The Low Countries was collectively one of the earliest and most heavily urbanised societies in European history. Present-day Belgium and the Netherlands still share important common features, such as comparatively low income inequalities, high levels of per capita income, a balanced political structure, and a strong 'civil society'. This book traces the origins of this specific social model in medieval patterns of urbanisation, while also searching for explanations for the historical reproduction of social inequalities. Access to cheap inland river navigation and to the sea generated a 'river delta' urbanisation that explains the persistence of a decentralised urban economic network, marked by intensive cooperation and competition and by the absence of real metropolises. Internally as well, powerful checks and balances prevented money and power from being concentrated. Ultimately, however, the utmost defining characteristic of the Low Countries' urban cultures was located in their resi

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the key issues, actors, and trends in these elections over the last quarter century. The book asks: what motivates African citizens to vote? What issues do candidates campaign on? How has the turn to regular elections promoted greater democracy? Has regular electoral competition made a difference for the welfare of citizens? The authors argue that regular elections have both caused significant changes in African politics and been influenced in turn by a rapidly changing continent - even if few of the political systems that now convene elections can be considered democratic, and even if many old features of African politics persist.

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the key issues, actors, and trends in these elections over the last quarter century. The book asks: what motivates African citizens to vote? What issues do candidates campaign on? How has the turn to regular elections promoted greater democracy? Has regular electoral competition made a difference for the welfare of citizens? The authors argue that regular elections have both caused significant changes in African politics and been influenced in turn by a rapidly changing continent - even if few of the political systems that now convene elections can be considered democratic, and even if many old features of African politics persist.

Archaic Greece saw a number of decisive changes, including the emergence of the polis, the foundation of Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the organization of panhellenic games and festivals, the rise of tyranny, the invention of literacy, the composition of the Homeric epics and the emergence of lyric poetry, the development of monumental architecture and large scale sculpture, and the establishment of 'democracy'. This book argues that the best way of understanding them is the application of an eclectic Marxist model of class struggle, a struggle not only over control of agricultural land but also over cultural ideals and ideology. A substantial theoretical introduction lays out the underlying assumptions in relation to alternative models. Material and textual remains of the period are examined in depth for clues to their ideological import, while later sources and a wide range of modern scholarship are evaluated for their explanatory power.

'Methinks I am like a man, who having narrowly escap'd shipwreck', David Hume writes in A Treatise of Human Nature, 'has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe'. With these words, Hume begins a memorable depiction of the crisis of philosophy and his turn to moral and political philosophy as the path forward. In this groundbreaking work, Thomas W. Merrill shows how Hume's turn is the core of his thought, linking Hume's metaphysical and philosophical crisis to the moral-political inquiries of his mature thought. Merrill shows how Hume's comparison of himself to Socrates in the introduction to the Treatise illuminates the dramatic structure and argument of the book as a whole, and he traces Hume's underappreciated argument about the political role of philosophy in the Essays.