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This thoroughly updated second edition of Modern Japan provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging from the Tokugawa period t
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With over 60,000 copies in print since its original publication in 1984, Ethics has served numerous generations of students as a classic introduction to philosophical ethics from a Christian perspecti
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Presents an introduction to the oceans of the world, the fish, plants, and mammals that live there, the ocean's water cycle, and the human behavior that threatens ocean life forms.
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Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new field, studying language as a product of culture and thought processes rather than simple etymology. These articles are an introduction to various aspects of
Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook provides a jargon-free introduction to the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns
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This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It includes s
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This important textbook provides an introduction to the concepts of the newly developed extended finite element method (XFEM) for fracture analysis of structures, as well as for other related engineer
