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This Thing of Darkness: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
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This Thing of Darkness: Perspectives on Evil and Human WickednessThis Thing of Darkness: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness

Written across the disciplines of art history, literature, philosophy, sociology, and theology, the ten essays comprising the collection all insist on multidimensional definitions of evil. Taking its title from a moment in Shakespeare’s Tempest when Prospero acknowledges his responsibility for Caliban, this collection explores the necessarily ambivalent relationship between humanity and evil. To what extent are a given society’s definitions of evil self-serving?  
 
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Mathematical Brain Benders
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Mathematical Brain BendersMathematical Brain Benders

Challenge yourself with over 100 fresh paradoxes, puzzles, riddles, conundrums, word and number games for the jaded, skeptical puzzlist. Over 100 pages of comprehensive answers. Approximately 300 illustrations. "Excellent collection of unusual, offbeat, and completely original puzzles."—Scientific American.
 
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Mind, Brain, and Language: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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Mind, Brain, and Language: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesMind, Brain, and Language: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines. This development is well demonstrated in this important and unique volume, which offers a multidisciplinary view of current findings and cutting-edge issues involving the relationship between mind, brain, and language.
 
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Mathematical Games and Puzzles
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Mathematical Games and PuzzlesMathematical Games and Puzzles

Math isn't only about numbers - math skills are found in puzzles and games too. 
Take a look at this collection by Trevor Rice

 
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Imperial Russia: New Histories for the Empire
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Imperial Russia: New Histories for the EmpireImperial Russia: New Histories for the Empire

"Anyone wishing to understand the 'state of the field' in Imperial Russian history would do well to start with this collection." -- Theodore W. Weeks, H-Net Reviews
 
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