Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving politically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world & at different levels of political decision making -- from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization. ...

A highly illustrated, practical workbook for the everyday rider, written by a popular & well-respected author. Covers both flatwork (dressage) & jumping. Deals with a training system that has brought us Olympic & world success to today's top German riders, who use this method with their competition horses. ...

When Warren Hastings was put on trial by Edmund Burke, it brought the East India Company's exploits to public attention. Presenting the scandal that laid the foundation of the British Empire, this work explains how the substitution of imperial authority for Company rule helped erase the origins of empire & justify the British presence in India. ...

From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world & became a central feature of Jewish life. This book describes the debate between kabbalists & their critics on the nature of Judaism & the meaning of religious tradition. ...

James Kerrington, a future Earl & a key member of the British government's secret unit, the Realm, never expected to find love again after the loss of his beloved wife. Kerrington's world shifts on its axis when Eleanor Fowler stumbles into his arms. Eleanor, however, is hiding a deep secret. ...

This book tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful Arabella Fermor by the enigmatic seventh Baron of Ingatestone. Arabella knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplates. Plus, the object of her desire is flirting with a perilous plot against Queen Anne! Watching the pair is an outsider destined to become the genius of his age, the poet Alexander Pope. This is a witty, seductive modern love-story
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