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In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram—Abraham, a father of many nations. W…

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The term "world music" encompasses both folk and popular music across the globe, as well as the soun…

Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction aims to offer a concise introduction to comparative law—i…

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The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the trea…

Is our sexuality determined primarily by our genes? Or is it shaped by the social norms and expectat…

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Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a fa…

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The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually…

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Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most distinctive …

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By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhap…

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Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world…

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Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbors China and Japan, Korea is now the object of c…

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First published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that "we live in …

Our sense of smell—or olfaction as it is technically known—is our most enigmatic sense. …