Product Description: The government of any community by the members of that community is widely praised and almost universally agreed to be the best of governmental forms. But it is not so well or so deeply understood as it ought to be. This book, DEMOCRACY, is a thorough analytical account of the philosophy of democracy, in six Parts...read more

The author's study of the Book of Revelation protests against the dehumanizing nature of Christianity and argues against the importance given to all things scientific that reduce the spirit of mankind

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Product Description: This guide to Amsterdam caters for every budget and points the way to the best or cheapest restaurants, the "wildest" clubs, "hottest" nightspots, museums and includes information on how to get to the various locations as well as what time places open and close.

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Small children identify the appliances and other noisy items found in the home, in a book that includes six sound effects and surprise songs

A Washington, D.C., police detective, Alex Cross, becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve a schizophrenic psychopath

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Product Description: Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears...read more

Thomas de Lisle, Bishop of Ely from 1345 to 1361, was not a typical English churchman. As John Aberth shows, de Lisle was leader of a local gang of thugs and bullies who terrorized both the poor and the rich of East Anglia and assisted the bishop in his extensive, unholy activities, including arson, kidnapping, extortion, theft, and murder. His criminal career culminated in a final, disastrous assault on Edward III's cousin, Lady de Wake, in 1356, which resulted in his banishment by the king.Aberth looks at the social and economic side of De Lisle's term as bishop, an aspect of Episcopal history mostly ignored by historians. An unusually rich body of primary sources, including plea rolls, gaol delivery rolls, and ancient correspondence written in medieval Latin and Anglo-Norman French found at the Public Record Office in London, enables Aberth to create a comprehensive picture of de Lisle's activities. Aberth explores the motives for de Lisle's involvement in crime, the makeup of his criminal band, and the paradox of a bishop as criminal. By placing de Lisle's career within the context of bastard feudalism and magnate crime in fourteenth-century England, Aberth explains why de Lisle's criminal behavior was not typical of his fellow magnates: his inexperience and naïveté in manorial administration and court politics resulted in his mismanagement of funds and isolation from his colleagues in the Episcopal hierarchy. Bishop de Lisle's strange clashes with the law, which led to his eventual demise, provide an able means by which to analyze crime and justice during the reign of Edward III. (view table of contents)

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An important reference source offers a companion to the popular Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, containing more that four thousand entries touching on all aspects of fantasy literature, movies, and art. Hugo Award Nominee. Reprint. AB. LJ. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Ideologies of freedom are driving the global economy: the diffusion of technology, capital, and knowledge allows an ever-expanding proportion of the world's workforce to enjoy the freedoms of choice, speech, and expression. Yet, as the prosperity of individuals and businesses hinges upon distant markets, consumers, and investors, these freedoms have created a new universal dependence...read more

A leader in personal income tax preparation offers the most comprehensive and practical information for preparing 1998 tax returns and for future tax planning, in a user-friendly format which provides answers to commonly asked questions. Original. 500,000 first printing.

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Alex Cross joins forces with a female San Francisco detective to investigate a pattern of murders occurring across the country that draws him into the bizarre subculture of ritual role-playing and vampirism.

Product Description: Quien es realmente Mary Smith? Una alta ejecutiva de Hollywood es asesinada en el escenario de una pelicula. Pronto, lo que parece ser un crimen aislado se revela como un eslabon mas de una escalofriante cadena, Arnold Griner, redactor de los Angeles Times, comienza a recibir e-mails firmados por una tal Mary Smith en los que, en primera persona, se relata con morboso detalle cada uno de los asesinatos cometidos...read more

Product Description: Quien es realmente Mary Smith? Una alta ejecutiva de Hollywood es asesinada en el escenario de una pelicula. Pronto, lo que parece ser un crimen aislado se revela como un eslabon mas de una escalofriante cadena, Arnold Griner, redactor de los Angeles Times, comienza a recibir e-mails firmados por una tal Mary Smith en los que, en primera persona, se relata con morboso detalle cada uno de los asesinatos cometidos...read more