SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NEW WRITER CATEGORY OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2010On an overcast April day in 2003, David and James Livingston raced against each other in the 149th Oxford-Cambridge B
For centuries we've believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance--in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if y
About this Second Edition:Brill is delighted to republish Educating Judges, the seminal monograph in the field of judicial education. First published in 1996, this book enables judicial educators to d
This comprehensive study of judicial education tackles an issues which has become a matter of considerable prominence and debate in the US, Britain, Canada, and Australia in recent years, prompted by
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The increasingly popular idea that cinematic fictions can "do" philosophy raises some difficult questions. Who is actually doing the philosophizing? Is it the philosophical commentator who reads gener
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Taking readers into a world of great wealth and high society, this intimate glimpse into the life of the very private American fashion icon, known for her colorful designs, presents fascinating storie
In the sequel to Darklight, Sonny Flannery joins a group of underground Lost Fae as he struggles to recover from his heartbreak over Kelley Winslow, while Kelley tries to uncover who is hunting Sonny’
In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating disease, and acciden
