A female-domination romantic comedy with real emotional and psychological depth.Barbara is thirty-one, a physiotherapist built on a scale the world keeps flinching from — taller than every man in the room, stronger than she is ever allowed to be, and tired from a lifetime of holding herself carefully so no one gets hurt. Arthur is twenty-seven, smaller, gentler, a man filled with anxiety, so practiced at making himself invisible.He comes to her clinic with ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2025, held in Hamilton, ON, Canada, during May 7–8, 2025.The 9 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They focus on topics related to formal verification for automated analysis of (concurrent) software/hardware, including model checking, deductive verification, automated theorem proving (including SAT and SMT...

A scientifically rigorous guide to making the best dietary choices for both our personal health and our environmental footprint.Many of us try our best to eat foods that are healthy and environmentally sustainable. But are we getting it right? Which foods amount to “wise” choices, and which ones are best avoided? Common views often range widely and are sometimes even contradictory. It’s most unfortunate when conscientious individuals who go to great lengths in thei...

Including a preface, introduction and some final words read by the authors, Gidon Lev and Julie Gray.“To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope? We can never give up looking for these things because they are just waiting to be found.”Gidon Lev, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, has lived an extraordinary life. At the age of six, he was imprisoned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. Liberated when h...

‘To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope? We can never give up looking for these things because they are just waiting to be found.’Gidon Lev, a ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor, has lived an extraordinary life. At the age of six, he was imprisoned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. Liberated when he was ten, he lost at least twenty-six members of his family, including his father and grandfather.But Gidon’s life...

Thrown into a 1970s novel, she becomes the soft, delicate heroine everyone underestimates—everyone except the stoic soldier who can hear her thoughts.To the world, he is cold, ruthless, and impossible to approach.To her, he’s the dangerously protective man who spoils her shamelessly, growls at anyone who comes close, and quietly shields her from every storm.As their fates intertwine, her innocent inner voice melts his hardened heart, and his fierce devotion becomes ...

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi’a and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East. It explores the Arab-Israeli conflict through the lens of Shi’a intellectuals and scholars from South Lebanon, and chronologically reflects on trending perceptions of Palestine, the Zionist movement, and the Jewish community in Leban...

Originally published in 1968. This is a critical study of the concept of ‘rule’ featuring in law, ethics and much philosophical analysis which the author uses to investigate the concept of ‘rationality’. The author indicates in what manner the modes of reasoning involved in reliance upon rules are unique and in what fashion they provide an alternative both to the modes of logico-mathematical reasoning and to the modes of scientific reasoning. This prepares the groundwork for a methodology ...

This Festschrift, dedicated to Wolfgang Reif on the occasion of his 65th birthday, collects contributions written by many of his closest research colleagues and many of his former students.After obtaining his PhD in Karlsruhe in 1991, Wolfgang was appointed professor in Ulm in 1994 and then moved on to a chair in Augsburg in 2000. He was the founding dean of the Faculty for Applied Computer Science where he established an Elite Master programme on Software Engineering together with...

At first glance, Orthodox Judaism is not compatible with the prevailing world view of equal treatment for all people, regardless of their race, gender or religion. But modern Orthodox Jews share the sense that egalitarianism is a positive moral value, so they cannot simply dismiss this contemporary ethos as incompatible with their faith. In a range of ways and variety of perspectives from the leading Orthodox scholars in the field, this collection of essays explores the affinities and disa...

In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus' death. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. He argues powerfully that Christianity would have happened with or without Paul and contends that Jesus' "resurrection" meant something vastly different for his early followers ...

Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short Introduction starts by outlining the basics of practical Judaism - its festivals, prayers, customs, and various sects - and goes on to consider how Judaism has responded to, and dealt w...