MURDER IN WAXA fearful face, living, yet it has the look of the dead! Only the jaw moves and its movements summon murder! Though it cost life after life the grim countenance must be faced. A piece of paper upon which the destiny of an empire depends must be kept from its baleful eyes ... John Richmond, King's messenger, is cut down. His daughter is abducted. A famous banker is done to death. Another man of rank joins the company of corpses. And then a young man, little regarded, wit...

The Round Table Murders, first published in 1931, is a golden-age mystery featuring a band of ruthless brothers in a deadly competition to get their late brother's fortune. Another player, the mysterious "Poacher," flits in and out of the picture. Inspector Keating of Scotland Yard is called on to investigate. Peter Baron was the pen-name of Leonard Worswick Clyde (1906-1987) who authored four detective novels.*From the publisher:*They were brothers, but they were k...

First published in 2005. This is one of the literary memoirs written by Transylvanian aristocrats in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Baron Apor lamented the passing of traditional Transylvanian practices and the Metamorphosis, written in 1783, is not a memoir in the usual sense so much as a record of a vanishing way of life that the author had enjoyed in his youth. Exceptional, enchanting and exhilarating, this account of Transylvania is irresistible.

The secret of success in OCR Philosophy of Religion and Ethics is that there really is no secret, just clear analysis of the syllabus, past questions, examiner reports and mark schemes. In this detailed study Peter Baron unpicks all the clues given about the mind of the examiner - and so makes A grade success that much more certain as well as saving teachers and students hours of time: indispensable, comprehensive, detailed and above all, wise. Note: OCR syllabus H571, 572 and H581, 582 on...

Reaction Rate Theory and Rare Events bridges the historical gap between these subjects because the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of scientific research often requires an understanding of both reaction rate theory and the theory of other rare events. The book discusses collision theory, transition state theory, RRKM theory, catalysis, diffusion limited kinetics, mean first passage times, Kramers theory, Grote-Hynes theory, transition path theory, non-adiabatic reactions, electron tr...

A Philosophy of Christian Materialism offers a new religious engagement with the public sphere via means of interdisciplinary analysis and empirical examples, developing what the authors call a Relational Christian Realism building upon interaction with contemporary Philosophy of Religion. The book argues that the current discourse on public religion is inadequate in addressing the issues now to be faced, including: material religious practice in the sphere of education; the growth of alte...

How can sincere, well-meaning people unintentionally perpetuate discrimination based on race, sex, sexuality, or other socio-political factors? To address this question, Lara Trout engages a neglected dimension of Charles S. Peirce's philosophy - human embodiment - in order to highlight the compatibility between Peirce's ideas and contemporary work in social criticism. This compatibility, which has been neglected in both Peircean and social criticism scholarship, emerges when the body is f...

This guide examines Kant's theory of knowledge, specifically his arguments for separating human thought into concepts and intuitions. Based on the Critique of Pure Reason, this guide covers his critique of empirical and rational thought, and explains key concepts such as a priori judgements, analytic and synthetic judgements, and the difference between pure and empirical concepts.

This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, w...

Essentials of Computational Chemistry provides a balanced introduction to this dynamic subject. Suitable for both experimentalists and theorists, a wide range of samples and applications are included drawn from all key areas. The book carefully leads the reader thorough the necessary equations providing information explanations and reasoning where necessary and firmly placing each equation in context.

What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining respect for tradition and truth and encouraging suspicion about the political and psychological impl...