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From Goods to a Good Life
Intellectual Property and Global Justice
Most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law from the standpoint of law and economics. Under this conventional wisdom, intellectual property is simply a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2...
Policing Stalin's Socialism
Repression and Social Order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
Policing Stalin’s Socialism is one of the first books to emphasize the importance of social order repression by Stalin’s Soviet regime in contrast to the traditional emphasis of historians on political...
The Raven King
Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library
A gripping account of an extraordinary Renaissance monarch and the quest for his treasured library Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an...
The Judge
A Life of Thomas Mellon, Founder of a Fortune
Lawyer, judge, banker, classics professor, and councilman, Thomas Mellon greatly influenced the fortunes of his hometown, Pittsburgh, throughout the nineteenth century. In the process, he became one of the city's most important...
One Nation Under Contract
The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
A definitive and disturbing look at one of the most important trends in government and global politics: the privatization of American foreign policy and its consequences. International relations scholar...
Joe Louis
Hard Times Man
The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest sports figures Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for more...
Harems of the Mind
Passages of Western Art and Literature
Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the household from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant...
The Ethiopian Revolution
War in the Horn of Africa
Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of...
Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer
Tamoxifen is one of the most widely prescribed drugs used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. A nonsteroidal antiestrogen, it has been successful in treating postmenopausal women at nearly all stages of breast cancer....
Traditional Buildings of Cumbria
Many people who live in and visit the Lake District are charmed by the traditional buildings that enhance the landscape. This book introduces the traditional houses, barns, watermills, and chapels of the Lake District and...