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Unlike other areas of the private law, the law of unjust enrichment stands or falls with the theory upon which it is based. This theory, fashioned primarily by Peter Birks and continued by many other scholars is known as the 'dominant model'. The model...

From Mo Willems Workshop comes three popular Pigeon books--Will The Pigeon Graduate?, The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!, and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!--in a smaller, gift-worthy size and bundled in one superfun collection!Author: Mo WillemsISBN-10: 1454970758ISBN-13: 9781454970750Publisher: Union Square KidsLanguage:...

Thoughtful activities to inspire connection, conversation, and dignity in dementia care.People living with dementia deserve engagement that is respectful, meaningful, and rooted in who they are. Through the Years continues a beloved series with a carefully designed collection of experiences and activities that help...

Long live the King of Deadpan! The first-ever biography of one of the most influential comedians in show business whose extraordinary, nearly 65-year run made him an American treasure. Why did Chicago-born accountant George Robert Newhart go into comedy? In his own words, it...

American Benedictines in Peking commemorates the centennial of the Benedictine foundation of the first Catholic university in China.In the hundred years since its foundation, Fu Jen University has been marked by significant historical events, including its move from Beijing, China to Taipei, Taiwan, and...

Eliza is sure happiness has arrived. She and her family, never to be separated again, join the rest of her people on the road to a land filled with milk and honey. A land to call home. Even better, Seti, the love of her...

A TRUE CHESS WORLD CHAMPION When Max Euwe defeated Alexander Alekhine in 1935, the chess world was stunned. A modest Dutch mathematics teacher had dethroned the most charismatic and feared champion of his time. Almost immediately, doubts arose: Was Euwe truly worthy of the...

Many people, stuck in ignorance and confusion, have wondered why God continues to allow this seemingly endless cruelty and merciless inhumanity; why He permits the suffering of His children, wars, disease, torture and corruption. Often, this simply leads to the conclusion that there was...

Choices is about those decisions, many instantaneous, that drive a life. HARPER JAMES, made two: to be a teacher, and to preach the value of the individual. Those choices find him a beloved, highly respected teacher, guiding his students away from the ethnic and...

From the laughter in his grandfather's yard to the enduring stories of his Indo-Fijian ancestors, Richie Raj brings to life a family and a culture determined to endure. Eppari Tata traces his journey from the colonial legacy of Fiji to life in Aotearoa (NZ),...

As commanding general of the Continental Army, George Washington was one of the most celebrated and recognizable figures of the American Revolution. So it was a shock when he voluntarily resigned his commission, giving up a powerful position instead of seeking to capitalize upon...

Come and rediscover the story you thought you knewDiscover Christmas again--its surprise, its power, and its breathtaking hope--in this rich, inviting walk through Luke 1-2. In The First Light of Advent, beloved Bible teacher Dale Ralph Davis guides readers through the stories behind the...

Discover the Beauty of God's DesignMere Complementarianism by Denny Burk is a clear, compelling, and timely guide to understanding God's good design for men and women. Drawing from Scripture, natural law, and the historic Christian tradition, Burk cuts through confusion to present a faithful,...

More than a consecutive memoir, The Fair Fields presents a set of linked vignettes about what it was like to grow up in a white, liberal, literary household in Connecticut in the 1950s and early 1960s. Readers will meet characters they probably recognize, including...

When a body is found hanging precariously over the edge of a cliff, a mystery begins about not only who the victim is, but also how they ended up where they're found.Called in to begin the process of finding answers, Special Agents Ashley Power...

Get up close and personal with Siberian tigers. Learn about their behaviors, where they live, what they eat, and more. Discover whether these animals are endangered and what's being done to protect them. Vivid photographs and sidebars with intriguing facts help bring these fascinating...

Get up close and personal with red pandas. Learn about their behaviors, where they live, what they eat, and more. Discover whether these animals are endangered and what's being done to protect them. Vivid photographs and sidebars with intriguing facts help bring these fascinating...

A sweeping meditation on the historical relationship between humans and land that challenges us to rethink common beliefsLand is the natural environment that humans have defined, shaped, and endlessly reinvented. In this lyrical narrative, Steven Stoll explores ways of thinking about land through social,...

An engaging, insightful meditation on death, from one of our leading mindsDeath is ever-present in literature. From Shakespearean tragedies to elegiac poetry, the spectre of human mortality has always haunted writers.In this wide-ranging and personal account, Terry Eagleton examines the ways in which western...

The origins and development of early Rome had already faded into legend by the time its people began writing down the history of their city. Rome's first historians relied heavily on cultural memory when reconstructing the past, but memory constantly reinterprets and reshapes the...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Any study of colonial...

Discourses on Livy is Niccolò Machiavelli's major work on republican government, using ancient Rome-especially Livy's history-as a model to analyze politics, power, and civic life.Machiavelli argues that strong republics are built on good laws, active citizen participation, and controlled conflict between social classes. He...

About BodhBodh is a collection of reflections, stories, and parables written by Suvvidhi over the past years. These works, taken from his almanac, explore themes of human life, religion, dogma, nature, psychology, and spirituality.Author: SuvvidhiISBN-13: 9798902317388Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/05/2026Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.00h...

The Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius is a collection of biographies of the first twelve Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Rather than a continuous political history, Suetonius presents vivid character sketches, organizing each life by themes such as ancestry, public achievements,...

The Crystal of WinterBook Two in the Legends of Frost and Flame SeriesBetrayal cuts deeper than any blade-and Fiona has learned that truth at a devastating cost.The bond she believed unbreakable shattered when the man she trusted as her fated mate revealed his deception...

AI for Beginners Demystified is your ultimate beginner-friendly guide to Artificial Intelligence (AI) written in a way that's clear, funny, and easy to understand. Whether you're curious about machine learning, neural networks, deep learning, or generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, this...

New Rondo: Photos of the black community of the twin cities is a powerful photographic exploration of Black life in Saint Paul and the surrounding metro area, rooted in community, presence, and place. This collection offers an intimate visual narrative that honors everyday moments...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.Author: Arian SimoneISBN-13: 9798217087617Publisher: Storehouse VoicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2026Pages: 304Format: Hardcover

Machine Translation (MT) models knowingly suffer from gender bias, especially for genders beyond the binary. Since issues of non-binary representation and language use are still often neglected in both Translation Studies (TS) and MT, this book investigates the translation and post-editing of gender-fair language...

Give your guests a warm welcome with this nature-inspired guest book, which offers travelers a place to share their stories: what they loved about your home, what they discovered during their stay, and what they'll never forget. Greetings from Here is more than a...

Be inspired by touching, often-humorous true animal stories, enlightening Scripture, and touching quotes about God's amazing animals. Day by day, season by season you will find everything you need to deepen your faith, including: 365 touching, uplifting daily devotions from insightful and engaging authors...

Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict was founded on lies and political expediency, and this book explains exactly how it all went down. Former Federal Prosecutor T.J. Harker offers a meticulous demonstration of why Derek Chauvin is innocent of his murder charges and how prosecutors and...

Examines how colonial powers disrupted African and Middle Eastern civilisations, creating lasting development challenges and argues that understanding the specific environmental and historical contexts in which civilisations developed can guide decolonised approaches to aid, governance, multiculturalism and global solidarity. Numerous authors have wondered why,...

Everyone Everywhere blends oral history, reportage and storytelling to uncover a major yet neglected thread in Britain's national story - the experience of its mixed-race communities.Through dozens of vivid interviews and years of archival research, Lucas Fothergill pieces together an alternative history of the...

An energetic generation of spiritual leaders is reviving religion in the United States. They are creating enterprising grassroots organizations that have brought forth new expressions of belief and belonging for people who continue to long for deeper engagement in spiritual life and practice.For the...

The "supper club guru" Ron Faiola returns with fresh stories and photographs from another crop of clubs in Wisconsin--and even some a bit farther down the road. In this new addition to his Gold-Medal-winning supper club series, author and photographer Ron Faiola gives readers...

The perfect companion in times of grief and sorrow.In life, loss is inevitable, and though grief is a normal response to loss, most of us were never taught what to do with our grief - or how to support others with theirs. This is...

From the award-winning author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary comes an immersive and thought-provoking exploration of the modern zoo that confronts our fraught relationship with the animal world in the age of extinction. Most thinking on the modern zoo falls neatly into two...

Chapter 11 is open access and available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Political theory promises...

Revolutionizing Reproduction explores the rapidly advancing field of in vitro gametogenesis (IVG)--the generation of sperm and eggs from somatic or stem cells in the laboratory--and its profound implications for science, ethics, and society. While IVG holds transformative potential for treating infertility, enabling same-sex reproduction,...

Acclaimed New Yorker contributor Lauren Michele Jackson delivers an essay collection devoted to the back--and the conflicting ideas we load onto it.Moving across literature, film, sport, visual art, and U.S. history, Jackson probes how the back has carries powerful ideas about beauty, gender, labor,...

A familiar and funny story about pets, imagination, and the ways we handle disappointment. For children ages 5 years and up. All of Quinn's friends have pets, but she can't have a dog, a cat, or a turtle. When Mom suggests getting a couple...

A story about a sweet fox, the joy of reading, and a library inside a hollow tree. For animal lovers and bookworms ages 4 years and up. Finnegan Fox loves books so much that he collects whole stacks of them in his den. His...

A heartwarming story about loss, courage, and empathy. For children ages 3 years and up. Emma takes her beloved doll Mia everywhere she goes. They play, laugh, and cry together, but one day something happens that makes Mia look less than perfect. The children...

Tomorrow Bright Before Us: An Inspiring Quote for Each Day of the Year Ideal for gifting, this beautifully illustrated collection of 366 inspiring quotes is perfect for sharing at bedtime, in classrooms, and with friends of all ages. With a sweeping range of quotations...

In Quantum Signature: How I Spy on Terrorists, Traitors and You, former U.S. intelligence technologist Mike Yeagley-a pioneer of "ADINT" (advertising intelligence) who advised JSOC, the Pentagon, and CIA on commercial data surveillance-exposes how everyday mobile apps and ad networks have revolutionized spying through...

This publication presents a solid introduction to the apostolic ministry. It will bring clarity and understanding to the apostolic office, the apostolic anointing, and apostleship. This information will help individuals to recognize the operations of this anointing in their lives and in the lives...

Kashmir Shaivism = Trika Philosophy = ThreefoldKashmir Shaivism proposes 36 discrete Principles in creation. These are categorized as Trika = the Three states of Consciousness.a) 25 gross aspects of divinity. These make up the visible spectrum of sound and light, name and form.b) 5+1...

America's Fifty-Nine National Parks: Celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service was designed and edited by True North Editions as a companion for the exhibition at the PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, California, of the work of QT Luong. QT Luong was the first to...

Experience timeless classics like never before in this Grand Type Collector's EditionWith clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original.Large Print Features: 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability...