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Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memetics-the new study of how ideas and beliefs spread. What characterizes a meme is its capacity for displacing rival ideas and beliefs in an evolutionary drama that determines and changes the way people think. Exactly how do ideas spread, and what are the factors that make them genuine thought contagions? Why, for instance, do some beliefs spread throughout society, while others dwindle to extinction? What drives...

One of the most important political and economic challenges facing Europe and elsewhere is the ageing of societies. Must ageing populations create conflict between generations and crisis for health systems? Our answer is no. The problem is not so much demographic change as the political and policy challenge of creating fair, sustainable and effective policies for people of all ages. This book, based on a large European Observatory study, uses new evidence to challenge some of the myths surrounding ageing and its effects on economies and health systems. Cataclysmic views of population ageing...

A Kingdom destroyed by forbidden magic. Now forbidden magic is their only hope of salvation.

After losing his friends and family during Ifrit's siege on the Kingdom of Alexandria, Quin will find himself at the mercy of his own magic, as they battle for control of his mind.

When Prince Reaven discovers Quin's power, he is heartlessly shunned, nonetheless Quin follows his Prince to the hostile Centaur Mountains where he would be force to play Fates little game and watch his Prince meet an icy end.

After telling his story to an historian in the Phoenix Garrison, Quin joins up with a...