The first book to analyze why India's caste system has authoritatively endured for so long, this path-breaking text provides, for the first time anywhere, an exhaustive analysis of the historical predecessor to caste: the ancient Indian varna system as it was laid out in the Vedic literature. Presenting a revisionist overview of the way the religion of the Veda is to be understood, Classifying the Universe demonstrates that social classes were systematically reduplicated in taxonomies that organized the universe as a whole. The classification of society, in which some groups...
The first book to analyze why India's caste system has authoritatively endured for so long, this path-breaking text provides, for the first time anywh...
The law of tracing is a complex subject which is often neglected in works on property, equity, commercial law, and restitution. Broadly speaking, it addresses the question of when rights held in an asset can be asserted in another asset despite changes in form or attempts to "launder" the initial asset. This book explores all the areas covered by the law of tracing in a degree of detail not previously reached in more general works.
The law of tracing is a complex subject which is often neglected in works on property, equity, commercial law, and restitution. Broadly speaking, it a...
A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarl...
A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarl...
From the critically acclaimed author of Hotel World comes a collection of uniquely inventive stories that thread the labyrinth of coincidence, chance, and connections missed and made. What happens when you run into Death in a busy train station? (You know he's Death because when he smiles, your cell phone goes dead.) What if your lover falls in love with a tree? Should you be jealous? From the woman pursued by a band of bagpipers in full regalia to the artist who's built a seven-foot boat out of secondhand copies of The Great Gatsby, Smith's characters are offbeat,...
From the critically acclaimed author of Hotel World comes a collection of uniquely inventive stories that thread the labyrinth of coincidence, ...
From one of Britain's young fiction writers comes this haunting novel - a seductive story of what it means to be alive at the edge of the 20th century.
From one of Britain's young fiction writers comes this haunting novel - a seductive story of what it means to be alive at the edge of the 20th century...
Korean edition of THE ACCIDENTAL. The book was short listed by the Man Booker Prize and won the Whitbread Prize. A psychic / mentally unstable woman managed to manipulate each member of the Smart family vacationing in an English cottage in Norfolk. A mesmerizing read. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Korean edition of THE ACCIDENTAL. The book was short listed by the Man Booker Prize and won the Whitbread Prize. A psychic / mentally unstable woman m...
