Spencer Hays grew up in a small town in a family of very little means to become a business leader and a wealthy philanthropist by way of sheer grit and…

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A thought-provoking and evocative account that considers both the policies we think of as health policyand those that we don’t, The Political Determinants of Health provides a novel, multidisciplinary framework…

Recent advances and decades of scattered research are brought together to provide a valuable behavioural ecology reference and practical handbook for the study of if, when and how prey flee…

Here, in one volume, is the essence of Napoleon’s knowledge and wisdom, the fruit of his practical experience and his study of the great empire-builders from Alexander to Frederick the…