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A classic that took the world by storm, raising havoc among scientists and religious people as its exposition apparently contradicted the account of the creation of the world of Genesis in the Bible, Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species remains the most readable and accessible of the great revol... More

This is an updated edition of the definitive text in Solid State Physics. Solid State Physics is concerned with the properties that result from the distribution of electrons in metals, semiconductors, and insulators. The book also demonstrates how the changes and imperfections of real solids can be ... More

A Tale Of Two Cities (1861) has been considered to be Dickens' finest along with David Copperfield. As the name suggests, it  is the story of two cities-London and Paris-from England to France and back again, setting down finally in France and the French Revolution. Because of the intensity o... More

Written by Sir Charles Eliot (1862-1931) one of the great scholars of Eastern religion and philosophy, this book provides an in depth account of the history of Buddhism in Japan.... More

This is a direct reprint of the first (1921) edition, which remains the classic comparative study of two world religions.There are seven books in three volumes.... More

"Brain Mystique Light and Dark" bridges the gap between neuroscience, brain evolution and consciousness by examining scientific models of how the brain becomes conscious. The book argues that the spiritual dimension of life is compatible with scientific naturalism. Not bound by conventional stereoty... More

Introduction by Barbara Hardy "From the Hardcover edition.Widely regarded as Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which "whole families have inherited legendary hatreds." Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the n... More