The story of the evolution of the 'European project', from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through to Brexit, this is also the story of how, and why, it become possible to imagine that the diverse peoples of Europe might be united in a single political community.

How much does ethics demand of us and on what authority? How does this relate to prudence, law, and social convention? Such questions lie at the heart of K. E. Logstrup's work. Stern situates his distinctive position in relation to Kant, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Darwall and Luther, offering a full account of his key text, The Ethical Demand (1956).

The Scientific Sherlock Holmes connects Holmes' vegetable poisons with concepts in botany, his use of fingerprinting with forensic science, and carbon monoxide poisoning and hemoglobin tests with concepts in chemistry, thus integrating the Holmes stories with all branches of science.