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| The Incredible Years Author: Carolyn Webster-Stratton |
| All children misbehave for a variety of reasons, sometimes simply to test how far they can go or to get the attention they crave. Other children are temperamentally more difficult to parent than others because they are impulsive, hyperactive, inattentive or delayed in some aspect of their development. This invaluable handbook provides parents with guidelines not only to help prevent behaviour problems from occurring but also with strategies to promote children's social, emotional and academic competence. New chapters in this edition: How to help your child learn to regulate emotions, make friends and cope with peer problems; How to partner with your child's teacher to promote social and academic success; How to promote your child's school readiness through interactive reading and child-directed play coaching; How to teach social skills to a child who is fearful and shy as well as a child who is hyperactive, impulsive, and inattentive. |
| Pages: 320 Size: 155x230mm Illustrations: b/w illus
More from this Publisher: J Lavis |
Published: March 2006 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Advice on parenting |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1892222043 : 9781892222046 |
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| The Poetic Edda Author: Jackson Crawford |
| "The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings." --Dick Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison |
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Published: March 2015 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1624663567 : 9781624663567 |
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| Top Knife Author: Asher Hirshberg & Kenneth L Mattox |
| Operative trauma surgery is a key element of surgical training world-wide, but many surgical trainees have only limited exposure to it throughout their training. The aim of this book is to provide a detailed technical guide for trauma surgery by two experienced surgical educators who are experts in the field. The original concept behind this text (compared to other operative surgery texts) is a special emphasis on intra-operative judgement, decision-making, and thought processes, as well as technical 'tips and tricks'. The book will be generously illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, but will NOT be a surgical atlas, because there will not be a step-by-step sequence of illustrations for each procedure. The illustrations will be incorporated into the text rather than appearing on separate pages. As such, the book will be an 'operative surgery' book, along the lines of such British classics as Peter Jones' 'Emergency Abdominal Surgery', Hugh Dudley's editions of 'Hamilton Bailey's Emergency Surgery' and Keen's 'Operative Surgery and Management'. |
| Pages: 234 Size: 145x210mm Illustrations: b/w line drawings
More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: March 2004 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Surgery |
| List Price: 35.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1903378222 : 9781903378229 |
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| Tao Te Ching Author: Lao-Tzu |
| This translation captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original and resists the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the complete translation, Lombardo and Addiss provide one or more key lines from the original Chinese for each of the eighty-one sections, together with a transliteration of the Chinese characters and a glossary commenting on the pronunciation and meaning of each Chinese character displayed. This greatly enhances the reader's appreciation of how the Chinese text works and feels and the different ways it can be translated into English. |
| Pages: 128 Size: 215.9x139.7mm Illustrations: illus
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: October 1993 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy : Oriental religions : Taoism : China |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872202321 : 9780872202320 |
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| Plato: Five Dialogues Author: Plato |
| The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works . A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. |
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Published: October 2002 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 : Ancient Greece |
| List Price: 9.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872206335 : 9780872206335 |
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| Plato: Complete Works Author: Plato |
| Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works. Also included are concise introductions by Cooper and Hutchinson to each translation, meticulous annotation designed to serve both scholar and general reader, and a comprehensive index. This handsome volume offers fine paper and a high-quality Smyth-sewn cloth binding in a sturdy, elegant edition. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: May 1997 Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Literary essays : Literary studies: classical, early & medieval : Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 : Greece |
| List Price: 57.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872203492 : 9780872203495 |
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| Familia Romana Author: Hans H. ørberg |
| Hans ørberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. The Natural Method encourages students to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but instead by teaching them to think in the language: students first learn grammar and vocabulary inductively through extended contextual reading and an ingenious system of marginal notes. Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is also the most popular series for those teachers at both the secondary and collegiate levels who wish to develop Latin conversational skills in the classroom. Familia Romana (the main book of Pars I of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) contains thirty-five chapters and describes the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. It culminates in readings from classical poets and Donatus's Ars Grammatica , the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lessons (lectiones) of a few pages each followed by a grammar section (Grammatica Latina) and three exercises (Pensa). Hans ørberg's impeccable Latin, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations, reproduced in full color, make this work a classic. The book also includes a table of declensions, a Roman calendar, and a word index (index vocabulorum). The Lingua Latina series incorporates the following features: The most comprehensive treatment of Latin grammar available in an elementary textbook. A vocabulary of almost 1,800 words, reinforced by constant and creatively phrased repetition, vastly expands the potential for later sight reading. A complete line of ancillary volumes, exercises, and readers both in print and online. |
| Pages: 328 Size: 228.6x152.4mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, |
Published: March 2011 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Language teaching & learning material & coursework : Latin : Latin |
| List Price: 30.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1585104205 : 9781585104208 |
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| Republic Author: Plato |
| The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and insights into Plato's thought since publication of the first edition in 1974. A new introduction, index, and bibliography by Professor Reeve are included in this new rendering. |
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Published: November 1992 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 : Social & political philosophy : Political science & theory |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872201368 : 9780872201361 |
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| The Saga of the Volsungs Author: Plato |
| From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company,Inc |
Published: July 2017 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) : Sagas : European history : Northern Europe, Scandinavia |
| List Price: 14.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1624666337 : 9781624666339 |
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| A Rulebook for Arguments Author: Anthony Weston |
| From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general. |
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Published: February 2018 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: linguistics : Philosophy: logic |
| List Price: 11.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 162466654X : 9781624666544 |
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| Nicomachean Ethics Author: Aristotle |
| Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of the Irwin Nicomachean Ethics features a revised translation (with little editorial intervention), expanded notes (including a summary of the argument of each chapter), an expanded Introduction, and a revised glossary. |
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Published: December 1999 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 : Ethics & moral philosophy |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872204642 : 9780872204645 |
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| New Introduction to Old Norse Author: Michael Barnes |
| New Introduction To Old Norse Part 1 |
| Pages: 282 Size: 140x215mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Viking Society |
Published: December 2007 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: European history : Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 : Old Norse |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0903521741 : 9780903521741 |
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| Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Author: René Descartes |
| This edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method , bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition. |
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Published: June 1999 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : History of Western philosophy |
| List Price: 11.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872204200 : 9780872204201 |
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| New Introduction To Old Norse: Part Ii -- Reader Author: Anthony Faulkes (Edited by) |
| This fifth edition has the same texts as the fourth edition, but versions of the skaldic verses in prose word order have been added after the notes to each text that contains any that are complicated enough to need them. Background notes to Text I have been contributed by Richard Perkins. Some additions to the bibliographies and minor corrections have been made by various contributors. |
| Pages: 394 Size: 135x200mm Illustrations: b/w photos
More from this Publisher: Viking Society |
Published: September 2011 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: European history : Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0903521830 : 9780903521833 |
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| Intensive Care Medicine MCQs Author: Steve Benington & Shoneen Abbas & Ruth Herod & Daniel Horner |
| Intensive care medicine is a dynamic and evolving specialty, requiring its practitioners to be part physician, physiologist and anaesthetist. This requires a firm foundation of knowledge and an ability to apply this to the clinical situation. This book contains 270 multiple choice questions allowing self-assessment of the breadth of knowledge required of the modern intensivist. The book is divided into three papers each consisting of 60 multiple true false (MTF) and 30 single best answer (SBA) questions covering areas including resuscitation, diagnosis, disease management, organ support, and ethical and legal aspects of practice. The MTF questions test factual knowledge and understanding of the evidence base underpinning intensive care medicine, while the SBA questions test the ability of the candidate to prioritise, compete options and make the best decision for the patient. Each question is peer reviewed and accompanied by concise and detailed explanatory notes with references to guide further reading. All the authors are practising intensive care physicians with first-hand experience of professional examinations in the specialty. This book will appeal to intensive care physicians approaching professional examinations worldwide, including the European Diploma, American Board and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine examinations. In addition, it will appeal to intensive care nurses and allied healthcare professionals wishing to update their knowledge as part of continuing professional development, and to physicians sitting professional examinations in related specialties requiring knowledge of intensive care medicine such as general medicine, general surgery and anaesthesia. This book will complement the existing international best-selling title "Multiple Choice Questions in Intensive Care Medicine" (9781903378 649), also written by Dr Steve Benington. |
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More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: April 2015 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Anaesthetics : Intensive care medicine : Medical study & revision guides & reference materi |
| List Price: 35.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1910079073 : 9781910079072 |
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| An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Author: David Hume |
| A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh , Hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme skepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature , which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry . In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led Hume to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book I of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature . |
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Published: November 1993 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : History of Western philosophy : Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge |
| List Price: 8.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872202291 : 9780872202290 |
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| Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of Rousseau's most important political writings, and the addition of Cress' new translation of Rousseau's State of ?War . New footnotes, headnotes, and a chronology by David Wootton provide expert guidance to first-time readers of the texts. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: June 2012 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Social & political philosophy : Political science & theory |
| List Price: 13.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1603846735 : 9781603846738 |
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| Second Treatise of Government Author: John Locke |
| The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence. In his provocative 15-page introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property, and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since. |
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Published: June 1980 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Social & political philosophy : Political science & theory |
| List Price: 9.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0915144867 : 9780915144860 |
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| New Introduction to Old Norse Author: John Locke |
| New Introduction To Old Norse Part 3 |
| Pages: 318 Size: 140x215mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Viking Society |
Published: January 2007 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: European history : Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 : Old Norse |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0903521709 : 9780903521703 |
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| Utilitarianism Author: John Stuart Mill |
| This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy. |
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Published: June 2002 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - : Ethics & moral philosophy : Social & political philosophy : Political science & theory |
| List Price: 6.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 087220605X : 9780872206052 |
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| Walden Two Author: B. F. Skinner |
| A reprint of the 1976 Macmillan edition. This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: July 2005 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 - : Science fiction : Psychology : Psychological theory & schools of thought : Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872207781 : 9780872207783 |
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| Key Questions in Cardiac Surgery Author: Narain Moorjani & Nicola Viola |
| This book will systematically cover all the main topics involved in the current practice of a cardiac surgeon. It will incorporate current guidelines for practice (such as from the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology) and up-to-date information based on current literature. All the chapters have been written by cardiac surgeons who have recently undertaken their Cardiothoracic Board / Specialty Exit examinations and reviewed by a cardiothoracic examiner of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Each chapter will be structured to include aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, indications for surgery, peri-operative management, surgical options and postoperative care. Possible complications will be discussed and the results of current practice presented. Importantly there will be a section on basic sciences related to the practising cardiac surgeon and a further section on cardiac investigations with many images illustrating the variety of pathologies. Each chapter will also contain important references for further reading and greater depth of knowledge. The data and body of knowledge presented in this book is strictly evidence-based and is relevant to all cardiac surgical trainees, at any stage of their training programme. It will provide interns, residents and specialist registrars the necessary information to carry out their daily duties. Adult cardiologists and cardiothoracic intensive care unit specialists will also find the book useful in terms of the indications and surgical management of these patients, as they are integral to the cardiac surgical process. Another important group is the nursing staff, physiotherapists and other professions allied to medicine, both surgical and cardiological, working with patients with adult cardiac disease either pre-operatively or postoperatively, as it will help to give a detailed understanding of the principles surrounding adult cardiac surgical disease. Most importantly, the book is ideal as a revision aid for residents/registrars undertaking their Cardiothoracic Surgery Board examinations around the world. Although these examinations vary in format in different countries, this book is applicable to all cardiothoracic surgical trainees. Its concise, yet complete coverage of the important topics, make it the ideal guide to answer the key questions in cardiac surgery that are asked within the confines of an examination. |
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Published: March 2011 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Cardiothoracic surgery |
| List Price: 69.99 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1903378699 : 9781903378694 |
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| Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Anaesthesia Author: Dr Cyprian Mendonca & Shyam Balasubramania |
| The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a highly reliable and valid tool for the evaluation of trainees in anaesthesia. It enables examiners and trainers to assess a number of competencies in an organised way. Performance in the OSCE is considered to be a fair reflection of the level of knowledge and skill attained during anaesthesia training. Apart from having a wide and deep knowledge on the subject, trainees are expected to have the capacity to demonstrate their competency in a short period of time allotted for each station. The authors of this book have a rich experience in successfully conducting OSCE courses in the United Kingdom. The sample OSCE sets in the book closely simulate the style and content of the Royal College of Anaesthetists' examination format. The book contains 100 OSCE stations with answers based on key practical procedures, clinical skills, communication skills, data interpretation, anaesthetic equipment and the management of critical incidents on a simulator. The answers are presented thoroughly and clearly. The tutorial on the relevant topic and additional key points at the end of each station, together with more than 100 illustrations throughout the book will complement the reader's overall understanding. The marking system signifies the relevance of each question, enabling objective assessment of knowledge and practical skills. This book will also help candidates all over the world to pass highly competitive postgraduate examinations in anaesthesia. It is an invaluable educational resource for all anaesthetists. |
| Pages: 384 Size: 150x210mm Illustrations: colour photos & illus
More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: August 2007 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Anaesthetics |
| List Price: 35.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1903378567 : 9781903378564 |
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| Grammatica Latina Author: Hans H. ørberg |
| A Latin morphology to be used with Lingua Latina: Part I: Familia Romana. |
| Pages: 32 Size: 215.9x139.7mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, |
Published: November 2006 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Language teaching & learning material & coursework : Latin : Latin |
| List Price: 7.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1585102237 : 9781585102235 |
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| Scholastic Metaphysics Author: Edward Feser |
| This book provides an overview of Scholastic approaches to causation, substance, essence, modality, identity, persistence, teleology, and other issues in fundamental metaphysics. The book interacts heavily with the literature on these issues in contemporary analytic metaphysics, so as to facilitate the analytic reader's understanding of Scholastic ideas and the Scholastic reader's understanding of contemporary analytic philosophy. The Aristotelian theory of actuality and potentiality provides the organising theme, and the crucial dependence of Scholastic metaphysics on this theory is demonstrated. The book is written from a Thomistic point of view, but Scotist and Suarezian positions are treated as well where they diverge from the Thomistic position. |
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More from this Publisher: Editiones Scholasticae |
Published: March 2014 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy |
| List Price: 31.99 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 3868385444 : 9783868385441 |
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| Republic Author: Plato |
| This edition includes a select bibliography, a synopsis of each book, a glossary of terms, a glossary and index of names, and a general index. "Reeve's new translation of Republic is the one to order for students. . . . Reeve draws on his thorough understanding of Plato's central work to provide an informed translation and properly brief supporting apparatus. A highlight is the concise, substantive Introduction that usefully encapsulates much of Reeve's own scholarship." —P.W. Wakefield, in CHOICE |
| Pages: 392 Size: 228.6x152.4mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: September 2004 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 : Social & political philosophy : Political science & theory |
| List Price: 14.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872207366 : 9780872207363 |
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| Lingua Latina: Teacher's Materials/Key Author: Hans H. ørberg |
| Teacher's Materials contains teacher's materials and answer keys for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina Pars I) and Roma Aeterna (Lingua Latina Pars II) and answer keys for Exercitia Latina I and II. Hans ørberg's Lingua Latina per se illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes, giving students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation. Further information on Roma Aeterna and all titles in this widely adopted series can be be found at www.hackettpublishing.com. |
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Published: August 2005 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: linguistics : Language teaching & learning material & coursework : Latin : Latin |
| List Price: 24.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1585100749 : 9781585100743 |
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| Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings Author: Zhuangzi |
| Ideal for students and scholars alike, this edition of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) includes the complete Inner Chapters, extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, and judicious selections from two thousand years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. A glossary, brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, and an index are also included. |
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Published: March 2009 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy : China |
| List Price: 17.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872209113 : 9780872209114 |
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| The History of Rome, Books 1-5 Author: Livy |
| In addition to Valerie Warrior's crisp, fluent translation of the first five books of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita , this edition features a general introduction to Livy and his work, extensive foot-of-the-page notes offering essential contextual information, and a chronology of events. Three appendices--on the genealogies of the most prominent political figures in the early Republic, Livy's relationship with Augustus, and Livy's treatment of religion--offer additional insight into the author and the early history of Rome. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: September 2006 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: European history : Classical history / classical civilisation : Ancient Rome |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872207234 : 9780872207233 |
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| Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Author: Philip J. Ivanhoe & Bryan W. Van Norden (Edited by) |
| This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues Robber Zhi and White Horse ; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: December 2005 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy |
| List Price: 33.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872207803 : 9780872207806 |
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| Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels Author: Richard B. Hays |
| The claim that the events of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection took place "according to the Scriptures" stands at the heart of the New Testament's message. All four canonical Gospels declare that the Torah and the Prophets and the Psalms mysteriously prefigure Jesus. The author of the Fourth Gospel states this claim succinctly: in his narrative, Jesus declares, "If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me" (John 5:46). Yet modern historical criticism characteristically judges that the New Testament's christological readings of Israel's Scripture misrepresent the original sense of the texts; this judgment forces fundamental questions to be asked: Why do the Gospel writers read the Scriptures in such surprising ways? Are their readings intelligible as coherent or persuasive interpretations of the Scriptures? Does Christian faith require the illegitimate theft of someone else's sacred texts? Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels answers these questions. Richard B. Hays chronicles the dramatically different ways the four Gospel writers interpreted Israel's Scripture and reveals that their readings were as complementary as they were faithful. In this long-awaited sequel to his Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul , Hays highlights the theological consequences of the Gospel writers' distinctive hermeneutical approaches and asks what it might mean for contemporary readers to attempt to read Scripture through the eyes of the Evangelists. In particular, Hays carefully describes the Evangelists' practice of figural reading â€an imaginative and retrospective move that creates narrative continuity and wholeness. He shows how each Gospel artfully uses scriptural echoes to re-narrate Israel's story, to assert that Jesus is the embodiment of Israel's God, and to prod the church in its vocation to engage the pagan world. Hays shows how the Evangelists summon readers to a conversion of their imagination. The Evangelists' use of scriptural echo beckons readers to believe the extraordinary: that Jesus was Israel's Messiah, that Jesus is Israel's God, and that contemporary believers are still on mission. The Evangelists, according to Hays, are training our scriptural senses, calling readers to be better scriptural people by being better scriptural poets. |
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More from this Publisher: Baylor University Press |
Published: May 2017 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: New Testaments : Biblical studies & exegesis : Christian theology : Theology |
| List Price: 33.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1481305247 : 9781481305242 |
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| Cahier exercices anglais débutant Author: Helene Bauchart |
| Text in French: Ce cahier d exercices, très pratique et ludique, a été conçu spécialement pour les grands débutants en anglais. Près de 240 exercices à la progression étudiée et sous forme de jeux sont proposés, accompagnés de leurs corrigés. À la fin de chaque chapitre, vous pourrez également autoévaluer votre niveau de langue. Aucune dimension de la langue n a été oubliée : la grammaire, l orthographe, le vocabulaire, la conjugaison ou encore la prononciation. |
| Pages: 128 Size: Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Assimil |
Published: April 2016 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Language teaching & learning material & coursework |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 2700507002 : 9782700507003 |
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| The Five Quintets Author: Micheal O'Siadhail |
| The Five Quintets is both poetry and cultural history. It offers a sustained reflection on modernityâ€people and movementsâ€in poetic meter. Just as Dante, in his Divine Comedy , summed up the Middle Ages on the cusp of modernity, The Five Quintets takes stock of a late modern world on the cusp of the first-ever global century. Celebrated Irish poet Micheal O'Siadhail structures his Quintets to echo the Comedy . Where Dante had a tripartite structure ( Inferno , Purgatorio , and Paradiso ), O'Siadhail has a five-part structure, with each quintet devoted to a disciplineâ€the arts; economics; politics; science; and philosophy and theology. Each quintet is also marked by a different form: sonnets interspersed by haikus ("saikus"), iambic pentameter, terza rima, and two other invented forms. The Five Quintets captivates even as it instructs, exploring the ever-changing flow of ideas and the individuals whose contributions elicited change and reflected their times. The artists, economists, politicians, scientists, and philosophers O'Siadhail features lived complex lives, often full of contradictions. Others, though deeply rooted in their context, transcended their time and place and pointed beyond themselvesâ€even to us and to a time after modernity's reign. The ancient Horace commended literature that delivered "profit with delight." In The Five Quintets , Micheal O'Siadhail has done just that: he delights us in the present with his artistry, even as he reveals hidden treasures of our past and compels us toward the future. |
| Pages: 381 Size: 203x127mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Baylor University Press |
Published: July 2018 Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets : History : Social & cultural history : Christianity |
| List Price: 33.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1481307096 : 9781481307093 |
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| The Classical Utilitarians Author: Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill |
| This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other writings, including the complete text of his Remarks on Bentham's Philosophy. The selection from Mill's A System of Logic is of special relevance to the debate between those who read Mill as an Act-Utilitarian and those who interpret him as a Rule-Utilitarian. Also included are selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham, founder of modern Utilitarianism and mentor (together with James Mill) of John Stuart Mill. Bentham's Principles of Morals and Legislation had important effects on political and legal reform in his own time and continues to provide insights for political theorists and philosophers of law. Seven chapters of Bentham's Principles are here in their entirety, together with a number of shorter selections, including one in which Bentham repudiates the slogan often used to characterize his philosophy: The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number. John Troyer's Introduction presents the central themes and arguments of Bentham and Mill and assesses their relevance to current discussions of Utilitarianism. The volume also provides indexes, a glossary, and notes. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: March 2003 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Western philosophy, from c 1900 - : Ethics & moral philosophy : Psychological theory & schools of thought : Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) |
| List Price: 12.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872206491 : 9780872206496 |
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| Decisive Moments in History Author: Stefan Zweig |
| Contains 12 brief accounts by Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) of decisive historical moments in which an individual's will to discover, create, and transcend the limits imposed by the temporal and physical environment conflicts with the individual's inability to escape from the realities of their own nature. |
| Pages: 254 Size: 140x215mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Ariadne Press |
Published: January 1999 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: History |
| List Price: 20.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1572410671 : 9781572410671 |
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| On the Nature of Things Author: Lucretius |
| Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura --long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography. |
| Pages: 262 Size: 1x1mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: September 2001 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Phenomenology & Existentialism |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872205878 : 9780872205871 |
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| Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Author: Immanuel Kant |
| This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February, 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: December 2001 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : History of Western philosophy : Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology : Ethics & moral philosophy |
| List Price: 13.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872205932 : 9780872205932 |
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| Beyond Freedom and Dignity Author: B. F. Skinner |
| In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B. F. Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society. Insisting that the problems of the world today can be solved only by dealing much more effectively with human behavior, Skinner argues that our traditional concepts of freedom and dignity must be sharply revised. They have played an important historical role in our struggle against many kinds of tyranny, he acknowledges, but they are now responsible for the futile defense of a presumed free and autonomous individual; they are perpetuating our use of punishment and blocking the development of more effective cultural practices. Basing his arguments on the massive results of the experimental analysis of behavior he pioneered, Skinner rejects traditional explanations of behavior in terms of states of mind, feelings, and other mental attributes in favor of explanations to be sought in the interaction between genetic endowment and personal history. He argues that instead of promoting freedom and dignity as personal attributes, we should direct our attention to the physical and social environments in which people live. It is the environment rather than humankind itself that must be changed if the traditional goals of the struggle for freedom and dignity are to be reached. Beyond Freedom and Dignity urges us to reexamine the ideals we have taken for granted and to consider the possibility of a radically behaviorist approach to human problems--one that has appeared to some incompatible with those ideals, but which envisions the building of a world in which humankind can attain its greatest possible achievements. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: March 2002 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Literature: history & criticism : Literary studies: classical, early & medieval : Western philosophy, from c 1900 - : Psychological theory & schools of thought : Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) |
| List Price: 15.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872206270 : 9780872206274 |
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| Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution Author: A V Dicey |
| A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions. Dicey's goal was "to provide students with a manual which may impress these leading principles on their minds, and thus may enable them to study with benefit in Blackstone's Commentaries and other treatises of the like nature those legal topics which, taken together, make up the constitutional law of England." |
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More from this Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc. |
Published: January 1982 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Comparative law : Constitutional & administrative law |
| List Price: 10.95 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0865970033 : 9780865970038 |
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| Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery Author: Moshe Schein & Paul N Rogers & Ari Leppaniemi & Danny Rosin & Jonathan E Efron |
| This, the 4th edition of Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery, builds on the reputation of the three previous editions. Already a worldwide benchmark, translated into half a dozen languages, this book guides surgical trainees logically through the minefields of assessment and management of acute surgical abdominal conditions. General surgery as a concept may have been overtaken in many parts of the world by the development of niche specialties, but the need for a cohort of generalists able to deal competently with common surgical emergencies has not gone away. If you recognise this need then this is the book for you! Tyro surgeons and experienced practitioners alike will benefit from the distilled wisdom contained in these pages. The direct, no nonsense, writing style, supported by entertaining cartoons, gives clear guidance while at the same time providing amusing insights into our collective surgical psyche. NOT a standard textbook. Buy it! You will not regret it. Some new editors and authors enhance the new edition. Almost all chapters have been revised to take account of new concepts and modern developments. New chapters have been added and some completely rewritten often with a new emphasis on the importance of a laparoscopic approach.' |
| Pages: 650 Size: 235x135mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: August 2015 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery |
| List Price: 69.99 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1910079111 : 9781910079119 |
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| Fabulae Syrae Author: Luigi Miraglia (Edited by) |
| A basic knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating ancient culture, art history and even modern literature. This delightful assortment of fifty captivating myths of Rome and Athens provides extended readings selected or adapted from the works of ancient authors which not only introduce readers to the essential legends of Roman literature but also cement the grammar and vocabulary taught in an introductory course of Latin. Each selection of Fabulae Syrae corresponds to a chapter in Familia Romana, allowing you to read stories that are perfectly on grade level, and thereby rapidly build comprehension and confidence as you enjoy the adventures of men and mischief of gods. The collection begins with the adventure of Pygmalion, the Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory, and ends with nearly 200 verses of original Latin from books two and three of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The vignettes are annotated with helpful margin notes and are accompanied by beautiful historic woodcut illustrations. The volume contains two appendices: a list of vocabulary and a glossary of proper names. Fabulae Syrae can be used concurrently with Familia Romana for further enrichment or as a review text after completing Familia Romana. It is, however, also a stand-alone work and could also be used as a reader in mythology separate from the Lingua Latina per se Illustrata series. New vocabulary is kept to an absolute minimum, so the reader can truly enjoy the readings, while focusing on a mastery of the grammar and essential vocabulary taught in the Familia Romana. Features include: Readings linked to each chapter of Familia Romana from XXVI to XXXIV Fifty of the most important tales of ancient mythology Every word, cover to cover, is in Latin with vowel lengths marked Approximately 18,500 Latin words in length Approximately 500 new vocabulary words are taught Helpful margin notes Picks up where Colloquia Personarum ends Perfect for home-schoolers, as it covers the material of a course in ancient mythology Indices of vocabulary and proper names |
| Pages: 144 Size: 279.4x215.9mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, |
Published: September 2011 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Language teaching & learning material & coursework : Latin : Latin |
| List Price: 19.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1585104280 : 9781585104284 |
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| Multiple Choice Questions in Intensive Care Medicine Author: Steve Benington & Peter Nightingale & Maire Shelly |
| This book will provide 300 practice MCQs divided into three practice papers. Correct answers will follow, accompanied by short referenced notes drawing from recent important journal articles, major critical care textbooks and selected internet resources. Since there is no other dedicated intensive care MCQ book on the market, this book would be relevant to the following groups: junior intensive care trainees, senior intensive care nursing staff wishing to enhance their medical knowledge, intensive care consultants as a teaching aid and trainees preparing for professional examinations. This MCQ book will also be ideal in preparation for the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) Part 1 examination, as the questions will be matched as closely as possible in style and difficulty to those in the EDIC Part 1. The EDIC is an internationally recognised qualification for medical trainees in intensive care, set by the European Society for Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). It is a two-part examination consisting of a 100-question multiple choice paper (Part 1) and a clinical and viva voce examination (Part 2). To ensure relevance, the questions will be designed with reference to the training syllabus provided by the ESICM. |
| Pages: 276 Size: 150x210mm Illustrations: tables & charts
More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: February 2009 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Intensive care medicine |
| List Price: 30.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1903378648 : 9781903378649 |
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| The Trial and Death of Socrates Author: Plato |
| The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. |
| Pages: 64 Size: 215.9x139.7mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: December 2000 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 |
| List Price: 7.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872205541 : 9780872205543 |
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| Through Belgian Eyes Author: Helen MacEwan |
| Charlotte Brontë’s years in Belgium (1842–43) had a huge influence both on her life and her work. It was in Brussels that she not only honed her writing skills but fell in love and lived through the experiences that inspired two of her four novels: her first, The Professor, and her last and in many ways most interesting, Villette. Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels and letters – her love for her tutor Heger, her uncomplimentary remarks about Belgians, the powerful effect on her imagination of living abroad. But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Brontë? What has her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators responded to her portrayal of their capital city and their society? ‘Through Belgian Eyes’ explores a wide range of responses from across the Channel, from the hostile to the enthusiastic. In the process, it examines what The Professor and Villette tell Belgian readers about their capital in the 1840s and provides a wealth of detail on the Brussels background to the two novels. Unlike Paris and London, Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature. That makes Villette, considered by many to be Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830, and just before modernisation and expansion transformed the city out of all recognition from the ‘villette’ (small town) that Charlotte knew. Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign visitors and of the Belgians themselves. The story of Charlotte Brontë’s Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her personality and writing. |
| Pages: 272 Size: 229x152mm Illustrations: 60 colour & b/w illus
More from this Publisher: Sussex Academic Press |
Published: November 2017 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: literary : Literature: history & criticism : European history : Belgium |
| List Price: 19.95 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1845199103 : 9781845199104 |
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| Meditations on First Philosophy Author: René Descartes |
| Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy , the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style. |
| Pages: 72 Size: 215.9x136.52mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: October 1993 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : History of Western philosophy |
| List Price: 9.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872201929 : 9780872201927 |
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| Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy Author: Bryan W. Van Norden |
| This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable and perhaps is most important, it ranges over of rich set of competing options. It also, with admirable self-consciousness, presents a number of daring attempts to relate those options to philosophical figures and movements from the West. I recommend it very highly.--Lee H. Yearley, Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor, Religious Studies, Stanford University |
| Pages: 289 Size: 228.6x152.4mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: March 2011 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Oriental & Indian philosophy |
| List Price: 19.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1603844686 : 9781603844680 |
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| Key Questions in Thoracic Surgery Author: Narain Moorjani & Nicola Viola & William S Walker |
| Following on from the success of the international best-seller "Key Questions in Cardiac Surgery", the long-awaited "Key Questions in Thoracic Surgery" will be the next book in the Key Questions series to be released. This book will systematically cover all the main topics involved in the current practice of a thoracic surgeon. It will incorporate current guidelines for practice (such as from the American College of Chest Physicians, British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society) and up-to-date information based on current literature. Each chapter will be structured to include aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, indications for surgery, perioperative management, surgical options and postoperative care. Possible complications will be discussed and the results of current practice presented. Importantly, there will be a section on basic sciences related to the practising thoracic surgeon and a further section on thoracic investigations with many images illustrating the variety of pathologies. Each chapter will also contain important references for further reading and greater depth of knowledge. The data and body of knowledge presented in this book is strictly evidence-based and is relevant to all thoracic surgical trainees, at any stage of their training programme. It will provide residents, fellows and specialist registrars the necessary information to carry out their daily duties. Respiratory physicians and thoracic intensive care unit specialists will also find the book useful in terms of the indications and surgical management of these patients, as they are integral to the thoracic surgical process. Another important group is the nursing staff, physiotherapists and other professions allied to medicine working with patients with adult thoracic disease either pre-operatively or post-operatively, as it will help to give a detailed understanding of the principles surrounding thoracic surgical disease. Most importantly, the book is ideal as a revision aid for residents/registrars undertaking their Cardiothoracic Surgery Board examinations around the world. Although these examinations vary in format in different countries, this book is applicable to all cardiothoracic surgical trainees. Its concise, yet complete coverage of the important topics, make it the ideal guide to answer the key questions in thoracic surgery that are asked within the confines of an examination. |
| Pages: 1068 Size: 235x150mm Illustrations:
More from this Publisher: TFM Publishing Ltd |
Published: August 2015 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Cardiothoracic surgery |
| List Price: 75.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1903378869 : 9781903378861 |
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| Destroyer of the gods Author: Larry W. Hurtado |
| "Silly," "stupid," "irrational," "simple." "Wicked," "hateful," "obstinate," "anti-social." "Extravagant," "perverse." The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianityâ€including branding Christianity "new." Novelty was no Roman religious virtue. Nevertheless, as Larry W. Hurtado shows in Destroyer of the gods , Christianity thrived despite its new and distinctive features and opposition to them. Unlike nearly all other religious groups, Christianity utterly rejected the traditional gods of the Roman world. Christianity also offered a new and different kind of religious identity, one not based on ethnicity. Christianity was distinctively a "bookish" religion, with the production, copying, distribution, and reading of texts as central to its faith, even preferring a distinctive book-form, the codex. Christianity insisted that its adherents behave differently: unlike the simple ritual observances characteristic of the pagan religious environment, embracing Christian faith meant a behavioral transformation, with particular and novel ethical demands for men. Unquestionably, to the Roman world, Christianity was both new and different, and, to a good many, it threatened social and religious conventions of the day. In the rejection of the gods and in the centrality of texts, early Christianity obviously reflected commitments inherited from its Jewish origins. But these particular features were no longer identified with Jewish ethnicity and early Christianity quickly became aggressively trans-ethnicâ€a novel kind of religious movement. Its ethical teaching, too, bore some resemblance to the philosophers of the day, yet in contrast with these great teachers and their small circles of dedicated students, early Christianity laid its hard demands upon all adherents from the moment of conversion, producing a novel social project. Christianity's novelty was no badge of honor. Called atheists and suspected of political subversion, Christians earned Roman disdain and suspicion in equal amounts. Yet, as Destroyer of the gods demonstrates, in an irony of history the very features of early Christianity that rendered it distinctive and objectionable in Roman eyes have now become so commonplace in Western culture as to go unnoticed. Christianity helped destroy one world and create another. |
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More from this Publisher: Baylor University Press |
Published: May 2017 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Classical history / classical civilisation : History of religion : Church history : Christian institutions & organizations : Ancient Rome |
| List Price: 19.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 1481304747 : 9781481304740 |
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| Rationalism in Politics & Other Essays Author: Michael Oakeshott |
| Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of 'reason' in rationalist politics. Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly 'scientific' or rationalistic principles that ignore the wealth and variety of human experience. "Rationalism in politics," says Oakeshott, "involves a misconception with regard to the nature of human knowledge." History has shown that it produces unexpected, often disastrous results. "Having cut himself off from the traditional knowledge of his society, and denied the value of any education more extensive than a training in a technique of analysis," the Rationalist succeeds only in undermining the institutions that hold civilized society together. In this regard, rationalism in politics is "a corruption of the mind." |
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More from this Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc. |
Published: January 1991 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Political science & theory |
| List Price: 10.95 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0865970955 : 9780865970953 |
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| Confessions Author: Augustine |
| Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions , the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. New to this edition are a wealth of notes on literary, philosophical, biblical, historical, and liturgical topics by Michael P. Foley, an Editor's Preface, a map, a timeline, paragraph numbers in the text, a glossary, and a thorough index. The text itself has been completely reset, with textual and explanatory notes placed at the foot of the page for easy reference. |
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More from this Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company |
Published: September 2006 Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 |
| List Price: 13.00 Pounds Sterling
ISBN10-13: 0872208168 : 9780872208162 |
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