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Sellars, John

The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato's Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all of which created a vibrant philosophical landscape. Many of the ideas now associated with early modern and enlightenment phi...

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan / Clare West

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring th...

Sarah Dilger

Take your students on a language-learning journey with activities, songs, and videos that will build confidence and develop the skills needed for primary school.Teaching with Learn English with Dora the Explorer is fun and effortless with a flexible package of resources to support your classes. ...

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Angeline Stoll Lillard

Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children's learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. School reforms repeatedly fail by not penetrating these models. One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on h...

James Lovelock

n this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that life is passive in the face of threats to its exis...

Orde F. Kittrie

International military interventions endanger soldier and civilian lives, can be financially costly, and risk spiraling out of control. One incident which exemplified the risks involved a US and UK wish to stop a Russian ship from delivering helicopter gunships to the Assad regime in Syria inu003cbru003e2012. Forcibly intercepting a Russian ship in transit could have risked Wor...

Richard Dawkins

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. u003cpu003eAs influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in ...

Patrick Jackson / Susan Banman Sileci / Kathleen Kampa / Charles Vilina

Everybody Up gets students talking about the real world. Posters, videos, stories, and songs link English to other school subjects and universal values, developing global citizens with 21st century skills.NEW Posters and documentary-style videos - We've enhanced the cross-curricular lessons with new videos to bring theoutside world into the classroom, and colorful posters to sp...

Braithwaite, Rodric

Gioia, Ted

Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic--acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the latest research and revisiting virtually every aspect of the music, past and present.Gioia tells the story of jazz as it had never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portr...

Luciano Cian

Luciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including its dynamics, utilisation, and sciences, and (2) the elaboration and application of information-theoretic and computational methodologies to...

Y. Subbarayalu

This book explores different aspects of state-society interactions in medieval south India under the reign of the Cholas. Divided into two parts-Epigraphy and History, and State and Society-the first provides an in-depth analysis of Tamil epigraphy and inscriptions. While interpreting inscriptional terminology, it discusses the socio-economic milieu, merchant guilds, and other ...

Marcus Aurelius (Marco Aurelio)

'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront chal...

Luciano Cian

This book brings together the outcome of ten years of research. It is based on a simple project, which was begun towards the end of the 1990s: information is a crucial concept, which deserves a thorough philosophical investigation. So the book lays down the conceptual foundations of a new area of research: the philosophy of information. It does so systematically, by pursuing th...

Valls, Manuel / Delisio, Norberto

A finales de 1938, Manuel y su madre enferma intentan alejarse del hambre, el frío y los bombardeos que sacuden la ciudad de Barcelona. En su huida hacia el exilio tendrán que recorrer un largo camino salpicado de peligros y sinsabores. Manuel, solo y al límite de su resistencia física, conseguirá sobrevivir gracias a la amistad y generosidad de héroes anónimos que se cruzan en...

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including `The Red-Headed League', `The Blue Carbuncle', and `The Speckled Band'. Alt...

John Galsworthy

Hesiod / West, M. L.

Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the Titans. In contrast, Works and Days is a compendium of moral and practical advice on husbandry, and throws unique and fascina...

Dickens, Charles

Following his father's death John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance, but he finds he is eligible only if he marries Bella Wilfur. To observe her character he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. Disguise and concealment play an important role in the novel and individual identity is examined...

The information students need to understand over 6,000 common phrasal verbs and use them correctly. ...

Margot F. Gramer

TheBasic Oxford Picture Dictionary contains 1,200 essential words under 12 topics and addresses the immediate language needs of beginners.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e · Presents 1,200 essential words and phrases.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e · Full-color illustrations present clearly labeled vocabulary words in large, easy-to-read type.u003cbru003e u003cbru00...

Alexander, Christopher

"Brilliant....Here's how to design or redesign any space you're living or working in--from metropolis to room. Consider what you want to happen in the space, and then page through this book. Its radically conservative observations will spark, enhance, organize your best ideas, and a wondrous home, workplace, town will result"--San Francisco Chronicle. This classic handbook pres...

Norma Shapiro

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Tolstoi, Lev (Leon)

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Jon And Lesley Lovett-Doust

This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. The contributors discuss conceptual issues, showing the importance of sex allocation, sexual selection and inclusive fitness, and the dimensions of paternity and maternity in plants. The evolution...

Michael J. Kaiser / Martin J. Attrill / Simon Jennings / David N. Thomas / David K. A. Barnes

The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide a valuable source of food to billions of people. However, despite its fundamental impact on our lives, many aspects of the marine environment remain a mystery to us.Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts, Second Edition, offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of mar...