“…Janet Nelson, however, reveals an able and resourceful ruler who, under challenging conditions, maintained and enhanced royal authority, and held together the kingdom that, outlasting the Carolingians themselves, in due course became France…”

“…Both were gifted young psychology professors -- Kahneman a rootless son of holocaust survivors who saw the world as a problem to be solved; Tversky a voluble, instinctive blur of energy. …”

“…It will also appeal to practicing teachers and educationalists who wish to engage with philosophical approaches to contemporary educational issues…”

“…This study sets up in-depth encounters between Deleuze's thought and some of the writers who fascinated him (T.E. Lawrence, Melville, D.H. …”
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“…Creativity in Engineering: Novel Solutions to Complex Problems focuses on creativity research, including what we know about those who are creative, what products are creative, the best processes for fostering creativity, and the ways the best environments for creativity can be applied to the engineering realm. …”

“…What is it that people who do research actually do? Should all academics do research or should some confine themselves to teaching? …”
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“…Einstein, Relativity and Absolute Simultaneity is an anthology of original essays by an international team of leading philosophers and physicists who, on the centenary of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, come together in this volume to reassess the contemporary paradigm of the relativistic concept of time. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting Some Fun Out Of Life 11. Who Wants Love? 12. Trav'lin' All Alone 13. He's Funny That Way 14. …”

“…This is a daily prayer book for the Ordinariate - those former Anglicans who have recently become a distinct part of the Roman Catholic Church. …”

“…Finding answers to the fundamental questions of being is the essence of philosophy. Who we are? Where do we come from? Where are we heading? …”

“…A wonderfully produced film with stunning photography, The Crayfish in the Jam Jar is an intimate portrait of a habitat, its wildlife and a man who has lived there all his life. Located in Southern Germany, the Isen Valley is a small unknown paradise where small-scale agriculture and wildlife still coexist…”

“…Farley reflects on the concrete experiences of people who strive to be faithful to what they have claimed to love: 'My concern is to name something that I think is, after all, common to all of our lives - an experience, a reality, perhaps a problem, a challenge, something that is sometimes a source of joy, sometimes a cause of tragedy'. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sleeping on the sidewalk = Durmiendo en la acera / May. Who needs you = ¿Quién te necesita? / Deacon. It's late = Es tarde / May. …”

“…The book influenced 17th-century Ottoman historians who used the theories in the book to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire. 19th-century European scholars also acknowledged the significance of the book and considered Ibn Khaldun as one of the greatest philosophers to come out of the Muslim world. …”

“…Paul House shows how Daniel rewards readers who embrace its historical, literary and theological features as key means of personal and community formation -- Contracubierta…”

“…While many of his immediate predecessors and contemporaries, from Adam Smith to Godwin and Thoreau, had celebrated liberty, it was Mill who organized the idea into a philosophy, and put it into the form in which it is generally known today. …”

“…There are Christians who in mid-life decide to abandon their Christian faith and become Buddhists. …”

“…This comprehensive examination of classical sociological theory introduces readers to the life, times, and ideas of the figures who have had the greatest influence on the development of the field. …”

“…Williams by turns ruminative, stalked by "the conscience-beast, who harries me," and "riven by idiot vigor, voracious as the youth I was for whom everything was going too slowly, too slowly." …”