“…Through this image - and the intersecting lives of a brilliant philosopher, a Catholic priest, and a gifted painter - Steven Nadler opens up a fascinating portal into Descartes' life and times, skillfully presenting an accessible introduction to Descartes' philosophical and scientific ideas, and an illuminating tour of the volatile political and religious environment of the Dutch Golden Age. …”

“…What role does the development of knowledge and understanding play in living a good life? These are all questions that were robustly taken up by the philosopher of education, R.S. …”

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“…It’s not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It’s the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. …”
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“…Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. …”
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“…Through her desire to draw the relationship between a blocking out of death and a life lived in confinement into one’s consciousness this study makes a contribution to religious education and counselling when dealing with the subject of life and death. …”

“…William Doyle, the author of the classic text on the French Revolution, guides the reader through a historical event of such import and consequence that we are still living with its developments today. Beginning with a discussion of the familiar images of the French Revolution, Doyle continues on to a brief survey of the old regime and how it collapsed. …”
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“…This introduction explains in a readable, lively style how modernism emerged, how it is defined, and how it developed in different forms and genres. …”
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“…My purpose was to make their lives a little easier and less anxious. The six prescribed titles from which they choose a title for the TOK essay they are required to write for the IB Organization are typically very lofty, even for graduate students in philosophy. …”

“…One in three women giving birth is unmarried, and the proportion of children under 18 living in single-parent families rose from 23 to 31 percent between 1980 and 2000, reflecting increased rates of both nonmarital childbearing and divorce. …”
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“…In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. …”
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“…Placing the work of present-day American philosophers in the context of a history of resistance, through a philosophical tradition marked by a commitment to pluralism, fallibilism and liberation, this book tells the story of a philosophy shaped by major events that call for reflection and illustrates the ways in which philosophy is relevant to lived experience. This book presents a survey of the historical development of American philosophy, as well as coverage of key contemporary issues in America including race theory, feminism, indigenous peoples, and environmentalism and is the ideal introduction to the work of the major American thinkers, past and present, and the sheer breadth of their ideas and influence…”

“…Emotions suffuse our lives: a symphony of feeling - usually whispering and murmuring in pianissimo but occasionally screaming and shouting in fortissimo crescendo - filling every waking moment and even invading our dreams. …”

“…Who would the Saviour have to be, what would the Saviour have to do to rescue human beings from the meaning-destroying experiences of their lives? This 2006 book offers a systematic Christology that is at once biblical and philosophical. …”

“…The author then addresses questions of biography, gender, genre and the varied roles of the courtier, expanding the perspective of Castiglione's text to include the lives and writings of other courtiers and patrons. …”

“…Zareer Masani's biography of this vastly influential figure captures a brilliant, eccentric, contradictory man, and the complex times that he lived in. Macaulay is a glimpse into what it felt like to be at the centre of power in a global empire, ruling over hundreds of millions of Indian subjects and shaping the destiny of a subcontinent…”

“…Written in a fresh and lively style and supported by a strong analytical framework, the sixth edition of Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations continues to provide students with a relevant and exciting examination of a subject that can seem remote and difficult. …”

“…Full of drama and colourful characters, her memoir highlights the dangers and drudgery faced by Westerners living under communism. Moscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. …”
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“…But the economic shocks of the 1970s made promises of better living untenable on both sides of the Iron Curtain. …”

“…The post-conflict relationship between the living and the dead, the contestation of memories and legacies of war in cultural and political discourses, and the significance of generations are key threads binding the collection together.While not claiming to be the definitive study of so vast a subject, the collection nevertheless presents a series of enlightening historical and cultural perspectives from leading scholars in the field, and it pushes back the boundaries of the burgeoning field of the study of legacies and memories of war. …”