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Philosophy of Science Today offers a state-of-the-art guide to this fast-developing area. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology, and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology, and psychology.

The Blue Giraffe" is a collection about attachment and loss, connection and discovery, reaching across species to include the four-legged, the winged and the rooted. The poems, written over four decades, invite the reader to enter worlds both strange and familiar, and to tarry in small snapshot moments and unexpected places. And above all, to look for the next frost and thaw, the next dream and gleaning, the next moment of ohana-- not around t...

It's the summer of George Wallace's last run for governor of Alabama in 1982, and the state is at a crossroads. In Katherine Clark's All the Governor's Men, a political comedy of manners that reimagines Wallace's last campaign, voters face a clear choice between the infamous segregationist and a progressive young candidate poised to liberate the state from its poisoned past.

A satirical comedy of manners featuring the morbidly obese Norman Laney, an unorthodox, inspirational English teacher and college counsellor for an elite private school in Mountain Brook, a privileged community outside of Birmingham. A natural wonder from blue-collar Alabama, Laney has barged into the exclusive world of Mountain Brook on the strength of his sensational figure and its several-hundred-pound commitment to art and culture.

Excerpt from Verses I saw her once, a year ago, and still she flits Across my fancy like a gilded butterfly Flits across the flower-scented air of summer, With just such graceful abandon. I see her yet, her long brown curls, wherein the light and shadow Strove for mastery. Her eyes (I can't describe their color) but they shone Like planets in a winter heaven. And flashed from gray to black in merriment or anger. Her cheeks were soft ...

Sam is too small to fly kites with his older brother and sister, but, with the help of some seagulls, a large white shirt, and a strong wind, Sam amazes his siblings and himself. Vibrant illustrations bring to life this heartwarming story about a young boy able to find greatness in his smallness.

Katherine Clark's The Harvard Bride begins with the lavish Mountain Brook wedding of Daniel Dobbs and Caroline Elmore, college sweethearts introduced in Clark's second novel, All the Governor's Men. Picking up where the previous novel ended, The Harvard Bride is a wry comedy of manners and portrait of a marriage.

Katherine Clark's fourth Mountain Brook novel is a satirical comedy of manners about a prominent Alabama family living across the street from the Birmingham Country Club. The house happens to be where the writer Walker Percy lived as a child with his family until his father committed suicide in the attic with a shotgun.

Planning to become a parent is a profound experience, at times agonizing, hopeful, stressful, and joyous. Not everyone is able to become pregnant, however. When the journey to parenthood proves challenging, "Planning Parenthood "will guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. Specialist authors first describe fertility assistance, surrogacy, and adoption, clearly outlining the requirements of...

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