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The second part of an exceptionally comprehensive selection of the writing of George Santayana (1863 1952).

This study highlights that both Corneille and Racine were living writers, struggling to create developing forms within the strait-jacket of neo-classical decorum.

In this 1970 introduction to philosophy Mr Taylor concentrates on two central topics - explanation and meaning.

Auch wenn keine Zitate aus Zarathustras Gathas vorliegen, ist doch in der Form der Paraphrase, in der im Hellenismus persisches Gut aufgenommen wurde, zervanistische Theologie im vielen sethianischen Schriften erkennbar. Persische Einflüsse auf Täufergruppen reichen bis in deren Gründungszeiten zurück, verkoppelt mit pythagoreischen, stoischen und babylonischen Einflüssen. Diese werden über das babylonische, persische und ägyptische Diasporaju...

Collected here are both The Constitution of the United States of America, with all of it's amendments and The Constitution of the Confederate States of America. The U. S. Constitution is the bed rock on which our nation was founded on. Included here with it is the Confederate Constitution. This document has in many ways influenced the U.S. Constitution and American politics in general with its views on state's rights, the line item veto, and t...

The anticancer drug imatinib has transformed the treatment and prognosis of chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor. However, the treatment must be taken indefinitely and is not devoid of inconveniences and toxicity. Moreover, resistance or escape from disease control are occurring. Considering the large interindividual differences in the function of the enzymatic and transport systems involved in imatinib disposition, expo...

Our Earth supports about 10 million species of plants and animals, which have been the result of 3 billion years of evolution involving mutation, recombination and natural selection. The book "Environment and Biodiversity" provides a comprehensive and critical review of the work done on different areas of the subject. The book contains eight chapters, which include information on the detail investigations of the biodiversity of Sunderbans, bio...

This book provides a timely examination of the relationship between place and being from a Western cultural perspective. Karrow''s commentary on our everyday displacements from nature, culture, and ourselves, convincingly captures our modern condition. Bringing this characterization into the realm of education, Karrow draws upon Martin Heidegger''s critique of technology to critically examine modern schooling. As an antidote to the overly tech...

When we talk about rights-based perspective, the excluded and disadvantaged masses are taken into special consideration in juxtaposition with the majority. There is a dire need to raise issues of marginalization and exclusion by addressing the kind of diversity acknowledged in existing mainstream policies and practices, and questioning the need for added policies that extend opportunities of mainstreaming for marginalized masses. Marginalized ...

This book is a must read for students and persons interested in the public policy issues of the anglo-phone Caribbean. The book examines the evolution of public policy in Guyana during the period of so-called 'radical nationalism'' (under Burnham) and its aftermath (under Hoyte). The author brings forward both new lines of arguments and new bodies of material. In his consideration of the Burnham era he demonstrated the complicated ways in whic...

Orren and Skowronek survey past and current 'APD' scholarship and outline a course of study for the future.

Characters: 2m, 3f /Dramatic Comedy From the co-creator of the hit HBO series 'Big Love' comes an epic slice of history centering on 1970s Alabama politics. Beautiful, divorced beauty queen Cornelia Folsom is a force of nature who works her way into the heart of Governor George Wallace. Together they plan to take over the state and then the White House until an assassination attempt halts his presidential campaign. But no obstacle is too great...

In his first adventure, Colonel Daniel Archer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was ensnared in a complex government scheme labeled, The Oasis Plan. Now, the Colonel is once again the centerpiece of an ever-deepening mystery. Based in Las Vegas, Archer is joined by a relentless young reporter who uses her charm and ambition to uncover a secret in the desert that the government will do anything to protect. Colonel Archer knows the truth, but ...

Although traditional manufacturing (textiles, clothing, footwear, furniture) has been in decline in developed countries, it still represents an important part of European employment due to its labour-intensive character. This book explains the differences observed in the impact of globalization.

Charlie and Kate Kraus are living a relatively normal life when Jenny, Charlie's ninety-year-old mother, suffering from senile dementia, comes to live with their family-none of whom she actually remembers. Although she knows no one in her new home, Jenny is about to play a major role in the lives of everyone she meets. Kate is more cosmopolitan than her chemistry professor husband Charlie, but has been perfectly content to stay home to raise t...

American Invasions: Canada to Afghanistan, 1775 to 2010 is a thought-provoking analysis of the reasons for American invasions and warmongering over the last two centuries. Contrary to the views expressed by the Western media and Western historians the American Empire is not a force for the promotion of free thinking and democracy but instead a force for imperial conquests and imposed dictatorships through the use of a military-industrial compl...

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Sometimes when you go looking for answers, the answer is just outside your window. Of course, that does depend on what the question is. Penelope Dyan explores the answer to one question and finds her answer by looking just outside the window. Can you guess what the question is? If someone told you to look outside your window, then what would you see? What answers would you find. Penelope Dyan is an award winning internationally known writer an...

Mia receives a very special pair of shoes from her grandmother, which she believes possess magical powers. After she grows out of her lovely red slippers, she realizes the magic of her shoes comes not from simply possessing them but from wearing them. Struggling with a desire to keep her shoes, Mia ultimately makes the decision to share them with a friend, who will be able to wear and love them, only to then discover that the magic of her ruby...

Between Politics and Markets examines how the decline of central planning in post-Mao China was related to the rise of two markets--an economic market for the exchange of products and factors, and a political market for the diversion to private interests of state assets and authorities. Lin reveals their concurrent development through an account of how industrial firms competed their way out of the plan through exchange relations with one anot...