ilość książek w kategorii: 85
Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astro-Physicists
ISBN: 9780198570998 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they inherited. They showed that celestial objects are composed of the same materials as the earth and that they behave in the same way. They displaced successively the earth, the sun and finally the milky way galaxy from being the centre of the universe.
This book contains their biographies and outlines their greatest discoveries. Hard work, physical insight, desire for fame and a strong belief in the... Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dram...
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350,58 zł |
Psalmody and Prayer in the Writings of Evagrius Ponticus
ISBN: 9780199273201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Evagrius Ponticus was the most prolific writer of the Christian Desert Fathers. This book is a study of his life, works, and theology. It gives particular attention to his little-studied exegetical treatises, especially the Scholia on Psalms, as well as his better-known works, in order to present a more balanced picture of Evagrius the monk.
Evagrius Ponticus was the most prolific writer of the Christian Desert Fathers. This book is a study of his life, works, and theology. It gives partic...
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675,74 zł |
William Empson: Against the Christians, Volume II
ISBN: 9780199276608 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 824 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century.
Against the Christians begins during the Second World War and follows Empson's turbulent years of writing wartime propaganda for the BBC. As Chinese Editor, he organized broadcasts to China and propaganda programs for the Home Service, during which time his friends and colleagues included the prickly George Orwell. The effectiveness of Empson's work for the BBC provoked... Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one...
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166,44 zł |
The Troubles of Templeless Judah
ISBN: 9780199283866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The time of the Babylonian capitivity (c.587-539 BCE) is of seminal importance for the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as for the religious development of Judaism. Previous studies of this era have usually privileged the perspective of the community of captives (the Golah), and the period is known as the "Exilic Age." Jill Middlemas challenges this consensus, arguing that the Golah community represents only one viewpoint, and that the experiences and contributions of the majority of the Judaean population, those who remained in Judah, need to be more fully appreciated.
The time of the Babylonian capitivity (c.587-539 BCE) is of seminal importance for the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as for the religious deve...
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479,69 zł |
Sipri Yearbook 2005: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security
ISBN: 9780199284016 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The 36th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyzes key developments in 2004 in security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; non-proliferation; arms control; and disarmament. This major publication will also contain extensive annexes on arms control and disarmament agreements, and a chronology of security- and arms-control related events.
The 36th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyzes key developments in 2004 in security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; non-proliferation...
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819,19 zł |
Christian Philosophical Theology
ISBN: 9780199284597 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Christian Philosophical Theology constitutes a Christian philosopher's look at various crucial topics in Christian theology, including belief in God, the nature of God, the Trinity, christology, the resurrection of Jesus, the general resurrection, redemption, and theological method. The book is tightly argued, and amounts to a coherent explanation of and case for the Christian world view. Although written from a broadly Reformed Protestant perspective, and although the author does not avoid controversial topics, his aim is to present a merely Christian' world view (to adapt slightly C. S....
Christian Philosophical Theology constitutes a Christian philosopher's look at various crucial topics in Christian theology, including belief in God, ...
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568,16 zł |
The Lives of the Poets: Volume I
ISBN: 9780199284795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Johnson himself wrote in 1782: "I know not that I have written any thing more generally commended than the Lives of the Poets." Always recognized as a major biographical and critical achievement, Samuel Johnson's last literary project is also one of his most readable and entertaining, written with characteristic eloquence and conviction, and at times with combative trenchancy.
Johnson's fifty-two biographies constitute a detailed survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to his own time, with extended discussions of Cowley, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Addison, Prior,... Johnson himself wrote in 1782: "I know not that I have written any thing more generally commended than the Lives of the Poets." Always recognized as a...
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1118,05 zł |
Understanding the Fourth Gospel
ISBN: 9780199297610 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this fully revised new edition of a pioneering study of John's gospel, John Ashton explores fresh topics and takes account of the latest scholarly debates. Ashton argues first that the thought-world of the gospel is Jewish, not Greek, and secondly that the text is many-layered, not simple, and composed over an extended period as the evangelist responded to the changing situation of the community he was addressing. Ashton seeks to provide new and coherent answers to what Rudolf Bultmann called the two great riddles of the gospel: its position in the development of Christian thought and its...
In this fully revised new edition of a pioneering study of John's gospel, John Ashton explores fresh topics and takes account of the latest scholarly ...
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592,06 zł |
Christians in the American Empire: Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order
ISBN: 9780195188097 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation, and that the American founding and the American Constitution can be linked to a Christian understanding of the state and society. Vincent Rougeau argues that the United States has become an economic empire of consumer citizens, led by elites who seek to secure American political and economic dominance around the world. Freedom and democracy for the oppressed are the public themes put forward to justify this dominance, but the driving force...
What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation...
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180,79 zł |
Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa: An Optimistic Guide to Understanding and Healing
ISBN: 9780195340808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Emotionally and physically devastating, anorexia nervosa is the third most common chronic illness in teenage girls, striking one in every two hundred (boys only make up 10% of all cases). And while there are many books on the subject, most are either personal accounts of recovery or attempts to explain the disease from only one perspective, be it psychoanalytic, behavioral, cultural, or biological.
Now, in this much-needed resource, Dr. Alexander Lucas draws on 40 years of experience mostly at the Mayo Clinic to offer clear guidance and authoritative advice on how to overcome anorexia... Emotionally and physically devastating, anorexia nervosa is the third most common chronic illness in teenage girls, striking one in every two hundred ...
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82,76 zł |
Exploring Judicial Politics
ISBN: 9780195343076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Exploring Judicial Politics presents twenty original essays by political scientists and judicial scholars on a variety of topics relative to judicial politics. These readings explore the ways in which law and politics intertwine in the United States and cover issues from the trial court level all the way to the Supreme Court, taking into account the various actors in the American legal system. In addition, they provide insights into how judicial scholars go about studying and interpreting various phenomena in the field.
Exploring Judicial Politics is an ideal resource... Exploring Judicial Politics presents twenty original essays by political scientists and judicial scholars on a variety of topics relative to ...
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211,87 zł |
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
ISBN: 9780195160345 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and children perished in the slaughter.
Massacre at Mountain Meadows offers the most thoroughly researched account of the massacre ever written. Drawn from documents previously not available to scholars and a careful re-reading of traditional sources, this gripping narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormons settlers in isolated southern Utah deceived the... On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment ...
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152,09 zł |
A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006
ISBN: 9780199214327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006 is a unique and authoritative source of reference for all those with an interest in European defense and security over the last 60 years. An extensively annotated chronology, the book offers a blow-by-blow account of the events that have shaped the Europe of today. The book carefully places each event in context, explaining what happened, where, when, and why. Month-by-month, year-by-year Europe's recent past is laid out and explained. With its accessible layout, rich detail, and balanced analysis, the book will be essential...
A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006 is a unique and authoritative source of reference for all those with an interest in E...
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902,87 zł |
God and Grace of Body: Sacrament in Ordinary
ISBN: 9780199231829 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. David Brown explores the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continue to do so. A Church narrowly focused on Christ's body wracked in pain needs to be reminded that the body as beautiful and sexual has also played a crucial role not only in other religions but also in the history of Christianity itself. Dance was one way in which the connection was expressed. The irony is not that such a connection has gone but that it now exists almost wholly outside the Church. Much the same could be said about music more...
David Brown explores the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continu...
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221,42 zł |
Righteous Jehu and His Evil Heirs: The Deuteronomist's Negative Perspective on Dynastic Succession
ISBN: 9780199231478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. David T. Lamb examines not only the dynasty of Jehu within the narrative of 2 Kings, but also the broader context of the dynasties of Israel and Judah in the books of Kings and Samuel. Lamb discusses religious aspects of kingship (such as anointing, divine election, and prayer) in both the Old Testament and in the literature of the ancient Near East. He concludes that the Deuteronomistic editor, because of a deep concern that leaders be divinely chosen and obedient to Yahweh, sought to subvert the monarchical status quo by shaping the Jehuite narrative to emphasize that dynastic succession...
David T. Lamb examines not only the dynasty of Jehu within the narrative of 2 Kings, but also the broader context of the dynasties of Israel and Judah...
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293,20 zł |
The Religious Condition of Ireland 1770-1850
ISBN: 9780199242382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a major assessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. This book challenges the assumption that religious division in Ireland is inevitable, and suggests that much of the religious intolerance of the last 200 years has been the result of political and religious mistakes made during that earlier period, even though this was an era of reform and reconstruction within all the main religious groupings in Ireland.
This is a major assessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. This book challenges the assumption that religious division in Ire...
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615,97 zł |
Charging Standards
ISBN: 9780199285136 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This new text will collate the Crown Prosecution Service charging standards for the first time in a standalone volume. This highly portable text is a handy quick-reference source for the busy practitioner. The CPS Charging Standards are fully cross-referenced to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2005, Archbold's 2005 and Wilkinson's Road Traffic Offences. In addition to the Standards this text contains a clear index, tables, the Code for Prosecutors and relevant CPS Policy documents.
This new text will collate the Crown Prosecution Service charging standards for the first time in a standalone volume. This highly portable text is a ...
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202,30 zł |
Art, Emotion and Ethics
ISBN: 9780199263219 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Art, Emotion, and Ethics is a systematic investigation of the relation of art to morality, a topic that has been of central and recurring interest to the philosophy of art since Plato. Berys Gaut explores the various positions that have been taken in this debate, and argues that an artwork is always aesthetically flawed insofar as it possesses a moral defect that is aesthetically relevant. Three main arguments are developed for this view; these involve showing how moral goodness is itself a kind of beauty, that artworks can teach us about morality and that this is often an aesthetic merit in...
Art, Emotion, and Ethics is a systematic investigation of the relation of art to morality, a topic that has been of central and recurring interest to ...
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580,10 zł |
Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters Translated with Introduction and Commentary
ISBN: 9780198238942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. This selection of the letters aims to include those which are of greatest philosophical interest, especially those which highlight the debates between Stoics and Platonists or Aristotelians in the first century AD, and the issue, still important today, of how technical philosophical enquiry is related to the various purposes for which philosophy is practised. In addition to examining the...
Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascina...
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651,83 zł |
Self-Knowing Agents
ISBN: 9780199261482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Lucy O'Brien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action.
Lucy O'Brien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She conside...
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240,56 zł |