James Ward (1843 1925) was a renowned philosopher and psychologist who criticised the objective principles of scientific naturalism. Believing in the primacy of the subject object relationship for human experience, he rejected the detached perspective of the sciences; coming to the final conclusion that matter is fundamentally derived from mind, and mind is given coherence by the existence of God. This metaphysical belief was derived from his observations as a psychologist during the earlier part of his career, and his understanding that the subject cannot be reduced to a passive receiver of...

James Ward (1843 1925) was Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic at the University of Cambridge. First published in 1899, this two-volume work consists of his Gifford Lectures, delivered between 1896 and 1898, in which he criticises Naturalism (the belief that all phenomena are governed by the laws of science, and that the supernatural cannot exist), and Agnosticism (the belief that the existence of spiritual phenomena cannot be proved or disproved), in favour of Idealism, in which spiritual and non-material phenomena are central to human experience. The lectures in Volume 1 set Naturalism...

James Ward (1843 1925) was Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic at the University of Cambridge. First published in 1899, this two-volume work consists of his Gifford Lectures, delivered between 1896 and 1898, in which he criticises Naturalism (the belief that all phenomena are governed by the laws of science, and that the supernatural cannot exist), and Agnosticism (the belief that the existence of spiritual phenomena cannot be proved or disproved), in favour of Idealism, in which spiritual and non-material phenomena are central to human experience. The lectures in Volume 2 oppose dualist...

A mysterious cast figure, The Hand of Mohammed is stolen from a U.S. Military warehouse. An FBI agent is murdered during the heist.Bob Steck and the Jump Team, a joint CIA/FBI anti-terrorist group, chase the thieves who try to sell The Hand to terrorists. In Islamic tradition, he who posesses The Hand receives free passage and immunity across the Muslim world. Steck must get it before the next Bin Laden does. The Hand is offered in an underworld auction. Then the shooting starts.

Its 1971. Greenhorn agent Bob Steck arrives at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on his first assignment to learn his new Boss has just been murdered. His heart stops when he finds himself appointed as the new CIA bureau chief. He perceives the coming Islamic revolution and tries to warn Washington but his news is ignored by politicians whose only interest is to sell airplanes and buy oil. As the disaster unfolds, Steck has to fight his way out of the country to save his embassy staff. Book one in a series following the career of CIA Spymaster Bob Steck.

A sniper's bullet kills a prominent business executive in Hong Kong. His pregnant wife in England is targeted by the assassin, but she doesn't know why. Bob Steck and his team give chase across the globe in a heart-stopping race to find the killer and save the girl. The case goes viral when Steck uncovers a scam selling fake security equipment responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent victims every day. He must foil the scheme before thousands more are maimed or killed.

Originally published in 1926, this book presents lectures by the British philosopher and psychologist James Ward on the theory and practice of education.

1983 is a time of heady confidence in Washington but a time of creeping paranoia in the Kremlin. Unwittingly, Ronald Reagan's bravado and Yuri Andropov's delusions combine to bring the world to the brink of nuclear war; closer to destruction than even the Cuban missile crisis. Agent Bob Steck perceives the signs of impending disaster while working on a joint CIA - MI6 operation. The date is set for a first strike. Can he uncover enough evidence and prevent nuclear holocaust?