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Aquinas and Maritain on Evil: Mystery and Metaphysics
ISBN: 9780982711941 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Sweetest Rose of Texas: The Life Poetry and Teachings of Lois Pauline Moore-Newcomb
ISBN: 9781449797508 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a small book of thoughts and poems and my understanding of what it is to live a life for Jesus. I dedicate it to all my children, and I hope that the memories of my life will recall a simpler and better time when families prayed together and loved the Lord. "This is a wonderful book of love and praise by a wonderful woman, whose kindness and love affect us all with happiness. I recommend it to people of all faiths. As well it takes us back to the Dallas, Texas of the 1920s and 1930s, before the hustle and bustle of the modern metropolis we experience today. A family of Texas... This is a small book of thoughts and poems and my understanding of what it is to live a life for Jesus. I dedicate it to all my children, and I hop... |
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Das Strafrecht Des Klassischen Islamischen Rechts: Mit Einem Vergleich Zwischen Der Islamischen Und Der Modernen Deutschen Strafrechtslehre
ISBN: 9783631635599 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Philosophie ist eine Frucht des Menschen und der Menschheit. Es ware ideal und eine Bereicherung, wenn man die Ergebnisse des Denkens der verschiedenen Seiten miteinander vergleichen wurde, um nutzliche Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen. Dieses Buch befasst sich anhand der klassischen Fiqh-Literatur der bedeutendsten Rechtsschulen mit dem islamischen Strafrecht. Das Verstandnis der Scharia wird differenziert dargestellt und erlautert. Ein wichtiger Irrtum besteht in der haufigen Ansicht, dass es sich bei der Scharia um einen unveranderbaren einheitlichen Corpus des islamischen Rechts handelt....
Die Philosophie ist eine Frucht des Menschen und der Menschheit. Es ware ideal und eine Bereicherung, wenn man die Ergebnisse des Denkens der verschie...
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Humility: The Beauty of Holiness
ISBN: 9781618951021 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Excerpts: ...Hence it follows that nothing can be our redemption, but the restoration of the 'lost humility, the original and only true relation of the creature to its God. And so Jesus came to bring humility back to earth, to make us partakers of it, and by it to save us. In heaven He humbled Himself to become man. The humility we see in Him possessed Him in heaven; it brought Him, He brought it, from there. Here on earth "He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death"; His humility gave His death its value, and so became our redemption. And now the salvation He imparts is nothing less...
Excerpts: ...Hence it follows that nothing can be our redemption, but the restoration of the 'lost humility, the original and only true relation of th...
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History of Wetzel County, West Virginia
ISBN: 9781585497492 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This history begins in 1772 and carries forward to 1900. It discusses early settlement, towns, churches, and history. Biographies of several residents are included.
This history begins in 1772 and carries forward to 1900. It discusses early settlement, towns, churches, and history. Biographies of several residents...
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Like the Flowing River
ISBN: 9780007235803 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho.
A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho.
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Common Sense
ISBN: 9780141018904 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book that created the modern United States, Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a vision of a just society - free from corruption and cronyism - which remains inspiring today.
The book that created the modern United States, Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause o...
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An Apology for Idlers
ISBN: 9780141043968 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied by his writings on, among other things, growing old and the overwhelming experience of falling in love.
An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert L...
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The Idea of History
ISBN: 9780192853066 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from Collingwood's manuscripts, many of which are now lost. This important work examines how the idea of history has evolved from the time of Herodotus to the twentieth century, and offers Collingwood's own view of what history is. For this revised edition, Collingwood's most important lectures on the philosophy of history are published here for the first time. These texts have been...
The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published...
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The New physics and cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama
ISBN: 9780195159943 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that...
What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussion...
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The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life Plus the Secrets of Eni
ISBN: 9780198250807 / Angielski / Miękka / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In 1935, aged 22, he developed the mathematical theory upon which all subsequent stored-program digital computers are modeled.
At the outbreak of hostilities with Germany in September 1939, he joined the Government Codebreaking team at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire and played a crucial role in deciphering Engima, the code used by the German armed forces to protect their radio communications. Turing's work on the version of Enigma used by the German navy was vital to the battle for supremacy in the North Atlantic.... Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In 1935, aged 22, he developed the mathematical theory upon which all subseq...
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Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199568918 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Ferber explores Romanticism during the period of its incubation, birth, and growth, covering the years roughly from 1760 to 1860. This is the only introduction to Romanticism that incorporates not only the English but the Continental movements, and not only literature but music, art, religion, and philosophy. Balancing lively details with intriguing topics, it sheds light on such subjects as the "Sensibility" movement, which preceded Romanticism; the rising prestige of the poet as inspired prophet; the suffering and neglect of the poet; the rather...
In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Ferber explores Romanticism during the period of its incubation, birth, and growth, covering the years roughl...
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The Classic of the Way and Virtue: A New Translation of the Tao-Te Ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi
ISBN: 9780231105811 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition, the Tao-te Ching is the subject of hundreds of new interpretive studies each year. As Taoism emerges as one of the East Asian philosophies most interesting to Westerners, an accessible new edition of this great work--written for English-language readers, yet rendered with an eye toward Chinese understanding--has been much needed by scholars and general readers. Richard John Lynn, whose recent translation of theI Ching was hailed by the...
The essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition, the Tao-t...
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Psychiatry in the Scientific Image
ISBN: 9780262517447 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Psychiatry in the Scientific Image, Dominic Murphy looks at psychiatry from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy of science, considering three issues: how we should conceive of, classify, and explain mental illness. If someone is said to have a mental illness, what about it is mental? What makes it an illness? How might we explain and classify it? A system of psychiatric classification settles these questions by distinguishing the mental illnesses and showing how they stand in relation to one another. This book explores the philosophical issues raised by the project of... In Psychiatry in the Scientific Image, Dominic Murphy looks at psychiatry from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy of science, considering... |
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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays
ISBN: 9780292775602 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of factual material, to which he has devoted a lifetime of analysis, reflection, and reconsideration. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published i... |
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The Challenge of Competence: Professionalism Through Vocational Education and Traning
ISBN: 9780304329878 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an edited collection addressing competence and professionalism in Vocational Education and Training. Its prime focus is the caring professions of teaching, youth work, social work and community care. Contributors examine critically the design and operation of competence-based approaches in the contemporary British context. They explore the advantages and limitations of the dominant National Council for Vocational Qualifications model, both at a theoretical level and through analysis of practical experience in the caring professions. The book argues that this model is located...
This book is an edited collection addressing competence and professionalism in Vocational Education and Training. Its prime focus is the caring profes...
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Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings
ISBN: 9780312132910 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings gives students an introduction to the language of philosophical ethics before leading them through six major issues in bioethics. The bioethics section not only includes Ridley's clear explanations of all sides of a given issue, but also his analysis of a major, previously published article on that issue. It was written to accompany the third edition of Cases in Bioethics.
Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings gives students an introduction to the language of philosophical ethics before leading them...
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An Introduction to the Work of Pierre Bourdieu: The Practice of Theory
ISBN: 9780333524763 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pierre Bourdieu has been making a distinguished contribution to European sociology for the past 25 years. He is Professor of Sociology at the Collge de France in Paris and author of many influential books including, most recently, Distinction and Homo Academicus, which have both been translated into English. This book serves to introduce this important body of work to the Anglo-American world. In a cross-disciplinary collaboration Richard Harker, Cheleen Mahar and Chris Wilkes provide the reader with the necessary tools to understand this complex and rewarding body of French sociology. Post...
Pierre Bourdieu has been making a distinguished contribution to European sociology for the past 25 years. He is Professor of Sociology at the Collge d...
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Genetic Counselling: Practice and Principles
ISBN: 9780415082587 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contributions to this study are drawn both from health professionals engaged in genetic counselling and from observers and critics with backgrounds in law, philosophy, biology, and the social sciences. This diversity will enable health professonals to examine their activities with a fresh eye, and will help the observer-critic to understand the ethical problems that arise in genetic counselling practice, rather than in imaginary encounters.
Most examinations of the ethical issues raised by genetics are concerned in a broad sense with the application of new technology to human... Contributions to this study are drawn both from health professionals engaged in genetic counselling and from observers and critics with backgrounds in...
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Foucault and the Political
ISBN: 9780415100663 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michel Foucault's involvement with politics, both as an individual and a writer, has been much commented upon but until now has not been systematically reviewed. This is the first major introductory study of Michel Foucault as a political thinker.
Jonathon Simons explores the importance of the political in all areas of Foucault's work and life, including important material only recently made available and the implications of various revelations about his private life. Simons relates Foucault's work both to contemporary political thinkers such as Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor and Jurgen... Michel Foucault's involvement with politics, both as an individual and a writer, has been much commented upon but until now has not been systematicall...
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