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Alvarez Maria: Kinds of Reasons: An Essay in the Philosophy of Action

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities is one of the central tasks of philosophy. The task requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions and motives, and of how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. In Kinds of Reasons, Maria Alvarez offers a fresh and incisive treatment of these issues, focusing in particular on…

Rivlin Geoffrey: First Steps in the Law: 7 Edition

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: First Steps in the Law is an entertaining and insightful overview of the legal system. Geoffrey Rivlin, who boasts a wealth of experience as a former senior resident judge, barrister, and QC, leads the reader through the quirks of English law, offering fascinating details. Readers are regaled with lively descriptions of the workings of the legal system and vivid tales of the law in times gone by.…

Tolstoy Leo: The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: As Ivan Ilyich lies dying he begins to re-evaluate his life, searching for meaning that will make sense of his sufferings. In 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and the other works in this volume, Tolstoy conjures characters who, tested to the limit, reveal glorious and unexpected reserves of courage or baseness of a near inhuman kind. Two vivid parables and 'The Forged Coupon', a tale of criminality,…

Oxford Visual Dictionary of Animals

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: New in the internationally successful Visual Dictionary series, the Oxford Visual Dictionary of Animals introduces animals from around the world through highly illustrated dynamic spreads in thematic sections. There are over 1,500 words and incredible 3D artwork. All the animals are labelled, so that children can learn the names for their favourite animals and expand their vocabulary. Stunning…

Breithaupt Jim: Essential Physics for Cambridge Igcse (R): Print Student Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Support understanding for the latest Cambridge IGCSE Physics syllabus (0625) for first examination in 2016. The clear, concise approach will support your EAL learners in understanding crucial scientific concepts. A step-by-step approach to the syllabus will help every learner reach their potential in science. Ensuring you will cover everything, this second edition is endorsed and up-to-date for…

India: Democracy and Violence

Скачать книгу (размер 1 452 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 286) Аннотация: Violence is usually located outside the democratic domain, implying thereby that its recurrence marks less of-and ironically at the same time — a direct threat to democracy. Democracies are called upon to manage, tackle or deal with it not necessarily through democratic means. Today, democracy is sought to be exported across the continents by waging war on countries that, according to the…

Ghazoul Jaboury: Forests

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on forests for a wide range of goods and services. Moreover, forests still retain a remarkable hold on our environmental values. In an…

Platt Richard: A Circus Horse Could Count?!

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Young readers will get a real taste of the story behind the story of entertainment as we examine the wonderful methods used to entertain in the past and present. Readers will learn about the often amazing and unusual practices that our ancestors employed, such as a cat piano, as well as music made from cheese drums or a sea organ in the present day! Includes fascinating facts about the circus and…

Nicholas P. Money: Microbiology

Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know, play a critical role in ecosystems, in the chemistry of atmosphere and oceans, and within our bodies.…

Elizabeth C. Economy: By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continue to demand, massive quantities of resources. Like every other major power in modern history, China…

Mary Pender Greene: Creative Mentorship and Career-Building Strategies: How to Build Your Virtual Personal Board of Directors

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: There has been a paradigm shift as to how professional knowledge is passed on. It no longer happens naturally through traditional corporate grooming and succession rituals. With less time, lower budgets, and more uncertainty, traditional mentorship models don't work in today's economy. The recent dramatic upheaval in the professional landscape has radically altered how 21st century professionals…

Cyber War: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Cyber warfare has become more pervasive and more complex in recent years. It is difficult to regulate, as it holds an ambiguous position within the laws of war. This book investigates the legal and ethical ramifications of cyber war, considering which sets of laws apply to it, and how it fits into traditional ideas of armed conflict.

Nicholson Simon: Young Houdini: The Magician's Fire

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The world's most famous magician. But before his name became legend, who was young Harry Houdini? New York City, 1886. Harry Houdini is just a penniless street urchin dabbling with a few escape tricks. But when a well-known magician goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Harry and his friends, Arthur and Billie, are sucked into a deadly adventure. Now Harry must put all his extraordinary…

Matthew S. Hedstrom: The Rise of Liberal Religion: Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century

Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: Winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Best First Book Prize of the American Society of Church History Named a Society for U. S. Intellectual History Notable Title in American Intellectual History The story of liberal religion in the twentieth century, Matthew S. Hedstrom contends, is a story of cultural ascendency. This may come as a surprise-most scholarship in American religious…

Lankov Andrei: The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this…

Law Jonathan: A Dictionary of Law

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: «This best-selling dictionary is an authoritative and comprehensive source of jargon-free legal information. It contains over 4,700 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system. Entries have been fully updated for this edition to incorporate the latest legislation, including entries on foreign national offenders, Police and…

Devolder Katrien: The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Embryonic stem cell research holds unique promise for developing therapies for currently incurable diseases and conditions, and for important biomedical research. However, the process through which embryonic stem cells are obtained involves the destruction of early human embryos. Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or…

Crystal David: Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of all the words and meanings students of Shakespeare need to know. Every word has an example sentence selected from the twelve most studied plays including Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Henry V. Usage notes and theatre notes provide…

Jesse J. Prinz: The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Prinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the…

Thomas Valerie: Winnie's Haunted House

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie and Wilbur are settling down for a lazy afternoon. But when Wilbur accidently smashes one of Winnie's vases he hides to evade suspicion... He then goes on to bring down Winnie's curtains and her chandelier — each time hiding himself away. Winnie begins to think her house must be haunted. She instigates what she thinks is a spell to fix a haunted house but ends up instead filling her house…