kant biography
An Essay on the Divine Paternity, Or, God the Father of Men.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Multiple Contributors, See Notes, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTLondon: printed for the Society of Booksellers for Promoting Learning, &c. And sold by J. Crokatt, and Messrs. Osborn and Smith, . iv,96p.; 8
A Sermon on the Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fuller, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Library of CongressWMorsch suggests as date of publication. Elizabethtown, N.J.]: Printed by Shepard Kollock, Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, for Cornelius Davis, Water-Street, New-York, p.; 12
Winston S. Churchill, Volume 4: World in Torment,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gilbert, Martin, PUBLISHER: Hillsdale College Press, "Winston S. Churchill: World In Torment, " is the fourth volume of the definitive biography of Winston S. Churchill. Covering the years to , Martin Gilbert's fascinating account carefully traces Churchill's wide-ranging activities and shows how, by his persuasive oratory, administrative skill, and masterful contributions to Cabinet discussions, Churchill regained, only a few years after the disaster of Dardanelles, a leading position in British political life.There are many dramatic and controversial episodes: the German breakthrough on the Western Front in March , the anti-Bolshevik Intervention in , negotiating the Irish Treaty, consolidating the Jewish National Home in Palestine, and the Chanak crisis with Turkey. In all these, and many other events, Churchill's leading role is explained and illuminated in Martin Gilbert's precise, masterful style.The Churchill who emerges from these pages is a complex, gifted, energetic, troubled man who made a forceful impact on his contemporaries; a man whose remarkable skills were admired by his colleagues, but who often angered - even maddened - them by what he said and did.In a moving final chapter, covering a period when Churchill was without a seat in Parliament for the first time since , Martin Gilbert brilliantly draws together the many strands of time in Churchill's life when his political triumphs were overshadowed by personal sorrows, by his increasingly somber reflections on the backward march of nations and society, and by his stark forecasts of dangers to come.
Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jacobs, Charlotte DeCroes, PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press, In the s, ninety-five percent of patients with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of lymph tissue which afflicts young adults, died. Today most are cured, due mainly to the efforts of Dr. Henry Kaplan. "Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease" explores the life of this multifaceted, internationally known radiation oncologist, called a "saint" by some, a "malignant son of a bitch" by others. Kaplan's passion to cure cancer dominated his life and helped him weather the controversy that marked each of his innovations, but it extracted a high price, leaving casualties along the way. Most never knew of his family struggles, his ill-fated love affair with Stanford University, or the humanitarian efforts that imperiled him. Today, Kaplan ranks as one of the foremost physician-scientists in the history of cancer medicine. In this book Charlotte Jacobs gives us the first account of a remarkable man who changed the face of cancer therapy and the history of a once fatal, now curable, cancer. She presents a dual drama --the biography of this renowned man who called cancer his "Moby Dick" and the history of Hodgkin's disease, the malignancy he set out to annihilate. The book recounts the history of Hodgkin's disease, first described in : the key figures, the serendipitous discoveries of radiation and chemotherapy, the improving cure rates, the unanticipated toxicities. The lives of individual patients, bold enough to undergo experimental therapies, lend poignancy to the successes and failures. Acquista Ora
Muriel Barbery - L'eleganza del riccio
Parigi, rue de Grenelle numero 7. Un elegante palazzo abitato da famiglie dell'alta borghesia. Ci vivono ministri, burocrati, maitres à penser della cultura culinaria. Dalla sua guardiola assiste allo scorrere di questa vita di lussuosa vacuità la portinaia Renée, che appare in tutto e per tutto conforme all'idea stessa della portinaia: grassa, sciatta, scorbutica e teledipendente. Niente di strano, dunque. Tranne il fatto che, all'insaputa di tutti, Renée è una coltissima autodidatta che adora l'arte, la filosofia, la musica, la cultura giapponese. Cita Marx, Proust, Kant... dal punto di vista intellettuale è in grado di farsi beffe dei suoi ricchi e boriosi padroni. Ma tutti nel palazzo ignorano le sue raffinate conoscenze, che lei si cura di tenere rigorosamente nascoste, dissimulandole con umorismo sornione. Poi c'è Paloma, la figlia di un ministro ottuso; dodicenne geniale, brillante e fin troppo lucida che, stanca di vivere, ha deciso di farla finita (il 16 giugno, giorno del suo tredicesimo compleanno). Fino ad allora continuerà a fingere di essere una ragazzina mediocre e imbevuta di sottocultura adolescenziale come tutte le altre, segretamente osservando con sguardo critico e severo l'ambiente che la circonda. Due personaggi in incognito, quindi, diversi eppure accomunati dallo sguardo ironicamente disincantato, che ignari l'uno dell'impostura dell'altro, si incontreranno solo grazie all'arrivo di monsieur Ozu, un ricco giapponese, il solo che saprà smascherare Renée.
The Perfect Fruit: Good Breeding, Bad Seeds, and the Hunt
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brantley, Chip, PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, The creation story of the "perfect fruit," delving into the world of the demanding farmers, brilliant obsessives, and food fanatics who create the fruits we love. Is it possible to create the perfect piece of fruit--a fruit that cannot be improved upon? Since the dawn of agriculture, people have been obsessively tinkering to develop fruits that are hardier, prettier, and better tasting. Today, consumers have sophisticated palates and unparalleled access to the best fruits from around the world, and many of them believe that in California's San Joaquin Valley, a fruit breeder may have developed the perfect fruit: a sweet, juicy, luscious plum-apricot hybrid known as a pluot. In "The Perfect Fruit," Chip Brantley goes in search of what it takes to trick nature into producing gustatory greatness--and to bring it to a market near you. The story begins with Floyd Zaiger, a humble and wily octogenarian who is arguably the greatest fruit breeder in the world. From there, it stretches both back and forward: back through a long line of visionaries, fruit smugglers, and mad geniuses, many of whom have been driven to dazzling extremes in the pursuit of exotic flavors; and forward through the ranks of farmers, scientists, and salesmen who make it their life's work to coax deliciousness out of stubborn and unpredictable plants. The result is part biography, part cultural history, and part horticultural inquest--a meditation on the surprising power of food to change the way we live.
L'eleganza del riccio
Parigi, rue de Grenelle numero 7. Un elegante palazzo abitato da famiglie dell'alta borghesia. Ci vivono ministri, burocrati, maitres à penser della cultura culinaria. Dalla sua guardiola assiste allo scorrere di questa vita di lussuosa vacuità la portinaia Renée, che appare in tutto e per tutto conforme all'idea stessa della portinaia: grassa, sciatta, scorbutica e teledipendente. Niente di strano, dunque. Tranne il fatto che, all'insaputa di tutti, Renée è una coltissima autodidatta che adora l'arte, la filosofia, la musica, la cultura giapponese. Cita Marx, Proust, Kant... dal punto di vista intellettuale è in grado di farsi beffe dei suoi ricchi e boriosi padroni. Ma tutti nel palazzo ignorano le sue raffinate conoscenze, che lei si cura di tenere rigorosamente nascoste, dissimulandole con umorismo sornione. Poi c'è Paloma, la figlia di un ministro ottuso; dodicenne geniale, brillante e fin troppo lucida che, stanca di vivere, ha deciso di farla finita (il 16 giugno, giorno del suo tredicesimo compleanno). Fino ad allora continuerà a fingere di essere una ragazzina mediocre e imbevuta di sottocultura adolescenziale come tutte le altre, segretamente osservando con sguardo critico e severo l'ambiente che la circonda. Due personaggi in incognito, quindi, diversi eppure accomunati dallo sguardo ironicamente disincantato, che ignari l'uno dell'impostura dell'altro, si incontreranno solo grazie all'arrivo di monsieur Ozu, un ricco giapponese, il solo che saprà smascherare Renée. di muriel barbery, edizioni e/o.
Libri vari di narrativa e saggistica
Vendo libri di narrativa, saggistica ed argomenti vari, in particolare: -Davide Musso - Vite di traverso - in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Umberto Eco - Il nome della rosa - in buono stato - 2 euro -Stephen King - Linsey's story - in lingua originale, in ottimo stato - 4 euro -Luis Sepulveda - Il vecchio che leggeva romanzi d'amore - con un graffio in copertina ma in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Luis Sepulveda - Le rose di Atacama - in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Donne al lavoro - libro fotografico a cura dell'inail - ottimo stato - gratis -Test di ingresso alle facoltà a numero chiuso - Ingegneria e Architettura ed. - ottimo stato - 0,50 euro -Letteratura italiana 3 - l'Ottocento e il Novecento, colloqui e questionari - in discreto stato - 1 euro -Filosofia per le medie superiori 3 - da kant ai nostri giorni - in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Gino Bramieri - Ciao ragazzi... vi racconto un litro di barzellette - in buono stato - 1 euro -Gino Bramieri - Il mio nuovissimo cocktail di barzellette - in buono stato - 1 euro -Giuseppe Orru - L'allegria fa buon sangue. Barzellette, indovinelli, curiosità - in buono stato - 1 euro -Doris Saltarini - Sagittario. Carattere, amore, salute, professione, rapporti con gli altri segni, karman, evoluzione personale - in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Maria Grazia Mutti - Vergine. Carattere, amore, salute, professione, rapporti con gli altri segni, karman, evoluzione personale - in ottimo stato - 2 euro -Laura Tuan - Il grande libro dei sogni - in ottimo stato - 3 euro -Papa Francesco, Ferruccio de Bortoli - Faccio il prete, mi piace - in ottimo stato (nuovo) - 4 euro -Grisù -L'arca di Noè - in buono stato - 2 euro. Per altre foto o info contattatemi pure.
Libri Politica, Storia, Filosofia
Vendo i seguenti libri, su richiesta invio foto e dati (editore, anno ecc.) di ogni singolo volume. 1 J.S Nye jr Il paradosso del potere americano euro 3. 2-L.Bonanate La guerra euro 3 3 U. uribe Il libro nero dell'intervento americano in Cile euro 3 4 Togliatti Sul movimento operaio internazionele euro2 6 Togliatti Il partito euro 3 7 A.Pastore Akrasia di Kant euro 5 8 Rassegna sindacale quderni euro 1 9 Gian Pietro Testa La strage di Peteano euro 4 10 Antonio Gramsci L'albero del riccio euro 3 12 Norberto Bobbio Destra e Sinistra euro George Fredrickson Breve storia del razzismo, dall'antisemitismo...euro4. 14 Galli Storia del partito armato euro 3 15 L.Dehlo equilibrio e egemonia euro 3 16 Lizzadri La boje ! albori C.G.L. euro 4 18 lenin La rivoluzione del euro 2 19 David Ray Griffin 11 Settembre: cosa c'e' di vero nelle teorie del complotto. 20 E.J Hobsbawm intervista sul nuovo secolo euro2 21 Rassegna sindacale quaderni euro 1 23 Manzini Una vita operaia euro 1 24 Medvedev Asciesa e caduta di Krushov euro 3 25 Togliatti Da Salerno ad Yalta eur 3 26 Parisi democristiani euro 2 27 Mike Davis Cronache dall'impero euro Togliatti Il partito, scritti e discorsi euro 1 29 Sassoon Togliatti e la via italiana al socialismo euro 2 30 Giulietto Chiesa G8/Genova euro 2. 31-Paul Berman Terrore e liberalismo euro 4. Spedizione fino a 2 kg euro 2, contatti senza impegno email o 349 .
The Light of Nature Pursued. by Edward Search, Esq;...
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Abraham, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTEdward Search = Abraham Tucker. The volumes are numbered: vol.1, part 1; vol.1, part 2; vol.2, part 1; vol.2, part 2; vol.2, part 3.London: printed by T. Jones; and sold by T. Payne, v.; 8
Libri diverse epoche--Parte 2
Vendo 20 libri di varie epoche in buone condizioni e sono i seguenti con relativi prezzi: N1(Linfedele-Delly-Salani editore--Euro 3);N2(Questionario di storia della filosofia da Kant all'esistenzialismo-G.Giovannini-Remo Sandron--Euro 2);N3(Immagini d'amore-Barbara Cartland-Mondadori--Euro 1);N4(Computisteria e trasporti-Luigi Brusasca-Buffetti Editori-4 edizione--Euro 4);N5(IL principio dialogico e altri saggi-Martin Buber-San Paolo--Euro 12);N6(Parola e arte-Piero Lovati e Sergio Varesi-Palumbo--Euro 2);N7(Poesie d'amore-Luciano Luisi-Newton--Euro 1);N8(The bostonians-Henry James-Penguin Classics--Euro 2);N9(La locandiera-Carlo Goldoni-Modadori--Euro4);N10(Lettera a un bambino mai nato-Oriana Fallaci-Bur--Euro 2);N11(Alle sorgenti del mississippi-Hans-Otto Meissner-Paoline--Euro 2);N12(L.A.Confidential-James Ellroy-La biblioteca di repubblica--Euro 7);N13(Ragioneria generale-Astolfi/Negri-Tramontana--Euro 1,50);N14(A tu per tu con il regno-L.Lazzeri e M.Casaro-Elle Di Ci--Euro 2);N15(Una scuola per la vita attraverso la vita-Ovide Decroly-Loescher--Euro 2);N16(Attrazione fatale-H.B.Gilmour-Mondadori--Euro 1);N17(Liola' cosi'e'se vi pare di Luigi Pirandello-Mondadori--Euro 2);N18(L'autotrasportatore-Act-Stampa Romana--Euro 3);N19(Cielo-Romano Battaglia-SuperBur--Euro 4);N20(Delitto e castigo(Dostoevskij)-Milli Martinelli-Rusconi--Euro 2)....Vendibili sia singolarmente o tutti insieme e posso anche spedire....No perditempo....
Divine Predestination and Fore-Knowledg, Consistent with the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, William, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTIn this edition the final line of p. 36 reads: "wards making us holy here, and happy hereafter.." Another issue omits "A. Bell" from the imprint. London]: Printed at Dublin, and reprinted at London, for A. Bell, and J. Baker, p.; 8
Testi di pedagogia
il metodo comparativo in pedagogia - bereday - ed. scuola il pensiero pedagogico nell'età classica e medioevale - sandron, semama il pensiero pedagogico nel rinascimento e nell'età moderna - sandron, semama orientamenti filosofici e pedagogici - ed. milano tesi di storia della pedagogia - corrado. ed. giranna roma pedagogia storia e problemi - zeppi - ed. massimo storia della pedagogia come scienza filosofica - catalfamo - giunti antologia pedagogica - laeng - ed. scuola pedagogia: dialogo e conflitto - gadotti, freire - sei educazione e pedagogia nei solchi della storia, lanfranchi 1 -2-3 il pensiero pedagogico, semama - remo sandro la nuova pedagogia - grandi temi Trattato di pedagogia generale - kriekemans - ed. la scuola Storia della pedagogia come scienze filosofica vol 3 - catalfamo - giunti Pedagogia: dialogo e conflitto - telleri, gudetti - SEI Questioni di pedagogia, i problemi dell'educazione - dall'asta- ed. cetim bresso milano Lambruschini e la pedagogia italiana dell'800 - casotti - ed. la scuola Pedagogia speciale pratica, 1. l'educando, da silva, società ed. internazionale Attualità scientifica della pedagogia dei maria montessori Panorama di pedagogia attivistica - faucitano La pedagogia di karl Marx - formizzi - ed. la scuola Storia della pedagogia - armando editore Storia della pedagogia - blattner Pedagogia e filosofia storia e problemi - vol 2 dall'umanesimo a kant- ed. massimo Letture pedagogiche vol 3,goretti felice le monnier Firenze La pedagogia della controriforma - secco - ed. la scuola Educazione e pace di maria montessori e la pedagogia della pace nel '900 - galeozzi - paravia Temi di pedagogia - casa ed. le muse roma Verso una teoria dell'istruzione - bruner - armano Pedagogia moderna - baroni - universale studium Magistero, compendio storico e letture di filosofia e pedagogia, vol 4, agostani, chizzolini, la scuola Il pensiero pedagogico, Quintiliano, A.G.E.V. Napoli Il problema della persona nel pensiero di S. Tommaso,
Memoir: A History
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yagoda, Ben, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir. From Saint Augustine's "Confessions" to Augusten Burroughs's "Running with Scissors," from Julius Caesar to Ulysses Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. Cultural and literary critic Ben Yagoda traces the memoir from its birth in early Christian writings and Roman generals' journals all the way up to the banner year of , which saw memoirs from and about dogs, rock stars, bad dads, good dads, alternadads, waitresses, George Foreman, Iranian women, and a slew of other illustrious persons (and animals). In a time when memoir seems ubiquitous and is still highly controversial, Yagoda tackles the autobiography and memoir in all its forms and iterations. He discusses the fraudulent memoir and provides many examples from the past-and addresses the ramifications and consequences of these books. Spanning decades and nations, styles and subjects, he analyzes the hallmark memoirs of the Western tradition-Rousseau, Ben Franklin, Henry Adams, Gertrude Stein, Edward Gibbon, among others. Yagoda also describes historical trends, such as Native American captive memoirs, slave narratives, courtier dramas (where one had to pay to NOT be included in a courtesan's memoir). Throughout, the idea of memory and truth, how we remember and how well we remember lives, is intimately explored. Yagoda's elegant examination of memoir is at once a history of literature and taste, and an absorbing glimpse into what humans find interesting-one another.
An Appeal to Matter of Fact and Common Sense. or a Rational
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fletcher, John, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTDedication signed: J. Fletcher.Bristol: printed and sold by William Pine, . Also sold by J. Eddowes, in Salop; by S. Aris, in Birmingham; by W. Piercy, in Coventry; by T. Mills in Bath; by J. Buckland, London], at the Foundery, near Moorfields, London; and at the New-Room, in the 296p.; 12
Nome e
"Nome e necessità" Autore: Saul Kripke Editore: Editore Broinghieri Anno:prima edizione Condizioni: OTTIME CONDIZIONI Categoria: FILOSOFIA dalla quarta di copertina: Le tappe principali nella storia della filosofia e della scienza sono state sempre segnate da un nuovo modo di intendere le nozioni fondamentali di necessità, possibilità, essenza, verità analitica. Questo breve libro, dovuto a uno dei maggiori logici e filosofi contemporanei, rappresenta una svolta del genere. Kripke vi espone senza alcun tecnicismo le idee che hanno guidato le sue ricerche logiche o che queste gli hanno suggerito. Ne emerge una metafisica molto diversa da quella corrente, di stampo empiristico. Kripke riprende la distinzione aristotelica, a lungo rifiutata, tra proprietà essenziali e proprietà accidentali; critica gran parte delle teorie di Frege e Russell sul linguaggio e sul modo in cui i nomi si riferiscono alle cose; riesamina le concezioni di Kant, e sottopone a una critica serrata il materialismo come teoria della mente. Per la forza delle sue argomentazioni, il libro costituisce una di quelle opere con cui ogni cultore di studi filosofici è chiamato a misurarsi. prima rara edizione. Brossura copertina flessibile. Libro in ottime condizioni. Copertina integra e pagine senza sottolineature ne scritte ne pieghe. Formato cm. 22 x 15 pagg.162 N.B.: dalla foto sembra che la copertina frontale sia molto rovinata, in realtà è in ottime condizioni ma essendo in carta plastificata e di colore nero, produce molti riflessi. consegna a mano a Milano zona centro oppure Spese di spedizione a carico dell'acquirente cod.05
Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah: And Other Philosophic
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Diamond, Ethel, PUBLISHER: Health Communications, Philosophy is not just for "serious thinkers", it is for everyone's enjoyment. There are no "answers", just insightful questions -- thoughts to help us live our lives. From the birth of philosophy in ancient Greece to the present, this has been the basic premise of all great philosophers. Unfortunately, the words of these wise men are not always accessible to all readers. This book brings the lofty words of great philosophy down-to-earth for all readers to practice, benefit from and enjoy. The author has summarized the basic views of many of the most important thinkers throughout history and related them directly to contemporary life. From advertising slogans to celebrities to familiar phrases, this book shows readers how much of our popular culture results from the teachings of the great philosophers. The book examines such luminaries of thought as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Voltaire, Kant, Hegel, Emerson, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, James, Heidegger, Derrida and Rorty, and relates them to contemporary icons like David Copperfield, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jackson, Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern. A philosophic smorgasbord, readers are free to select morsels of wisdom in whatever order they choose. This accessible, easy-to-read, clever, lighthearted book is sure to appeal to all readers. More than merely providing a witty simplification of lofty thought, it reveals deep, universal truths about life and living. In the midst of these chaotic, media-driven times, readers need perennial wisdom more than ever before to guide and inspire them.
Poetry for Students
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale Group / Napierkowski, Marie Rose, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, Give students the tools they need to make books and authors a meaningful part of their lives by introducing them to one of our "For Students" literary references. These resources are specially crafted to meet the curricular needs of high school and undergraduate college students and their teachers as well as the interests of general readers and researchers. Each title in the series provides understandable, comprehensive explanations of the most commonly studied poems, novels, dramas, epics and short stories as identified by an advisory board of teachers and librarians. No other literature references furnish such a high level of coverage -- all written in an unassuming tone that users will welcome. The references in the Gale Group's "For Students" series provide: -- Easy-to-read discussions of themes, plots and characters -- Easy-to-understand critical essays chosen specifically for students -- Analysis of each work's construction and historical context -- Photos, illustrations and other graphics -- And more The "For Students" series includes Poetry for Students, Novels for Students, Short Stories for Students, Drama for Students, Shakespeare for Students, Shakespeare's Characters for Students and Epics for Students. They're sure to be a welcome addition to your library. Each volume of Poetry for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 poems identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses. Students will discover: -- An overview essay -- An analysis of the poem's construction and form -- A thematic examination -- A discussion of the poem's historical and cultural context -- Selected criticism on the poem or poet -- A briefauthor biography -- Sources for further study and suggested research topics -- Subject, thematic, nationality, author and title indexes
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrington, Joel F., PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux, The extraordinary story of a Renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overlooked journal In the late s a Nuremberg man named Frantz Schmidt began to do something utterly remarkable for his era: he started keeping a journal. But what makes Schmidt even more compelling to us is his day job. For forty-five years, Schmidt was an efficient and prolific public executioner, employed by the state to extract confessions and put convicted criminals to death. In his years of service, he executed 361 people and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. Is it possible that a man who practiced such cruelty could also be insightful, compassionate, humane--even progressive? In his groundbreaking book, the historian Joel F. Harrington looks for the answer in Schmidt's journal, whose immense significance has been ignored until now. Harrington uncovers details of Schmidt's medical practice, his marriage to a woman ten years older than him, his efforts at penal reform, his almost touching obsession with social status, and most of all his conflicted relationship with his own craft and the growing sense that it could not be squared with his faith. A biography of an ordinary man struggling for his soul, "The Faithful Executioner "is also an unparalleled portrait of Europe on the cusp of modernity, yet riven by conflict and encumbered by paranoia, superstition, and abuses of power. In his intimate portrait of a Nuremberg executioner, Harrington also sheds light on our own fraught historical moment. Acquista Ora
The Life of Pope Clement XIV. (Ganganelli.) the Second
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caracciolo, Louis-Antoine, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTThe second roman sequence consists of 'An appendix' in Latin and English, the third contains 'The funeral oration of Pope Clement XIV' preceded by a divisional titlepage, 'The brief of the abolition of the Order of the Jesuits' and 'The last edict of the London: printed for J. Johnson; and J.P. Goghlan sic]; W. Charnley, and Vesey and Whitfield, Newcastle, . vi,182, ix, 5], xciii, 1]p., plate: port.; 8
Mustin: A Naval Family of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morton, John Fass, PUBLISHER: US Naval Institute Press, Three generations of a distinguished naval family are profiled in this biography whose publication coincides with the commissioning of the USS Mustin (DDG-89) the U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer. The family's story intertwines with the history of the U.S. Navy as it rose through the century to become the preeminent maritime player on the international stage. Key participants in many of the major naval milestones of the twentieth century, the Mustins dealt, with tremendous technological and historical change, from the rise of the battleship and naval aviation to the introduction of missiles, nuclear submarines, and atomic weapons. Henry Mustin is acknowledged as one of the fathers of naval aviation. His son Lloyd followed a career in ordinance and gunnery becoming proficient in everything from small arms to nuclear weapons testing Lloyd's son, Hank, was a key player in the restoration of the surface Navy in the s and one of the first to execute the maritime strategy of the s. Hank's brother, Tom was a decorated brown-water warrior in the Vietnam War. Drawing upon oral histories, interviews, and family letters, papers and photographs, the book profiles the careers of these four men. For both the general reader and sea service professional, it features firsthand accounts of many important naval actions, including the Philippine Insurrection, Vera Cruz, Guadalcanal, and Operation Game Warden. The chapters dealing with the Vietnam War, in particular, afford multi-faceted insight into that tragic conflict from three perspectives. Lloyd serving, in Washington, Hank on the Pacific Command staff, Tom in the Mekong Delta. The intense degree to which technology,operations, and bureaucratic politics intersected their careers proves timeless.
Seeing Further: 350 Years of the Royal Society and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bryson, Bill, PUBLISHER: Doubleday Canada, From the Royal Society, a peerless collection of all-new science writing Bill Bryson, who explored all -- or at least a great deal of -- current scientific knowledge in A Short History of Nearly Everything, now turns his attention to the history of that knowledge. As editor of Seeing Further, he has rounded up an extraordinary roster of scientists who write and writers who know science in order to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Society, Britain's scientific national academy. The result is an encyclopedic survey of the history, philosophy and current state of science, written in an accessible and inspiring style by some of today's most important writers. The contributors include Margaret Atwood, Steve Jones, Richard Dawkins, James Gleick, Richard Holmes, and Neal Stephenson, among many others, on subjects ranging from metaphysics to nuclear physics, from the threatened endtimes of flu and climate change to our evolving ideas about the nature of time itself, from the hidden mathematics that rule the universe to the cosmological principle that guides "Star Trek." The collection begins with a brilliant introduction from Bryson himself, who says: "It is impossible to list all the ways that the Royal Society has influenced the world, but you can get some idea by typing in 'Royal Society' as a word search in the electronic version of the "Dictionary of National Biography." That produces 218 pages of results -- entries, nearly as many as for the Church of England (at ) and considerably more than for the House of Commons () or House of Lords ()." As this book shows, the Royal Society not only produces the best scientists and science, it also produces and inspires the very best science writing.
It's about That Time: Miles Davis on and Off Record
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cook, Richard, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Here is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography that focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the turbulent life and work of the "Evil Genius of Jazz." Richard Cook, a veteran writer respected throughout the jazz world, looks at such landmark recordings as Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Kind of Blue, The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Live at Montreux. Each of these recordings is considered in detail, illuminating their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader, and composer. But Cook goes well beyond these fourteen albums, evaluating all the trumpeter's recordings (official and bootleg), and relating them to events in Miles's life as well as to wider currents in contemporary music. Cook helps us disentangle Miles the legendary figure from the music itself, to re-hear and reconsider this marvelous body of work ranging over four exhilarating decades. The author also highlights the indispensable contributions of sidemen such as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, and many others, as well as calling for a reassessment of the importance of such "satellite" figures as Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Chick Corea in the development of Miles's music. A comprehensive and rigorous guide to the music and life of Miles Davis, It's About That Time is a stunning book that burns away the fog of myth that surrounds its complex and contrary subject. Acquista Ora
Jack Teagarden: The Story of a Jazz Maverick
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Jay / Guttridge, Len / Williams, Martin, PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, The emergence of Jack Teagarden as an important jazz stylist was a significant feature of the '20s jazz scene. He brought a maturity to the sound of the trombone and until late in his life played with a laconic grace that few, if any, on his instrument have equaled. His collaboration with Louis Armstrong--who rated their musical relationship higher than any he had known--was one of the great partnerships in jazz history. The story of this funny, happy Texan is told with affection and detail in this, the only biography of Jack Teagarden."Obviously a man like Teagarden, with his mastery of his instrument, might have stepped into almost any kind of music and made a career for himself. But one thing this book makes clear is that Jack could not have been any kind of musician except a jazz musician. A jazz musician simply has to make his music and dedicate his life to it, even though he may not tell you (or himself) why he has to. He may not, indeed, even be able to say why, or need to say why. The need is to make music and, necessarily, lead the life that makes that possible. All of which has little or nothing to do with ego or acclaim or money. He needs to give his music to the world and he hopes the world will understand.You will find out about that need in these pages. You will also find plenty of the pranks and boys-will-be-boys anecdotes that seem so prevalent, diverting, and (under the surface) necessary a part of the musical life."--Martin Williams, from his new preface.
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Reunion - Il Manifesto
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Reunion Etichetta: Il Manifesto - CD 122 Formato: CD Originale Registrato: live Roma Elenco tracce 1 Illinstrum 2 T Two Twin 3 Wolonà 4 Ce Soir A Bankoni 5 Hail We Now Sing Joy 6 Medley: All In Together / Zero / Alternate Line / Odwalla 7 Urban Bushmen Alto Saxophone - R. Mitchell* (tracks: 5, 6) Alto Saxophone, Voice - J. Jarman* (tracks: 5) Bass - M. Favors* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7) Congas - D. Moye* (tracks: 4, 7) Drums - D. Moye* (tracks: ) Flute - J. Jarman* (tracks: 6), R. Mitchell* (tracks: 3) Instruments [Small] - J. Jarman* (tracks: 6) Percussion - J. Jarman* (tracks: 7), M. Favors* (tracks: 4, 7), R. Mitchell* (tracks: 4, 7) Percussion [Tama] - B. Sissoko* (tracks: 4, 6, 7) Percussion ['ngoni] - B. Sissoko* (tracks: 3) Percussion [Small] - D. Moye* (tracks: 1), J. Jarman* (tracks: 1), M. Favors* (tracks: 1), R. Mitchell* (tracks: 1) Percussion [Wood] - J. Jarman* (tracks: 3) Sopranino Saxophone - J. Jarman* (tracks: 4) Soprano Saxophone - R. Mitchell* (tracks: 2, 6, 7) Tenor Saxophone - J. Jarman* (tracks: 2, 6) Note Recorded in Rome on 22 January at the Centro Rai di Produzione Radiofonica (Via Asiago - Studio A) and mixed live using Solid State Logic digital multitrack. Pro Tools mastering at the Mediterranea Studio in Cagliari. Included 28-page booklet in Italian and English text with credits, a short biography, many photos. Total time: ". Metodo di pagamento accettati: Bonifico Bancario Postali PayPal (solo spedizioni con tracciatura - aggiungo le commissioni che PayPal mi addebita) Spedizione da concordare, si consiglia spedizioni tracciate, non sarò responsabile di eventuali smarrimenti con spedizioni non tracciate) Ritiro a mano per chi abita in zona Bergamo, se mi comunicate il tel. vi contatto (abito a 10 km da Bergamo, zona Osio Sotto)