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History of a Pleasure Seeker
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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''An enthralling, perfectly paced romp that breathes new life into the picaresque genre'' Observer ''Rich in period detail and with requisite glittering trappings'' Daily Mail '' A Continental Downton Abbey plus sex, with a dash of Dangerous Liaisons tossed in'' Seattle Times 1907, Amsterdam. The …
Lighted Rooms
E-bok, 2010
45 kr
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A stunningly incisive and poignant novel about family, duty and the challenging world of the mind. Joan McAllistair is about to embark on the ''Trip of a Lifetime'' with her daughter Eloise; a journey back to her childhood South Africa and the family homestead in the old Boer Republic of the Orange …
Natural Elements
E-bok, 2009
110 kr
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In this moving, layered novel of memory and family, celebrated author Richard Mason tells the story of a mother and daughter, one caught in the past, one racing toward the future. Joan is eighty years old, a gifted amateur pianist who can no longer play because of her arthritic hands. Joan’s …
Cambridge Minds
Häftad, 1994
787 kr
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This collection of essays by a group of leading authorities is addressed primarily to a non-specialist readership, with the aim of introducing people and achievements associated with the University of Cambridge over the past 150 years. It explains, in simple terms, what has been done in a wide …
The God of Spinoza
A Philosophical Study
Häftad, 1999
732 kr
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This book is the fullest study in English for many years on the role of God in Spinoza's philosophy. Spinoza has been called both a 'God-intoxicated man' and an atheist, both a pioneer of secular Judaism and a bitter critic of religion. He was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious …
Drowning People
Häftad, 2011
318 kr
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A truly thrilling murder mystery set partly in Cornwall, in the tradition of Du Maurier's REBECCA: dark, English and very much a classic.At 21, James Farrell has the world at his feet. A gifted violinist, his successful career seems assured. Until a chance encounter with Ella changes everything. …
Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion
Inbunden, 2007
3168 kr
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Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion. Opening with a discussion of …
Understanding Understanding
Häftad, 2003
521 kr
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A study of the scope and limits of understanding.How is understanding to be understood? Are there limits to understanding? What of importance, if anything, could lie beyond understanding? And do we need to understand knowledge before we can know about understanding? Richard Mason's argument is that …
Oppenheimer's Choice
Reflections from Moral Philosophy
Inbunden, 2006
1286 kr
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Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer's choice to accept leadership of the Manhattan Project.In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, which produced the first atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer's …
Oppenheimer's Choice
Reflections from Moral Philosophy
Häftad, 2007
357 kr
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Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer's choice to accept leadership of the Manhattan Project.In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, which produced the first atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer's …
World of Suzie Wong
A Novel
E-bok, 2012
225 kr
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Penguin Books reintroduces the timeless story of the love affair between a British artist and a Chinese prostitute. Robert is t he only resident of the Nam Kok hotel not renting his room by the hour when he meets Suzie at the bar. She becomes his muse and they fall in love. But even in Hong Kong, …
Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion
Häftad, 2016
929 kr
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Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion. Opening with a discussion of …
Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion
E-bok, 2016
1091 kr
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Approaching the central themes of Spinoza''s thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza''s philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion. Opening with a discussion of …
Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion
E-bok, 2016
1091 kr
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Approaching the central themes of Spinoza''s thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza''s philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion. Opening with a discussion of …
