Richard Mason – författare & böcker

The World of Suzie Wong

A Novel

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

307 kr

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History of a Pleasure Seeker

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

44 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 Times1907, Amsterdam. The belle époque is in full swing and Piet Barol has secured a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe''s leading hotelier - a child who refuses to leave his family''s mansion on one of the city''s grandest canals. As Piet is swept into the glittering society, he begins to uncover its secrets and finds his life transformed.With nothing but his looks, charm and youth to rely on, he is determined to make a fortune of his own. But in the heady exhilaration of this opulent new world, amid romance, delights and temptations he has only dreamed of, Piet discovers that some of the liaisons he has cultivated are dangerous indeed . . .

Lighted Rooms

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2010

44 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 Free State.For Eloise, the trip is partly a gift, partly a means of assuaging her guilt at moving her mother into a care home. For Joan, the discovery of her grandmother''s journal transports her to the troubled times of the Anglo-Boer war. Eloise, in the meantime, has gambled her business''s entire fortune on a promise made by an old lover.As their stories unravel, Joan takes increasing refuge in the landscape of her mind - in journeys to her own past. She also finds an unexpected friend in a lonely teenager who shares her fascination with history.

Natural Elements

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2009

104 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 daughter, Eloise, is an ambitious hedge fund manager who has decided to move her mother to an assisted-living facility. As a last hurrah, Eloise plans a trip to Joan’s childhood home in South Africa. What Joan discovers there summons long-buried secrets and opens up an entirely new world. Natural Elements is a dazzling tale of history and longing, and the high-stakes, full-tilt embrace of life.From the Trade Paperback edition.

History of a Pleasure Seeker

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

249 kr

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Cambridge Minds

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

616 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 variety of fields - including philosophy (Ray Monk on Russell, Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein, Robert Grant on Oakeshott); economics (Geoffrey Harcourt on Keynes); anthropology (Ernest Gellner on Frazer); the study of English (Stephen Heath on Richards and Leavis). Some who have made important contributions to Cambridge science describe their own work and discoveries - Max Perutz in molecular biology; Antony Hewish in radioastronomy; Simon Conway Morris in palaeontology. As a whole the book offers an intellectual portrait of many of modern Cambridge's most notable achievements which will be of interest to a broad range of readers within the University and far beyond.

The God of Spinoza

A Philosophical Study

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

599 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 community. He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science. He identified God with nature or substance: a theme which runs through his work, enabling him to naturalise religion but - equally important - to divinise nature. He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in his own right, both in philosophy and in religion.

Drowning People

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

312 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. Ella, bewitching, irresistible, haunted by the ghosts of her family's past - James cannot help falling in love with her, and she with him. But as the power and dangerous fragility of their relationship overwhelm them, James can only watch helplessly as the most beautiful thing in his life is strangled by deception, betrayal and ultimately murder ...

Understanding Understanding

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

511 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 a critical theory of understanding, modeled on past theories of knowledge, cannot be workable.Understanding may bring wisdom: an uncomfortable thought for many philosophers in the twentieth century. Yet philosophy aims at expanding understanding at least as much as knowledge. How we understand understanding affects how we understand philosophy. If we put aside a narrow view of understanding based upon a Cartesian model of knowledge, we may gain a more liberal, open understanding of philosophy.Mason's treatment of these fascinating problems offers a clear and lucid dialogue with a number of contemporary philosophical schools and with philosophy's past. His discussions include the thought of Hume, Henry James, Heidegger, Frege, Charles Taylor, Michael Oakeshott, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, James Joyce, and the Guyaki Indians. This fascinating book contributes to the work of many of these traditions as well as to the nature of understanding in areas as diverse as physics, music, and linguistics.

Oppenheimer's Choice

Reflections from Moral Philosophy

AvRichard Mason

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

1 558 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 choice to take that job and our judgment of his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer's choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the justification for the pursuit of scientific curiosity, the purity of research, and many other topics of interest in scientific ethics. This unique look at one man's choice brings out the necessary step from personal detail to abstract reflection-it may be easy to praise or condemn Oppenheimer's choice, but less easy to justify our praise or condemnation. Oppenheimer's Choice establishes the possibility of this kind of moral philosophy-neither "applied" nor "practical" ethics, but instead a sustained concentration on a single choice, and what it means.

Oppenheimer's Choice

Reflections from Moral Philosophy

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

383 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 choice to take that job and our judgment of his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer's choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the justification for the pursuit of scientific curiosity, the purity of research, and many other topics of interest in scientific ethics. This unique look at one man's choice brings out the necessary step from personal detail to abstract reflection-it may be easy to praise or condemn Oppenheimer's choice, but less easy to justify our praise or condemnation. Oppenheimer's Choice establishes the possibility of this kind of moral philosophy-neither "applied" nor "practical" ethics, but instead a sustained concentration on a single choice, and what it means.

Who Killed Piet Barol?

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

302 kr

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The Red Scarf

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

192 kr

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How Me and John Clayton Saved the World

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

251 kr

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Haunted: Stories of Spirits, Scoundrels, Legends, Lore and Ghosts in the Rialto Theater and Downtown El Dorado

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

290 kr

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Triple Jeopardy

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

350 kr

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The Norphlet Rangers and the Battle of Flat Creek Swamp

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

214 kr

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Runaways!

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

301 kr

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The Phantom of Norphlet

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

216 kr

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The Diary of a College Rebel: (As told by Stuart "Sandy" Carson

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

312 kr

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The Norphlet Mafia

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska

189 kr

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Del 11 - Richard the Paper Boy

Panic in Langley Bottom

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

285 kr

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World of Suzie Wong

A Novel

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2012

130 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, where many white expatriates have Chinese mistresses, their romance could jeopardize the things they each hold dear. Set in the mid-1950s, The World of Suzie Wong is a beautifully written time capsule of a novel. First published more than fifty years ago, it resonated with readers worldwide, inspiring a film starring William H olden, a ballet, and even a reggae song. Now readers can experience the romance of this groundbreaking story anew.

Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

855 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's historical and philosophical location as the appropriate context for the interpretation of his work the book goes on to present a non-'logical' reading of Spinoza's metaphysics, a consideration of Spinoza's radical repudiation of Cartesian subjectivism and an examination of how Spinoza wanted religion to be understood in the context of his wider thinking and the influence of his non-Christian background. Mason also assesses Spinoza's significance and importance for philosophy now.

Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2016

925 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''s historical and philosophical location as the appropriate context for the interpretation of his work the book goes on to present a non-''logical'' reading of Spinoza''s metaphysics, a consideration of Spinoza''s radical repudiation of Cartesian subjectivism and an examination of how Spinoza wanted religion to be understood in the context of his wider thinking and the influence of his non-Christian background. Mason also assesses Spinoza''s significance and importance for philosophy now.

Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2016

958 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''s historical and philosophical location as the appropriate context for the interpretation of his work the book goes on to present a non-''logical'' reading of Spinoza''s metaphysics, a consideration of Spinoza''s radical repudiation of Cartesian subjectivism and an examination of how Spinoza wanted religion to be understood in the context of his wider thinking and the influence of his non-Christian background. Mason also assesses Spinoza''s significance and importance for philosophy now.

Angling Experiences And Reminiscences, By Richard Mason

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

207 kr

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History of Japan

Revised Edition

AvJ. G. Caiger,Richard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

186 kr

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A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, comprehensive account of Japan''s history. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.This book includes an in-depth analysis of Japanese religion, arts, culture, and people from the 6th century B.C.E. to the present. Classic illustrations and unique pictures are dispersed throughout the book, enhancing its exploration of Japan''s rich history.Fans of the FX series Shogun will appreciate the detailed historical context provided in this book, particularly the sections covering the feudal period that align with the time portrayed in the show. However, A History of Japan transcends the current interest in this era, offering a lasting resource for understanding Japan''s broader historical and cultural development.Highlights of A History of Japan include:Archaic Japan including Yamato, the creation of a unified state, the Nana Period, and the Heian periodMedieval Japan including rule by the military houses, the failure of Ashikaga Rule, Buddhism, and the Kamakura and Muroachi Periods periodsEaly Modern Japan including Japanese feudalism, administration under the Tokugawa, and society and culture in early modern JapanModern Japan including The Meiji Era and policies for modernization, from consensus to crisis (1912-1937), and solutions through forceThis contemporary classic remains a central text in Japanese studies and a vital addition to the collection of any student or enthusiast of Japanese history, culture, or language.

Who Killed Piet Barol?

AvRichard Mason

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

312 kr

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A Book of the Year - The TimesA Book of the Year - Observer A Book of the Year - Mail on SundayAvoiding the chaos of the First World War, Piet Barol leaves the bustle of civilization and heads into Africa's greatest forest. With a business to build and secrets to escape, his only weapons are courage and intuition. His African guides have their own reasons for taking him to their ancestral lands. What he finds there changes him forever, and unleashes a chain of events he can neither predict nor control... This "gorgeous treat of a novel" (The Times, Book of the Month) is a funny, sexy, irreverent, and intensely moving portrait of what unites human beings when their sacred mysteries are blown apart.

Who Killed Piet Barol?

AvRichard Mason

E-bok

Engelska, 2016

44 kr

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Cape Town, 1914. Where a person can be whoever they want to be . . .Former tutor Piet Barol and singer Stacey Meadows are making a splash in colonial Cape Town. Styling themselves as the Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Barol, they have been living by their wits - but as the world drifts towards war, their quest for comfort and riches has brought them close to bankruptcy. With creditors at their heels, their furniture business is imploding and only a major win will save them. Stacey finds the ideal stooge: a mining magnate with a mansion to furnish. Piet enlists two Xhosa men to lead him into the magical forest of Gwadana, in search of a fabled tree. He needs precious wood, but he doesn''t want to pay for it. The Natives Land Act has just abolished property rights for the majority of black South Africans, and whole families have been ripped apart. As Piet''s charm, charisma and appetite for risk lead him far beyond the safety of the privileged white world, he does not comprehend the enormous price of the lies he has told, nor where they will lead him . . .