Nicholas: 2917 books
The Physiology of the Novel
Reading, Neural Science, and the Form of Victorian Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2007
How did the Victorians read novels? Nicholas Dames answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of nineteenth-century theories of the novel, a range based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading, He demonstrates the ways in which the Victorians thought...
by Ethan Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The Ghost Within follows the journey of John Montgomery, a famous author, as he deals with the aftermath of his wife and son's death. After he lost his muse for writing, he was sent, by his agent, to a ghost town in the Northeastern United States to focus on his work. Once inside, he finds out that...
The Anti-Pelagian Imagination in Political Theory and International Relations
Dealing in Darkness
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This volume draws together some of the key works of Nicholas Rengger, focusing on the theme of the 'anti-Pelagian imagination' in political theory and international relations.
Rengger frames the collection with a detailed introduction that sketches out this 'imagination', its origins and character,...
Strong Hermeneutics
Contingency and Moral Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ethics, particularly in the approaches of deconstruction and hermeneutics. At the same time, questions of identity have risen to prominence in philosophy and beyond into cultural studies and literature.
Strong Hermeneutics is a clear and accessible...
by Nicholas C. Burbules, D. C. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2000
This volume presents in a forthright and lively way, an account of the philosophical position generally identified as 'Postpositivistic' that undergirds much of mainstream research in education and the related social sciences. The discussion throughout is informed by recent developments in philosophy...
Liberty and Equality in Political Economy
From Locke versus Rousseau to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Liberty and Equality in Political Economy is an evolutionary account of the ongoing debate between two narratives: Locke and liberty versus Rousseau and equality. Within this book, Nicholas Capaldi and Gordon Lloyd view these authors and their texts as parts of a conversation, therefore highlighting a new perspective on the texts themselves.
Basic Equality and Discrimination
Reconciling Theory and Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The focus of this book is the idea of equality as a moral, political and jurisprudential concept. The author is motivated primarily by a concern to better understand conundrums in the justification, interpretation and application of discrimination law. Nicholas Smith aims to provide a clearer understanding...
Shakespeare's Late Plays
Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Shakespeare's late plays are a 'mixed bag' with a common theme: from the fiendishly jealous Leontes to the saintly Pericles; from the ineffectual Cymbeline to the omnipotent Propspero; from the 'sprites and goblins' of The Tempest to the famous bear of The Winter's Tale, the characters have excited...
The Road to Ubar
Finding the Atlantis of the Sands
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1999
No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found-if it even existed. Buried in the desert without a trace, it had become known as "the Altantis of the Sands." Many had searched for Ubar, including Lawrence of Arabia. Then in the 1980s, Nicholas Clapp,...
Logic
The Laws of Truth
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Logic is essential to correct reasoning and also has important theoretical applications in philosophy, computer science, linguistics, and mathematics. This book provides an exceptionally clear introduction to classical logic, with a unique approach that emphasizes both the hows and whys of logic....
by Nicholas G
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
This book will tell you everything that you need to know about how to read womens body language and how to become that chick magnet you always wanted to be.
Paul Hanly Furfey
Priest, Scientist, Social Reformer
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Nicholas Rademacher’s book is meticulously researched and clearly written, shedding new light on Monsignor Paul Hanly Furfey’s life by drawing on Furfey’s copious published material and substantial archival deposit. Paul Hanly Furfey (1896–1992) is one of U.S. Catholicism’s greatest champions...
by Nicholas O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
This is an adventure of a lifetime for a young girl called Courtney.Who finds herself in a strange new world of strange things with Fairies, Kings and Queens, wolves and magic, with a rip in the fabric of time and space with exciting adventure, mystery and danger around every corner with moments of...
Divine Discourse
Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 1995
Prominent in the canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the claim that God speaks. Nicholas Wolterstorff argues that contemporary speech-action theory, when appropriately expanded, offers us a fascinating way of interpreting this claim and showing its intelligibility....