959 results for '"Columbus, Christopher'

"[This book] argues that the relationship between well-being and ethical life has been overlooked. The more specific argument of the book is that ethical life requires political engagement, and the...

A dazzling Pocket Classics collection of thirty-three short stories from across two centuries, showcasing the remarkable breadth and depth of Irish literary talentIreland has a long and glorious...

Timaeus of Tauromenium (350-260 BC) wrote the authoritative work on the Greeks in the Western Mediterranean and was important through his research into chronology and his influence on Roman...

The author, disabled by cerebral palsy, recounts his childhood, his beginnings as a writer, and the adjustments he has been forced to make by his handicap. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year...

Learn all about space in this out-of-this-world addition to the bestselling Abrams Block Book series! 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Blast off! In this introduction to Earth's planetary system and...

"Situating literature and anthropology in mutual interrogation, Miller's...book actually performs what so many of us only call for. Nowhere have all the crucial issues been brought together with the...

Be an eyewitness to the exciting world of the medieval castle, from the dramatic methods used to defend and attack castles to what life was really like for the people living inside its mighty...

This text has been designed specifically to help senior plastic surgery trainees to prepare for and pass their postgraduate examinations in plastic surgery. It will also appeal to trainees with less...

Human behavior is infinitely complex and unpredictable, the result of thousands of interactions between predispositions, external factors and physical and cognitive processes. Drawing on a wide range...

Holistic Explanation Action, Space, Interpretation

Peacocke argues that the propositional content of mental states can only be understood in relation to perceptual experience and shows that not all experience is representational.

Ireland's regional newspapers were among the first to record the turbulent events that took place in the country between 1914 and 1921. But who were the personalities behind these papers and what was...