Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line. The new poor, however, are an even larger group than these official figures suggest. They are more often than not in work... Zobraziť viac
Essential Readings in Comparative Politics combines classic theoretical works, contemporary scholarship, and serious... Zobraziť viac
In 2016, a diverse faction of conservatives, united by fierce nationalism, populism, and an acute distaste for progressivism, rallied behind a crass New York real estate mogul who had never held elected office.... Zobraziť viac
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has... Zobraziť viac
The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't... Zobraziť viac
This volume works to connect issues in environmental ethics with the best work in contemporary normative theory. Environmental issues challenge contemporary ethical theorists to account for topics that traditional ethical theories do not address to any... Zobraziť viac
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift... Zobraziť viac
What is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to some hidden cache of cut-and-dried absolutes, whether drawn from God, universal reason, or societal... Zobraziť viac
It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. But what impact did it have on today's political and social landscape? It was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, the Prague Spring, the Chicago convention... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Previously published as Ethics, Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics addresses the question of how to live... Zobraziť viac
This popular collection of 12 familiar fairy tales in Latin has been a classroom favorite for over a decade now. It provides an engaging alternative to traditional Latin texts for translation and reading comprehension. Aimed at intermediate ... Zobraziť viac
Delving into Brazil's baroque past, Peter Robb writes about its history of slavery and the richly multicultural but... Zobraziť viac
A profoundly arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Written with an... Zobraziť viac
After the veritable hype concerning postmodernism in the 1980s and early 1990s, when questions about when it began, what it means and which texts it comprises were apt to trigger heated discussions, the excitement has notably cooled down at ... Zobraziť viac
A renowned stage magician reveals the secrets of The Mentalist's brainpower. On the hit television show The Mentalist, protagonist Patrick Jane employs his keen powers of observation and mental acuity to assist the ... Zobraziť viac
If you’ve ever heard a variation of that question from your students—or asked it yourself—this book is for you. Bringing technology into the classroom is about so much more than replacing overhead projectors and chalkboards with Smart Boards... Zobraziť viac
Problems of Rationality is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. From the 1960s until his death in August 2003 Davidson was perhaps the most influential figure in English-language philosophy, and his work has... Zobraziť viac
Tools Not Rules' says Roy Peter Clark, vice president and senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, the esteemed school for journalists and teachers of journalists. Clark believes that everyone can write well with the help of ... Zobraziť viac
Outdoor Leadership, Second Edition, is the definitive text for developing student leadership in outdoor and adventure settings throughout the world. Crafted by an author team internationally recognized for their research, teaching, and experience... Zobraziť viac
