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Philosophy Bites Back
Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. From the ancient classics of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the groundbreaking modern thought of Wittgenstein, Rawls, and Derrida, this volume spans over two and a half millennia of western philosophy and illuminates its most fascinating ideas. Philosophy Bites was set up in 2007 by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. It has had over 12 million downloads, and is listened to all over the world.
Future Morality
The world is changing at such speed that it's hard to know how to think about the new kinds of dilemma that are springing up: Can robots be held responsible for their actions? Can science predict crime - and prevent it? Is the future gender-fluid? David Edmonds has put together a philosophical task force to get to grips with challenges like these.
Visions in the Shadows
Visions in the Shadows is an adventure into the struggles when tragedy occurs. David Merck lived in a city all of his life, but when he ventured to the woods for a vacation he is struck by a sequence of events that leave him blind and alone in the wild. This story follows David as he learns the simple things all over again, the hard lessons that keep him alive, and the soul searching that helps define who he is.
Critical Encounters in Secondary English
Because of the emphasis placed on nonfiction and informational texts by the Common Core State Standards, literature teachers all over the country are re-evaluating their curriculum and looking for thoughtful ways to incorporate nonfiction into their courses. They are also rethinking their pedagogy as they consider ways to approach texts that are outside the usual fare of secondary literature classrooms. The Third Edition of Critical Encounters in Secondary English provides an integrated approach to incorporating nonfiction and informational texts into the literature classroom. Grounded in solid theory with new field-tested classroom activities, this new edition shows teachers how to adapt pr...
Star Matters II: Edge of Revelation
Star Matters 2 is the second book in the Star Matters trilogy. It begins when the Gayan star people contact the British Prime Minister through their main contact , Professor Kitteridge, Professor of Cosmology at Cambridge University. They say that they are planning First Alien Contact between their race and planet Earth imminently. The Prime Minister is embroiled in Brexit and pleased to discover the UK armed forces have a secret agency ready to handle such an event. Soon the President of the USA has to be told and he insists that the Americans should manage any contact with alien forces. Meanwhile the Gayans have enemies that also have designs on annexing planet Earth for their Spargar Empi...
Hidden Secrets
Maria is a junior high school student struggling between reality and a lie and trying to figure out who she really is and what she really wants in life. Maria undergoes a series of situations in her life that puts her in a test, where she has to decide what’s best for her and also her mother’s—dealing with her drug-dealing dad, her toxic relationship with her lover, and having to deal with one-sided friendships, which she is having a hard time to admitting to. Will Maria pass the tests, or will she make a mistake and fail herself and her mother?
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
With a new preface and a new epilogue co-written with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez, this updated edition of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives, suffering, and resistance of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. Seth Holmes, an anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes was invited to trek with his companions clandestinely through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with Indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the United States, planted...
LRCW 6: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry
This volume presents almost 100 papers deriving from the 6th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Themes comprise sea and land routes, workshops and production centres, and regional contexts (western Mediterranean, eastern Mediterranean, Sicily and the Mediterranean islands).
The Handbook of Language and Globalization
The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research. The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this rapidly developing field Features new contributions from 36 internationally-known scholars, bringing together key research in the field and establishing a benchmark for future research Comprehensive coverage is divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identities Covers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others Winner of the British Association for Applied Linguistics book prize 2011
