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Political Issues in Britain Today
British politics has been revolutionized in the past ten years by two major factors: the hegemony of Thatcherism for eighteen years; and the current dominance of what some say is variant-Blairism--forged in opposition and enthroned in government since May 1997. This volume addresses key political issues which occupy the government and opposition, including: Blair's style of government, the philosophy of the welfare state and the question of its reform, policy-making in the oppressed local government sector, law and order, reform of the voting system, the effect of EU membership on British politics, the much criticized monarchy, privatization, the environment, education, standards in public life, the politics of the health service, and the usefulness of the House of Lords.
Blockheads!
New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with creativity and intensity. Over the course of his career, Block has made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of intelligence, representation, and consciousness. Blockheads! (the title refers to Block's imaginary counterexample to the Turing test—and to the Block-enthusiast contributors) offers eighteen new essays on Block's work along with substantive and wide-ranging replies by Block. The...
The Epistemic Role of Consciousness
In this volume, Declan Smithies argues that consciousness has unique epistemic significance in the sense that only conscious creatures have epistemic justification to know anything about the world. In other words, all epistemic justification depends ultimately on consciousness.
The Peach Heroes
The Peach Tree Project began 25 years ago with The Peach Tree newsletter. This was just a simple rag sheet of what little I had learned about my research of Peach genealogy. I had no intention of this newsletter going anywhere but to the 24 people who first received it. It was an innocent attempt to try to make contact with others whom I thought might be interested in this subject. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine how this would become a lifetime project and touch the homes of thousands of Peach descendants all over the world. Now 25 years later, the 150th Issue of The Peach Tree newsletter has become a reality. This book is about our Peach Heroes. Originally, all I could think about...
Rorschach
Meeting your new partner's family can be something of a trial. Certainly, Geoff's equanimity is ruffled when Lee's dad, at their first encounter, outlines plans to have him assassinated if he betrays her trust, and even that seems pretty reasonable compared with her mum's reaction. Of course, Geoff is level-headed enough to ignore the suggestion that he has a dormant gift of healing. Until Lee's father is rushed into hospital... The hospital visit unleashes a chain of events that drive him to doubt everything he knows about himself and about those around him; everything, that is, except his unconditional bond with Lee. Will this single certainty prove strong enough to guide his most critical decisions when surrounded by ambiguity, by observations whose meaning seems to shift, like Rorschach ink blots, depending on who tries to interpret them, and when?
Fortress
Steve E. Larson learns the harsh reality of war, finding himself relieving the past as a youthful American soldier flying combat mission from England in the summer of 1943. As the heated battle over the skies of Germany's Fortress Europe, take their toll on Steve, he finds comfort in the arms of English women. With each mission, life becomes more meaningful. He meets two women that are different as night and day. Captain Ann Toille, harden by the war and as cold as ice, and Cindy Graham a local working girl that he can escape to and enjoy the pleasures of the world. Fate steps in and he gets shot down over Germany. Left with only the clothes on his back he tries to make it back to England before getting captured. He finds out that there is more to this war and to life, then what he is living. He gets befriended on the way by Carolyn only to leave her hanging on deaths doorstep. Returning to England feeling low in heart, he turns to Cindy only to regret being with her. Fate steps in again as he meets Ann. Can Ann's love nourish him back even though it is not her love that he desires?
Justice League: Origin Deluxe Edition
"In a world where inexperienced superheroes operate under a cloud of suspicion from the public, loner vigilante Batman has stumbled upon a dark evil that threatens to destroy Earth as we know it. Faced with a threat far beyond anything he can handle on his own, the Dark Knight must trust an alien, a Scarlet Speedster, an accidental teenage hero, a space cop, an Amazon Princess, and an undersea monarch to help him. Can Batman, Superman, the Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman put aside their differences to save the world? Or will they destroy one another first?"--
Debates in British Politics Today
The contents focus directly on the dynamics of political argument in order to reveal how rival politicians and political scientists practice their persuasive art. Each contributor explores a disputed viewpoint, showing how differences of attitude and ideology structure the contemporary debate. Students should learn how an argument is constructed and develop the skills necessary for separating rhetoric from political reality. Further guidance is provided by summary boxes and suggested additional reading.
Sacred Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World. From Aphrodite to Baubo to Cassandra and Beyond.
This book does not intend to demonstrate that Greeks and other ancient Mediterranean peoples, men and women, married and unmarried, sought and participated in sex for its own sake. That is, it is taken as obvious, a given, that they were able to separate sex for pleasure from sex for reproduction. There never were human beings who concerned themselves only with “fertility”. Neither, does this study seek to demonstrate that some ancient Greeks were willing to provide sexual services to partners in return for the receipt of nonsexual benefits. Again, this is self-evident. Nor does this study intend to show that the ancient Mediterranean world was familiar with individuals and enterprises t...
Suburban True Crime
Chilling cases of murder and crime that have happened in the quiet streets of Australia’s suburbs. Featuring contemporary cases as well as some shocking historical murders you’ve probably never heard of, Suburban True Crime proves you shouldn’t say "it could never happen here". This collection of cases that are hard to believe, except they really happened – and all in the streets and homes of the Australia many of us know and live. The suburbs. These cases range from recent murders to some historical stories that will shock and surprise. Some of the cases you’ll know and there’s crimes you’ve never heard of. These cases will shock and surprise you including the still-unsolved m...
