Angus: 416 books

Archie has lived on a small island off the Scottish coast his entire life. After decades without a job and without a break from his selfish wife, Archie packs his bag and leaves to find the hole where the North Wind originates, as the old stories claim. He meets many strange and wonderful characters...

Sometimes, all a person needs to know about life, can come from a charming, know-it-all cat especially when that cat shares the wisdom hes gleaned from his nine-plus lives and his ability to live blissfully in the moment. This book is a purr-fect read for those seeking insights into the meaning of...

Exam board: Cambridge Assessment International Education Level: A-level Subject: Thinking Skills First teaching: September 2018 First exams: Summer 2020 Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide full support of the syllabus for examination from 2020. Improve...

This book examines one of the most pervasive, but also perplexing, textual phenomena of the early modern world: the manuscript miscellany. Faced with multiple problems of definition, categorization, and (often conflicting) terminology, modern scholars have tended to dismiss the miscellany as disorganized...

This is the first book-length critical analysis in any language of Hans Blumenberg’s theory of myth. Blumenberg can be regarded as the most important German theorist of myth of the second half of the twentieth century, and his　Work on Myth*　*(1979) has resonated across disciplines ranging from...

Why do people harm, injure, torture and kill animals? This book evaluates the reasons why these crimes are committed and outlines the characteristics of the animal offender. It considers ethical and value judgements made about animals and the tacit acknowledgement and justification of unacceptable...

Stress is an inevitable part of being lawyer and it can even be a positive force – it can help you push through long hours or meet tough targets. However, when stress becomes excessive, it can be damaging to individuals and to firms, leading to mental and physical sickness, lack of morale or a desire...

Radical Orthodoxy remains an important movement within Christian theology, but does it relate effectively with an increasingly pluralist and secular Western society? Can it authentically communicate the beauty and desire of the divine to such a diverse collection of theological accounts of meaning? This...

Rien ne serait plus naturel que la guerre fût le résultat de la crise présente ; pourtant on peut dire également que rien n’est moins certain. Si le terrain des hostilités n’était pas limité à l’Extrême-Orient, et si la puissance qui se trouve en face du Japon était une autre que la...

On va ENFIN pouvoir assumer nos références d'ado ! Hé oui, car cette nouvelle série revival met en lumière un fait indéniable : tout le monde est imprégné des souvenirs du passé ! Notamment par la culture populaire et les phénomènes de société des années 70 et 80, et pas toujours...

Volume 33 reviews the current understanding of ion channel regulation by signal transduction pathways. Ion channels are no longer viewed simply as the voltage-gated resistors of biophysicists or the ligand-gated receptors of biochemists. They have been transformed during the past 20 years into signaling...

Why was Velan trying to amuse Vali? How do the dynamics of love emerge? What is the connection between the planting, the harvest, the coming of age, the lullaby and the lament? Wherefore does the ancient song rise and whither does it go? What hidden mysteries are embedded in the beats of the...

Three times during the 17th century, England and Holland went to war as part of an ongoing struggle for economic and naval supremacy. Primarily fought in the cold waters of the North Sea and the English Channel, the wars proved revolutionary in their impact upon warship design, armament, and naval...