Bernard: 3655 books

Distinguished philosopher Bernard Gert presents a clear and concise introduction to what he calls "common morality"--the moral system that most thoughtful people implicitly use when making everyday, common sense moral decisions and judgments. Common Morality is useful in that--while not resolving...

Throughout the year of 1995, a series of debates took place under the auspices of the Higher Education Network for Research and Information in Psychoanalysis. Leading Kleinian and Lacanian psychoanalysts were brought together to debate key topics of psychanalytic theory. Subsequently, they were asked...

À l'Est comme à l'Ouest, la société industrielle est gouvernée par deux mythes totalitaires — la croissance et le centralisme — qui conduisent inéluctablement à un détournement des fonctions de la science, à une dénaturation des outils et des institutions, au dépérissement de l'individu,...

Qui s'en prend aux reines des Mouettes de Douarnenez et pour quelles raisons ? Le corps d'une première a été retrouvé sur l'île Tristan, celui d'une seconde sur les hauteurs de Quimper. À peine définitivement libéré de ses fonctions secrètes au sein de la Cellule-Élysée, le capitaine...

This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic picture of the fanatical Muslim...

In Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels , Bernard J. Paris offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane Austen's most popular novels. His analysis reveals them to be brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen....

Bernard H. Siegan describes the terms and provisions that a constitution dedicated to the maintenance of a free society should contain, together with the rationale and philosophy behind them. The author gives special consideration to the newly emerging nations of Eastern Europe and formerly communist...

In this seminal work, Bernard Siegan traces the history of onstitutional protection for economic liberties in the United States. He argues that the law began to change with respect to economic liberties in the late 1930s. At that time, the Supreme Court abdicated much of its authority to protect property...

Ranipoma Bernard Zoungrana is an expert at overcoming adversities and making his dreams reality. He survived extreme poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness, jail, and extremely limited opportunities from a poor village in French-speaking Africa to become a successful author, speaker, and philanthropist...

California State University professor and educational psychologist Michael Bernard shows parents how to help their children succeed in school to the very best of their abilities. "You Can Do It!" reveals the various types of underachieving students, tells how to prevent problems before they...

Born in Vienna in 1864, Bernard Hollander was a London-based psychiatrist. He is best known for being one of the main proponents of phrenology. This title, originally published in 1916, looks at ‘the numerous nervous illnesses of men, in which the mental factor plays a large part, and which are...

A Handbook Of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bernard D. Bolas.

Two Ropes is a carefully written true story about how a young Negro family realized success with the combined support derived from quiet friendships between Blacks and Whites existing in their strongly segregated hometown. Bernard and Shirley Robinson participated in constructive efforts to...

This book is a classic in the field of popular science. Standard reading since the 1930s, it is one of the few historeis of chemistry to concentrate on the lives of the great chemists. Through these dramatic and human stories, it gives an authoritative and entertaining account of the great discoveries...