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The Cosmos of Duty
Henry Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Roger Crisp presents a comprehensive study of Henry Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics, a landmark work first published in 1874. Crisp argues that Sidgwick is largely right about many central issues in moral philosophy: the metaphysics and epistemology of ethics, consequentialism, hedonism about well-being,...
by Roger Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
A leading light in the London spoken word scene and a 1999 selection for the National Portrait Gallery’s New Generation Poets Collection, Roger Robinson has a range that embraces poetry, prose and music without losing the quality of sharp observation. As an MC, he has supported iconic Hip Hop groups...
Beyond Mammoth Cave
A Tale of Obsession in the World's Longest Cave
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2000
In Beyond Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in the World’ s Longest Cave, James D. Borden and Roger W. Brucker provide gripping first-person accounts of the discoveries, including Roppel Cave, that made Kentucky’ s Mammoth Cave three times longer than any other cave in the world.
Borden,...
Lessons Not Learned
The U.S. Navy's Status Quo Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Despite its reputation as the most impressive naval force in the world, the U.S. Navy is in trouble, according to the author of this book, and systemic weaknesses could be its undoing. Here, military sociologist Roger Thompson provides a compelling, often scathing, assessment of the U.S. Navy and its...
by Roger Beacham, Lynne Cleaver
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Cheltenham History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this Regency spa town. Local authors Roger Beacham and Lynne Cleaver guide us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they’ve changed over the years, as well as exploring...
The Art of the Sublime
Principles of Christian Art and Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
In the view of Hegel and others, pagan art is the art of the beautiful and Christian art is the art of the sublime. Roger Homan provides a comprehensive and informative account of the course of Christian art, encompassing a re-evaluation of conventional aesthetics and its application to religious...
Meltdown Iceland
Lessons on the World Financial Crisis from a Small Bankrupt Island
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
The economic crisis that emerged in America in 2008 unleashed a veritable epidemic of ill health around the world. However it was Iceland, whose population of three hundred thousand had the world's highest GDP per capita and counted itself the happiest of countries, that caught the worst cold. It...
by Roger Payne
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The 'Gargantuan' book of quotable quotes on team building and leadership is the 'Ultimate' book on leadership skills, only it uses quotable quotes, over 3680 of them in 80 quote bites to teach you what you'd probably missed in other run of the mill leadership books. It has the famous 10 that everyone...
Knight Light
The Powerful Story of Virgin Mary's Husband
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Knight Light is narrated by star-crossed lovers quaintly identified as HE and SHE. He is the author, fate-appointed Knight on a Kings quest. She is the Queen Mother, Virgin Mary in contemporary guise. What they did after their church wedding in 1982 is told in sizzling detail as a Royal romp in the...
Gendered Militarism in Canada
Learning Conformity and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
“Despite Canada’s claim to be a gender equitable nation, militarism continues to function in ways that protect inequality.” —from the Introduction Little has been done to examine, critique, and challenge the ways ingrained societal ideas of militarism and gender influence lifelong learning...
by Roger Kuder
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
If you have seen other joke and riddle books that called themselves the "best" or the "greatest," but were disappointed, because they did not deliver what they promised, just flip through this book and try a few pages at random.This is the best of the best. The cream of the crop. Read it for...
American Sanctuary
Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
From “one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative historians in America today; there is no one else quite like him in the profession” (Gordon S. Wood)—a dazzling and original work of history.
A. Roger Ekirch’s American Sanctuary begins in 1797 with the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered...
by Roger Paine
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Roger Paine, retired Navy commander and former secretary to the trustees of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, has authored a collection of true stories about fascinating people and places. If you have an interest in the sea, you can learn about how the cells in one of Scotland’s biggest prisons...
Getting Ready for Model 3
A Guide for Future Tesla Model 3 Owners
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Written by Roger Pressman, founder of EVANNEX, the largest Tesla aftermarket accessories company, Getting Ready for Model 3 distills the countless questions buzzing about the world’s most anxiously awaited car into a cohesive, well-structured whole.
As a consequence of the author’s...