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The Mind and Its Depths
by Richard WollheimThis book brings together Wollheim's broad and abiding concerns to illuminate human thought at its furthest reaches of introspection and expression. Interweaving philosophy, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics, these essays reveal the critical connections between ideas and disciplines too often regarded as separate and distinct.
The Miracle of Hope
by Van Chau Andre NguyenWritten by a friend of Cardinal Van Thuan, this biography chronicles the life of the man Pope John Paul II said was "...marked by a heroic configuration with Christ on the cross."
The Misanthrope
by Molière Richard WilburMolière understood profoundly what makes us noble, pathetic, outrageous and funny, and in his splendid comedies satirized human folly to perfection. One of the best of his plays — and one of the greatest of all comedies — is The Misanthrope, first performed in 1666, when the King of France himself had assumed patronage of Molière's company, and the actor/playwright was at the height of his career. Spotlighting the absurdities of social and literary pretension, The Misanthrope shows us a man who is quick to criticize the hypocrisies, inconsistencies and faults of others, yet remains blind to his own. As "the misanthrope" grows more and more irritable with others, the play becomes more and more entertaining, even as a happy ending for the hero seems less and less likely.
The Misfortunes of Others (Bernard and Snooky)
by Gloria DankWhile Maya suffers through morning sickness and Bernard paints the nursery a chocolate brown, Snooky becomes involved in a romance and mischief.
The Missing Tea Set (Sweet Valley Kids #41)
by Francine PascalBig Trouble -- Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are nervous about visiting their mother's friend Mrs. Taylor. The old lady is strict, but the girls love the beautiful furniture and decorations in her house. When they find a lovely silver tea set, they can't resist breaking the rules to play with it. Then they discover that one of the pieces is missing! Can they find it before Mrs. Taylor discovers that it's gone?
The Model Bride (Harlequin Superromance #548)
by Pamela BauerWAS IT LOVE OR OBSESSION? Model Jessie Paulson looked remarkably like Kathleen Daniels, the woman who haunted Aidan McCullough’s past. The woman who had broken up his family. The woman his father had been convicted of murdering. Jessie had been on the jury. That alone should have made Aidan avoid her. But she fascinated him, drew him to her so strongly, he couldn’t resist. He only wanted to get on with his life—a life that included Jessie. But not only had Jessie found out about Aidan’s own involvement with Kathleen, she was now convinced she’d helped to convict an innocent man!
The Modern Monologue: Women
by Michael Earley Philippa KeilFirst published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Mole People
by Jennifer TothThis is a largely anecdotal examination of the homeless who inhabit the subway and other tunnels beneath New York City. The author is a journalist, and there is a goodly amount of discription of the conditions both of the inhabitants and the underground environment itself.
The Mole People: Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City
by Jennifer TothThousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City and this book is about them, the so-called mole people. They live alone and in communities, in subway tunnels and below subway platforms and this fascinating study presents how and why people move underground, who they are, and what they have to say about their lives and the "topside" world they've left behind.
The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
by Jennifer TothThis book is about the thousands of people who live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels of New York City.
The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Popular Fiction Ser.)
by Barbara CreedIn almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body.With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, T
The Moon of the Bears (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeChronicles a year in a black bear's life, beginning with her emerging from hibernation in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains during the spring thaw in February.
The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe story of the monarch butterfly's cross-continent migration during the month of May. Other books in The Thirteen Moons series are available in this library.
The Moon of the Owls (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeA great horned owl's stirrings to mate carry him across a forest in January in the Catskill Mountains, where he observes the nocturnal activities of other animals. Other books in this series are available in this library.
The Moral Sense
by James Q. WilsonAre human beings naturally endowed with a conscience? Or is morality artificially acquired through social pressure and instruction? Most people assume that modern science proves the latter. Further, most of our current social policies are based upon this "scientific" view of the sources of morality. In this book, however, James Q. Wilson seeks to reconcile traditional ideas with a range of important empirical research into the sources of human behaviour over the last 50 years. Marshalling evidence drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, including animal behaviour, anthropology, evolutionary theory, biology, endocrinology, brain science, genetics, primatology, education and psychology, Wilson shows that the facts about the origin and development of moral reasoning are not at odds with traditional views predating Freud, Darwin and Marx. Our basic sense of right and wrong actually does have a biological and behavioural origin. This "moral sense" arises from the infant's innate sociability, though it must also be nurtured by parental influence. Thus, this book revives ancient traditions of moral and ethical argument that go back to Aristotle, and reunifies the separate streams of philosophical and scientific knowledge that for so long were regarded as unbridgeable.
The Moral Sense
by James Q. WilsonAre human beings naturally endowed with a conscience? Or is morality artificially acquired through social pressure and instruction? Most people assume that modern science proves the latter. Further, most of our current social policies are based upon this "scientific" view of the sources of morality. In this book, however, James Q. Wilson seeks to reconcile traditional ideas with a range of important empirical research into the sources of human behavior over the last fifty years. Marshalling evidence drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, including animal behavior, anthropology, evolutionary theory, biology, endocrinology, brain science, genetics, primatology, education and psychology, Wilson shows that the facts about the origin and development of moral reasoning are not at odds with traditional views predating Freud, Darwin and Marx. Our basic sense of right and wrong actually does have a biological and behavioral origin. This "moral sense" arises from the infant's innate sociability, though it must also be nurtured by parental influence. Thus, this book revives ancient traditions of moral and ethical argument that go back to Aristotle, and reunifies the separate streams of philosophical and scientific knowledge that for so long were regarded as unbridgeable.
The Morality of Happiness
by Julia AnnasAncient ethical theories, based on the notions of virtue and happiness, have struck many as an attractive alternative to modern theories. But we cannot find out whether this is true until we understand ancient ethics--and to do this we need to examine the basic structure of ancient ethical theory, not just the details of one or two theories. In this book, Annas brings together the results of a wide-ranging study of ancient ethical philosophy and presents it in a way that is easily accessible to anyone with an interest in ancient or modern ethics. She examines the fundamental notions of happiness and virtue, the role of nature in ethical justification and the relation between concern for self and concern for others. Her careful examination of the ancient debates and arguments shows that many widespread assumptions about ancient ethics are quite mistaken. Ancient ethical theories are not egoistic, and do not depend for their acceptance on metaphysical theories of a teleological kind. Most centrally, they are recognizably theories of morality, and the ancient disputes about the place of virtue in happiness can be seen as akin to modern disputes about the demands of morality.
The Morality of Pluralism
by John KekesControversies about abortion, the environment, pornography, AIDS, and similar issues naturally lead to the question of whether there are any values that can be ultimately justified, or whether values are simply conventional. John Kekes argues that the present moral and political uncertainties are due to a deep change in our society from a dogmatic to a pluralistic view of values. Dogmatism is committed to there being only one justifiable system of values. Pluralism recognizes many such systems, and yet it avoids a chaotic relativism according to which all values are in the end arbitrary. Maintaining that good lives must be reasonable, but denying that they must conform to one true pattern, Kekes develops and justifies a pluralistic account of good lives and values, and works out its political, moral, and personal implications.
The Moreau Quartet: Volume One (Moreau Quartet)
by S. Andrew SwannThe Moreau Quartet Volume 1 is an omnibus of S. Andrew Swann's Forests of the Night and Fearful Symmetries.
The Morning After: A Loveswept Classic Romance
by Sandra ChastainPassion is in the cards for Sandra Chastain's hero Razor Cody--a man searching for revenge who ends up finding something far sweeter. Rachel Kimble has a feeling her life is about to change--so the knock on her front door, and the person behind it, are not totally unexpected. Razor Cody is a confident man with a stormy past and a mind set on vengeance: His only intention is to pass through Rachel's life like a warm Savannah breeze. But he's drawn to stay, intent on discovering what really brought them together. Razor Cody's not the sort to believe in fate, or visions, or love at first sight. What he does believe in is the way he feels when he lays eyes on beautiful, bewitching Rachel. But he has come to Savannah to settle a score, and falling for a lost lamb who speaks of destiny and dreams is not in his plans. And yet, no matter how he may try to shield his heart, when he discovers the kind of power their connection can bring, he'll do whatever it takes to keep Rachel safe--and in his arms. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from other Loveswept titles.
The Morning Gift
by Eva IbbotsonRuth Berger tries to escape Vienna with her Jewish-Austrian family before the Nazis arrive, but the plan goes wrong. Ruth meets British college professor Quin Sommerville. They agree to a marriage of convenience, to be annulled as soon as they return to safety, but dissolving the marriage proves to be more difficult than either of them thought.
The Mother Lode
by John Austerman Judy Van WingerdenThe Automobile Club of Southern California has created a guide to traveling in one the most interesting historical areas of California - the stretch of mining towns known as the Mother Lode. Major communities in the area are described in detail.
The Mousetrap and Other Plays
by Agatha ChristieTHE MOUSETRAP, the longest-running play in the history of London's West End, begins its 60th Year run on 25 November 2011. This new edition of eight works show how Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller. THE MOUSETRAP: Cut off by snowdrifts, the owners of a new guest house encounter terror when one of their first visitors turns out to be a homicidal maniac. . . AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: Ten guilty people are lured to an island mansion where an unknown killer begins to exact revenge. . . APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH: The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder. . . THE HOLLOW: Beneath their respectable surface, a set of friends realise that any one of them could be a murderer. . . WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial. . . TOWARDS ZERO: A psychopathic killer stalks unsuspecting victims in a seaside house perched high on a cliff. . . VERDICT: Passion and love are the deadly ingredients in this thriller in which a murder causes an unexpected chain of events. . . GO BACK FOR MURDER: A young woman discovers that her late mother was imprisoned for murdering her father and is determined to prove her innocence. . .
The Multicultural Dimension Of The National Curriculum
by Michael J. Reiss Anna S. KingGiven the National Curriculum Council's failure to issue any formal guidance on the subject, multicultural education is becoming increasingly marginalized and left to individual schools. This book provides guidance and advice to schools on issues of racial equality and cultural diversity. It helps teachers, managers and governors implement the requirements and expectations of new educational legislation since the 1988 Education Reform Act and its associated non-statutory advice and guidance.; Within a whole school curriculum framework, chapters provide analysis and practical guidance for each subject area of the National Curriculum. With responsibility for multicultural education resting largely on individual schools, this book sets out to aid schools of all kinds, primary, secondary, grant maintained and LEA, to ensure that issues of racial equality and cultural diversity are addressed throughout the whole curriculum.; It is aimed at teachers at all levels, Heads of Education Departments, Mentors, Governors, Advisers, INSET course tutors, students on PGCE, BEd.MEd. courses and those doing a BA in Education.
The Multilingual Dictionary of Real Estate: A guide for the property professional in the Single European Market
by Bernadette C Williams R. Williams B. Wood L. van BreugelThe Multilingual Dictionary of Real Estate" is not simply a word-for-word dictionary of specialist and technical terminology. It offers explanations of terms which cannot be translated exactly or are liable to cause confusion. A supplementary section of the dictionary provides detailed notes as well as translations of particularly tricky terms. There are also invaluable sections outlining the real estate and planning systems in the different European countries, government and planning hierarchies and real estate associations throughout Europe.