Author: Francesco Petrarca
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: unnumbered, library, renaissance, tatti, invectives
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-09-30
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0674030885
ISBN-13: 9780674030886

Francesco Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch’s four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages—against scholastic philosophy and medicine as well as the dominance of French culture. They defend the value of literature and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. The new translations in this volume, commissioned for

Author:
Publisher: Spotlight
Keywords: press, unnumbered, disney, montana, sneak, hannah, super
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 2008-07
List price: $22.78
ISBN-10: 1599615150
ISBN-13: 9781599615158

Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Keywords: novels, unnumbered, empire, malazan, knives, night
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-03-30
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0765363496
ISBN-13: 9780765363497

The small island of Malaz and its city gave the great empire its name, but now it is little more than a sleepy, backwater port. Tonight, however, things are different. Tonight the city is on edge, a hive of hurried, sometimes violent activity; its citizens bustle about, barring doors, shuttering windows, avoiding any stranger’s stare. Because tonight there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon – an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things … It was also prophesied that this night would witness the re

Author: Julie Cohen
Publisher: Harlequin
Keywords: extra, unnumbered, presents, harlequin, private, mistress
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-04-08
List price: $4.75
ISBN-10: 0373820755
ISBN-13: 9780373820757

She wasn’t the kind of girl gorgeous men flirted with. She was plain Jane Miller--great at her job, organized, efficient, sensible. Except that every time she met Jay’s deep blue eyes, she knew he wanted her. And she wanted him--the guy was seriously sexy! Perhaps it was time to let go for a change, and have the time of her life! Their intensely private and secret night together is mind-blowing, but now Jay has raised the stakes--he wants her as his mistress!

Author: Michael Huemer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: cognitive, theory, unnumbered, epistemology, studies, veil, perception, skepticism
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2001-07-17
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 0742512533
ISBN-13: 9780742512535

Since Descartes, one of the central questions of Western philosophy has been that of how we know that the objects we seem to perceive are real. Philosophical skeptics claim that we know no such thing. Representationalists claim that we can gain such knowledge only by inference, by showing that the hypothesis of a real world is the best explanation for the kind of sensations and mental images we experience. Both accept the doctrine of a ’veil of perception’: that perception can only give us direct awareness of images or representations of objects, not the external objects themselves

Author: Anees A. Sheikh
Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
Keywords: human, development, series, unnumbered, imagery, health, images, role, imagination, healing
Number of Pages: 530
Published: 2003-02
List price: $82.00
ISBN-10: 0895032082
ISBN-13: 9780895032089

In the Foreword to this new work, the Dalai Lama writes, "The reality of human existence includes our experience of illness, suffering and death. Pretending that we are not sick when we are, or that we will never die, would be as foolish as to deny the possibility of ever getting well." "As living beings, we all wish for happiness and seek to avoid suffering. One of the major factors here is our mental attitude. Physical health is closely related to our state of mind. Scientific experiments have shown that if the mind is stable and calm, basic physical functions like digestion and sleep imp

Authors:Larry A. Hickman, Stefan Neubert, Kersten Reich,
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Keywords: philosophy, hardcover, unnumbered, american, constructivism, dewey, pragmatism, john
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-03-16
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 082323018X
ISBN-13: 9780823230181

Many contemporary constructivists are particularly attuned to Dewey’s penetrating criticism of traditional epistemology, which offers rich alternatives for understanding processes of learning and education, knowledge and truth, and experience and culture. This book, the result of cooperation between the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the Dewey Center at the University of Cologne, provides an excellent example of the international character of pragmatist studies against the backdrop of constructivist concerns. As a part of their exploration of the