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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle
Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations -
stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural
persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and
common meaning. It tells how Europeans and Indians met, regarding
each other as alien, as other, as virtually nonhuman, and how
between 1650 and 1815 they constructed a common, mutually
comprehensible world in the region around the Great Lakes that the
French called pays d'en haut. Here the older worlds of the
Algonquians and of various Europeans overlapped, and their mixture
created new systems of meaning and of exchange. Finally, the book
tells of the breakdown of accommodation and common meanings and the
re-creation of the Indians as alien and exotic. First published in
1991, the 20th anniversary edition includes a new preface by the
author examining the impact and legacy of this study.
A book of Short Stories about nine rodeo contestants and their
chase of the rodeo dream. Rodeo Dayz also includes a short
biography of each author and a short history of rodeo in the state
of NY.
Final FRCR Viva: 100 Cases and Revision Notes provides an
invaluable collection of high quality cases to enable radiological
trainees to fully prepare for the FRCR Part B Viva exam. Focussing
solely on providing the knowledge necessary to pass one of the
toughest exam components, 100 common viva topics are presented,
each one accompanied by model answers and tips on how to discuss
the case in question. Contains 100 typical exam cases, with
accompanying scripts (model answers) and relevant key points Model
answers enhanced with concise revision notes Highly illustrated
with images and diagrams to aid understanding of differential
diagnoses Authors include experienced consultant radiologists
involved in FRCR training
Columbus discovered America. So they say. But what of Leif
Ericsson? What of St. Brendan? Who inscribed that anguished message
on the Kensington Rune Stone? And who was The Westford Knight?We
are sure that Columbus made it to San Salvador - and back. And the
Icelandic Saga shores up faith in Leif Ericsson's voyage to North
America, although scholarly opinion of the Vinland map seems to
change every 10 years or so. St. Brendan's adventure has been
pretty generally dismissed as mere myth- as if myth could not be
rooted in truth. And the case of the Kensington Rune Stone
continues to generate controversy, despite an impressive
accumulation of evidence, both environmental and linguistic. And
then there is the Westford Knight. In 1954, the late Frank Glynn
uncovered the figure of a knight in full armor incised on a slab of
glacial rock along a roadside in Westford, Massachusetts. The
Knight's helmet, sword and shield all date to a specific decade in
the evolution of armor and arms. And the emblem on the shield
represents the armorial bearings of Clan Gunn, a noble family based
in Scotland's County Caithness. The figure is, in fact, a classic
military effigy, a type of monument commonly found in ancient
gravesites in Scotland and in the north of England. So what was the
Knight doing here?Facts cited in this little book suggest that The
Westford Knight sailed westward with his high-born kinsman, Henry
Sinclair, baron of Rosslyn and Earl of Orkney, in the service of
The Lady King. The author presents the evidence: THESE STONES BEAR
WITNESS. The verdict is for the reader to decide.
A group of science educators with experience of being involoved in
curriculum development, and in conducting extensive research on
many aspects of teaching and learning science, have combined their
findings in this volume. Each author has conducted research into
his or her own area of science education and presents the
implications of this research for a specific area of science
teaching. The experiences of members of the Monash Children's
Science Group; specifically three primary teachers and one biology
teacher, have also been included so as to present the voices of
teachers for whom writing a personal account of their teaching is
often an unappealing task.
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In life there are times when we are overwhelmed by what is
happening around and within us. It is like being caught in
floodwaters with no way out. King David describes his life this way
in Psalm 69. To the neck and rising explores his thoughts,
feelings, emotions and attitudes throughout the Psalm. The journey
that David takes is not dissimilar to ours and can provide us with
valuable personal insights. Choices we make while in the place of
the floodwaters determine whether we remain in that place of
emotional turmoil or we begin to make steps towards recovery.
Disney animated version of the classic fairy tale. When a prince is
turned into a hideous beast by a magical spell, he finds that the
only way out of his predicament is to win the love of the beautiful
Belle. Belle agrees to come and stay at his home in exchange for
the freedom of her father, whom the Beast had previously captured.
At first she is repulsed by his hideous features, but as time
passes she learns to recognise his true inner beauty.
What is God? What does it mean to believe in God? What happens to
God after the death of God? This book examines "the death of God"
from a philosophical standpoint. It focuses on monotheism,
polytheism, and nature, and it discusses the renewed importance of
spirituality-and the "spiritual but not religious"-in response to
the death of God. In recent years, religious belief has been in
decline, but secularism cannot satisfy our spiritual needs. We are
now living in a "post-secular" age in which the relationship
between philosophy, spirituality, and religion must be re-examined.
As an exploratory essay, this book engages the reader at a profound
level, and considers a variety of modern thinkers, including
Nietzsche, Hegel, Freud, Levinas, Assmann, and Buber. It offers a
sustained meditation on the origin of God, the death of God, and
the future of "God" as a guiding ideal.
In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford co-founded a university to honour
their recently deceased young son. After her husband's death in
1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the
university to inculcate her values, steered Stanford into
eccentricity and public controversy for more than a decade. In 1905
she was murdered in Hawaii, a victim, according to the Honolulu
coroner's jury, of strychnine poisoning. With her vast fortune the
university's lifeline, the Stanford president and his allies
quickly sought to foreclose challenges to her bequests by
constructing a story of death by natural causes. The cover-up
gained traction in the murky labyrinths of power, wealth and
corruption of Gilded Age San Francisco. The murderer walked. Deftly
sifting the scattered evidence and conflicting stories of suspects
and witnesses, Richard White gives us the first full account of
Jane Stanford's murder and its cover-up. Against a backdrop of the
city's machine politics, rogue policing, tong wars and heated
newspaper rivalries, White's search for the murderer draws us into
Jane Stanford's imperious household and the academic enmities of
the university. Although Stanford officials claimed that no one
could have wanted to murder Jane, we meet several people who had
the motives and the opportunity to do so. One of these, we
discover, also had the means...
The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.
In this pioneering study, White explores the relationship between the natural history of the Columbia River and the human history of the Pacific Northwest for both whites and Native Americans. He concentrates on what brings humans and the river together: not only the physical space of the region but also, and primarily, energy and work. For working with the river has been central to Pacific Northwesterners' competing ways of life. It is in this way that White comes to view the Columbia River as an organic machine--with conflicting human and natural claims--and to show that whatever separation exists between humans and nature exists to be crossed.
How does thinking illuminate the spiritual view of life? How does a
close examination of key spiritual thinkers help us to live in the
modern world? And in what way does philosophy enhance spirituality?
In this book, Richard White answers these questions by analysing a
range of important philosophers, from Schopenhauer in the first
half of the 19th century to Irigaray in the present day. Each
chapter examines the work of a single writer and one closely
associated theme, such as Nietzsche on generosity, Benjamin on
wisdom, and Derrida on mourning. The author looks at philosophy and
spirituality in the tradition of continental philosophy, and he
views spirituality as something that can be separated from
religion. With the rise of reductive scientific materialism
becoming ever more prevalent in modern society, White seeks to
recover the idea of a spiritual tradition which is not otherworldly
but philosophical in nature. The thinkers discussed in this book
articulate some of the deepest possibilities of human existence.
Spiritual Philosophers offers an approach to philosophy as a
spiritual practice, which the author sees as an integral part of
our life. As a pioneering work in an emerging field - the
philosophy of spirituality -- this book contributes to several key
debates surrounding spirituality, theology and the role of
philosophy in the contemporary world.
'To be Australian': what can that mean? Inventing Australia sets
out to find the answers by tracing the images we have used to
describe our land and our people - the convict hell, the
workingman's paradise, the Bush legend, the 'typical' Australian
from the shearer to the Bondi lifesaver, the land of opportunity,
the small rich industrial country, the multicultural society. The
book argues that these images, rather than describing an especially
Australian reality, grow out of assumptions about nature, race,
class, democracy, sex and empire, and are 'invented' to serve the
interests of particular groups. There have been many books about
Australia's national identity; this is the first to place the
discussion within an historical context to explain how Australians'
views of themselves change and why these views change in the way
they do.
Love comes in many forms and touches all our lives, and despite its
changing history, it remains constant in human experience. Love's
Philosophy explores the basic expressions of love. In this book,
White looks at friendship, romance, parenthood, and humanitarian
love in classical and contemporary perspective. He argues that the
philosophical oblivion of love has been a mistake. By examining
both the historical and contemporary formations of love, he
proposes alternative models to guide both our thinking and our
experience of loving.
The Heart of Wisdom explores the intersection of philosophy and
spirituality. Though spirituality is a concept often viewed with
skepticism by philosophers and others, spiritual concerns are
prominent in many people's lives, whether or not they ascribe to a
religious creed. This book examines spiritual concepts like
generosity, suffering, and joy, incorporating the various
perspectives of great philosophers, including Nietzsche, Aristotle,
and Derrida, as well as Eastern wisdom traditions, including
Buddhism and Vedanta philosophy.
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