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Bull Pen Chronicles - I-Witnessed Brouhaha of a Stony Mountain Game Warden (Hardcover): Stephen Porter Bull Pen Chronicles - I-Witnessed Brouhaha of a Stony Mountain Game Warden (Hardcover)
Stephen Porter
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Ex Magica - Dikaio Book 1 (Hardcover): Gayle Porter, Stephen Porter Ex Magica - Dikaio Book 1 (Hardcover)
Gayle Porter, Stephen Porter
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook - 600 Delicious, Healthy, and Easy to Follow Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love... Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook - 600 Delicious, Healthy, and Easy to Follow Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love (Hardcover)
Stephen Porter
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification - A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism... Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification - A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism (Paperback)
Steven Porter
R1,133 Discovery Miles 11 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Foundationalism, as a theory of justification and knowledge, is often associated with Enlightenment rationality, the Cartesian thirst for certainty, and the modern assumption of the objectivity and universality of reason. Because of these associations, scholars in various fields have disdained foundationalism in favor of some sort of non-foundationalist/post-modern approach to knowledge and justification. This present book is one piece of a much wider conversation that hopes to motivate a renewed look at foundationalism. Of course, the foundationalism on offer has settled down quite a bit from its surly forbears. This more mild-mannered foundationalism suggests that our beliefs about reality can be held with confidence and yet these beliefs remain open to criticism and revision. It is this type of epistemology that provides a constructive basis for investigation and research while nevertheless encouraging a cognitive humility about our claims to possess truth.

Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification - A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism (Hardcover,... Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification - A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism (Hardcover, New)
Steven Porter
R2,168 Discovery Miles 21 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Foundationalism, as a theory of justification and knowledge, is often associated with Enlightenment rationality, the Cartesian thirst for certainty, and the modern assumption of the objectivity and universality of reason. Because of these associations, scholars in various fields have disdained foundationalism in favor of some sort of non-foundationalist/post-modern approach to knowledge and justification. This present book is one piece of a much wider conversation that hopes to motivate a renewed look at foundationalism. Of course, the foundationalism on offer has settled down quite a bit from its surly forbears. This more mild-mannered foundationalism suggests that our beliefs about reality can be held with confidence and yet these beliefs remain open to criticism and revision. It is this type of epistemology that provides a constructive basis for investigation and research while nevertheless encouraging a cognitive humility about our claims to possess truth.

The Sweating Sickness Epidemic - Henry VIII's Great Fear (Hardcover): Stephen Porter The Sweating Sickness Epidemic - Henry VIII's Great Fear (Hardcover)
Stephen Porter
R589 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R111 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic when it was identified. The sweating sickness attacked the cities, towns and the countryside, not sparing the palaces. It threatened everyone, from the king in his castle to the beggars at his gates, including members of the dynasty and the political structure, the courtiers and those who directed the government, the church and the law. Contemporaries could do little more than make a bolt for it, and that included the king and his closest advisors, who moved furtively in a small group from one house to another away from London. The principal epidemics came between 1485, when it made its first appearance, and 1551, and it was confined to England and Wales, apart from one major eruption across northern Europe in 1529. Known as the English disease, this rapidly acting virus became Henry VIII's overriding fear, aggravating his well-known hypochondria and controlling his movements. The nature of the sweating sickness, its incidence and impact are all examined in this book, in the context not only of Tudor England and the problems of the Henrician succession, but also in the context of epidemic disease in Europe more widely. This book teases out the similarities and differences between 'the sweat' and its better-known, if equally feared, contemporary infectious disease, bubonic plague.

Porter Brothers' Tragedy (Paperback): Glenn Porter, Steven Porter Porter Brothers' Tragedy (Paperback)
Glenn Porter, Steven Porter
R445 R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Save R64 (14%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Black Death - A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London (Paperback): Stephen Porter Black Death - A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R454 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Evidence of the foulness and cruelty of the greatest catastrophe ever to hit London is still being unearthed under the streets of the capital today. The fresh plague pits containing thousands of skeletons uncovered during the construction of Crossrail are a reminder of the painful, drawn-out death suffered by Londoners as pustules and abscesses broke out all over their bodies. Plague has been a scourge of mankind since its onset in the sixth century. Its distinctive and repulsive symptoms, the excruciatingly painful effects inflicted on its victims, with a very high mortality rate, evoked a fear and repulsion that was caused by no other disease. Attempts to control its spread proved futile. The second plague pandemic in Europe began when the disease reached Sicily in October 1347. From there it spread remorselessly across the entire continent and erupted in London in the autumn of 1348, killing at least one-third, and perhaps one-half, of its inhabitants. As the largest city in England, London suffered a higher death-toll than any other community during the many subsequent outbreaks. Tudor and Stuart London was a city afflicted by plague, yet its population continued to grow inexorably, as it drew people from the rest of the country to replace the losses. Plague's last visitation came in 1665 and was its most destructive, claiming at least 70,000 victims in the space of just eight months and becoming known as the Great Plague. The legacy of plague has been a dread that has scarcely been overcome even today.

Everyday Life in Tudor London - Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn (Paperback): Stephen... Everyday Life in Tudor London - Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R460 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Tudor London was a vibrant capital city, the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell and St James's, built by Henry VIII to host his glittering court. Anne Boleyn was assigned a house in the Strand, with gardens running down to the river, while Elizabeth I stayed occasionally at Somerset House. The great and the good gravitated to the city too: Erasmus lodged with Sir Thomas More and his family in Bucklesbury, off Cheapside; Sir Walter Raleigh wrote poetry in his study in Durham House, overlooking the Thames and William Shakespeare lodged in Silver Street. Like today, streets and areas grew up with their own distinct personality: Bankside and Shoreditch were the first theatre and entertainment districts where the Globe Theatre was built to sit alongside the bear-baiting rings. Londoners themselves, and the many immigrants who flocked from the continent, created a lively, raucous society in the streets, markets and the hundreds of inns and ale-houses. Everyday Life in Tudor London vividly recreates this colourful city.

Edward III's Faithful Knight - Walter Mauny and His Legacy (Hardcover): Stephen Porter Edward III's Faithful Knight - Walter Mauny and His Legacy (Hardcover)
Stephen Porter
R612 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R109 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Sir Walter Mauny was described as Edward III's 'faithful knight'. That accurately summed up his life and career as a loyal servant of the king, distinguishing himself as a soldier, naval commander and diplomat. From the profits of war and royal favour he amassed a fortune, while gaining the respect of his contemporaries in both England and France for his abilities, courage and chivalric conduct. He used some of his wealth to acquire a burial ground in London for the victims of the Black Death, where he later established a Carthusian priory, for the monastic order favoured by kings and princes. Mauny, an orphaned younger son from a frontier area of the Low Countries, forged a spectacularly successful career in the service of the king of England. With his position, wealth and philanthropy Mauny made an enduring mark on the landscape of what became one of the world's great cities and his legacy there is still readily identifiable today. Mauny's abilities as a raconteur when telling the tales of his adventures enlivened the contemporary chronicles, and the popular impression of the Hundred Years War owes much to his narratives. His fascinating life, achievements and legacy stand out, even from the crowded chivalric world of Edward III's long reign.

Roots 2021 - A modern study of Humanity and Slavery (Paperback): Steven Porter Roots 2021 - A modern study of Humanity and Slavery (Paperback)
Steven Porter
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pyroelectric Infrared Detectors (Paperback): Stephen Porter Pyroelectric Infrared Detectors (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R302 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Save R47 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ex Magica - Diakio Book 1 (Paperback): Gayle Porter, Stephen Porter Ex Magica - Diakio Book 1 (Paperback)
Gayle Porter, Stephen Porter
R471 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook - 600 Delicious, Healthy, and Easy to Follow Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love... Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook - 600 Delicious, Healthy, and Easy to Follow Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions - Develop scalable applications from scratch and make them globally available in... Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions - Develop scalable applications from scratch and make them globally available in almost any language (Paperback)
Ted Hunter, Steven Porter, Legorie Rajan PS
R1,408 Discovery Miles 14 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Build cost-effective and robust cloud solutions with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using these simple and practical recipes Key Features Explore the various service offerings of the GCP Host a Python application on Google Compute Engine Securely maintain application states with Cloud Storage, Datastore, and Bigtable Book DescriptionGCP is a cloud computing platform with a wide range of products and services that enable you to build and deploy cloud-hosted applications. This Learning Path will guide you in using GCP and designing, deploying, and managing applications on Google Cloud. You will get started by learning how to use App Engine to access Google's scalable hosting and build software that runs on this framework. With the help of Google Compute Engine, you'll be able to host your workload on virtual machine instances. The later chapters will help you to explore ways to implement authentication and security, Cloud APIs, and command-line and deployment management. As you hone your skills, you'll understand how to integrate your new applications with various data solutions on GCP, including Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and Cloud Storage. Following this, the book will teach you how to streamline your workflow with tools, including Source Repositories, Container Builder, and Stackdriver. You'll also understand how to deploy and debug services with IntelliJ, implement continuous delivery pipelines, and configure robust monitoring and alerts for your production systems. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be well versed with GCP's development tools and be able to develop, deploy, and manage highly scalable and reliable applications. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Google Cloud Platform for Developers Ted Hunter and Steven Porter Google Cloud Platform Cookbook by Legorie Rajan PS What you will learn Host an application using Google Cloud Functions Migrate a MySQL database to Cloud Spanner Configure a network for a highly available application on GCP Learn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud Functions Automate security checks using Policy Scanner Deploy and run services on App Engine and Container Engine Minimize downtime and mitigate issues with Stackdriver Monitoring and Debugger Integrate with big data solutions, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub Who this book is forThis Learning Path is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers who want to implement Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this Learning Path useful. Basic understanding of GCP and its services is a must.

Google Cloud Platform for Developers - Build highly scalable cloud solutions with the power of Google Cloud Platform... Google Cloud Platform for Developers - Build highly scalable cloud solutions with the power of Google Cloud Platform (Paperback)
Ted Hunter, Steven Porter
R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Develop, deploy, and scale your applications with Google Cloud Platform Key Features Create and deploy your applications on Google Cloud Platform Store and manage source code and debug Cloud-hosted apps with plugins and IDEs Streamline developer workflows with tools for alerting and managing deployments Book DescriptionGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) provides autoscaling compute power and distributed in-memory cache, task queues, and datastores to write, build, and deploy Cloud-hosted applications. With Google Cloud Platform for Developers, you will be able to develop and deploy scalable applications from scratch and make them globally available in almost any language. This book will guide you in designing, deploying, and managing applications running on Google Cloud. You'll start with App Engine and move on to work with Container Engine, compute engine, and cloud functions. You'll learn how to integrate your new applications with the various data solutions on GCP, including Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and Cloud Storage. This book will teach you how to streamline your workflow with tools such as Source Repositories, Container Builder, and StackDriver. Along the way, you'll see how to deploy and debug services with IntelliJ, implement continuous delivery pipelines, and configure robust monitoring and alerting for your production systems. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with all the development tools of Google Cloud Platform, and you'll develop, deploy, and manage highly scalable and reliable applications. What you will learn Understand the various service offerings on GCP Deploy and run services on managed platforms such as App Engine and Container Engine Securely maintain application states with Cloud Storage, Datastore, and Bigtable Leverage StackDriver monitoring and debugging to minimize downtime and mitigate issues without impacting users Design and implement complex software solutions utilizing Google Cloud Integrate with best-in-class big data solutions such as Bigquery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub Who this book is forGoogle Cloud Platform for Developers is for application developers. This book will enable you to fully leverage the power of Google Cloud Platform to build resilient and intelligent software solutions.

Shakespeare's London - Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Paperback): Stephen Porter Shakespeare's London - Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R389 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R71 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and diaries, a vivid picture emerges of this fascinating city, with its many opportunities and also its persistent problems. By far the largest city in the country, it was the centre of government, the law and the church, the focus of politics and culture. It had a vigorous economy, with a range of industries and a lucrative trade in luxury goods for the courtiers and wealthy citizens. Growth produced overcrowding and high mortality, with shockingly high death tolls during the periodic plague epidemics, yet London attracted an endless stream of people, who were absorbed into its diverse communities and economic structures. Here the first playhouses were built, patronised by large audiences, who were treated to a rich and varied diet of plays to keep them, and the court, entertained. The London that Shakespeare knew was an expanding, changing and exciting city.

A Daily Walk With God in his own Ordinances; or, The Bible Standard of Duty, as Exemplified in the Primitive Christians... A Daily Walk With God in his own Ordinances; or, The Bible Standard of Duty, as Exemplified in the Primitive Christians (Hardcover)
Stephen Porter
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Fire of London (Paperback): Stephen Porter The Great Fire of London (Paperback)
Stephen Porter
R299 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Great Fire of London was the greatest catastrophe of its kind in Western Europe. Although detailed fire precautions and fire-fighting arrangements were in place, the fire raged for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches and 44 of the City of London's great livery halls. The 'great fire' of 1666 closely followed by the 'great plague' of 1665; as the antiquary Anthony Wood wrote left London 'much impoverished, discontented, afflicted, cast downe'. In this comprehensive account, Stephen Porter examines the background to 1666, events leading up to and during the fire, the proposals to rebuild the city and the progress of the five-year programme which followed. He places the fire firmly in context, revealing not only its destructive impact on London but also its implications for town planning, building styles and fire precautions both in the capital and provincial towns.

Porter Brothers' Tragedy (Hardcover): Glenn Porter, Steven Porter Porter Brothers' Tragedy (Hardcover)
Glenn Porter, Steven Porter
R1,060 R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Save R180 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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