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University of Chicago Press Doing Meritocracy Right
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University of Chicago Press Oedipus the King Second Edition
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The University of Chicago Press The Ashtray
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A scrappy continuation of Morris's disagreement with Kuhn and an explanation of why he thinks Kuhn’s ideas, which bear a certain resemblance to Berkeley’s, are so pernicious. . . . The Ashtray strikes me as an unlikely source for reaching a better understanding of Kuhn.; Morris dislikes him too much and can’t be trusted not to stack the deck against him. He ignores, for example, the excellent arguments against Whiggishness as a form of propaganda used to justify the historical dominance of Westerners over the rest of the world. But the book is a marvelous tool for the better understanding of Errol Morris, who is both a great artist and a fascinating individual in his own right.” -- Laura Miller * Slate *"Oscar-winning filmmaker Morris was once a graduate student under philosopher Thomas Kuhn, author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and this intimate analysis of flaws in that 1962 treatise is driven by Morris's smart, conversational tone. . . . Throughout the heady discussion, Kuhn's cantankerous personality is revealed: he once threw an ashtray at Morris, who is responding--albeit 45 years later--by lobbing this combative tome into the academic and practical world." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *“The documentarian Errol Morris gives us The Ashtray, a semi-autobiographical tale of the supremely influential The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. A spellbinding intellectual adventure into the limits, fragility, and infirmity of human reason. Morris’s tale is picaresque. Anecdotes, cameos, interviews, historical digressions, sly side notes, and striking illustrations hang off a central spine that recounts critical episodes in the history of analytic philosophy.” * Boston Review *“What is it about philosophers? A more fissiparous bunch it would be hard to find: if they aren’t threatening each other with pokers, they are flinging ashtrays at each other’s heads. . . . The Ashtray is passionate, polemical and defiantly written in chatty, accessible language with copious amusing footnotes. Frequently scabrous, Morris acknowledges that it could be seen as a vendetta, and freely admits that it is, as he views Kuhn’s idea of the social construction of knowledge as pernicious and disturbing. As befits a man whose life has been dedicated to documentary films, Morris sets great store by the existence of an objective truth, and this book is his passionate defence of that truth. . . . I found this all rather enjoyable. If you want an opinionated, impolite page-turner picking a fight with half of the modern philosophy of science, this is definitely the book for you.” * Fortean Times *"Many readers will know Errol Morris for his superb films that have won an Academy Award and other high honors. He has given us a book of the same quality and importance. It is a sustained argument in defense of Truth and Reality. At the same time, it is the story of a life in passionate pursuit of these vital ideas, not as distant abstractions but as things that actually exist in the world and demand our respect. It is about time! In an era of false news in our media, pseudo facts in politics, and political correctness in academe, no cause is more urgent than the cause of Truth and Reality." -- David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University"A compelling send-up of contemporary relativism about truth and epistemology by the distinguished film-maker and writer Errol Morris. He bases it on his own personal interactions with Thomas Kuhn, one of its most influential practitioners. But there is a little bit of everything in the book. Interviews with philosophers and scientists are intertwined with stories from many of my own favorite authors (Lewis Carroll, Russell, Borges), and discussions of notions such as reference, natural kind, paradigm, and incommensurability. Throughout we find, as we have come to expect from him, Morris's commitment to find out the truth. This time about truth itself." -- Saul Kripke"A wonderful read, combining memoir, epistemological reflection, the ethnography of academic philosophy -and confession of faith. The Ashtray will provoke and stimulate any serious reader, but it will provide particular insights for anyone familiar with Morris's important films." -- Charles E. Rosenberg, Harvard University"Errol Morris is a remarkable documentary film maker. He pursues his craft in the conviction that there is truth to be found and that creative and determined efforts will uncover it. In this extraordinary book, Morris explores his animating philosophical commitments about truth, reality, and knowledge. He presents his outlook in sharp opposition to ideas about relativism and incommensurability that he associates with Thomas Kuhn’s profoundly influential The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Morris's book is entertaining and engaging, but above all else it offers us a compelling exploration of the value of truth." -- Joshua Cohen, Apple University"This book is brilliant, thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating, and nearly always convincing. Everyone interested in the fate of truth and knowledge in these postmodern, alternative fact times should read it." -- David Wootton, author of Power, Pleasure, and Profit"Is truth real or is it a matter of opinion? That is the question Errol Morris ponders in this fascinating book. His argument for the reality of truth is compelling, informative, and lively. And there's another powerful lesson in it that goes far beyond the seemingly abstract philosophical issues: We escape the bubble of relativism precisely when we reach out to other human beings, when we care about something more than the 'little me,' when we offer the world our love--as Morris has done with his inspiring films, and now with this book." -- Edward Frenkel, University of California, Berkeley, author of Love and MathTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1: The Ultimatum 2: Shifting Paradigms 3: A Parliament of Fears 4: Listen, Old Man, What in Hell’s Gone Wrong Here? 5: Revolutions, Real and Imagined 6: The Leap into the Dark 7: The Furniture of the World 8: Avatars of Progress 9: The Contest of Interpretation Epilogue Acknowledgments Cast of Characters Bibliography Index
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MO - University of Illinois Press Cripping the Archive Disability History and
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University of Washington Press Cold War Deceptions
Book SynopsisInvestigates how the CIA tried to influence scholars and governmentsDuring the early Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency created dozens of funding fronts to support work that aligned with CIA goals, from clandestine operations and research to liberal anticommunist programs. While investigative journalists and congressional inquiries exposed many of these fronts, little is known about their daily internal workings. With a specific focus on the 1950s and 1960s Asia Foundation, Cold War Deceptions provides a rare view into the bureaucratic functioning of a covert operation in which most employees did not know they were working for the CIA. Drawing on the foundation's extensive surviving archival records and thousands of pages of declassified CIA documents, David H. Price examines how the foundation, secretly created and funded by the CIA, tried to shape Asian political, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments during the early years of t
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MV - University of Washington Press Contested Taiwan
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Yale University Press Working with Manuscripts A Guide for Textual
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Faber & Faber What Would Boudicca Do Everyday Problems Solved
Book SynopsisTired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own? Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much? It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is time to turn to women like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Empress Cixi. In this irreverent guide they will help you figure out how to dispatch a loverat, back yourself, kill it at work and trounce FoMo. With original illustrations by Bijou Karman, What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.
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Out of Print Clothing Virginia Woolf To The Lighthouse Mrs. Dalloway
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Out of Print Clothing Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Tote Bag
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Out of Print Clothing Sarahs Scribbles How I Spend Money Tote Bag
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Harvard University Press Banished Citizens A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation
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Harvard University Press The Age of Scientific Wellness Why the Future of
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Princeton University Press Jerusalem
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A worthy tribute to a city that very few people can visit, or can ever have visited for hundreds or thousands of years past, without profound excitement and emotional turmoil."--Michael Grant, The New York Times Book Review "Many hours of moving, sometimes beautiful, often disturbing reading."--Merle Rubin, The Christian Science Monitor "This book is full of interest and value for all who love the Holy City. Between the covers of no other single book about Jerusalem is this wealth of material to be found."--Ronald Brownrigg, The Middle East Journal
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Quarto Publishing PLC Extreme Wordle Challenge
Book SynopsisExtreme Wordle Challenge presents a collection of 500 extreme wordle puzzles to do anytime, anywhere, perfect for those who want to test their skills with a more extreme version of the game.
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British Museum Press Treasures of the British Museum
Book SynopsisThe BM is the greatest treasure house in the world and it could fill many books with pretty pictures ... but this is more than that. A choice selection of topics, some well known and obvious (Sutton Hoo, the Royal Cemeteries at Ur, the Elgin Marbles), others less obvious (the Folkton Drums, the Lothar Crystal), fifty in all, serve as the basis for description and discussion of both objects and collectors and the way in which the BM has acquired them. This unusual and interesting approach makes for a magnificent book: superb pictures, highly readable descriptions and lots of human interest anecdotes. The 2009 edition is significantly expanded with twelve new objects discussed, representing a refocusing away from Europe and the Near East and also showcasing artefacts, such as the Ringlemere Cup, acquired over the last few decades. `About as good as a book of this sort can be. A magnificent present ... if you can bear to part with it.''Table of Contents1. Forward, Introduction; 2. Treasure; 3. Civilisations rediscovered; 4. Sculpture; 5. Aspects of the Divine; 6. To the ends of the earth; 7. Temples and Tombs; 8. Pottery and Porcelain; 9. The Art of the Craftsman; 10. Art, Artists, and Art Collectors; 11. The Collecting Passion; 12. The Story of the British Museum.
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Gill Foclóiropedia
Book SynopsisThis breathtakingly exciting book discovers the Irish language as you''ve never learned it before! Fatti Burke''s amazing illustrations and her father John''s fabulous teaching bring the language alive with every turn of the page.A visual introduction to Ireland''s language for young and old, you will learn your first thousand words, discover your culture and enjoy the fabulous quirks and features of your native tongue!Bringing a contemporary appeal to a classic subject, get ready to fall in love with your language. It''s Irish as you''ve never seen it before!This is the third book from the bestselling father and daughter duo behind Irelandopedia and Historopedia, which have sold over 100,000 copies.
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The Crowood Press Ltd The Hydrangea A Reappraisal
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPhysically, this is a handsome hardback, a pleasure to hold and to read, admirably laid out and printed on heavy silk-coated paper which means the photos are of excellent quality in both definition and colour. The bottom line is that even if you buy only a single book on plants in 2024, you really should make it this one. -- François Gordon, Kent Gardens Trust * Kent Gardens Trust *
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Galison Mudpuppy Cheree Berry Bugle Boy Notecards
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Galison Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Golden
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Galison Cats Meow Mini Memory Match Game
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Galison William Morris Celandine Guest Book
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Andrews McMeel Publishing Lessons of a Turtle
Book SynopsisChannel your inner Zen turtle with Sandy Gingras's gorgeous watercolor gift book.Long ago, Sandy Gingras read The Tortoise and the Hare, a fable that teaches slow and steady wins the race. But she didn''t learn the lesson! Instead she lived the race of hurry-up and do-it-all every day. And it was tiring.But now, Gingras presents readers with a different kind of lesson from a different kind of turtle in the charming book Lessons of a Turtle. And it''s a good lesson: Go with the slow! Life is about enjoying what''s around you now and finding your own path. It''s about the beauty of the journey more than the achievement of the finish line. So be like the turtle . . . notice, savor, bask, risk, grow. Put some life back in your life!Gingras helps readers get through life by using charming turtlisms that complement her just-as-cute turtle illustrations. She teaches us about life''s little lessons with little treats like, You can''t move forward until you stick your neck out. and The slower you go, the more you see. The author''s little observations make a big difference on the journey through life.This book makes a lovely and inspiring gift.
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Pluto Press The Corporation That Changed the World
Book SynopsisThis is the dark history of the original multinational companyTrade Review'A powerful analysis of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, a private company that conquered a subcontinent and subjugated an entire people' -- Huw Bowen, Professor of Imperial and Maritime History, Swansea University'Elegantly written and sharply argued, Nick Robins’ gripping account of the rise and fall of the English East India Company brings to life a crucial episode in the history of globalisation' -- Sankar Muthu, Princeton University'The East India Company might have been relegated to the dustbin of history, but Robins digs it out, looks into the nooks and crannies, and comes up with plenty of insights that today's managers will find rich and rewarding' -- Mick Blowfield, Senior Research Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, co-author of Corporate Responsibility (2011)'Nick Robins' history of astonishing corporate greed, excess and abuse of power is brilliantly told, and perfectly timed' -- Isabel Hilton, Editor of China Dialogue'A brilliant, important contribution to an understanding of development and poverty' -- Mari Marcel Thekaekara, New InternationalistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Lists of Tables, Figures, Maps and Illustrations Chronology Introduction 1. The Hidden Wound 2. This Imperious Company 3. Out of the Shadows 4. The Bengal Revolution 5. The Great East Indian Crash 6. Regulating the Company 7. Justice Will be Done 8. The Toxic Exchange 9. A Skulking Power 10. Unfinished Business Epilogue Notes Index
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Pluto Press This is Not New Art Culture and the Promise of
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Pluto Press The Party is Always Right
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Pluto Press Friends in Common
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Pluto Press Beyond the Final Whistle
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Pluto Press The Starmer Symptom
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Anness Publishing Flower Celebrations Address Book Day Book
Book SynopsisA celebration of flowers in fine art, illustrations and quotations. Remind yourself of important dates in the daybook and record the details of friends and family in the address book.
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Book SynopsisA fabulous collection of 20 beautiful cards featuring 5 stunning photographs of flower arrangements, with practical instructions on the back on how to make the display; the cards are left blank inside so are suitable for any occasion.,
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Running Press,U.S. Gilmore Girls Youre My Coffee Coffee Coffee A
Book SynopsisWhether your recipient is a Lorelai or a Rory, this book is the perfect way to let your mom, sister, or friend know how much her friendship means to you. Once you fill in the 47 prompts, this book becomes a personalized gift full of funny, memorable, and endearing expressions of appreciation that your loved one will cherish for years to come. This officially licensed book features full-color photography from the show throughout.Copyright 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. GILMORE GIRLS and all related characters and elements are & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. TM & WBEI. (s22)
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Running Press Book Publishers Pusheen I Like You More than Pizza
Book SynopsisFollowing our adorable Pusheen Postcard Book and exciting line of licensed customisable fill-in books, I Like You More than Pizza pairs trademark Pusheen humour with a fresh format, offering Pusheen's millions of fans a new way to enjoy the brand.
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Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Three Classic Childrens Stories Little Red
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Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Charley Harper Birducopia 1000Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
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Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Charley Harper
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Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Dinosaurs Coloring Book
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POMEGRANATE EUROPE Pomegranate The Desert 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle
Book SynopsisCharley Harper's The Desert was originally featured on a poster commissioned by the US National Park Service. The painting includes an abundance and variety of flora and fauna, from the gila woodpecker (center) to the white-throated woodrat hiding beneath it. Nocturnal creatures blend into the darkness, but their eyes glow, ever alert! Harper made paintings filled with color, motion, and fun-as exemplified by this 1,000-piece puzzle.
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