Leading sharkeologists David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern bring you a hundred things you definitely didn't know about the oceans' most terrifying creatures. For example: the great white shark hates jazz music; a group of hammerhead sharks is called 'a toolbelt'; the reef shark can sen[...]

In this book Arianna Betti argues that we have no good reason to accept facts in our catalog of the world, at least as they are described by the two major metaphysical theories of facts. She claims that neither of these theories is tenable -- neither the theory according to which facts are special s[...]

If you're interested in Plato, you're reading the wrong book. If you're interested in difficult childhoods, sexual misadventures, aesthetics, cultural history, and the reasons that a club sandwich and other meals -- including breakfast -- have remained in the memory of the present writer, keep readi[...]

If you're interested in Plato, you're reading the wrong book. If you're interested in difficult childhoods, sexual misadventures, aesthetics, cultural history, and the reasons that a club sandwich and other meals -- including breakfast -- have remained in the memory of the present writer, keep readi[...]

In Between Facts and Norms Jurgen Habermas works out the legal and political implications of his Theory of Communicative Action (1981), bringing to fruition the project announced with his publication of The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in 1962. This new work is a major contribution[...]

This Bible is designed to creatively engage Bible readers who have a passion for finding out interesting facts about the Bible. It features unique Bible book introductions that point to fascinating details that can be found in each of the Bible s 66 books. At the end of each book is a full page of i[...]

Series Header: The SYB FactBook Series This is an exciting new series of books for the general reader from the editor and publishers of one of the world's most respected reference books--"The Statesman's Yearbook." The "FactBooks" present everything you need to know about the places, people, and pra[...]

There are not 1,000, not 2,000, not 3,000, BUT - an amazingly awesome 10,000 stickers in this brilliant book More than just a sticker book, there are fabulous facts to learn on the themed pages about sea creatures and safari animals, dinosaurs and things that go, and so much more. Plus, of course, [...]

The real-world value of knowledge in the mobile-device age.
More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map; don't know what Frank Lloyd Wright did for living; can't say how many calories are in a Big Mac or how many candles are on a menora[...]

The practice of building software is a a??new kid on the blocka?? technology. Though it may not seem this way for those who have been in the field for most of their careers, in the overall scheme of professions, software builders are relative a??newbies.a??In the short history of the software field,[...]