There has never been a full-length history of Scottish philosophy, yet Scotland has an immensely rich philosophical tradition notable for several towering philosophical figures, including Duns Scotus, David Hume, Adam Smith, and Thomas Reid. Many others contributed to philosophical debates in their [...]

Murder is always on the menu for the ever chic and always capable Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier, highly esteemed member of the Paris Police Judiciaire. . . Quel horreur When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, everyon[...]

She's plain, practical. No stunning Southern beauty. And she never wears pink...
Eleanor Braddock, a spinster at 30, has long since dismissed any hope of marriage. But when a dying soldier whispers his final words, she believes her life can still have meaning and determines to find his widow. Bu[...]

Devin Alexander, author of the "New York Times" bestseller, "The Biggest Loser Cookbook," lets you have your cake and lose weight, too, with sinfully tempting -- yet amazingly healthy -- recipes for America's all-time favorite foods.Chef and former L.A. caterer Devin Alexander has maintained a fifty[...]

Alexander McCall Smith's wildly popular 44 Scotland Street series chronicles life in a corner of Edinburgh brimming with wit and humor.
Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit to[...]

Simple Taoism is designed to help the reader understand what Taoism is about and to help apply its best aspects to everyday living. Divided into three parts, the book outlines the background and development of the philosophy, illustrated with stories to bring the history to life. It then explains [...]

A Herzen Reader presents in English for the first time one hundred essays and editorials by the radical Russian thinker Alexander Herzen (1812-1870). Herzen wrote most of these pieces for The Bell , a revolutionary newspaper he launched with the poet Nikolai Ogaryov in London in 1857. Smugglers secr[...]

An analysis of letter forms, from Garamond and Bembo to the design and manufacture of sans-serif and newspaper type.[...]

First published in 1834, this was the first known dictionary of Tibetan, by the founder of the field of Tibetology.[...]