Given a fresh look with covers, a different "TreeTops" logo, this title includes parental notes on inside back cover, and also teaching materials.[...]
This book presents a new introduction to Berkeley, guiding the student through the key concepts of his work by examining the overall development of Berkeley's ideas. George Berkeley (1685-1753) was one of the most important and influential philosophers in the history of Western thought. He is most f[...]
Utifrån en vilja att söka samtal om samhälle och folkbibliotek har Nick Jones, bibliotekschef i Huddinge kommun utanför Stockholm, skrivit och publicerat texter i en rad olika sammanhang. Här samlas nu för första gången ett urval av hans texter. Texterna har sorterats in under tre teman: Ras[...]
I Bryt upp! har Nick Jones, bibliotekschef i Huddinge, samlat namnkunniga forskare och debattörer som bryter ner och analyserar begreppet rasism, för att kunna bryta upp för nödvändig förändring. Boken ger inga säkra, entydiga och avslutade svar, inga givna sanningar och inga såhär-ska-du-[...]
This evocative story follows the stripping away, layer by layer, of the facade of a seemingly perfect marriage. David and Sally appear to be an ideally matched couple. David's work has taken them to the South Pacific nation of New Sudan where they lead a self-indulgent colonial life whilst waiting f[...]
On a South Pacific island during the last decades of the twentieth century, indigenes, migrant workers and European managers struggle to understand and define themselves and their place in the incomprehensible world shaped by the Van Island Palm Oil Development Company. A volatile and brutal state o[...]