Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. John Rawls is the most significant and influential philosopher and moral philosopher of the t[...]
'Unsinkable' is the story of a man unjustly vilified: Churchill in the First World War. His enemies - the Tory Party - censured him for Antwerp, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli. He could do no right and was regarded as a dangerous maniac. But the true story is quite the opposite. This book tells how,[...]
Shaped around a typical Psychology student's journey, this work begins with an overview of the nature of the degree and advice about what needs to be sorted out in the first few weeks of the course. It also includes learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter to highlight key areas, and text [...]
Teaches the fundamentals of yogic breathwork, which helps quiet the mind and heighten receptivity to the power of being fully present in the moment.[...]
The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery of the essence of existence that can be found at the core of our being, and the liberation that comes from that discovery. With this worthy goal in mind,[...]
Related with simplicity and sincerity, the anecdotes in this firsthand account detail author Renata Caddy's experiences with Babaji, an eternal being and figure in Indian spirituality. Through personal stories and photographs, Caddy describes her first meeting with Babaji during a stay in India in 1[...]
This important collection presents a radical reconception of the place of knowledge in contemporary policy making in Europe, based not on assumptions about evidence, expertise or experience but on the different forms that knowledge takes. Knowledge is embodied in people, inscribed in documents and i[...]
Don Freeman's classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene over thirty years ago. These favorite titles are ready for another generation of children to love.[...]
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.During the recession of 1[...]
The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America's early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive capital. T[...]
I början av 1990-talet inbjöds nio världsledande amerikanska nationalekonomer att tillsammans med svenska kollegor granska den svenska välfärdsstaten. Syftet var att få ett kvalificerat utifrånperspektiv på de alltmer påträngande strukturproblemen i svensk ekonomi. Resultatet blev den s k [...]