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Stewart Shapiro develops an account of the meaning, function, and logic of vague terms in an idealized version of a natural language. The key feature is that extensions of vague terms vary in the course of conversations and, in some cases, a speaker can go either way without sinning against the meaning of the words or the non-linguistic facts.

This book is the first to bring together computational, neurological, and psychological research on how humans detect, classify, remember, and act on events. It provides a comprehensive collection of the latest research in these diverse fields.

The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature is a major new reference work that provides the best single-volume source of original scholarship on early American literature. Comprised of twenty-seven chapters written by experts in their fields, this work presents an authoritative, in-depth, and up-to-date assessment of a crucial area within literary studies.

Dialetheism is the view that some contradictions are true. This is a view which runs against orthodoxy in logic and metaphysics since Aristotle, and has implications for many of the core notions of philosophy. Doubt Truth to Be a Liar explores these implications for truth, rationality, negation, and the nature of logic.

This is an informed but very readable and timely book about how ethical issues - which are also gender issues - dominate Chaucer's work. Alcuin Blamires provides fresh understandings of Chaucer texts and explains how the poet shapes human problems in terms of the uneasy mix of moral traditions available at the time.

In the first comprehensive survey of the politics of language in Ireland in the colonial and post-colonial period, Tony Crowley challenges received notions, revisits familiar materials, and considers previously little-known evidence in order to present a complex, fascinating, and often surprising history.

Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. This volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations..

Written by a massage practitioner, this book presents 5-minute massage sessions. It is suitable for those who need a morning wake-up massage to invigorate you, or those preparing for a meeting and feel nervous. It includes movements and routines that help you let go, rebalance and re-energize.

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Take a virtual tour of picturesque Niagara Falls and see images of the "Maid of the Mist" steamer passing the American Falls, and powerful rushing waters at Bridal Falls. From early twentieth century hand-colored postcards and photographic views, you ca

An avid group of loyal collectors, spanning generations and races, can't get enough of these rare and quirky antiques. Now in its fourth edition, this indispensable field guide provides many additional objects and completely updated values for a culinary

These projects join two age-old skills: gourding and sewing. With simple techniques, you can combine gourds with a cloth body to make dolls or puppets to enjoy or give as gifts. In this Do-It-Yourself guide, you'll learn how to make: - a gourd ragdoll -

Tour 16 of the most haunted locations Arizona has to offer. Make friends with the ghost girl who watches over visitors at the Bisbee Inn. Meet average people who stay at the Oliver House, but then astral project along the quiet-night streets. Hear voices

Panoramic photography of North Shore, Massachusetts, captures 120-degree views. Favorite vistas are beautifully exposed, including Rockport from seawall to seawall, and beaches from Revere to the playlands in Salisbury. Images portray waterfront scenes in

Take a virtual tour of scenic Rocky Mountain National Park, which, and the resorts at Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colorado. See historic lodges and lakes, travel through scenic Big Thompson Canyon and view picturesque mountain ranges along the way. Over 40

This collection brings together the poems Ted Hughes wrote for children throughout his life. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those for reading aloud to the very young, progressing to the poems in Under the North Star and What is the Truth?, and ending with Season Songs, which Hughes remarked was written 'within hearing' of children. Raymond Briggs brings to the collection two hundred original drawings that capture the wit, gentlene...

Die Geräusche des Wassers - Klänge von Springbrunnen, Wasserfällen und Bächen - waren ein beliebtes Sujet im musikalischen Impressionismus. Nachdem bereits Liszt mit seinen "Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este" in diese Richtung gewiesen hatte, ließ sich auch Ravel von diesem Thema inspirieren. Dabei schlug er neue kompositorische Wege ein: In seinen "Jeux d'eau" entwickelte er eine schwebende Harmonik und erzielte neue klangmalerische Effekte. Dies...

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