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Kenneth A. Taylor examines the complex relationship between semantic analysis and metaphysical inquiry with the aim of bringing philosophical methodology into closer alignment with total science. He urges philosophers who seek metaphysical insight to interrogate reality itself rather than language and concepts.

This book provides a systematic assessment of the behaviour of some relatively successful presidents in African presidential republics, examining the part played by presidents in the development of their countries.

Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a native of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy. Wilson's life serves as a window into the complex social and cultural transformations experienced during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea and the first three decades after independence.

This book examines the US foreign policy of differentiation towards the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe as it was implemented by various administrations towards Ceausescu's Romania from 1969 to 1980.

From 1894 to 1924 three waves of violence swept across Anatolia, targeting the region's Christian minorities. Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi's impeccably researched account is the first to show that the three were actually part of a single, continuing, and intentional effort to wipe out Anatolia's Christian population and create a pure Muslim nation.

What is knowledge? What, if anything, can we know? Michael Ayers initiates a fresh approach to these questions by recovering the insight in the distinction between 'knowledge' and 'belief' that was common philosophical currency for two millennia after Plato. He argues that knowledge comes only with direct cognitive contact with reality or truth.

Robert Stecker investigates the universal human need for aesthetic experience of the world around us. He examines three contexts where aesthetic value plays a central role: art, nature, and the everyday. He explores how the aesthetic interacts with moral, cognitive, and functional values, and considers the place of the aesthetic in a good life.

A much-needed introduction to the chemistry and design principles behind important metal-organic frameworks and related porous materialsReticular chemistry has been applied to synthesize new classes of porous materials that are successfully used for myriad applications in areas such as gas separation, catalysis, energy, and electronics. Introduction to Reticular Chemistry gives an unique overview of the principles of the chemistry behind metal...

Was die Wahrsagerin der vierzehnjährigen Rose, Tochter eines verarmten Plantagenbesitzers auf Martinique, für die Zukunft voraussagt, ist umwerfend, aber zugleich auch völlig unglaubwürdig, wenn nicht sogar lachhaft. Rose soll die Frau eines Kaisers werden. Dabei ist sie doch völlig mittellos, ohne vornehme Erziehung und durch einen Ozean von der glanzvollen Welt der Kaiser und Könige getrennt. Doch tatsächlich erzählt die Historie die Geschi...

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Wir gratulieren zum 50. Geburtstag! Seit 50 Jahren begeistert das GRIPS Theater Klein und Groß mit klugen, politischen und vorwitzigen Inszenierungen. Die Stücke wären ohne seine Lieder, die wahrhaft Hymnen wurden, nicht denkbar. Songs wie ?"Wir werden immer größer?"?, ?"Mattscheiben-Mille?"? oder ?"Kleiner Baum?"? sind zu Klassikern geworden und haben das Genre Kindermusik geprägt. Das Musical ?"Linie 1?"? ging um die Welt, und das Lied ?"Hey...

Natalie K. Zelensky is Assistant Professor of Music at Colby College. Her work on music of the Russian diaspora has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities, Ethnomusicology Forum, and Russia Abroad: Music and Orthodoxy. In 2013, she was a NEH fellow for "America's Russian-Speaking Immigrants and Refugees: 20th-Century Migration and Memory" at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, the research and academic ex...

Natalie K. Zelensky is Assistant Professor of Music at Colby College. Her work on music of the Russian diaspora has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities, Ethnomusicology Forum, and Russia Abroad: Music and Orthodoxy. In 2013, she was a NEH fellow for "America's Russian-Speaking Immigrants and Refugees: 20th-Century Migration and Memory" at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, the research and academic ex...

The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's h...

Alex Cohen is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company. When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his sympathies begin to shift. She is an embedded organizer of a pro-democratic Chinese party, secretly sowing dissonance among her fellow labourers. Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite?

The 20th century was marked by the emergence of human rights and their power to transform international relations, but not everyone who claimed human rights wanted to make the world a better place, while sometimes the benefits of human rights were unintended. Eckel recounts a history that is complex, polycentric, and does not provide easy lessons.

It is now more than 50 years since steam traction ceased on Britain's national rail network. In this book Gavin takes us back to those far off days for a fascinating look at the Bournemouth shed and station area.

Measured but passionate, rooted in facts but sure to shock, this work reveals the conflicting values, strangled resources, and competing goals that have fundamentally changed the idea of what college should be. This text is a call to arms for anyone who believes that strong colleges are vital to society.

In Beyond Psychotherapy: On Becoming a (Radical) Psychoanalyst, Barnaby B. Barratt illuminates a new perspective on what it means to open our awareness to the depths of psychic life and restores the radicality of genuinely psychoanalytic discourse as the unique science of healing.

Through the use of extensive case studies from throughout Africa, this book presents guidelines to ensure optimal benefits for stakeholders as well as promoting the sustainability of tourism in Africa. It includes descriptions of the various models/options for the private sector to engage in tourism in conservation areas in Africa including, among others, pure private sector ownership, joint ventures, tripartite agreements and government lease...