This volume discusses Wittgenstein’s work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason. Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer’s Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous ‘rule-following considerations’ from his Philosophical Investigations Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors

Introduces an effective and comprehensive program for those suffering from bipolar disorder and their loved ones, explaining how to promote stability, reduce the risk of suicide, improve relationships, decrease health-care costs, and increase work ability through a combination of lifestyle change, behavior modification, medications and supplements, and a proper support team. Original.

Product Description: The first fully comparative empirical analysis of the relationship between education and social cohesion, this book develops a new 'distributional theory' of the effects of educational inequality on social solidarity. Based on extensive analysis of data on inequality and social attitudes for over 25 developed countries...read more

Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is arguably one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and a key text in the philosophy and history of science. Kuhn transformed the philosophy and history of science in the twentieth century in an irrevocable way and still provides an important alternative to formalist approaches in the philosophy of science. In Kuhn's ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions': A Reader's Guide, John Preston offers a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work. The book offers a detailed review of the key themes and a lucid commentary that will enable readers to rapidly navigate the text. The guide explores the complex and important ideas inherent in the text and provides a cogent survey of the reception and influence of Kuhn's work.

Product Description: Computer Literacy for IC3 was written to provide readers the opportunity to learn and demonstrate computer and Internet literacy through a worldwide industry standard. Now updated for Office 2007. Covering each of the IC3 objectives, this book provides a broad understanding of the key components to computer literacy...read more

Product Description: Computer Literacy for IC3 was written to provide readers the opportunity to learn and demonstrate computer and Internet literacy through a worldwide industry standard. Now update for Office 2007. Covering each of the IC3 objectives, this book provides a broad understanding of the key components to computer literacy...read more

In the long hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk, there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Petty, the widowed farmer, has had her hunch proved correct that the strange mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find.

Product Description: The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly-defined projects for students and a one of a kind supplements package. GO!’s project-based approach clusters the learning objectives around the projects rather than around software features...read more

Product Description: The first fully comparative empirical analysis of the relationship between education and social cohesion, this book develops a new 'distributional theory' of the effects of educational inequality on social solidarity. Based on extensive analysis of data on inequality and social attitudes for over 25 developed countries...read more

Product Description: There are good-looking, willing young men in every hidden corner of America — men like Tim and Marc who know a worthy top when they see him. John Preston’s powerful and darkly insightful classic The Love of a Master follows the Master’s patient, deliberate, and wickedly inventive training of his two boyish but determined devotees as they release themselves to their submissive natures, to the “fear and anticipation” that come with true service...read more

Product Description: For Introductory Computer courses in Microsoft Office 2003 or courses in Computer Concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Office 2003 applications.   Teach the course YOU want in LESS TIME. The primary goal of the GO! Series is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly-defined projects for students and a one of a kind supplements package...read more

Product Description: This play depicts a morning in the life of artist Henry Faulkner, set in his winter studio/home in Key West, Fla., during the mid-1960s. The action of the play is set in motion after Henry persuades his young houseguest, Hollis, to procure his girlfriend, Eva, for Jack, a sailor Henry has been keeping around, because Jack "misses his wife...read more

Product Description: “Tough yet sensitive, Franny is a tribute to those who have helped so many in the current generation of gay men and women escape the prison of individual isolation.”—Library JournalIn Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, John Preston created one of his most memorable characters from among the more than 30 books he authored or edited over his storied career...read more

Product Description: “Volunteers needed for a very private, very elegant S/M party for a discreet group of ladies and gentlemen to be held in San Francisco. Only the very willing and the experienced need apply. . .”And only a virtuoso of erotic fiction could build a spellbinding novel from the planning and preparation for an S/M party...read more

Product Description: John Preston brings it back to the basics: a hand on a neck, a boot that needs a spit shine, a trick who leaves with bruises and sweet memories. In books such as the S/M classic Mr. Benson, Preston explored power exchange in all its battered beauty...read more

Product Description: Written for a diverse audience (all ages, different educational backgrounds, varying educational goals), this book allows for self-paced or online learning. The primary goal of the GO! Series: Microsoft Word 2003 Comprehensive is to teach Microsoft Word 2003 quickly and easily, with an approach that is based on clearly-defined projects...read more