Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason (Poser Norman S.)(Paperback)

Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason (Poser Norman S.)(Paperback)

In the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful judge, serving as chief justice for an unprecedented thirty-two years. His legal decisions launched England on the path to abolishing slavery

The Portable Enlightenment Reader (Various)(Paperback)

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and

Law, Reason, and Emotion (Sellers M. N. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the role and importance of reason and emotion in justice and the law. Eight lawyers and philosophers of law consider law's basis in the universal human need for society, our innate sense of justice, and many other powerful inclinations and emotions, including the desire for

In a German Pension (Mansfield Katherine)(Paperback)

In a German Pension captures the youthful views of esteemed writer, Katherine Mansfield, who jumpstarted her illustrious career with a series of remarkable short stories. It showcases her growth and scope as a formidable nineteenth century writer. A captivating collection of short stories centering

Reason for God - Belief in an age of scepticism (Keller Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

An intelligent, intellectually rigorous examination of why the Christian faith still makes sense in an age of

Mansfield Park (Austen Jane)(Paperback)

At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords

The Poems of Norman MacCaig (MacCaig Norman)(Paperback)

By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is the third edition of 'MacCaig's Collected Poems' and is edited by his son Ewen. With 778 poems, 100 of them previously

ISE Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional (Garland Norman)(Paperback / softback)

The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Jacobs Alan)(Pevná vazba)

Critique of Black Reason (Mbembe Achille)(Paperback)

In Critique of Black Reason eminent critic Achille Mbembe offers a capacious genealogy of the category of Blackness-from the Atlantic slave trade to the present-to critically reevaluate history, racism, and the future of humanity. Mbembe teases out the intellectual consequences of the reality that

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health (Shim Ruth S.)(Paperback)

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health introduces readers to the concept of social justice and the outsized, but often ignored, role that social injustice plays in the identification, diagnosis, and management of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The contributors are first-rate,

The Castle in the Forest (Mailer Norman)(Paperback)

The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers

The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction (Garnett George)(Paperback)

The Norman Conquest in 1066 was one of the most profound turning points in English history, dramatically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a powerful European state. But what actually happened? How was the invasion viewed by those who witnessed it? And how has its legacy

Voices of the Old Sea (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade's bar,

The Surfing Tribe: A History of Surfing in Britain (Mansfield Roger)(Paperback)

The Surfing Tribe is the first definitive book about the history and heritage of surfing in Britain. Written by renowned surf historian Roger Mansfield, the book is the first to piece together the origins and history of the sport around the country. The book features all the characters who made the

Age of Reason (Sartre Jean-Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises

Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present (Davies Norman)(Paperback)

The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945, he travels back in time to highlight the

Magic's Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy (Jones Graham M.)(Paperback)

In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they may seem at first. As Jones shows, they not only matured around the same time, but they also shared mutually reinforcing stances toward modernity and

Norman the Snail - and The Climb (Henderson Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The first story to be released in the NORMAN THE SNAIL series describes the efforts of this determined little creature to reach the

Democracy and Social Justice Education in the Information Age (Letizia Angelo J.)(Paperback)

Chapter 1: Citizenship in the Information AgeChapter 2: Locate-Evaluate-ActivateChapter 3: Dialogue for DemocracyChapter 4: STEM and DemocracyChapter 5: Discourse for DemocracyChapter 6: Meaningful DemocracyChapter 7: Justice for DemocracyChapter 8: Leadership in a DemocracyChapter 9: Writing for

Rethinking Holocaust Justice: Essays Across Disciplines (Goda Norman J. W.)(Paperback)

Since the end of World War II, the ongoing efforts aimed at criminal prosecution, restitution, and other forms of justice in the wake of the Holocaust have constituted one of the most significant episodes in the history of human rights and international law. As such, they have attracted sustained

Novice Dragoneer (Knight E. E.)(Paperback)

In the first book in an exciting new coming-of-age fantasy series from the author of the Age of Fire series, an impoverished girl enters into a military order of dragonriders, but her path won't be as easy or as straightforward as she expected. Fourteen-year-old Ileth grew up in an orphanage, and

Voices of the Old Sea (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

After WWII was over, Norman Lewis settled in a remote fishing village on the Catalan coast. A place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tunny fishing of the summer, where women kept goats and gardens, arranged marriages, and made ends meet. They were

Wild Thing - The short, spellbinding life of Jimi Hendrix (Norman Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Acclaimed biographer Philip Norman charts the brief life of a megastar in rock music's premier echelon, the legend and man that is Jimi