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With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, 'If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.' Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of knowledge, and the concept of progress.
'This book is the delightful apotheosis of donmanship: Merton parodies scholarliness while being faultlessly scholarly; he scourges pedantry while brandishing his own abstruse learning on every page. The most recondite and obscure scholarly squabbles are transmuted into the material of comedy as the ostensible subject is shouldered to one side by yet another hobby horse from Merton's densely populated stable. He has created a jeu d'esprit which isWith playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, 'If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.' Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work
The American poet Robert Lax belongs to the generation of Thomas Merton, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionism, and the compositions of John Cage. Yet he stands out as this era's most intriguing minimalist poet, gaining this reputation through a constant questioning of the universe and our idea about
The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco’s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by
The complete and unedited edition of Thomas Merton's famous autobiography, one of the greatest works of spiritual pilgrimage ever written. 'The Seven Storey Mountain is a book one reads with a pencil so as to make it one's own.'Graham Greene 'A remarkable book, a classic of its kind, written in a
Post-glacial is a collection of poems by Robert Kroestch selected by his former student David Eso. The book features Kroetsch's iconic collection, Completed Field Notes, alongside rare work gathered from different stages of Kroetsch's career. The book contains an afterword by Aritha van Herk
World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His choice of landmark writings by some of the
Hailed as 'one of the literary giants of SF' by the Denver Post, Gene Wolfe has repeatedly won the field's highest honors, including the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy awards. Peace is Gene Wolfe's first full-length novel, a work that shows the genius that later flourished in such
2018 Reprint of 1941 Fifth Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. The Robert Collier Letter Book remains one of the more useful books on writing sales letters. As every great copywriter knows, these techniques are directly transferable to
Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its
A treasury of wisdom from the influential Christian contemplative, political activist, social visionary, and literary figure. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was spiritual parent to a generation--and his influence, through his many books, has only increased in the half-century since his death. He was a
NEW EDITION FOR THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEVERIDGE REPORT The classic and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised to cover New Labour and Cameron's
David Elkind [is] one of psychology's leading lights.--Washington Post With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries
'The moment of takeoff was ecstatic...joy. We left the ground--I with Christian mantras and a great sense of destiny, of being at last on my true way after years of waiting and wondering...' With these words, dated October 15. 1968, the late Father Thomas Merton recorded the beginning of his
Revised for the paperback edition - a dazzling biography of the Eternal City - 'A tour of the great city with a great guide: who could do this better?' EVENING
Ten fascinating bite-sized biographies of the Christians people expect you to know. While Christians have always prized the Bible as our ultimate authority in matters of faith and practice, we also recognize that the Christian life is an intergenerational and communal activity. This collection of
Poet, Trappist monk, religious philosopher, translator, social critic: the late Thomas Merton was all these things. This classic selection from his great body of poetry affords a comprehensive view of his varied and progressively innovative work. Selected by Mark Van Doren and James Laughlin, this
The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback. This edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald's Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation
A posthumously published collection of Merton s essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity. Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick
2015 Reprint of 1907 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. AN EXACT FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL BRITISH EDITION PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL FONT AND PAGINATION. Benson's dystopian novel continues to draw interest over 100 years after its
'Zen enriches no one,' Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite--one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. 'There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while... but they soon go elsewhere. When they are
Written by Robert Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General in the British Army and founder of the international Scouting movement, Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential manuals for youth ever published. First printed in 1908, it remains an all-time bestseller in the English-speaking world,
The fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to out-gun and out-perform the latest German tanks, such as the formidable Panzer V Panther. It was one of the most successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the TankCraft series
'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Icarus; but scattered feathers floated on the waves below...'These are the greatest stories ever