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  • Generation Care

    Poetry for a Caring Society

    de Peter Coates ...
    Drawing on his experience of over 50 years of health care service the author has imagined how life would improve if mankind moved towards a more caring and loving society. While mankind has greatly benefited from the goods and services which have been delivered by capitalist societies, the excesses of capitalism and the selfishness which leads to inequity have ruined many lives. Love calls us to a ... Leer más

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  • Local Places, Global Processes

    histories of environmental change in Britain and beyond

    Edición de Peter Coates, David Moon, Paul Warde ...
    We live in an age of unprecedented environmental change: global, interconnected and universal. Yet though our lives are inextricably connected to global processes, and increasingly mobile, we still live in particular places. Our perceptions of change, and what kind of change might be for good or ill, are shaped by the interaction of localised experience and the wider forces of transformation. ... Leer más

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  • Ibn 'Arabi and Modern Thought

    The History of Taking Metaphysics Seriously

    de Peter Coates ...
    Discover how the profound metaphysics of twelfth-century mystic Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi directly engages with modern philosophy, psychology, and contemporary epistemology.Ibn 'Arabi and Modern Thought: The History of Taking Metaphysics Seriously presents an open dialogue between classical Sufi wisdom and Western theoretical culture. Peter Coates examines how Ibn 'Arabi's central doctrine of wahdat al ... Leer más

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  • Squirrel Nation

    Reds, Greys and the Meaning of Home

    de Peter Coates ...
    Squirrel Nation is a history of Britain’s two species of squirrel over the past two hundred years. The red squirrel, although rare, is among the most cherished of native species. Grey squirrels, by contrast, are one of the most frequently seen wild creatures in our gardens, parks, towns and countryside, and many Britons consider it to be a foreign interloper, introduced from North America in the ... Leer más

    Antes 22,35 € Ahora 18,71 €

  • A Story of Six Rivers

    History, Culture and Ecology

    de Peter Coates ...
    Many of the world’s major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation and power, rivers sustain life and connect places and countries, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to somewhere else. Relating the biographies of four European and two North American rivers, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of ... Leer más

    29,32 €

  • Nature

    Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times

    de Peter Coates ...
    Series series Themes in History
    'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality. Yet nature has a history too, both in terms of human attitudes and human impacts. Coates outlines the major understandings of 'nature' in the western world since classical times, from nature as higher authority to its more recent meaning of threatened physical space and life forms.Unlike many others, ... Leer más

    21,99 €

  • The Fundamentals of Radiation Thermometers

    Authored by two highly respected experts in this specialist area, The Fundamentals of Radiation Thermometers is an essential resource for anyone intending to measure the temperature of an object using the radiated energy from that object. This readable, user-friendly book gives important background knowledge for anyone working in the field of non-contact thermometry.The book begins with an ... Leer más

    64,35 €

  • Getting Immigration Right

    Getting Immigration Right focuses on what is arguably the most important aspect of the current immigration debate: how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. The scale and character of illegal immigration is only one facet of the immigration problem currently before Congress and the president, but it is its most contentious and visible face. It is also the one part of the ... Leer más

    28,07 €

  • Salmon

    de Peter Coates ...
    Series Libro 19 - Animal
    Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, disease and exposure to cold. Even if they surmount these obstacles the fish risk becoming dinner for hungry predators like bears, birds and humans. Guided by a keen sense of smell, the survivors travel to their original hatching ... Leer más

    14,76 €

  • Environment and History

    The taming of nature in the USA and South Africa

    Series series Historical Connections
    The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settler incursion and dominance in two frontier nations, the USA and South Africa. They also seek to explain ... Leer más

    59,58 €

  • Audiolibro

    The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

    de M. R. James ...
    Narrado por Peter Coates ...

    Completo

    35 minutos

    In the shadowed corners of Barchester Cathedral, a dark and unsettling secret lies hidden, waiting to be uncovered. M. R. James, master of the eerie and the supernatural, weaves a tale of mystery that drips with suspense and an ever-looming sense of dread. The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral invites listeners to step into the quiet, yet perilous world of ancient stone and whispered prayers, where ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    The Classic Collection of Saki

    The Music on the Hill, The Unrest-Cure, Gabriel-Ernest, The Open Window and others

    de Saki ...

    Completo

    1 horas 25 minutos

    Step into the witty, unsettling, and delightfully ironic world of Saki (H.H. Munro), one of the sharpest voices in Edwardian literature. This classic collection gathers his most memorable and darkly humorous short stories, including The Music on the Hill, The Unrest-Cure, Gabriel-Ernest, and the widely loved The Open Window.Saki's tales are known for their unexpected twists, elegant prose, and ... Leer más

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