This is the third volume of Peter Simpson’s distinguished series, England in the Middle Ages, the culmination of extensive and meticulous research. It encompasses the early Plantagenet period (1216 to 1307) and offers a comprehensive examination of English life, covering the domains of art, science, medicine, economics, and religion. The subsequent sections explore the reigns of Henry III and Edward I, addressing pivotal events such as the Magna Carta, the Second Baron’s War, and Edward’s ...

A vibrant portrait of New Zealand's art scene in mid-century Christchurch.Explore the interconnected lives and legacies of artists, writers, and musicians who shaped Christchurch's cultural identity from 1933 to 1953. Peter Simpson delves into the fertile period when figures like Rita Angus, Colin McCahon, Ngaio Marsh, and Douglas Lilburn forged a unique blend of European modernism and New Zealand nationalism.Discover the untold stories behind the Caxton Pr...

That the Gospels are the writings of their traditional Apostolic authors was long held to be settled truth. It was also long held that Matthew was first and as early as the 40sAD, followed by Mark and Luke, and lastly by John, and that all were written before about 70AD. These views have been doubted or denied by New Testament scholars from about the end of the 18thCentury. The dominant view is that the Gospels were not written by eyewitnesses, though they depend on material that may go ba...

It seems Naomi's mother has forgotten her birthday, but delivering Purim treats to the neighbors brings Naomi a special surprise.

A touchstone in Western debates about society and government, the Politics is Aristotle’s classic work on the nature of political community. Here, he argues that people band together into political communities to secure a good and self-sufficient life. He discusses the merits and defects of various regimes or ways of organizing political community — democracy in particular — and in the process examines such subjects as slavery, economics, the family, citizenship, justice, and revo...

Are you frustrated by the lack of lack of quality, up-to-date revision material for the Primary FRCA OSCE examination? The answer is here. Primary FRCA: OSCEs in Anaesthesia provides candidates with over 80 practice OSCE stations presented in the style of the Royal College exam. Covering the main OCSE categories such as physical examination, resuscitation and simulation, anaesthetic hazards, and equipment, this book will help candidates prepare for the exam and test their knowledge. Each s...

Esmay Suiza wasn't a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos. She'd had to make her way on grit alone, which meant it wasn't likely she'd ever make admiral and "hoist her own flag." Well, that was fine with her: all Esmay wanted was a secure berth where she could be part of something greater than herself, and otherwise just live her life in peace. But what we want or think we want from life and what we get are seldom the same—and one day Esmay found herself in the middle of a space...

Macquarie Aboriginal Words is a dictionary of words from a selection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.This ebook covers the languages of Diyari & Kaurna from South Australia.For each language, the following information is provided:· a brief history of the language· points on the grammar, spelling and pronunciation· an extensive wordlist organised by categories, such as animals, body parts, kin relationships, placenames, etc....

This book is a meticulously researched but very readable story of Huguenot Paul Fourdriniers journey from being an apprentice in Holland to a highly recognized printmaker in London in the eighteenth century. Paul is almost forgotten and artistically underrated but was an accomplished copper engraver who founded the English Fourdrinier dynasty, which produced the developers of the Fourdrinier papermaking machine and the mother of Cardinal Newman. The reader will be immersed in his world and...

Among the works on ethics in the Aristotelian corpus, there is no serious dispute among scholars that the Eudemian Ethics is authentic. The Eudemian Ethics isincreasingly read and used by scholars as a useful support and confirmation and sometimes contrast to the Nicomachean Ethics. Yet, it remains a largely neglected work in the study of Aristotle's ethics, both among scholars and moral philosophers.Peter L. P. Simpson provides an analytical outline of t...

Working in uncertainty has become the new normal, but what do leaders have to draw upon when lacking the requisite knowledge? In this book, the authors make a case for Negative Capability, which enables leaders to work in a state of not knowing without simply reaching for old ideas or resorting to habitual behaviours. It is not a practice that can be measured, but its impact in leadership practice is immense and tangible.Offering fresh insights for leadership students, researchers,...

This book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good; political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. In Political Illiberalism, Simpson provides a detailed account of these political phenomena and presents a political theory opposed to that of Rawl...