Human reason is called upon to consider certain questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer. These questions relate to God, freedom of the will, and immortality. And the name for the subject which has to deal with these questions is metaphysics. At one time metaphysics was regarded as the queen of all the sciences, and the importance of its aim justified the title...

In the postwar years, an eruption of urbanization took place across Japan, from its historical central cities to the outer reaches of the archipelago. During the 1960s and 1970s, Japanese literary and visual media took a deep interest in cities and their problems, and what this rapid change meant for the country. In Residual Futures, Franz Prichard offers a pathbreaking analysis of the works wrought from this intensive urbanization, mapping the ways in which Japanese filmmakers, w...

Biology by Example is a revision guide aimed at the AQA GCSE science courses grades 91. It does have extra content, so it also covers the majority of the Edexcel and other UK exam boards as well. Biology by Example like the other guides in this series, (Physics by Example and Chemistry by Example) are different to other revision guides on the market because they are centred around practice questions with fully worked and solved solutions. This means the student/teacher can follow the metho...

The year is 1967 and the Vietnam War is raging. Lieutenant Ben Kinkaid of the US military police is patrolling the chaotic streets of Saigon after curfew when he crosses paths with US Army clerk Tommy Banks and his girlfriend, Grace Waverly. Grace says she’s a peace tourist, but she’s also a member of RAW—an anti-war group bent on stopping the war by any means necessary. When Grace turns up dead in the Saigon River, Ben gradually uncovers a much larger conspiracy that involves an opium-pus...

Rugby club tours - rule number one -WHAT GOES ON TOUR, STAYS ON TOURYet again in the sequel to Taking it up the Blindside, Jon Prichard, former captain of the Bangkok British Rugby Club breaks all the rules. Cat-out-of-the-bag and spilling-the-beans on what really happens on rugby tours ain't the half of this book's mischief!If you have only watched rugby from the sidelines or indeed matches broadcast on T...

Local voices reveal the personal stories and cultural legacy of a once-flourishing fishing town impacted by environmental change.A Book Club Selection by the National Museum of the Great Lakes!Silver Medalist, Midwest Book Awards!Weaving together the stories and voices of residents, anglers, community leaders, and environmental workers and researchers, this compelling account details the lives and livelihoods impacted by a once-unrivaled Michigan sal...

Ten years after the bloody vampire epidemic arrived on British shores, order has been restored to London but vampires remain a marginalized and persecuted group. Now the unrest begins during the winter solstice, the vampires day of celebration. In a world where vampires are real, many countries are at war with their own vampire epidemics, yet Britain has found a way to manage their own vampire epidemic. Donor houses are where vampires get to satisfy their needs without bloody murder. They ...

The problem of the Critique may be stated in outline and approximately in Kant's own words as follows. Human reason is called upon to consider certain questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer. These questions relate to God, freedom of the will, and immortality. And the name for the subject which has to deal with these questions is metaphysics. At one time metaphysics was regarded as the queen of all the sciences, and the import...

This autobiographical coming of age classic offers a "visceral, comic and tragic" portrait of rural life in Wales during the Great War ( The Guardian, UK).Named the greatest Welsh novel by the Wales Arts Review, this beautifully rendered novel tells of a boy's hardscrabble life in rural Wales and his challenging—yet at times transcendent—journey into adulthood. In the 1910s, the village of Bethesda is a place of poverty and religion; illn...

How now, milk cow? In this rib-tickling tale of a young boy faced with a very unusual breakfast guest, readers are treated to a deliciously humorous lesson in just where their next meal might come from. Join Patrick and his father as they face (and feast with) The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan's Kitchen.

Chemistry by Example is the second book in a GCSE revision guide series. Along with Physics by Example it is a proven successful way of consolidating and reaffirming scientific facts and concepts for students who are studying GCSE Chemistry. My books are aimed at the AQA courses in particular, but the areas covered cover all other exam boards as well.My guides are unique in that they are based upon using example questions of which each book has over 200 questions, and they are broken down ...

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