Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) is considered by most philosophers - even those who do not share his views - to be the most influential philosopher of the 20th century. His contributions to the philosophy of language, mind, meaning and psychology - as well as to logic, mathematics and epistemology - permanently altered the philosophical landscape, and his Tractatus Logico Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations continue to be studied in philosophy departments aroun...

We are all born curious.Long before we learned to color inside the lines, we asked questions, imagined possibilities, built things that didn't exist, and saw the world through fresh eyes. Creativity wasn't something we practiced. It was simply how we experienced the world. Somewhere along the way, many of us stopped.Responsibilities replaced wonder. Certainty became more valuable than questions. We learned to search for the right answer instead of discoveri...

This book is a collection of essays and a short story written to honor Christopher Fox of Notre Dame, arguably the most influential figure in Irish Studies for the past quarter century. The essays address topics in which Professor Fox has made his own enduring scholarly contributions, and subjects to which he has made enduring contributions through his academic leadership, from the development of library collections and important fellowships at his university to the institution of a global...

Understanding Jonathan Swift’s medical and literary lifeThe Dean Disordered bridges biography and literary criticism to examine the chronic afflictions suffered by the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift, investigating not only how these ailments affected his day-to-day social life and ambitions but also how he represented them in his correspondence and imaginative writings. By historicizing Swift’s medical issues, Paul William Child returns the creator of...

By: William H. Child, Pub. 1911, reprinted 2025, 444 pages, Index, E-Book, ISBN #978-1-63914-935-3. Cornish is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The city was formed in 1795, but Sullivan was not created until 1828 from Cheshire County. This history is similar to others of its era,, It covers such topics as: the creation of the town; charters and land grants; Pioneer life; Military involvement during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War and Civil War; Religion; Ed...

Typically, American diplomat families stationed in foreign countries live a good life. But not in Egypt in 1967. Not when Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser made enemies of Israel, the United States, and Great Britain for his own political gain. Then on June 5, 1967 Israel launched a surprise military attack on Egypt and its Arab allies.This is a true, untold story about how one American diplomat and his family became part of a major evacuation effort in a hostile country during ...

By: William H. Child, Pub. 1911, reprinted 2025, 485 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-934-6. Cornish is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The city was formed in 1795, but Sullivan was not created until 1828 from Cheshire County. This volume is fully devoted to Biographical Sketches of 260 individuals of the town. These biographies sometimes go back 4 generations giving information such as: names of parents, names of children, Names of grandchildren, names of wife's, ...

Tells the story of how America’s biggest companies began, operated, and prospered post-World War IThis book takes the vantage point of people working within companies as they responded to constant change created by consumers and technology. It focuses on the entrepreneur, the firm, and the industry, by showing—from the inside—how businesses operated after 1920, while offering a good deal of Modern American social and cultural history. The case studies and contextua...

No More Sweet Surrender by Caitlin CrewsIvan Korovin is determined to cement his evolution from dirt-poor, dreamless kid to billionaire philanthropist. First he has a serious PR problem to take care of; outspoken Miranda Sweet has ruined his repuation by labeling him ‘Caveman #1’ in her bestselling book.The solution? Give the ravenous public what they want – to see the enemies become lovers! From the red carpet in LA to black-tie charity balls in Moscow, th...

Eggleston, the iconoclastic and colorful groundbreaker, imbues the mundane with vibrancy.This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of Southern Cultures:The Photography Issue. “When the color photographs of William Eggleston first appeared at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976, the boldness of Eggleston’s palette and his disregard for the conventions of black-and-white photography were shocking; nearly all the major critics were scornful, and Ansel Adams wrote a scathing letter of protest...

Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is especially curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that "beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful," but when Socrates presses him to say precisely what he means, Hippias is unable to deliver such a definition. The more Socrates probes, the more absurd the ...

In this latest installment of the number-one NYT best-selling series, FBI Agent Pendergast faces the strangest, most challenging puzzle of his career, when bodies - drained to the last drop of blood - begin appearing in Savannah, GA.A fabulous heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305 - Portland to Seattle - with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night…and into histor...