Originally published in 1908, this book aims at setting forth liberty, personal and national - not as a mere utility as is usually the case - but as an a priori moral necessity, the sine qua non of all true civilisation.

Dragons — of all sorts — make for marvelous fun, and this collection of madcap tales is filled with them. Some of the legendary monsters are funny and mischievous, others are downright frightening, and a number of them are wild and unpredictable. There's a dragon made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, a scaly creature that carries off the largest elephant in a zoo, and even a dragon whose gentle purring comforts a tiny tot.And who challenges these amazing...

The Collected Plays of Anton Chekhov gathers the dramatic works that transformed modern theatre, including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. Rejecting melodramatic plot in favor of atmosphere, subtext, and emotional indirection, Chekhov makes ordinary conversations disclose entire histories of disappointment, longing, class decline, and social transition. Written at the turn of the twentieth century, these plays stand at the threshold between realism and mode...

Joseph P. Fell proposes that the solution to the problem of nihilism is found in the common experience of persons and the everyday commitments that one makes to people, practices, and institutions. In his landmark 1979 book Heidegger and Sartre, and in his subsequent essays, Fell describes a quiet but radical reform in the philosophical tradition that speaks to perennial dilemmas of thought and pressing issues for action.Since Descartes, at least, we have been puzzled as to what we...

Roxy:I walked to work on Earth; I woke up today chained to a huge alien with tusks and purple eyes, on a nearly empty planet with a sky the same color. Even more improbably? He says I'm his, and we're both tasked with eventually building a freaking guerilla force to liberate the planet. Uh, yeah, okay, I'll get right on that.Torn:I never thought I'd meet a potential mate, and I'm wondering just how badly I'm going to screw things up. At least, with these shackles, she...

Ethan: I'd like to deliver a PSA for any of you considering driving to the mountains to find an Orc to bang while rolling on molly. Or maybe I just did? Anyway, don't. Or you might find yourself staring in some very questionable Orc porn—which, did I mention, was what started this whole stupid thing in the first place?! My obsession with Orc porn. So, back to the PSA: um… don't. You'll lose your heart and stop showering.Arkturn: Sex with a stranger, cheeseburgers, making super hot ...

In this irreverent and entertaining world history, acclaimed author of On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down James Fell explores humanity's checkered past to determine if we can overcome avarice, misogyny, zealotry, and hate to ultimately save our species from extinction.Behold! Profane and profound, sarcastic and sensitive, Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots is a superbly argued historical roller coaster driven by an entertaining, eloquent, and excee...

Hit the dance floor with a coven of queer witches on 1980s Fire Island in this gay fantasy romance about finding magic, love, and family in the face of tragedy. A heartwarming LGBTQ+ novel for fans of steamy romance, loathe-at-first-sight, and Red, White & Royal Blue.It’s 1989, and Joe Agabian and his best friend Ronnie set out to spend their first summer working in the hedonistic gay paradise of Fire Island Pines. Joe is desperate to let loose and finally...

What gardeners want most is a bigger and better return on their investment of time and money—maximum yields and superior flavor for edibles, long-lasting blooms for flowers. Derek Fell's Grow This! features expert advice for choosing and growing the top-performing plants (and avoiding the ones that disappoint).Derek Fell has grown hundreds of varieties and annually visits gardens and test plots across America, so he's qualified to guide gardeners to the best of the best—mo...

Consumers in Britain face a curious mix of taxes and duties that are messy, opaque and out of date. They are also unfair: the poorer you are, the more of your income goes on paying these taxes. At the same time, we are ceaselessly bombarded by marketing information that is very one-sided. The foods that make us fat, for example, are promoted a great deal more than the foods that could keep us healthy – and again it is mainly the poor who bear the brunt. This book draws on insights from beh...

Jo Castle, Londoner and thirty-something firefighter, wants to save the world by being the opposite of Jack Reacher. She starts with care – care for her friends and family, care for community, care for the planet. Together with best friend Miranda, step-brother Mike and ex-boyfriend Robert, Jo turns a giant music festival on an island in the River Thames into the living city of Visco. Visco is a ‘carnival of care’, a radical experiment that challenges the very bedrock of capitalism. The st...

Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this new and revised second edition of Government and Politics in Taiwan introduces students to the big questions concerning change and continuity in Taiwanese politics and governance. Taking a critical approach, Dafydd Fell provides students with the essential background to the history and development of the political system, as well as an explanation of the key structures, processes and institutions that have shaped Taiwan over the ...