Daniel Taylor: 51 books
by Charles Taylor, Richard Bernstein, Daniel Gamper
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Frente a un mundo en el que imperan los mensajes cortos, la inmediatez y la necesidad de crear sensaciones, la filosofía reivindica meditar sin prisas y pone en tela de juicio los lugares comunes. Como actividad libre, su objetivo no es la persecución del poder, sino la verdad entendida como la...
Yeti
The Ecology of a Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
As it turned out, young Daniel never outgrew the enchantment of the mysterious Yeti, the Abominable Snowman. His search for the enigmatic creature of Himalayan legends spread over many decades: from 1956 until 2015, Daniel C. Taylor visited almost all valley systems in his quest to explain the ‘Yeti’s...
by Michael Watts, Zvi Eckstein, Esther Gal-Or
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Experienced economics editors discuss navigating the world of scholarly journals, with details on submission, reviews, acceptance, rejection, and editorial policy.
Editors of academic journals are often the top scholars in their fields. They are charged with managing the flow of hundreds of...
by Maryse Potvin, Alain Saulnier, Rima Elkouri
Language: French
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Dix ans après la Commission Bouchard-Taylor, comment évaluer ses retombées? Échec pour les uns et succès pour les autres, comment en juger? Cet ouvrage donne l’heure juste en proposant un bilan interdisciplinaire et international des enjeux de fond que la Commission a contribué à définir,...
Just and Lasting Change
When Communities Own Their Futures
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
How can public health workers, policy experts, and medical professionals work with members of developing nations to promote social change in rapid, cost-effective, and locally appropriate ways? In Just and Lasting Change, Daniel C. and Carl E. Taylor present readers with an innovative, proven, and...
Nous sommes des histoires
Réflexions sur la littérature autochtone
Language: French
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Cette anthologie est une plongée dans la culture et dans l’imaginaire des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuits. C’est aussi l’esquisse d’une pensée autochtone par les Autochtones. Pour un vivre-ensemble, pour échanger et établir la relation, commençons par découvrir la profondeur...
Harvard Classics Volume 27
English Essays: Sidney To Macaulay
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...
by Daniel G. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Darien makes a discovery that radically alters his entire understanding of humanity, while something strange is happening in the past. A short adventure (about 16,000 words) about a future where humanity has spread to the stars themselves and colonized dozens of systems only to be all but eradicated....
Navigating Souths
Transdisciplinary Explorations of a U.S. Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.S. South in regional, national, and global contexts is an intellectual project that has been going on for some time. Scholars in history, literature, and other disciplines have developed an advanced understanding of the historical, social, and...
Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Make it Real
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Authenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very evasive. This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework...
Empowerment on an Unstable Planet
From Seeds of Human Energy to a Scale of Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Since World War II, development projects have invested more than two trillion dollars towards health services, poverty alleviation, education, food security, and environmental initiatives around the world. Despite these efforts, 20% of the world still lives on less than $1.50 a day and the environment...
Epidemiology of Sleep
Age, Gender, and Ethnicity
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
What is the prevalence of insomnia in a particular age group, in men and women, or in Caucasians and African Americans? What is the average total sleep time among normal sleepers among these groups? How does the sleep of Caucasians and African Americans differ? These are just some of the questions...
Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...