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Duelling
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.95Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This code is... more...
The Praise of Folly
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote the essay The Praise of Folly during a week at Sir Thomas More's estate in Bucklersbury. He later refined and extended the piece. In it he personifies Folly as a god, whose companions are likewise-personified sins and human weaknesses. His work criticizes the Catholic Church, and culminates in a statement of Christian... more...
Understanding Journalism
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 33.95Never has the media been so critically regarded as at the present time. Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organizations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts will continue. Covering topics from government bias to censorship, official secrets to freedom of information and animal rights... more...
Preface to the philosophy of education (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 24)
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95It is sometimes said that the philosophy of education is not a serious and coherent philosophical area of inquiry. John Wilson examines this argument, taking it as the starting point for his book. He believes that most 'philosophy of education' until now has been little more than the promotion of particular ideologies, and that progress can be made... more...
Across Frozen Seas
Dundurn 2006; US$ 8.99The adventures of cabin boy David Young aboard Sir John Franklins ill-fated HMS Erebus come to modern-day Dave Young in a series of dreams. more...
Ghosts of James Bay
Dundurn 2009; US$ 11.99Fourteen-year-old Al, spending the summer near James Bay with his father, is startled to see a ship he recognizes as the Discovery, whose captain was the ill-fated Henry Hudson. more...
John Franklin
Dundurn 2001; US$ 14.96Franklin?s exploration of Canada?s arctic seacoast in 1845 ended in the demise of him and his crew, but the search for clues to their fate helped open up the North. more...
Death on the River
Orca Book Publishers 2009; US$ 12.95A young soldier struggles to survive prison camp in the last year of the Civil War. more...
Written in Blood
Orca Book Publishers 2010; US$ 12.95A young man's search for the father who abandoned him takes him through the wilds of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s and brings him in contact with an assortment of intriguing characters. more...
Prime Minister Initiative (PMI2) Special Issue
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 199.00Internationalisation and knowledge transfer are significant priorities for the education sectors in both developed and developing countries, not least because of their contribution to modernisation and enhanced innovation, competitiveness and quality of life. In relation to China and the UK, achieving internationalisation and knowledge transfer can... more...









