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Untangling the Mind
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 20.99Free yourself from emotional turmoileven when that turmoil is caused by others! We have a much greater understanding of human behavior now than we did just a few decades ago. Yet even with this greater understanding of the human mind, why we do what we do can sometimes seem like a mystery. People are often left with unsettling questions about their... more...
Kant's Aesthetic Theory
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 130.00This is an important new monograph on an overlooked aspect of Kant's aesthetic theory, presenting an innovative approach to one of modern philosophy's greatest works. Taste is ordinarily thought of in terms of two very different idioms - a normative idiom of taste as a standard of appraisal and a non-normative idiom of taste as a purely personal... more...
Thomas von Aquins "Summa theologiae"
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 35.25Hauptbeschreibung Es dürfte kein zweites Werk geben, das in der Geschichte der Theologie eine solche Bedeutung erlangt hat wie die "Summa theologiae" des Thomas von Aquin. Im Denkstil der scholastischen Disputationen hat Thomas nach einem klaren Bauplan eine imponierende Gesamtschau der Theologie entwickelt. Das große Werk des Aquinaten ist auch... more...
History and Hate
JPS 2010; US$ 15.00The persistence of anti-Semitism is a phenomenon that challenges Jewish historians to make ethical judgments a part of historical analysis. This comprehensive collection meets that challenge as its authors provide fresh insight into the complexities of anti-Semitism. The eight essays included in this volume are by noted scholars, each an expert in... more...
Seeing through Race
University of California Press 2011; US$ 29.95Seeing through Race is a boldly original reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. Martin A. Berger?s provocative and groundbreaking study shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the... more...
Dream Dog
Random House Children's Books 2013; US$ 17.99Written by an Emmy-nominated head writer for Sesame Street, here's a story that will resonate with every dog-loving child out there. Harry wants wants wants a dog, and, instead of getting one, his parents try to placate him with a pet that's decidedly less interesting?a lizard. So Harry takes matters into his own hands and places his X-35 Infra-Rocket... more...
Grundsätze sozialer Gerechtigkeit
Campus Verlag 2008; US$ 33.05Hauptbeschreibung Philosophische Theorien der Gerechtigkeit nehmen die Vielfalt alltäglicher Gerechtigkeitsurteile selten zur Kenntnis. Anders dagegen David Miller: Ausgehend von einer Analyse der Kontexte, in denen die in der Gesellschaft kursierenden Gerechtigkeitsvorstellungen entstehen, zeigt er deren Vielgestaltigkeit - und ihren philosophischen... more...
Essentials of Palliative Care
Springer 2013; US$ 54.99Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including... more...
The Inequality Puzzle
Springer 2010; US$ 54.99"The Inequality Puzzle" presents interviews with thirteen prominent business executives, politicians and labor leaders in the US and EU. Written in English for a non-academic audience, the book explores different policy approaches to rising income inequality in the United States and many European countries by considering the views of individuals... more...
Wettbewerb im alpinen Tourismus - Herausforderungen und Innovationen
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2011; US$ 38.52Hauptbeschreibung Die alpine Tourismuswirtschaft ist auch im Nachklang der Finanzkrise mit zahlreichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Vor dem Hintergrund der voranschreitenden Globalisierung und des Klimawandels, Nachfrageschwankungen und allseits knapper finanzieller Ressourcen muss es gelingen, die Position des alpinen Tourismus im weltweiten... more...
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