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Author : John J. May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Evolution
ISBN : 1907179712
Author : Frank H. T. Rhodes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781501706776
"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical signatures that add useful information, but, even with such additional help, our reconstructions and our models of descent are often tentative. For the fossil record is, as we have seen, as biased as it is incomplete. But fragmentary, selective, and biased though it is, the fossil record, with all its imperfections, is still a treasure. Though whole chapters are missing, many pages lost, and the earliest pages so damaged as to be, as yet, virtually unreadable, this—the greatest biography of all—is one in whose closing pages we find ourselves."—from Origins In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life’s past, its long and slow development, and its intricate interdependencies. Rhodes’s accessible and extensively illustrated treatment of the origins narrative describes the nature of the search for prehistoric life, the significance of geologic time, the origin of life, the emergence and spread of flora and fauna, the evolution of primates, and the emergence of modern humans.
Author : Sean Kay
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442211117
Celtic Revival? explores what happens when a society loses its wealth, its faith in government, and its trust in its Church. The glorious rise of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland was thought by many to be a model for future economic growth for countries around the world; its dramatic crash in 2008 resonated equally widely. Yet despite the magnitude of the ongoing collapse, Sean Kay shows that seen in historical perspective, the crisis is part of a much larger pattern of generations of progress and change. Kay draws on a rich blend of research, interviews with a broad spectrum of Irish society, and his own decades of personal experience to tell the story of Ireland today. He guides the reader through the country's major economic challenges, political transformation, social change, the crisis in the Irish Catholic Church, and the rise of gay rights and multiculturalism. He takes us through the streets of Derry and Belfast to understand the Northern Ireland peace process and the daunting task of peace building that has only just begun. Finally, we see how Irish foreign policy has long been a model for balancing competing interests and values. Kay concludes by highlighting Ireland's lessons for the world and mapping a vital path for twenty-first-century challenges and opportunities for the coming generations in Ireland and beyond.
Author : Bergen Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1132678069
Author : Tom Phillips
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781488076770
“A lighthearted history of lying”—from the international bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (Kirkus Reviews). We live in a “post-truth” world, we’re told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other—and ourselves—about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world’s oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanity’s checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie—and how we can cut through the bullsh*t. Praise for Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up “A laugh-along, worst-hits album for humanity.” —Steve Brusatte, New York Times–bestselling author of The Rise and Reign of the Mammals “[A] perfect blend of brilliance and goofiness.” —BuzzFeed “[A] timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity.” —Nicholas Griffin, author of The Year of Dangerous Days “Chronicles humanity’s myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit . . . a rib-tickling page-turner.” —Business Standard
Author : Patricia T. O'Conner,Stewart Kellerman
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780812978100
Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar’s best-known “rules” aren’t—and never were—rules at all. This playfully witty, rigorously researched book sets the record straight about bogus word origins, politically correct fictions, phony français, fake acronyms, and more. Here are some shockers: “They” was once commonly used for both singular and plural, much the way “you” is today. And an eighteenth-century female grammarian, of all people, is largely responsible for the all-purpose “he.” From the Queen’s English to street slang, this eye-opening romp will be the toast of grammarphiles and the salvation of grammarphobes. Take our word for it.
Author : Donald Frank Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : American literature
ISBN : PSU:000013129361
Author : James Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Ireland
ISBN : CHI:097526437
Author : James Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UCAL:$B755657
Author : William Guest,Daniel Worcester Faunce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590446821
Author : Robert Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1WVV
Author : Irishman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600014527
Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393270648
The Norton Critical Edition of Pride and Prejudice has been revised to reflect the most current scholarly approaches to Austen’s most widely read novel. The text is that of the 1813 first edition, accompanied by revised and expanded explanatory annotations. This Norton Critical Edition also includes: · Biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and, new to the Fourth Edition, those by Jon Spence (Becoming Jane Austen) and Paula Byrne (The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things). · Fourteen critical essays, eleven of them new to the Fourth Edition, reflecting the finest current scholarship. Contributors include Janet Todd, Andrew Elfenbein, Felicia Bonaparte, and Tiffany Potter, among others. · “Writers on Austen”—a new section of brief comments by Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Henry James, and others. · A Chronology and revised and expanded Selected Bibliography.
Author : Paul M. Livingston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135899516
Philosophy and the Vision of Language explores the history and enduring significance of the twentieth-century turn to language as a specific object of investigation and resource for philosophical reflection. It traces the implications of the access to language in some of the most prominent projects and results of the historical and contemporary tradition of analytic philosophy, including the projects of Frege, Wittgenstein, Sellars, Quine, Brandom, and Cavell. Additionally, it demonstrates the deep and enduring connections between the analytic tradition’s inquiry into language and the parallel inquiries of phenomenology, critical theory, and deconstruction over the course of the twentieth century. Finally, it documents some of the enduring consequences of philosophy’s inquiry into language for contemporary questions of social and political life. The book provides a clear, accessible and widely inclusive introduction to the relevance of language for analytic and continental philosophy in the twentieth century and is readable by non-specialist audiences. It should contribute to a growing historical sense of the location of the analytic tradition in a broader geography of social, political and critical thought. Furthermore, it contributes to building bridges between this tradition and the neighboring continental ones from which it has all too often been estranged.
Author : James Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Ireland
ISBN : NYPL:33433067285613