Leslie Patricelli's beloved baby is back in this first potty board book When you've got to go you've got to go! But where? There comes a point in every toddler's life when the question must be raised
- should I go in my potty? With pitch-perfect humour & pacing Leslie Patricelli follows one baby's thoughts & hilarious actions as they learn to use the potty for the first time
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On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president The purpose of this book is to take seriously the once common thought that the Obama presidency had ushered in a post-historical age Three questions organize the argument of the book What's living & dead in the idea of post-racialism? Did Mr Obama's preference for problem-solving over ideological warfare mark him not just as a post-partisan figure but as a philosophical pragmatist? Did the US become post-imperial when the descendants of slaves & of British imperial subjects inhabited the White House? In addition to taking up these questions the book considers Mr Obama's own relationship to the post-historical idea & explores the ethical implications of certain ways of entertaining that idea ...

On Obligations (De officiis) was written by Cicero in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians It explores the apparent tensions between honourable conduct & expediency in public life & the right & wrong ways of attaining political leadership The principles of honourable behaviour are based on the Stoic virtues of wisdom justice magnanimity & propriety; in Cicero's view the intrinsically useful is always identical with the honourable Cicero's famous treatise has played a seminal role in the formation of ethical values in western Christendom Adopted by the fourth-century Christian humanists it beame transmuted into the moral code of the high Middle Ages Thereafter in the Renaissance from the time of Petrarch & in the Age of Enlightenment that followed it was given central prominence in discussion of the government of states Today when corruption & conflict in political life are the focus of so much public attention On Obligations is still the foremost guide to good conduct ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Artist architect poet & philosopher Leon Battista Alberti revolutionized the history of art with his theories of perspective in On Painting (1435) Inspired by the order & beauty inherent in nature his groundbreaking work sets out the principles of distance dimension & proportion; instructs the painter on how to use the rules of composition representation light & colour to create work that is graceful & pleasing to the eye; & stipulates the moral & artistic pre-requisites of the successful painter On Painting had an immediate & profound influence on Italian Renaissance artists including Ghiberti Fra Angelico & Veneziano & on later figures such as Leonardo da Vinci & remains a compelling theory of art ...

Susan Sontag&s On Photography is a seminal & groundbreaking work on the subject Susan Sontag&s groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral & aesthetic issues surrounding this art form Photographs are everywhere & the &insatiability of the photographing eye& has profoundly altered our relationship with the world Photographs have the power to shock idealize or seduce they create a sense of nostalgia & act as a memorial & they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us In these six incisive essays Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality & authority in our lives & Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetites& The Times&A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking at the world & at ourselves& Washington Post& The most original & illuminating study of the subject& New Yorker One of America&s best-known & most admired writers Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004 Her books include four novels & numerous works of non-fiction among them Regarding the Pain of Others On Photography Illness as Metaphor At the Same Time Against Interpretation & Other Essays & Reborn Early Diaries 1947-1963 all of which are published by Penguin A further eight books including the collections of essays Under the Sign of Saturn & Where the Stress Falls & the novels The Volcano Lover & The Benefactor are available from Penguin Modern Classics ...

Susan Sontag&s On Photography is a seminal & groundbreaking work on the subject Susan Sontag&s groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral & aesthetic issues surrounding this art form Photographs are everywhere & the &insatiability of the photographing eye& has profoundly altered our relationship with the world Photographs have the power to shock idealize or seduce they create a sense of nostalgia & act as a memorial & they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us In these six incisive essays Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality & authority in our lives & Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetites& The Times&A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking at the world & at ourselves& Washington Post& The most original & illuminating study of the subject& New Yorker One of America&s best-known & most admired writers Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004 Her books include four novels & numerous works of non-fiction among them Regarding the Pain of Others On Photography Illness as Metaphor At the Same Time Against Interpretation & Other Essays & Reborn Early Diaries 1947-1963 all of which are published by Penguin A further eight books including the collections of essays Under the Sign of Saturn & Where the Stress Falls & the novels The Volcano Lover & The Benefactor are available from Penguin Modern Classics ...

A classic children's book from best-loved Bill's New Frock author former Children's Laureate Anne Fine Perfect for readers aged between 7 & 9 & fans of David Walliams' The Midnight Gang & Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series Philip has an incredible imagination & when he lets it run riot in school one day it really gets his classmates thinking violet cows brains in pots a clever & beautiful chicken What will they think of next?! Anne Fine's fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award & Carnegie Medal along the way Fine has a rare genius for building a funny enriching & moving story around the nuts & bolts of school life' The Times ...

A bestseller in hardback this critically acclaimed collection of short essays & reflections on poetry is now available in paperback llustrating Maxwell's poetic philosophy with examples from canonical poets this is a beautiful accessible guide to the most ancient & sublime of the realms of literature ...

These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions & their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture & politics Zizek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon" ...