The companion book to Beyond Good & Evil the three essays included here offer vital insights into Nietzsche's theories of morality & human psychology Nietzsche claimed that the purpose of The Genealogy of Morals was to call attention to his previous writings But in fact the book does much more than that elucidating & expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of Beyond Good & Evil & signalling a return to the essay form In these three essays Nietzsche considers the development of ideas of 'good' & 'evil'; explores notions of guilt & bad consience; & discusses ascetic ideals & the purpose of the philosopher Together they form a coherent & complex discussion of morality in a work that is more accessible than some of Nietzsche's previous writings Friedrich Nietzsche was born near Leipzig in 1844 When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University From 1880 however he divorced himself from everyday life & lived mainly abroad Works published in the 1880s include The Gay Science Thus Spoke Zarathustra Beyond Good & Evil On the Genealogy of Morals Twilight of the Idols & The Antichrist In January 1889 Nietzsche collapsed on a street in Turin & was subsequently institutionalized spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental & physical paralysis Works published after his death in 1900 include Will to Power based on his notebooks & Ecce Homo his autobiography Michael A Scarpitti is an independent scholar of philosophy whose principal interests include English & German thought of the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries as well as exegesis & translation theory Robert C Holub is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar & Professor of German at the Ohio State University Among his published works are monographs on Heinrich Heine German realism Friedrich Nietzsche literary & aesthetic theory & Jurgen Habermas ...

For the great Roman orator & statesman Cicero 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment & one of moral virtue
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Keeping in mind that we can only see the universe from the comfort of our home galaxy Bascom begins his text by meticulously laying the necessary groundwork to understand the Big Bang's mathematics without using any equations He then paints a freeze-frame picture of our universe as if we had taken a three-dimensional picture with a giant camera Within this picture he traces forces beginning with the smallest (a single atom) to the biggest (the cosmos) keeping in mind that in this frozen moment everything further away from the observer spatially is also further away from the observer in time; that is older Soon a very real & very vivid image of the Big Bang appears (especially in things that are loud or hot) echoing down through time & into our everyday lives reflected in every atom during every measurement Then slowly but deliberately Bascom unfreezes this picture ratcheting each moment from one to the next showing us how & why quantum particles are constantly in contact with the Big Bang & why that allows the particles to pop in & out of existence from moment to moment what a photon is & what exactly we mean when we say that free space has energy Whether you're interested in the Big Bang the weirdness of quantum mechanics or simply enjoy thinking about the biggest loudest & oldest things in our universe this book will help you question your deepest notions about time & space while staying firmly rooted in empirical observation Throughout the text Bascom sidesteps traditional non-fiction modes using colorful explanations & vivid imagery to place the reader in simultaneous contact with both the Big Bang & fundamental particles As a result Bascom provides the tools & language necessary to contemplate the strangeness of our universe ...

The West Highland line from the banks of the Firth of Clyde to Fort William & along the Road to the Isles to the Atlantic fishing port of Mallaig is one of the most scenic in the UK & indeed the world! Add the romance of steam operation & the result is a pictorial odyssey that is arguably second to none 208 pages c 300 colour black & white Hunt John ...

Collecting the complete newspaper strip from The Guardian drawn by Rian Hughes (Yesterday&s Tomorrows Dan Dare)! Celebrated designer & illustrator Rian Hughes first explored the possibilities of Adobe Illustrator&s vector drawing tools in this stylish strip forging a modern design-savvy approach that still tips the hat to classic UPA cartoons & the angular work of Gene Dietch Bold graphic & expressive this collection brings together every strip for the very first time including some unpublished rarities in a neat hardback designed by Hughes in a pocket-sized format " Rian Hughes the man who&s done more for comic book design than anybody else ever"
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Maps fascinate us They chart our understanding of the world & they log our progress but above all they tell our stories From the early sketches of philosophers & explorers through to Google Maps & beyond Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate & realign our history With a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter Garfield explores the legendary impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong the role of cartography in combatting cholera the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases the Norse discovery of America how a Venetian monk mapped the world from his cell & the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel Along the way are pocket maps of dragons Mars murders & more with plenty of illustrations & prints to signpost the route From the bestselling & widely-adored author of Just My Type On The Map is a witty & irrepressible examination of where we've been how we got there & where we're going ...

This is a new title in the fantastic " First Reading" series part of ' The Usborne Young Reading Programme' It is aimed at children who are beginning to read Let your imagination fly
- soar into space & take a trip to the moon It features photographs with real images of the moon & fun puzzles after the story to consolidate learning Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a Principal Lecturer in Education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University Every title in this series features clear & compelling text accompanied by highly appealing illustrations It is designed to motivate children as they learn to read
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This is an artist-led picture book which introduces young children to the vastness of the universe how far away the moon is what gravity is & the concept of space travel through a gentle & captivating story about an imaginative little girl Combining full colour illustrations with NASA photographs from the surface of the moon this beautifully illustrated picture book takes young children on an amazing journey into outer space The story's use of rhythmic text generates an evocative & friendly tale taking children on a magical & informative journey ...

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report ' Sacks will go far if he does not go too far' It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles & speed On the Move is infused with his restless energy As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s first in California & then in New York where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital as well as with a group of patients who would define his life it becomes clear that Sacks's earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters & travels
- sending him through bars & alleys over oceans & across continents With unbridled honesty & humour Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions
- bodybuilding weightlifting & swimming
- also drives his cerebral passions He writes about his love affairs both romantic & intellectual his guilt over leaving his family to come to America his bond with his schizophrenic brother & the writers & scientists
- Thom Gunn A R Luria W H Auden Gerald M Edelman Francis Crick
- who influenced him On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician & writer
- & of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human





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Polly the train driver needs to take passengers into town Sarah the builder needs to dig a deep hole & Mo the vet needs to take a horse back to the farm Can you help everyone do their work today by picking the right vehicle for each job? When you've found all the right vehicles choose your favourite & pick the job you would like to do! Pre-schoolers can lift the flaps match vehicles to jobs explore busy scenes & learn key first words in this interactive board book series With 16 colourful sturdy flaps to lift perfect for little hands the Busy Little World board book series uses an inventive combination of interactive play story & learning Also available help the emergency teams save the day in On the Move Rescue ...