This book challenges with several powerful arguments some of our deepest beliefs about rationality morality & personal identity The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; & that when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject with a promising but unpredictable future ...

Bestselling author Scott Hahn explains the 'how & why' of the Catholic faith drawing from Scripture his own struggles & those of other converts as well as from everyday life & natural science Hahn shows that reason & revelation nature & the supernatural are not opposed to one another; rather they offer complementary evidence that God exists Reasons to Believe unravels mysteries corrects misunderstandings & offers thoughtful straightforward responses to common objections about the Catholic faith It is the ideal book both for Christians who want to grow stronger in their faith & to share it with others & for enquirers in search of a belief that satisfies both the mind & the heart ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24 Matt Haig&s world caved in He could see no way to go on living This is the true story of how he came through crisis triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him & learned to live again A moving funny & joyous exploration of how to live better love better & feel more alive Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir It is a book about making the most of your time on earth&I wrote this book because the oldest cliches remain the truest Time heals The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view The tunnel does have light at the end of it even if we haven&t been able to see it Words just sometimes really can set you free& ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24 Matt Haig's world caved in He could see no way to go on living This is the true story of how he came through crisis triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him & learned to live again A moving funny & joyous exploration of how to live better love better & feel more alive Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir It is a book about making the most of your time on earth I wrote this book because the oldest cliches remain the truest Time heals The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view The tunnel does have light at the end of it even if we haven't been able to see it Words just sometimes really can set you free ...

Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society & the 'social' Bruno Latour's contention is that the word 'social' as used by Social Scientists has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon it is used to indicate a stablilized state of affairs a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon But Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material in a comparable way to an adjective such as 'wooden' or 'steely' Rather than simply indicating what is already assembled together it is now used in a way that makes assumptions about the nature of what is assembled It has become a word that designates two distinct things a process of assembling; & a type of material distinct from others Latour shows why 'the social' cannot be thought of as a kind of material or domain & disputes attempts to provide a 'social explanations' of other states of affairs While these attempts have been productive (and probably necessary) in the past the very success of the social sciences mean that they are largely no longer so At the present stage it is no longer possible to inspect the precise constituents entering the social domain Latour returns to the original meaning of 'the social' to redefine the notion & allow it to trace connections again It will then be possible to resume the traditional goal of the social sciences but using more refined tools Drawing on his extensive work examining the 'assemblages' of nature Latour finds it necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the exact content of what is assembled under the umbrella of Society This approach a 'sociology of associations' has become known as Actor-Network-Theory & this book is an essential introduction both for those seeking to understand Actor-Network Theory or the ideas of one of its most influential proponents ...

On a trip to the South of France the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter a handsome widower Although his proposal comes as a surprise she happily agrees to marry him But as they arrive at her husband's home Manderley a change comes over Maxim & the young bride is filled with dread Friendless in the isolated mansion she realises that she barely knows him In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife Rebecca & the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow ...

' Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again ' Working as a lady's companion our heroine's outlook is bleak until on a trip to the south of France she meets a handsome widower whose proposal takes her by surprise She accepts but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to brooding Manderley the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man & the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is for ever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper Mrs Danvers An international bestseller that has never gone out of print Rebecca is the haunting story of a young woman consumed by love & the struggle to find her identity ...

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again Working as a lady's companion the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place Life begins to look very bleak until on a trip to the South of France she meets Maxim de Winter a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate Manderley on the Cornish Coast the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man & the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman An international bestseller that has never gone out of print Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love & the struggle to find her identity ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on Daphne du Maurier&s classic novel this Masterpiece Theatre adaptation stars Emilia Fox as Mrs De Winter the second wife of the aging aristocrat Maxim De Winter (Dance) Mrs De Winter a young middle class girl met her husband while he was traveling & the two almost instantly fell in love even though Maxim was still grieving over his wife Rebecca that died only one year earlier The two impulsively decide to get married & enjoy a blissful romance until the two return to Manderlay Maxim&s estate & Mrs De Winter finds that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone there especially the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers (Rigg) who goes so far as to refer to her as the second Mrs De Winter Actors Charles Dance Emilia Fox Diana Rigg Faye Dunaway Language English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

Track List I Hope Fake Smile Bridges My Best All That I&ve Got Hanging On My Freedom Beautiful Design Wonderful World We&ll Be Fine I Choose You Freedom ...