From the Private First Class who knows his place (above a Private but below a Lance Corporal) to the classification of the natural world (Species Genus Family Order ) we introduce hierarchies pecking orders & ranks to every aspect of our lives from society & religion to leisure & the law establishing priorities & bringing order to our world This miscellany of the various hierarchies that govern our existence ranges from the prosaically earthbound in the form of roads & freeways to the esoterically celestial in the form of angels seraphim cherubims archangels & so on Who is more senior in a Chinese triad a White Paper Fan or a Red Pole? What trumps a Straight Flush in poker? How many ranks are there between a Detective & a Colonel in the American police? What's the next step up from the Court of Appeal? What is a Royal Peculiar & where does it stand in the hierarchy of the British church? Which sea states lie between Calm & Phenomenal? In a Roman legion how many men made up a Cohort & how many Cohorts a Legion? What is the hierarchy in the US government? Knowing where something
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- stands in the order of things helps us quite literally to put it into context

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When one defines order as a sorting of priorities it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here With virtuoso showmanship he weaves an intensely complex history of thought He dips into literature art economics & even biology in The Order of Things possibly one of the most significant yet most overlooked works of the twentieth century Eclipsed by his later work on power & discourse nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant Pirouetting around the outer edge of language Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought one ripe with what he calls exotic charm Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism & a must for any fan of Foucault ...

Over 200 fiendish puzzles to find out who will be the ultimate map-master! 240 pages Ordnance Survey ...

The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction notes & glossary written in collaboration with WB Stanford in Penguin Classics In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder & revenge within the royal family of Argos As they move from darkness to light from rage to self-governance from primitive ritual to civilized institution their spirit of struggle & regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration In Agamemnon a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter & turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family culminating in a terrible act of retribution; The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; & in The Eumenides Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased Forming an elegant & subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos & destruction The Oresteia is a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families & the laws that bind us together as a society Aeschylus (525-456 BC) was born near Athens He wrote more than seventy plays of which seven have survived all translated for Penguin Classics The Supplicants The Persians Seven Against Thebes Prometheus Bound Agamemnon The Libation Bearers & The Eumenides If you enjoyed The Oresteia you might like Euripides' Medea & Other Plays also available in Penguin Classics' Conveys more vividly & powerfully than any of the ten competitors I have consulted the eternal power of this masterpiece a triumph' Bernard Levin' How satisfying to read at last a modern translation which is rooted in Greek feeling & Greek thought both the stature & the profound instinctive genius of Aeschylus are recognised' Mary Renault author of The King Must Die ...

Author & neuroscientist Daniel Levitin tackles the problems of twenty-first century information overload in his New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling book The Organized Mind' Thought-provoking & practical Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles' Sunday Times' Impressively wide-ranging & thoughtful There are fascinating facts & examples throughout' Wall Street Journal' Deservedly a bestseller Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks making his points with pithy stories' Independent' Levitin is about as knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for' New York Times Book Review' More insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know smart important exquisitely written' Daniel Gilbert author of Stumbling on Happiness' Sensible practical advice a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends' Financial Times Even the smartest mind can't beat the organized mind In the digital age we are overwhelmed by information Unable to make sense of it all our creativity plummets decision making suffers & we grow absent-minded The twenty-first century sees us drowning under emails forever juggling six tasks at once & trying to make complex decisions ever more quickly This is information overload In The Organized Mind we learn how we got here & why smart organization improves our memories & attention
- & makes us more imaginative & clear-sighted Using a combination of academic research & examples from daily life neuroscientist & bestselling author Daniel Levitin explains how to take back control of your life You'll discover that- Your brain has a daily processing limit
- why waste it on cat photos?- Pressing Send or clicking Like gives a dopamine hit
- it's addictive- Daydreaming is your brain at its most productive
- Multitasking is a bad way to do nearly everything This book will take you through every aspect of modern life from healthcare to online dating to raising kids showing that the secret to success is always organization Levitin's ideas are surprising powerful & will change the way you see the world By following the advice in The Organized Mind you'll function better go further & find more time to do the things you actually want to do



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This is the account of Edward Proctor Hunt a Pueblo Indian Native American member of many secret societies who in 1928 broke with his people's social & religious codes to recite the origin myth of the Acoma Indians to scholars Recounting a classic Native American story of creation migration & residence this myth offers a unique window into indigenous cosmology & ancient history revealing how a pre-modern society addressed existential questions & formed its own narrative of the world This edition

Includes:: an introduction & notes by Peter Nabokov

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In this original & provocative book Ellen Meiksins Wood reminds us that capitalism is not a natural & inevitable consequence of human nature nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade & commerce Rather it is a late & localized product of very specific historical conditions which required great transformations in social relations & in the human interaction with nature This new edition is substantially revised & expanded with extensive new material on imperialism anti-Eurocentric history capitalism & the nation-state & the differences between capitalism & non-capitalist commerce The author traces links between the origin of capitalism & contemporary conditions such as 'globalization' ecological degradation & the current agricultural crisis ...

What is race & why does it matter? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? America's foremost novelist reflects on themes that preoccupy her work & dominate politics race fear borders mass movement of peoples desire for belonging Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Toni Morrison's most personal work of nonfiction to date ...

Origin of Snakes Hardback 300 pages 4 Tables black & white; 20 Illustrations color; 52 Illustrations black & white ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics How fleeting are the wishes & efforts of man! how short his time! & consequently how poor will his products be compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods' Still considered one of the most important & groundbreaking works of science ever written Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world Forced to question the idea of the Creator mid-nineteenth century readers were faced with Darwin's theories on the laws of natural selection & the randomness of evolution causing massive controversy at the time However Darwin's theories remain instrumental in providing the backbone to modern biology today ...