A guide to the complex subject of ethics explained in clear & entertaining language This new edition is fully revised & updated This popular introduction to the subject of ethics poses vital contemporary questions & explores the approach of leading thinkers The authors take the reader step by step through the complex arguments on issues such as animal an human rights environmental ethics & the morality of war It is a great gift to be able to make philosophy accessible to the general reader This is a wonderfully clear introduction both to moral philosophy & to contemporary ethical concerns' David Atkinson Church Times ...

Peter Vardy's much acclaimed introduction to the study of ideas about God
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The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer Andrea Camilleri It's been raining for days in Vigata & the persistent downpours have led to violent floods overtaking the Inspector's beloved hometown sweeping across the land & leaving only a sea of mud behind It is on one of these endless grey days that a man
- a Mr Giuglu Nicotra
- is found dead His body discovered in a large sewage tunnel half naked & with a bullet in his back The investigation is slow & slippery to start with but when Montalbano realizes that every clue he uncovers & every person he interviews is leading to the same place the world of public spending
- & with it the Mafia
- the case begins to pick up pace But there's one question that keeps playing on Montalbano's mind in his strange & untimely death was Giuglu Nicotra trying to tell him something?



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When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers he was a senior police officer just turned forty with his life in a mess His wife had left him his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly & drank alone at night The Pyramid chronicles the events that led him to such a place We see him in the early years doing hours on the beat whilst trying to solve a murder off-duty; witness the beginnings of his fragile relationship with Mona the woman he has his heart set on marrying; & learn the reason behind his difficulties with his father These thrilling tales provide a fascinating insight into Wallander's character from the stabbing of a neighbour in 1969 to a light aircraft accident in 1989 every story is a vital piece of the Wallander series showing Mankell at the top of his game Featuring an introduction from the author The Pyramid is an essential read for all fans of Kurt Wallander ...

The Qajar Pact explores new perspectives on the nineteenth-century Iranian state & society & is the first broad study of lower social groups in this period Vanessa Martin argues that Qajar government was certainly despotic but was also founded on a consensus based on the Islamic principles of consultation & negotiation The author focuses on the role of the non-elite groups in urban society up to the years before the Constitutional Revolution ...

Both the original The Quacks of Quedlinburg & The Herb Witches expansion all packaged up in one big box bundle! Also thrown in for good measure is the mini-expansion Wolfgang's Exchange Office In The Quacks of Quedlinburg players are charlatans or quack doctors each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time Take care with what you add though for a pinch too much of this or that will spoil the whole mixture! Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips During each round they simultaneously draw chips & add them to their pot The higher the face value of the drawn chip the further it is placed in the swirling pattern increasing how much your potion is worth Push your luck as far as you can but if you add too many cherry bombs your pot explodes! At the end of each round players gain victory points & coins to spend on new ingredients to add to their bags depending on the strength of the ingredients in their pots But players with exploded pots must choose points or coins not both! The player with the most victory points at the end of nine rounds wins the game Included in this box are The Quacks of Quedlinburg the base game The Quacks of Quedlinburg The Herb Witches the first expansion adding Witches that grant powers once per game as well as more ingredient books The Quacks of Quedlinburg Wolfgangs Exchange Office a mini-expansion adding new conditions for end-game scoring ...

The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins & in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since Emerging from the social unrest of the English civil war the Quakers have gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers be it their continued stance against war or their pioneering work against slavery At the same time Quakers maintain a distinctive worship method to achieve the direct encounter with God which has been at the heart of the movement since its beginning This book charts the history of Quakerism & its present-day diversity & outlines its approach to worship belief theology & language & ecumenism ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

The Quality Companion provides the first dedicated look at the prolific Golden Age publisher which spawned a treasure trove of beautiful art & classic characters including the modern-day " Freedom Fighters"
- Uncle Sam Phantom Lady Black Condor The Ray Human Bomb & Doll Man
- as well as Plastic Man the Blackhawks & others now under the DC Comics umbrella It provides the first-ever A-Z in-depth character profile of every Quality costumed hero many of whom were superbly-produced but are now long-forgotten It also reprints in full-color several 1940s key stories of these characters from such rare 1940s collector's items as Smash Comics Police Comics National Comics Feature Comics & Crack Comics & features Golden Age art by the top artistic talents of that era including Lou Fine Reed Crandall Jack Cole Chuck Cuidera Matt Baker Will Eisner & others! Creators who were instrumental in the revival of the Quality characters from the 1970s to today are also interviewed including Roy Thomas Len Wein & Jimmy Palmiotti

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