A classic of science fiction from SF legend Gordon R Dickson winner of three Hugo awards a Nebula award & an inductee into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Humans & alien adversaries contend on a world whose inhabitants resemble bears both in appearance & in temperament A BEAR OF A CHOICE! Planet Dilbia is in a crucial location for both humans & their adversaries the Hemnoids Therefore making friends with the Dilbians & establishing a human presence there is of the utmost importance which may be a problem since the bearlike Dilbians stand some nine feet tall & have a high regard for physical prowess They&re not impressed by human technology either A real man er bear doesn&t need machines to do his work for him But Dilbians are impressed by sharp thinking & some have expressed a grudging admiration for the logical (and usually sneaky) mental maneuvers that the human "shorties" have used to get themselves out of desperate jams Just maybe that old human craftiness will win over the Dilbians to the human side If not humanity loses a nexus & the Dilbians will learn just how unbearable Hemnoids can be! ...

Five leading thinkers on the concept of rights in an era of rightlessness Sixty years ago the political theorist Hannah Arendt deprived of her German citizenship as a Jew & in exile from her country observed that before people can enjoy any of the inalienable Rights of Man before there can be any specific rights to education work voting & so on there must first be such a thing as the right to have rights The concept received little attention at the time but in our age of refugee crises & extra-state war the phrase has become the center of a crucial & lively debate Here five leading thinkers from varied disciplines including history law & politics discuss the critical issue of the basis of rights & the meaning of radical democratic politics today" ...

In The Right to Maim Jasbir K Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state sexuality & biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical & methodological frameworks Puar uses the concept of debility-bodily injury & social exclusion brought on by economic & political factors-to disrupt the category of disability She shows how debility disability & capacity together constitute an assemblage that states use to control populations Puar's analysis culminates in an interrogation of Israel's policies toward Palestine in which she outlines how Israel brings Palestinians into biopolitical being by designating them available for injury Supplementing its right to kill with what Puar calls the right to maim the Israeli state relies on liberal frameworks of disability to obscure & enable the mass debilitation of Palestinian bodies Tracing disability's interaction with debility & capacity Puar offers a brilliant rethinking of Foucauldian biopolitics while showing how disability functions at the intersection of imperialism & racialized capital ...

This bestselling book by one of the world's foremost voice & acting coaches is a classic in its field Practical passionate & inspiring it teaches how to use the voice fully & expressively without fear & in any situation Patsy Rodenburg has trained thousands of actors singers lawyers politicians business people teachers & students her book distills that knowledge & experience so that everyone can enjoy the right to speak This second edition contains new revisions & additional content taking into account the effect of social media on communication skills the need for empathetic listening how scientific discovery now illuminates why & how voice exercises work & cultural & global issues of ethics & storytelling ...

' We should write because it is human nature to write' Julia Cameron For those jumping into the writing life for the first time & for those already living it the art of writing will never be the same after reading this book Provocative thoughtful & exciting The Right to Write will draw you back again & again as you seek to liberate & cultivate the writer residing within you This isn't a book of rules which can stifle creativity
- it's a book about using writing to bring clarity & passion to the act of living The secret is in breaking loose from the grip of your established thought process to unleash the wave of creativity which is striving to express itself With the techniques & illustrative stories in The Right to Write you'll learn how to make writing a natural & intensely personal part of your life You'll also discover the details of Cameron's own writing processes the ones she uses to create her poetry plays essays novels & bestselling books including the world famous The Artist's Way
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In The Righteous Mind psychologist Jonathan Haidt answers some of the most compelling questions about human relationships Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' & 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so hard to see things from another viewpoint? Why do we come to blows over politics & religion? Jonathan Haidt reveals that we often find it hard to get along because our minds are hardwired to be moralistic judgemental & self-righteous He explores how morality evolved to enable us to form communities & how moral values are not just about justice & equality
- for some people authority sanctity or loyalty matter more Morality binds & blinds but using his own research Haidt proves it is possible to liberate ourselves from the disputes that divide good people'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The New York Times'A truly seminal book' David Goodhart Prospect'A tour de force
- brave brilliant & eloquent It will challenge the way you think about liberals & conservatives atheism & religion good & evil' Paul Bloom author of How Pleasure Works ' Compelling a fluid combination of erudition & entertainment' Ian Birrell Observer' Lucid & thought-provoking deserves to be widely read' Jenni Russell Sunday Times Jonathan Haidt is a social & cultural psychologist He has been on the faculty of the University of Virginia since 1995 & is currently a visiting professor of business ethics at New York University's Stern School of Business He is the co-editor of Flourishing Positive Psychology & the Life Well Lived & is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

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Though an Englishman by birth he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England & in favour of radical reform RIGHTS OF MAN & COMMON SENSE are the two short books in which he elaborates his political & social theories in vivid simple prose which can still be read with pleasure & excitement today 360 pages Paine Thomas ...

Humane humorous & deeply felt this is a unique book about reading The Rights of the Reader which has sold over a million copies in France grew from celebrated French writer Daniel Pennac's experiences of teaching in challenging schools Central to the book is his belief that readers have rights to read what how where & when they want &
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- the right NOT to read This fresh new translation combines the talents of award-winning translator Sarah Adams & renowned artist Quentin Blake who illustrates & introduces the work

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In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner one of the best-known & best-loved poems in the English language a grizzled old sailor stops a man on his way to a wedding & tells a terrifying story He speaks of how he doomed the crew of his ship by shooting dead an albatross awakened the wrath of ocean spirits met Death himself & must now walk the earth for ever & share his tragic tale of sin guilt &
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- redemption This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's longest major poem features illustrations by Gustave Dore the most remarkable wood engraver of the nineteenth century & an introduction by writer & journalist Ned Halley Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARINA WARNER & ILLUSTRATIONS BY MERVYN PEAKE Coleridge's celebrated poem was written at the suggestion of William Wordsworth in the early days of their friendship & published for the first time in 1798 It is the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross a bird of good omen brought misfortune on the ship & all its crew The poem is brilliantly illustrated by Mervyn Peake His powerful arresting images perfectly express the qualities of the text its gothic atmosphere & supernatural terrors ultimately softened by pity & the hope of redemption ...