Where do we come from? Are we merely a cluster of elementary particles in a gigantic world receptacle? & what does it all mean? In this highly original new book the philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges our notion of what exists & what it means to exist He questions the idea that there is a world that encompasses everything like a container life the universe & everything else This all-inclusive being does not exist & cannot exist For the world itself is not found in the world & even when we think about the world the world about which we think is obviously not identical with the world in which we think For as we are thinking about the world this is only a very small event in the world Besides this there are still innumerable other objects & events rain showers toothaches & the World Cup Drawing on the recent history of philosophy Gabriel asserts that the world cannot exist at all because it is not found in the world Yet with the exception of the world everything else exists; even unicorns on the far side of the moon wearing police uniforms Revelling in witty thought experiments word play & the courage of provocation Markus Gabriel demonstrates the necessity of a questioning mind & the role that humour can play in coming to terms with the abyss of human existence ...

From the financial fraudsters of Enron to the embezzlers at Tyco to the insider traders at Mc Kinsey to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff the failings of corporate titans are regular fixtures in the news But what drives wealthy & powerful people to white-collar crime? Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes draws from extensive personal interaction & correspondence with nearly fifty former executives as well as the latest research in psychology criminology & economics to investigate how once-celebrated executives become white-collar criminals The product of seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history Why They Do It is a breakthrough look at the dark side of the business world Soltes reveals how the usual explanations fail to tell the whole story of why many seemingly successful people go over the line White-collar criminals are not merely driven by excessive greed or hubris nor do they usually carefully calculate costs & benefits before breaking the law Instead Soltes shows that most of the executives who committed crimes made decisions the way we all do- on the basis of their intuitions & gut feelings The trouble is that these gut feelings are often poorly suited for the modern business world where leaders are increasingly distanced from the consequences of their decisions & the individuals they impact The extraordinary costs of corporate misconduct are clear to its victims Yet never before have we been able to peer so deeply into the minds of the many prominent perpetrators of white-collar crime With the increasing globalization of business threatening us with even more devastating corporate misconduct the lessons Soltes draws in Why They Do It are needed more urgently than ever ...

A practical guide to teaching philosophical thinking through play questioning & dialogic activities to develop children's deeper understanding of life's big questions It enables practitioners of children aged 3-11 to turn their classrooms into spaces where thinking challenging & reasoning become as natural as play 248 pages Stanley Sara ...

A look at the enduring importance of To Kill a Mockingbird at a time when racial division in the US is at its most severe 320 pages

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Why was the partridge in the pear tree? Who was Good King Wenceslas? & what are the pagan origins behind The Holly & the Ivy'? Discover the hidden stories behind our best-loved Christmas carols from their earliest incarnations in the Middle Ages & their banning under the Puritans to the wassailing traditions of the nineteenth century & the carols that united soldiers on the Western Front during the First World War This fascinating book charts the history of one of Christmas' longest-running traditions & is sure to appeal to all those who love the festive season ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower&s legendary farewell speech filmmaker Eugene Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century&s military adventures asking how
- & telling why
- a nation of by & for the people has become the savings-&-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war Why We Fight won the Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) at the Sundance Film Festival It is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the AMerican War Machine weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a &who&s who& of military & Washington insiders Featuring John Mc Cain Gore Vidal William Kristol Chalmers Johnson Richard Perle & others Actors John Mc Cain Gore Vidal William Kristol Chalmers Johnson & Richard Perle Director Eugene Jarecki Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Screen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Stereo Duration 1 Hour & 38 Minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Originally made in 1945 as part of the acclaimed Frank Capra series Why We Fight Battle Of China focuses on one of the forgotten theatres of the second World War China The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 gave the world a first hand taste of modern warfare the Japanese atrocities in every territory they overran firming the resolve of the free world to fight back Actors Anthony Veiller Directors Frank Capra Format PAL Black &38; White Full Screen Language English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 43
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We don't think we hate cheap things of course but we rather behave as if we do in the sense that we rarely properly appreciate what is always around us & doesn't appear to cost very much for example the night sky pencils fried eggs zips & the holding of hands This volume explores the way we can easily grow disenchanted with our immediate circumstances & pine for what is exotic costly & out of reach
- & it gently returns us to ourselves full of new found wonder & gratitude Combining literature economics & sheer good sense Why We Hate Cheap Things reawakens us to the world immediately around us & to the latent beauty & interest of what we have
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Foreign aid is about charity International development is about technical fixes At least that is what we as donor publics are constantly told The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system that mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation & gets attacked across the political spectrum
- those on the right claiming we don't spend enough those on the left that we don't spend enough The reality as Yanguas argues in this highly provocative book is that aid isn't
- or at least shouldn't be
- about levels of spending nor interventions shacked to vague notions of 'accountability' 'ownership' & 'harmonisation' Instead a different approach is possible one that acknowledges aid as being about struggle about taking sides about politics It is an approach that has been quietly applied by innovative development practitioners around the world providing political coverage for local reformers to open up spaces for change Drawing on a variety of convention-defying stories from aid practitioners across the world
- from Britain to the US; Sierra Leone to Honduras
- Yanguas provides an eye-opening account of what we really mean when we talk about aid




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Did you know that carrying a musical instrument makes you more attractive?music can cure insomnia?music can change the taste of wine?the Mozart effect has nothing to do with Mozart? Barry Manilow songs can be used for crowd control? Why does music affect you so profoundly? It impacts the way you think talk feel behave & even spend money With his conversational style humour & endless knowledge scientist & musician John Powell showcases fascinating studies
- for example that shoppers spend more money in stores that play classical music & even more astounding they are more likely to buy German wine in stores playing German music With chapters on music & emotions music as medicine music & intelligence & much more Why We Love Music will entertain through to the very last page A delightful journey through the psychology & science of music Why We Love Music is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune
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