The need to control violent & non-violent harm has been central to human existence since societies first emerged. This book analyses the problem of harm in world politics which stems from the fact that societies require the power to harm in order to defend themselves from internal & external threats but must also control the capacity to harm so that people cannot kill injure humiliate or exploit others as they please. Andrew Linklater analyses writings in moral & legal philosophy that define & classify forms of harm & discusses the ways in which different theories of international relations suggest the power to harm can be controlled so that societies can co-exist with the minimum of violent & non-violent harm. Linklater argues for new connections between the English School study of international society & Norbert Elias analysis of civilizing processes in order to advance the study of harm in world politics. ...

Beautifully repackaged as part of the C.S. Lewis Signature Classic Range Lewis addresses the question which tortures every generation
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Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions not carelessly & dogmatically as we might deal with them in ordinary life but critically after analysing how & why the questions arise & clarifying the assumptions & concepts on which they are based. This classic work first published in 1912 has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russells views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance & reality the existence & nature of matter idealism knowledge by acquaintance & by description induction & the limits & value of philosophical knowledge. This edition

Includes:: an introduction by John Skorupski contextualizing Russells work & a guide to further reading.

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The first volume in a noirish gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author. Quick-witted & cocksure young upstart Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark. As he learns the tricks of his new trade from his Uncle Theo -- extortion racketeering threatening behaviour -- he's soon well on his way to becoming a promising new gangster. Then he crosses paths with The Cardinal & his life changes forever. The Cardinal is the City & the City is The Cardinal. They are joined at the soul. Nothing moves on the streets or below them without the Cardinal's knowledge. His rule is absolute. As Capac begins to discover more about the extent of the Cardinal's influence on his own life he is faced with hard choices. & as his ambition soars ever higher he will learn all there is to know about loss & the true cost of ultimate power! ...

Formed in the 1960s ' Prog Rock' British group Procol Harum are best known for their multi million selling single A Whiter Shade of Pale which is the most played record by a British artist of the last 70 years. Features exclusive interviews with band members Gary Brooker Keith Reid Matthew Fisher Robin Trower Dave Ball Mick Grabham Geoff Whitehorn Chris Copping & Dave Bronze. Also

Includes:: interviews with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page film director Alan Parker as well as former managers DJs & many others. Tells the story of their formation in Essex in the 1960s their split on their tenth anniversary in 1977 & their reforming in 1991. Gives details of one of the costliest court cases in British music history whereby a judge awarded a 40% share in the copyright of A Whiter Shade of Pale to a former organist of the b&. Lead singer Gary Brooker & lyricist Keith Reid always claimed credit for the hit which became part of the soundtrack of 1967. But in his ruling the judge decided that organist Matthew Fisher was entitled to both credit & royalties. Brings the story right up to date with detail of their album releases & tours over the last decade.

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The weather magic that holds the kingdom of Lur safe is failing & the earth feels broken to those with the power to see. Among Lur's sorcerers only Asher has the skill to mend the antique weather map that governs the seasons keeping the land from being crushed by natural forces. Yet when Asher risks his life to meddle with these dangerous magics the crisis is merely delayed not averted. Asher's son Rafel has inherited his father's talents but has been forbidden to use them. Many died in the last Mage War & these abilities aren't to be loosed lightly into the world. But when Asher's last desperate attempt to repair the damage leaves him on this deathbed Rafel's powers may not be denied. For his countrymen are facing famine devastation & a rift in the very fabric of their l&. ...

SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Created centuries ago by a madman possessed of seemingly supernatural powers & a dogged drive for justice the mysterious Deucalion arrives in New Orleans as the next generation of Dr Frankenstein's monsters are about to be unleashed by their deranged maker now known as Victor Helios. Deucalion's path will cross with that of tough police detective Carson O' Connor & her partner Michael Maddison who are on the trail of a vicious serial killer stalking the city a killer who selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Reluctantly Carson will join forces with Deucalion against a far greater terrifying threat: an entire race of killers who are much more
- & less
- than human.. . Deucalion seeks one final confrontation with the evil genius who created him Dr Frankenstein. Dean Koontz the master storyteller creates a bold new legend.

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SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Created centuries ago by a madman possessed of seemingly supernatural powers & a dogged drive for justice the mysterious Deucalion arrives in New Orleans as the next generation of Dr Frankenstein's monsters are about to be unleashed by their deranged maker now known as Victor Helios. Deucalion's path will cross with that of tough police detective Carson O' Connor & her partner Michael Maddison who are on the trail of a vicious serial killer stalking the city a killer who selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Reluctantly Carson will join forces with Deucalion against a far greater terrifying threat: an entire race of killers who are much more
- & less
- than human! Deucalion seeks one final confrontation with the evil genius who created him Dr Frankenstein. Dean Koontz the master storyteller creates a bold new legend.

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From an isolated mountain cabin Deanna Wolfe a reclusive wildlife biologist is caught off-guard by a young hunter who changes utterly her self-assured solitary life. Lusa Maluf Landowski finds herself unexpectedly marooned on her husbands farm where she must declare or lose her attachment to the l&. Garnett Walker & Nannie Rawley a pair of elderly feuding neighbours tend their respective farms & wrangle about God pesticides & the possibilities of a future neither of them expected. Over the course of one humid summer in the Appalachian mountains these characters discover their connections to one another & to the flora & fauna with which they share their place in the world. ...

Once broken up can a family ever be mended again? Jolyon Chadwick a famous television presenter takes his new girlfriend Henrietta home meet his extended family
- & also to meet Marie the mother who deserted him & his father many years ago now re-appeared & seeming to want forgiveness. Jolyon however is not in the mood for forgiveness
- although his father Hal now married to his cousin & childhood sweetheart feels a lingering guilt about Marie & wants them all to be friends. & Henrietta still vulnerable from the break-up of her own parents' marriage is not sure whether she can move on.

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