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Book Synopsis An Instance of the Fingerpost by : Iain Pears
Download or read book An Instance of the Fingerpost written by Iain Pears and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A fictional tour de force which combines erudition with mystery' PD James Oxford in the 1660s. Sarah Blundy stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College. Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause, determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologian and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary. Each one tells their version of what happened but only one reveals the extraordinary truth. Brilliantly written and utterly convincing, An Instance of the Fingerpost is gripping from the first page to the last. 'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco, don't let it pass by unread.' The Times
Book Synopsis Francis Bacon: Discovery and the Art of Discourse by : Lisa Jardine
Download or read book Francis Bacon: Discovery and the Art of Discourse written by Lisa Jardine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York socialite who wasn't interested in fortune or fame? That was Judy Lovin who valued friendship, integrity and her career as a preschool teacher. Then her father's business collapsed, and his most powerful enemy offered to help, but under the condition that Judy would accompany him to a remote Caribbean island as his companion - nothing more. Since it meant so much to her family, Judy agreed. She suspected that he was probably a harmless lonely man. But she was so wrong. She didn't expect to meet a powerful, attractive loner who would stun her senses and capture her heart.
Book Synopsis Faint Praise by : Gail Pool
Download or read book Faint Praise written by Gail Pool and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007-07-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two hundred years, book reviewers have influenced American readers, setting our literary agenda by helping us determine not only what we read but also what we think about what we read. And for nearly as long, critics of these critics have lambasted book reviews for their overpraise, hostility, banality, and bias. Faint Praise takes a hard and long-overdue look at the institution of book reviewing. Gail Pool, herself an accomplished reviewer and review editor, analyzes the inner workings of this troubled trade to show how it works—and why it so often fails to work well. She reveals why bad reviewing happens despite good intentions and how it is that so many intelligent people who love books can say so many unintelligent things on their behalf. Reviewers have the power to award prestige to authors, give prominence to topics, and shape opinion and taste; yet most readers have little knowledge of why certain books are selected for review, why certain reviewers are selected to review them, and why they so often praise books that aren’t all that good. Pool takes readers behind the scenes to describe how editors choose books for review and assign them to reviewers, and she examines the additional roles played by publishers, authors, and readers. In describing the context of reviewing, she reveals a culture with little interest in literature, much antipathy to criticism, and a decided weakness for praise. In dissecting the language of reviews, Pool demonstrates how it often boils down to unbelievable hype. Pool explores the multifaceted world of book reviewing today, contrasting traditional methods of reviewing with alternative book coverage, from Amazon.com to Oprah, and suggesting how the more established practices could be revised. She also explores the divide between service journalism practiced by reviewers versus the alleged high art served up by literary critics—and what this fuzzy boundary between reviewing and criticism really means. This is the first book to analyze the field in depth, weighing the inherent difficulties of reviewing against the unacceptable practices that undermine the very reasons we read—and need—reviews. Faint Praise is a book not just for those who create and review books but also for everyone who loves books. By demystifying this hidden process, Pool helps everyone understand how to read reviews—and better decide what to read.
Book Synopsis A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by : John Losee
Download or read book A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science written by John Losee and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Losee provides a balanced and engaging survey of the development of views about scientific method. Ideal for those coming to the subject for the first time, this fully updated new edition incorporates discussion on contemporary debates, including philosophy of biology, normative naturalism, theory appraisal, experimental practice, and scientific realism. Concise profiles of the major philosophers discussed within the text are provided, including Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Whewell, Hempel, and Kuhn.
Book Synopsis 100 Must-read Historical Novels by : Nick Rennison
Download or read book 100 Must-read Historical Novels written by Nick Rennison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical fiction is a hugely popular genre of fiction providing fictional accounts or dramatizations of historical figures or events. This latest guide in the highly successful Bloomsbury Must-Reads series depicts 100 of the finest novels published in this sector, with a further 500 recommendations. A wide range of classic works and key authors are covered: Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Attwood, Sarah Waters, Victor Hugo and Robert Louis Stevenson to name a few. If you want to expand your reading in this area, or gain a deeper understanding of the genre - this is the best place to start! Inside you'll find: - An extended Introduction to historical fiction - 100 titles highlighted A-Z by novel with 500 Read-on recommendations - Read-on-a-theme categories - Award winners and book club recommendations
Book Synopsis The Best Novels of the Nineties by : Linda Parent Lesher
Download or read book The Best Novels of the Nineties written by Linda Parent Lesher and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader’s guide provides uniquely organized and up-to-date information on the most important and enjoyable contemporary English-language novels. Offering critically substantiated reading recommendations, careful cross-referencing, and extensive indexing, this book is appropriate for both the weekend reader looking for the best new mystery and the full-time graduate student hoping to survey the latest in magical realism. More than 1,000 titles are included, each entry citing major reviews and giving a brief description for each book.
Book Synopsis Alexander Kluge-Jahrbuch by : Richard Langston
Download or read book Alexander Kluge-Jahrbuch written by Richard Langston and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2015 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flaschenpost war Adornos resignative Metapher aus dem Jahr 1940 fur die eingebusste Wirkungsmacht der Kritischen Theorie im Exil. Echos einer Flasche heisst fur Kluge die bescheidene Optik - etwas indirekt im Glassplitter sehen - womit er wirksame Perspektiven im globalisierten 21. Jahrhundert sucht. Der zweite Band des Kluge-Jahrbuchs widmet sich einerseits Kluges theoretischer Verwandlung am Beispiel seiner Theoriearbeit mit Oskar Negt und andererseits den multimedialen Sichtweisen, die nicht nur seine Haltung der Bescheidenheit zum Ausdruck bringen, sondern auch seine theoretischen Wurzeln offenlegen.
Book Synopsis The New Organon by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book The New Organon written by Francis Bacon and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Organon Francis Bacon - The Novum Organum, full original title Novum Organum Scientiarum, is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620. The title is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. In Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. This is now known as the Baconian method.Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannicas Great Books of the Western World set.
Book Synopsis The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon by : John M. Robertson
Download or read book The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon written by John M. Robertson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 1433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1905, this reissued edition of The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon is an edited collection based upon the definitive seven volume edition of 1857, translated and prefaced by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding. Of great historical, philosophical and scientific interest, this collection brings together translations of Bacon’s most important works, including the Novum Organum, the De Augmentis Scientarium, the Parasceve, and the De Principiis atque Originibus, as well as works originally written in English, such as the Valerius Terminus and the Filum Labyrinthi. The reissue offers a comprehensive and provocative collection of the key writings of the man we now consider to be the father of Empiricism who popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry. All works include prefaces by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding, and the collection includes an introductory note from the editor John M. Robertson.
Book Synopsis The Reading Group by : Elizabeth Noble
Download or read book The Reading Group written by Elizabeth Noble and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times Number One bestseller about five women and the reading group which intertwines their lives A New Year. A New Page. A New Reading Group. Five women meet for their first reading group, little realising this social gathering over books and glasses of wine might see them share more than literary debate ... and will, in fact, take each of them to places they'd never imagined. Harriet and Nicole are the ringleaders, best friends who can't quite admit - to themselves or one other - they might be trapped in loveless marriages. While Polly, a determined single mum, finds herself tipped off course by an unexpected proposal. Susan, usually so carefree and happy, is forced to face a shattering reality and Clare, quiet and mysterious, plainly has more on her mind than next week's book choice. Over the coming year their worlds will intertwine in delightful, unexpected and surprising ways. Stories will be re-written as dreams are made and broken, but through it all they'll have the Reading Group, with friendship, tears and laughter featuring in every chapter of their lives. **Elizabeth Noble's gloriously uplifting new novel, Letters to Iris, is out now!**
Book Synopsis Key Texts: Classical Anglophone Philosophy by : Martin O’Malley
Download or read book Key Texts: Classical Anglophone Philosophy written by Martin O’Malley and published by Herbert Utz Verlag. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Texts: Classical Anglophone Philosophy introduces a rich philosophical tradition in its original language. From Bacon to Dewey, the texts of this collection were all written in the English language over a 300-year span. Much more unites the authors, of course, but most importantly they all share that common language and the history associated with the island of Great Britain – whether subjects of its crown or not. That history is both distinctly European and distinct from the European continent even in the branches that developed apart from the British island, most notably in North America. The 16th-century English Reformation and World War 1 bracket the time frame adopted for the present collection. This was a period when British political power extended around the globe. The ideas developed by this collection’s Anglophone philosophers had perhaps even wider reach and impact.
Book Synopsis The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical works by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical works written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Works of Francis Bacon ... by : Francis Bacon
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Book Synopsis The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes by the Late Robert Leslie Ellis, Together with English Translations of the Principal Latin Pieces by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes by the Late Robert Leslie Ellis, Together with English Translations of the Principal Latin Pieces written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Works by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book Works written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Works by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book The Works written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam ...: Translations of the philosophical works by : Francis Bacon
Download or read book The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam ...: Translations of the philosophical works written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
