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In this volume leading contemporary philosophical historians of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods examine the works of important figures of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. While Midwest Studies in Philosophy has produced other volumes devoted to historical periods in philosophy, this is the first to offer such extensive and focused original materials on specific crucial figures as this volume.

• Original papers by twenty contemporary philosophers writing about the works of the major philosophers of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth centuries.
  
• This historically and philosophically broad collection extends from such Fifteenth Century figures as Ficino, Machiavelli, and Pompanazzi to the work of Montesquieu in the Eighteenth Century.

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Sociable Cities is published to coincide with the centenary of the publication of Ebenezer Howards revolutionary Garden Cities of Tomorrow. Howards book would prove to be the most influential work on city planning in the 20th Century. The book provided the template for some thirty new towns in the United Kingdom — and countless others across the rest of the world — helped to establish the Town and Country Planning Association and ultimately led to an Act of Parliament which established how the building of our cities would be governed. At its heart, Garden Cities argues for a return to civilised and sustainable urban communities. Sociable Cities assesses how Howards work has faced up to the concerns of the 20th Century. Rarely have these concerns — the development of brown and green field sites, public versus private transport, the political will behind sustainability, public access to the countryside, and the quality of life in and the future of out cities — been so pressing. Finally, in analysing future trends, Peter Hall and Colin Ward take Howards Garden Cities into the 21st Century. This landmark book will be of interest to all who are concerned for the future of our cities and the future of our countryside. ... Read more

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What makes a good argument?
How is language used to create social influence?
How social is computer-mediated communication?

This new, fully updated and revised The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology reflects the increasingly diverse range of linguistic topics that social psychologists have investigated over the decade since the previous edition of this seminal work was published.

Whilst the basic organization of the text remains the same, explanatory frameworks are accorded greater prominence than before and persons are seen as agents of communicative interaction rather than as victims of external of forces. Processes and actions are highlighted, i.e. how people do what they do and how they manage the discourse. In the final section, several applied topics reflect our changing lifestyle: computer-mediated communication, mass media, and organizations.

The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology is an essential source book for all psychologists concerned with language and how it functions in human communication. Those interested in interpersonal and intergroup social relations will find much relevance, as will practitioners and other professionals working in health and welfare, multilingual contexts, and organizations.

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Skin bioengineering is an expanding field of investigative and clinical dermatology. This guide describes all commercially available techniques and instruments. It provides a thorough overview of methods for noninvasive investigation of skin function. Commercially available instruments are reviewed and compared, with updated references given for each instrument. This book offers a technical analysis of each instrument, allowing investigators to understand its biophysical principles and to make better purchases of lab instruments. Addresses of manufacturers and worldwide distributors are included, making this an essential reference source.Chapters are written by international experts. Topics include transepidermal water loss, hydration, the measurement of skin blood flow in Laser-Doppler flowetry, sebum, pH and ions, and transcutaneous pO2 and pO2 measurements. Skin color, roughness, and elasticity are examined in detail. Skin imaging techniques, capillaroscopy, and fluorescence videomicroscopy are described. Instruments for surface microscopy of the skin are also discussed.Bioengineering of the Skin explains state-of-the-art techniques and is valuable reading for anyone who needs to stay abreast of the latest activities in this ever-changing field. ... Read more

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Arguing that multiculturalism actually separates peoples, this text calls for a return to the humanist philosophy of Howard Mumford Jones. The text maintains that although Jones asserted the importance of different cultures, he would have scoffed at multiculturalism as an end in itself. ... Read more

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Howard Minsky's life on paper mesmerizes the reader into the lost world of an innocent coming of age, the magical beginning of movies, and the true, everlasting love story. An Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe Winner and past executive at some of the most prominent film companies in the industry, Howard Minsky's unwavering love for movies took him from days ushering patrons down the dark aisles of the old neighborhood theater to the illusive walk down the red carpet. Conquering both life's dizzying triumphs and devastating setbacks, Howard Minsky is proof that fearless perseverance can indeed make your wildest dreams come true. ... Read more

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A Man Ahead of His Time
This is Frank Buchman's story, or part of it.Written by Peter Howard, it tells about the formation of "Moral Re-Armament," and how Buchman's vision was that "..he wanted all men to learn to live like sons of God, and poured out his life to win that glorious liberty."

Buchman fearlessly held everyone to the truth that if he listened to God, God would tell him where to make a start in their own lives.When he made that start, he said that God showed him the place in another man's life where change could begin, and how to help the other man to make that beginning.Buchman believed that we needed to learn to read men like a page of print."Sow a thought, reap an act.Sow an act, reap a habit.Sow a habit, reap a character.Sow a character, reap a destiny."

He also believed that democracy was as strong as the character of those who spoke in her name, and that free men were blind to the fact that the way they lived shouted louder to the world than the fine speeches which their representatives made at the conference tables.

All in all, it boiled down to this:Buchman's secret was that "peace was not just an idea, but people becoming different and that the true peacemakers were those willing to pay the price of it by giving their lives to bring nations under God's control."That was his life's secret.He died in August, 1961, at the age of 81 years, and when he died, apparently messages came from 22 heads of state and prime ministers from all over the world.He was heralded as the greatest man of our age.

It was Frank Buchman's belief that everybody who wanted to be a re-maker of men and nations should in the first waking moments of every day, move out of themselves into Christ, and then out to others and then live out to others all through each moment of the day.A mighty message, but there are few today who may be able to stand in his stead.Interesting reading. ... Read more

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It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural and cultural heritage is being encouraged and developed. Gathering a number of distinguished authors with diverse backgrounds (from a religious leader to academics to conservation scientists), the book aims to investigate the relationship between human beings and nature, between nature and culture.

Looking at nature as ‘heritage’ of the human race is a recognition both of the tremendous impacts (both positive and negative) that human activities have had on the natural environment, as well as the acceptance of human responsibility for managing our planet in a sustainable and sensitive manner.

The texts included examine this interface between human beings and nature in specific places (from the Everglades in Florida and Mont Saint Micelle in Atlantic France, to the UK, Europe and the Mediterranean), as well as on a theoretical basis, and in the context of the international biodiversity conventions.

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This is a comprehensive guide to the architectural richness of Cambridge and its environs. The wealth of the University has generated an extraordinary legacy, with work by many of England's greatest architects, including G F Bodley, James Gibbs, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, William Wilkins, Alfred Waterhouse, Wren, and Wyatville. In this century the list includes Lutyens, Lasdun, Powell and Moya, Cullinan, McCormac, Jamieson and Pritchard, John Outram, Dixon and Jones, Leslie Martin, Stirling - whose Faculty of History Library is a controversial masterpiece - and many others. Outside the city, Michael Hopkins' Schlumberger Research Centre is thrillingly high-tech and Foster Associate's new building at the American Air Museum is typically sleek and sophisticated. This book provides an introduction outlining the context which has produced such a mass of good and sometimes brilliant buildings. While the bulk of the guide, which describes and illustrates 150 buildings, is devoted to the University and the colleges, it also covers houses and churches, civic and commercial buildings. ... Read more

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Sociologists generally study macrolevel institutions and social processes with little reference to the individual. Psychologists, on the other hand, tend to study individual-level processes with little reference to society. This volume, featuring contributions from influential scholars in US social psychology, brings the link between the individual and society into focus. The chapters in the volume are distinguished by their concentration on either cognitive, affective or behavioural processes. These analyses eschew the traditional psychological approach to individual-level processes and instead offer intriguing accounts of how thought, emotion and action are embedded in social context and are central to the dynamic between self and society. Together, the 14 chapters present a synthesis of theory and research that are a major force in stimulating and influencing investigations of the link between the individual and the larger society. ... Read more