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Richard Jefferies is one of the major figures in the long tradition of British rural writers and yet, in the century since his death, there has been no descriptive bibliography of his work. In this book, which is based on over 20 years of collecting and researching, the authors have documented more than 1500 individual items of material by or about Jefferies. The main sections include a listing of all known periodical contributions (with synoposes of all those which have not been reprinted), a description of all known published editions of his books (whether original works or anthologies) and a listing of all pertinent works about Jefferies in books and periodicals. It includes the first complete record of the manuscripts held in the British Library and other public and private collections, together with a chronological list of the published works and an an alphabetical index of Jefferies' titles. In addition, the introductions to each title offer insights into Jefferies' work based on evidence from original correspondence and publishers' records. Together these amount to a full-length biographical study of his literary career.This is a reference work for libraries, readers, dealers, collectors and students. ... Read more

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Some times the Shekinah Glory is mentioned in Bible study books, or theological works. It is referred to as the "Glory Cloud" that covered the Ark and the Tabernacle. This study of the Shekinah Glory of God begins in Genesis and continues through to the book of Revelation. From the beginning of the Bible to the end, the Shekinah Glory is manifested. The reader will be impressed at the last revelation of the Shekinah when he sees how much God the Father loves His children whom He has redeemed through the cross of Christ. The Glory of the Shekinah is seen coming down from heaven to dwell with His children on earth for ever. This manifestation of the Father is a new teaching to many Bible students. It is the prayer of the author that this book will be able to bring glory and praise to God. Amen!The author of this book did not take the well traveled road. He came out of the slums of south Baltimore. He started studying the Bible when he was a teenager and the Bible has been his life's work. He never finished high school and yet went to seminary first, and then attended college. He graduated summa cum laude, and first in the class from Nyack College, to get his Masters degree. He has been a pastor for many years. The Shekinah Glory was his seminary thesis. George Miller dedicates this book to his wife, Edwina, who asked him many times to publish his thesis. He has tried to simplify the subject so that beginners as well as the more mature theologians may enjoy this study and learn from it. May the Lord bless the reading of this book. ... Read more

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Unlike the other animals, Kant reminds us, human beings must decide how they will live their lives. They therefore ask for a guide to action, a set of principles--a theory. ... Read more

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Purity of intellect converges with purity of heart
One way of approaching Kant is less through his massive central works and more through his applications of his thought in lesser works.

Here, Kant addresses a "saw" that forms part of received wisdom, and that is that the person who insists on a matter of (scientific or ethical) principle is somehow less than mature.

For example, we are told we must accept the conduct of the war in central Asia, with its high level of secrecy, undocumented civilian casualties and detention without trial of material witnesses as the only possible response to the attack of September 11, and that to apply current international law's theories is the mark of the person out of the loop.

However, to do so ignores a recent development in international law which Kant in another work presaged, and which received attention when traditional international law produced a humanitarian disaster in the Balkans.

Traditional international law, under which the American conduct of the current war operates, is might makes right and asserts as an axiom that the sovereign's will cannot be questioned.

The problem is that this cannot be stated in polite circles in Western democracies today with anything like full theoretical force, since if it is true that the sovereign's will operates without check internationally, this is equally true, when push comes to shove, in the domestic sphere.

If America has the right to bomb civilians and withhold information from journalists internationally, the thoughtful American citizen has no coherent way of objecting to collateral domestic damage to civil liberties.This is shown clearly by the fact that in the post Sep-11 climate, the Administration has been able to pass laws by means of which the government may search an individual's home and only later notify him that the search has been conducted...on the face of it, quite unreasonable in the meaning of our Constitution.

To avoid this painful conclusion, the common response is the one made long ago to Kant, when he made his own ethical and political recommendations based on his central insight: that there are indeed synthetic apriori features of the world that organize thought, and consequently behavior.

This is "that might be right in theory but 'twon't work in practice."

To which Kant replies that the pragmatic objection is actually a theory in and of itself, added as a rider clause to the theory.

Kant's thought has a structural insistence that we think through the consequences of our patches and other repairs to thought.For in the same way that Kant objected to the American Revolution's claim of a "right" of revolution, by quietly pointing out that the right to overthrow the sovereign fails to accomplish the mission, by making the American people (or, in practice, a fascist majority) the real sovereign, anti-theoryfinds itself in the position of St Augustine' pirate, or the 17th century bucanneer Israel Hands.

This is the usurper who, after usurpation, cannot find a narrative other than that of the sovereign against whom he mounted his rebellion.

The person who'd usurp pedantry and theory in the name of hairy-chested practice finds himself in the same position as Israel hands, who when asked why he turned pirate and slew the gentry, could only claim impure appetite, saying "because I wanted their pickles and wines."That is, the anti-theoretic man of the saw or rule of thumb wants, in real life, to set up shop as the REAL theoretician.

The problem is that his saws are so often incoherent that they require further saws and ultimately result in incoherence.He winds up in charge of a moronic inferno marked by the inability of its elite to provide clear direction, except in the general direction of perdition.

In current international contexts, it is quite convenient to powerful figures to decry theory and denounce the professoriat, for appended to any one of our international committments, it gives the power elite an unlimited blank check.Left romantics only assist this process by hypostatizing the anti-intellectual proletarian style when in fact the current working class is set to intellectual and symbolic tasks.

This is probably the reason for its astonishing vernacular power in so many apparently unrelated areas of American life.For example, as a software developer who's interested in software correctness, I hear this objection frequently to the very idea of any kind of qualitative oversight of software.

There is in general an accepted, and to me quite deviant, disconnect in my culture between our good intentions (or, to be painfully precise, our idea of our intentions as good, and quite unlike those of Islam and the "terrorists") and our results.It is to me constituted in a split between the normative and the description which a close reading of Kant can heal, for Kant seems to be at that rarefied, almost childlike plane before there are words like "theory" as opposed to "practice", and "what I should do" as opposed to what in hell is going on.

Like the forest entered by Alice in Wonderland in which there were no names, Kant manages to identify for us a world, probably the real world, that existed before we dreamt up our cozy categories.We accuse the messenger, Kant, of such dreaming but if you actually trouble to READ his stuff you find a unique purity, which refuses to end discussion with noise about "theory" and "practice"...as if, at the end of the day and in the presence of our common mortality, there was such cozy furniture to begin with. ... Read more

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Well-known Oregon meteorologist George Miller explains the unexplainable--the weather of the Pacific Northwest. Miller does an excellent job of making a complicated subject easy for all to understand in this interesting book.

The climate of the Pacific Northwest is as broad and varied as is found anywhere in the world-from dry eastern sections to cool and wet western regions. Pacific Northwest Weather explores the reasons for this, offering an in-depth look into those peculiarities specific to Pacific Northwest weather. Written and designed for the layperson, as well as a basic text in meteorology this book explains how weather occurs on a global scale down to the small-scale way in which your campfire smoke drifts. With interesting references to past storms, like the infamous Columbus Day storm, and weather patterns that cause heat waves and ice storms, this book has much to offer anyone interested in the weather.

WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT THIS BOOK?

* Author is one of the most respected meteorologists in Oregon. Many professionals rely on him for accurate weather information and answers to challenging questions

* Only book available on this subject

* Complicated subject is shared in an easy-to-understand and interesting manner

* Hundreds of color illustrations, photographs, and charts

* Numerous text boxes throughout share interesting historical stories

* Accurate up-to-date information ... Read more

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If you fish a lot like I do, weather is always on your mind. George helps us understand the big picture before we venture on the water. Seasonal changes, weather systems, how land and water affect weather -- useful stuff.
I learned a lot here. I like this book.
Wayne Heinz, author of, How to Catch Salmon, Sturgeon, Lingcod, Rockfish, and Halibut Along the Pacific Coast: Fish On! ... Read more

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For far too many people for far too many years, schooling has been a debilitating, demoralizing, and ultimately dehumanizing experience. Make-shift, half-hearted, and watered-down reform measures have proved ineffective. Reform throws out the bath water, but keeps the baby. Radicalism recognizes not a baby but a beast lurks in the bath water and throws both out. This dramatic redefinition of schooling examines four models of dynamism as provided by Nietzsche, Whitehead, Dewey, and Freire. Nietzsche's af-firmation of dynamism is marred by his elitism. Whitehead understands that inert cripple schooling. Without dialogue, ideas remain inert. Dewey misunderstands thinking and does not grasp its inherent double movement: toward order and disorder. Freire's pedagogy is transcended, with emphasis on negotiation between prime values. The final chapter expounds a radical pedagogy of dynamism. Miller argues that teaching and learning are not separate acts, but form a continuum. Within the teaching-learning continuum, all participants are spontaneous and receptive and seek to overcome fear of process, ambiguity, and doubt. The key to radical schooling is a pro-active stance toward creativity that allows for a dynamic integration of difference in dialogue. Negotiating Toward Truth is a call to arms for all educators. The book asks us to look closely what is in the bath water and to have the courage to throw the beast out with the bath water. ... Read more

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This new edition, revised with the assistance of Elizabeth Walsh of the Folger Shakespear Library, incorporates enhanced illustrations of all the original 700 watermark photographs, and adds more than 320 new watermarks found by Mr. Gravell during the past twenty years.In all, 1,057 watermarks have now been computer enhanced and triple-indexed for better identification.This new corpus of research includes revised and updated papermill histories, an updated bibliography, a new glossary of papermaking, and new name, geographic, and iconographic indexes.

A new foreword by Keith Arbour recounts Thomas Gravell's contributions to paper history. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Description: Reprinted, with notes and additions, from the Transactions of the Medico-Legal Society of New York.; Subjects: Liability (Law); Older people; Aged; Family ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more