This book argues that the primary function of human thinking in language is to make judgments, which are logical-normative connections of concepts. Robert Abele points out that this presupposes cognitive conditions that cannot be accounted for by empirical-linguistic analyses of language content or social conditions alone. Judgments rather assume both reason and a unified subject, and this requires recognition of a Kantian-type of transcendental dimension to them. Judgments are related to ...

Seven Brothers. Seven Brides. A revenge seven years in the making.Eight years ago, my family was betrayed by those closest to us. Now we’re back in Sabine Valley, staging our return during the feast of Lammas, where I step into the ring and ensure we’re given what we’re owed. Who we’re owed.Our enemies send their seven best warriors against me. With each victory, I win a Bride for each of my brothers. And for me? I’m saving the best for last. My Bride is Ha...

"Sabine Valley is the wicked, tangled, horny world of my heart, and I devoured Abel in one sitting! Raw, sexy, queer, and polyamorous AF, this is for anyone who loves their HEAs charged with lust power, and revenge. In fact, I'm ready to pack my bags and move to Sabine Valley right the heck now." -- USA Today bestselling author Sierra SimoneSeven Brothers. Seven Brides. A revenge seven years in the making.Eight years ago, my family was betrayed by ...

An opthalmologist’s guide to everything from lutein to Lasik: “Valuable tips, unique insights. . .Dr. Abel is a healer for the 21st century.”—from the Foreword by Mehmet Oz, M.D.Is it true that Alzheimer's can be predicted through the eye?Sleep apnea can cause blindness?Computers and texting are creating an epidemic of nearsightedness?Retina chips and stem cell therapy offer promise for macular degeneration patients?Your prescription drugs can give you cataracts. ....

DHA is an essential building block of the membranes of brain cells and indeed each and every cell membrane in the body gains strength and flexibility from this omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid. DHA has been shown to deactivate the enzymes that destroy cartilage and is therefore useful as protection against arthritis. This book shows how to use DHA to help counteract the negative effects of refined sugar and flour, saturated fats and oils, alcohol and pollutants.

Ghost Traps is a collection of twelve stories about characters who are on the edge and under duress, individuals backed against a wall as they try to free themselves from their own limitations, habits, and destructive desires.In the title story, Harper learns to fish from a man whose son is “catching hell” in the Korean War. When the son returns, he begins stealing lobsters from Harper’s traps, and Harper, out of a sense of obligation and guilt, teaches him to fish, vainly...

EN POLITIQUE, TOUT EST BIOLOGIQUE.Pourquoi les débats s'enveniment-ils ? Pourquoi les camps se radicalisent-ils ? Pourquoi suivons-nous des leaders autoritaires quand nous prétendons défendre la raison et la liberté ? Parce que le moteur de la politique, en deçà des programmes, des partis et des institutions, est l'évolution de notre espèce.Selon Pascal Boyer, anthropologue et spécialiste des sciences cognitives, l'évolution biologique explique en effet les ...

In Democracy Gone, Abele argues that the last eight years in particular have shown us that our democracy has largely disintegrated, leaving behind only an exoskeleton that was once its original vertebrae of ends and principles. This book questions whether or not the American democratic experiment has run out of steam and if, through our inattention, we have replaced our democracy with politicians lustful for power and central authority that is out of touch with the needs of common...

In The Anatomy of Deception, Abele reconstructs the public dialogue that led to the United States collectively making the decision to invade and occupy the sovereign nation of Iraq. The book examines this public debate concerning the invasion and occupation of Iraq and focuses on thinking critically about the decision.It will be argued here that the structure of the public case made for invading Iraq showed itself at that time to be a manipulation of evidence for ...

Continuous Improvement in High Schools gives educators and policymakers an accessible, actionable framework to address one of the nation's most important educational priorities: improving high school graduation and postsecondary preparedness rates.Martha Abele Mac Iver and Robert Balfanz, national experts in dropout prevention, apply the Carnegie Foundation’s continuous improvement framework to the issue of student success in high school, starting with the...

Góticos II: Lúgubres mistérios homenageia Bram Stoker, o criador do Drácula. Traz obras de alguns dos melhores escritores da literatura mundial, num gênero que se propõe a remexer alguns dos aspectos mais íntimos da cultura ocidental e do ser humano — o terror, sua relação com os fenômenos que não temos como explicar. Entre ensaios e comentários enriquecedores, surgem vampiros, zumbis, fantasmas, personagens de enorme tradição literária, sempre estudados, nunca totalmente desvenda...

A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked.In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the 1970s—worker movements were at the cutting edge of internationalism.The creation in London of the International Worki...