When scientists describe their results or insights as 'beautiful', are they using the term differently from when they use it of a landscape, music or another person?Science and the Truthfulness of Beauty re-examines the way in which seeing beauty in the world plays the key role in scientific advances, and argues that the reliance on such a personal point of view is ultimately justified by belief that we are made in the 'image of God', as Christian and Jewish believers assert. It br...

Erstmals wird in dieser Biografie das Leben Robert Gilberts an Hand des Nachlasses und einer Vielzahl weiterer Quellen nachgezeichnet. Sein Werk kennt fast jeder, seine Person fast niemand: Der außergewöhnliche Liedtexter und Lyriker hat mit so gegensätzlichen Komponisten wie Werner Richard Heymann («Das gibt’s nur einmal») und Hanns Eisler («Stempellied») gearbeitet. Im Wiener Exil schrieb er als «Tarner Brother», in Paris befreundete er sich mit Hannah Arendt, in New York kämpfte er ums ...

Ten days of Heaven, a lifetime of memories. A love that Megan Bourne will deeply hold within her heart. When educator, Brian Fleming, takes an assignment in New Mexico to learn more of Native American history and culture, he hires journalist Megan Bourne. Their ten days together will change Megan in profound ways for the rest of her life. Robert Gilbert brings this emotional, poignant page-turner of love and loss between Brian and Megan to life with sculptured magnetism. Megan's Love...a c...

En France, la démocratie sociale est au point mort : des syndicats trop faibles, une culture contestataire très présente, un patronat souvent de courte vue et un État occupant le terrain que lui abandonnent chaque jour les partenaires sociaux.Et pourtant, devant l’urgence des réformes, jamais la France n’a eu autant besoin d’un dialogue social fort réunissant des acteurs responsables, capables de négocier et de porter dans le monde du travail et de la protection sociale une vision ...

A revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door within the Great Pyramid of Giza--a door left unopened for 4,500 years. With this discovery, Robert Bauval--who spent the decade prior to the discovery researching the pyramids--and Adrian Gilbert used astronomical data to reveal that more than just tombs, the pyramids w...

Available in a new digital edition with reflowable text suitable for e-readersThe presidency is hazardous to your health. Fully two-thirds of our presidents have died before reaching their life-expectancy- despite being wealthier, better educated, and better cared for that most Americans. In Mortal Presidency, the first complete account of death and illness in the White House, Robert E. Gilbert looks at modern presidents including Coolidge, FDR, Eisenhower...

This comprehensive textbook applies economic analysis to public law. The economic analysis of law has revolutionized legal scholarship and teaching in the last half-century, but it has focused mostly on private law, business law, and criminal law. This book extends the analysis to fundamental topics in public law, such as the separation of government powers, regulation by agencies, constitutional rights, and elections. Every public law involves six fundamental processes of government: barg...

Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti, “The war made my mother who she was.”Audrey Hepburn’s war included partic...

Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and critical perspectives stimulating content for students and keen listeners wishing to discover mor...

In The Politics of Integration, Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts examines the validity of a highly charged statement Dr Ralph Gonsalves made in 2007, warning that CARICOM may expire in 2017 if its government structures are not addressed. To this end, the author examines the political culture, personalities and the quest for sovereignty in the Caribbean that have allowed CARICOM to falter in its efforts to establish a fully functional regional framework that would benefit...

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement. The historic cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers, and Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. Italy's history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political labor...

Traduccion de Vicente Corbi. Robert Browning es una de las mejores biografias que se han escrito nunca, aunque (y precisamente porque) no es solo una biografia al uso, en el sentido de ser un simple relato de hechos mas o menos historicos; el Chesterton más Chesterton, el mas endiabladamente paradojico y polemico y el mas angelicalmente asombrado y generoso esta ya plenamente en ella para mayor gozo de sus lectores.