It is the dawn of the twentieth century.Following the Martians' failed invasion of Earth, the British Empire has seized their technology and unlocked its secrets for themselves. It is a Golden Age of discovery, adventure, culture, invention—and of domination, and rebellion.Scarlet Traces reveals a world of ant-headed nightmares; vacuum salesmen; war machines; deadly secrets; clockwork marvels; and Sherlock Holmes, T. S. Eliot and Thomas Edison as y...

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International Education at the Crossroads captures the essence and complexity of international education in an interconnected and globalized world. Written by leading scholars, international educators, and policy makers, the 26 essays in this volume take stock of the unpredictable landscape of international education and demonstrate why international higher education is more essential now than ever before.Responding to a timely global moment where education and internation...

Forestil jer et øjeblik, at I ser jer omkring, at I betragter verden med nye øjne. Hvad ville I se? En samling af statiske objekter, adskilt fra hinanden, styret af uforanderlige mekaniske love? Eller noget radikalt anderledes: en ustoppelig strøm af begivenheder, et levende væv af relationer, en uophørlig udvikling, hvor alt er både årsag og virkning, både fortid og fremtid? I århundreder har vores vestlige tankegang foretrukket den første opfattelse, nemlig et "fast" og forudsigeligt uni...

Le vingtième siècle est souvent considéré comme le siècle du Saint-Esprit. Pourtant, pour de nombreux chrétiens, l'Esprit Saint demeure un mystère. Pour d'autres, l'intérêt qu'on lui accorde de nos jours n'est qu'une nouveauté qui passera avec l'enthousiasme de ceux qui en sont friands.C'est la raison pour laquelle Charles Whitehead a cherché à offrir une présentation simple et abordable de la personne de l'Esprit Saint, de son rôle et de son importance dans la vie du croyant, et ce...

Few thinkers from outside the United States have touched American culture in as many ways as Rudolf Steiner. Agriculture, education, spirituality, and medicine--or more precisely, alternative practices in these fields--all bear clear marks of his influence, for those with eyes to see. Yet the very breadth of Steiner's impact has perhaps made him harder, not easier, for observers of American culture to notice.American Philosophy and Rudolf Steiner aspires to raise Steiner's...

Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that.But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom ...