RICHARD McKAY RORTY var uddannet inden for især analytisk sprogfilosofi. Da han fra slutningen af 1970’erne kritiserede grundlaget for denne disciplin og skiftede fokus til litteraturstudier og kontinentaleuropæisk filosofi, blev han angrebet af fagfilosoffer, men vandt samtidig et nyt publikum i en bredere offentlighed i både USA og resten af verden.I 1980’erne og 1990’erne slog han sit navn fast som en toneangivende fortaler for pragmatisme, sekularisme og amerikansk venstreorient...

The Permaculture Promise: A Guide to Abundance Through Sustainable DesignStep into a verdant utopia where sustainability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the very heartbeat of life! "The Permaculture Promise: A Guide to Abundance through Sustainable Design" is more than a guide; it's an initiation into a world where humanity and nature dance harmoniously. Ready to sow the seeds of a thriving, abundant future? Let's plunge into the lush landscape of permaculture!Symbiotic System...

Are you curious about how to harmonize your lifestyle with sustainable practices and ethical food production while fostering a connection with the environment? Do you seek a guide that embraces vegan principles for a sustainable way of living? Are you interested in creating a balanced ecosystem in your own space?If you aspire to integrate ethical food production, sustainability, and vegan principles into a lifestyle that nurtures nature, you’re not alone. Many individuals struggle ...

Embark on a journey toward sustainable abundance, Authored by an experienced advocate of permaculture principles and vertical farming techniques, this comprehensive guide is your key to cultivating thriving ecosystems and bountiful harvests, even in the heart of the city.What to Expect:The Permaculture Promise: Dive into the principles of permaculture and discover how to design resilient, self-sustaining ecosystems that work in harm...

Now an award-winning documentary feature filmThe search for a "patient zero"—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist before the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. How did this idea so swiftly come to exert such a strong grip on the scientific, media, and popular consciousness? In Patient Zero, Richard A...

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important controversies of each period of black history. The selections represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical...

This book presents a major innovation in the interest rate space. It explains a financially motivated extension of the LIBOR Market model which accurately reproduces the prices for plain vanilla hedging instruments (swaptions and caplets) of all strikes and maturities produced by the SABR model. The authors show how to accurately recover the whole of the SABR smile surface using their extension of the LIBOR market model. This is not just a new model, this is a new way of option pricing tha...

Advancing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice looks at the contribution that occupational therapists make to the lives of clients living with mental illness. It examines current practice developments and the innovative research that is shaping occupational therapy within the mental health arena, nationally and internationally.The book employs a distinctive and engaging narrative approach, bringing to life key issues in practice and research. It introduces the re...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

"A magical tale of a master-mechanic and creative artist, whose genius lifted the construction of sailing ships from the level of a journeyman's trade to the plane of an exact science. He stands pre-eminent among those acute and daring Americans whose marine achievements were the wonder of the world … and enthroned the United States of America as Mistress of the Seas!" — Foreword.Donald McKay was the presiding genius of the nineteenth-century designer-builders who brought the Americ...

In Patient Zero, Richard A. McKay presents a carefully documented and sensitively written account of the life of Gaétan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed—and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak. McKay shows how investigators from the US Centers for Disease Control inadvertently created the term amid their earl...

Learn the Inspirational Story Behind One of Football's Greatest Cornerbacks! This short & unauthorized biography of Richard Sherman highlights his accomplished career. Ever since he entered the league with a chip on his shoulder, Richard Sherman has cemented himself as one of the greatest cornerbacks to ever play in the NFL. In this book, we’ll explore Richard's journey to the national football league along with the impact that he has had on the game. Whether you are a fan of the Seahawks,...