Автор: Gray, Alasdair Название: Poor things ISBN: 1526657880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526657886 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 1484.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.) Описание: Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realised when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation . . .
But what does Bella think?
This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.
Автор: Alasdair MacIntyre Название: After Virtue ISBN: 1780936257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780936253 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Highly controversial when it was first published in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has since established itself as a landmark work in contemporary moral philosophy. In this book, MacIntyre sought to address a crisis in moral language that he traced back to a European Enlightenment that had made the formulation of moral principles increasingly difficult. In the search for a way out of this impasse, MacIntyre returns to an earlier strand of ethical thinking, that of Aristotle, who emphasised the importance of 'virtue' to the ethical life. More than thirty years after its original publication, After Virtue remains a work that is impossible to ignore for anyone interested in our understanding of ethics and morality today.
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: Lanark ISBN: 1782117148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782117148 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 1929.00 р. Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: `The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott` ANTHONY BURGESS. The cornerstone epic, introduced by William Boyd
Автор: Gray, Alasdair Название: Every short story by alasdair gray 1951-2012 ISBN: 0857865617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857865618 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3168.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alaya, Azzedine Название: Practical rationality and human difference ISBN: 8869774112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788869774119 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4701.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Fotheringham Alasdair Название: Reckless ISBN: 1408846020 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408846025 Издательство: Bloomsbury Цена: 2820.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Luis Oca a seemed doomed to live in the shadow of cycling's greatest ever rider, Eddy Merckx-"The Cannibal." Their rivalry defined Oca a's entire career, yet he was the one rider capable of beating the all-conquering Merckx in his prime. After an impoverished upbringing he flourished at the sport he loved and in 1970 secured his biggest victory on home soil, winning the Vuelta a Espa a, and confirming his status as a Grand Tour challenger. But it was in the 1971 Tour de France that the battle between Merckx and Oca a reached its peak when, at the Orci res-Merlette stage, he inflicted on Merckx the worst defeat he would suffer in a major Tour, with an astonishing 120 kilometre solo breakaway through the Alps.
But then came one of most gut-wrenching crashes in Tour de France history when Oca a fell heavily on a Pyrenean descent, losing his leader's jersey, and with it his best chance of destroying Merckx's reputation of invincibility. In the midst of a torrential downpour, with minimal visibility, rider after rider crashed into the injured rider as he lay prone. The following day Merckx refused to wear the leader's jersey out of respect.
It was only when Merckx was missing from the start-line in 1973 that Oca a became Spain's second ever Tour de France winner. If Merckx had been present, Oca a's chances of success would have been far slimmer. Further triumphs amassed before his swansong in 1976, but Oca a's decline in later life reflects the immense struggle he embraced during the height of his career. An enigmatic outsider to both the Spanish and French throughout his career-never truly accepted in either country-he died in mysterious circumstances aged just 48.
A fascinating, complicated character both on and off his bike, Oca a's fierce determination, impetuosity and-some would say-recklessness created some of the most beautiful and gripping episodes in the history of the sport. This is the first ever biography in English of "the Spanish Merckx" who remains one of the most fascinating Tour de France champions.
Автор: Gray, Alasdair Название: Lanark ISBN: 1841959073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841959078 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 1632.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, this book tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw, while offering a modern vision of hell. Its playful narrative techniques intend to convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind`s inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying.
Автор: Blair, Alasdair Название: Routledge Companion to International Relations ISBN: 0415565758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415565752 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 4286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Blair, Alasdair Название: Routledge Companion to International Relations ISBN: 041556574X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415565745 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 12250.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Alasdair Blair, Christina Hughes, Darrell Evans, Malcolm Tight Название: International Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education ISBN: 180262306X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781802623062 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 18293.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As complex, large institutions, universities present unique challenges for leaders. International Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education examines how contemporary leaders in higher education - in different disciplines, at different levels and in different parts of the world - are identified, developed and supported.
Описание: The Contemplacioun of Synnaris, by the Observant Franciscan William Touris, written c.1494 and evidently intended for King James IV of Scotland, is a significant and much copied work of Older Scots, although the earliest surviving witness is the English print by Wynkyn de Worde (1499).
The Contemplacioun was the very first work of Older Scots literature to be translated and to be printed. The poem’s seven sections comprise a course of meditations for Holy Week. Richard Fox, bishop of Durham, commissioned the English print, in which the stanzas were preceded by Latin sententiae, biblical, medieval and ancient. The work retained sufficient interest to re-emerge in separate versions in both Scotland (1568) and England (1578), drastically revised for Protestant readers.
When the Bush presidency began to collapse, pundits were quick to tell a tale of the “imperial presidency” gone awry, a story of secretive, power-hungry ideologues who guided an arrogant president down the road to ruin. But the inside story of the failures of the Bush administration is both much more complex and alarming, says leading policy analyst Alasdair Roberts. In the most comprehensive, balanced view of the Bush presidency to date, Roberts portrays a surprisingly weak president, hamstrung by bureaucratic, constitutional, cultural and economic barriers and strikingly unable to wield authority even within his own executive branch. The Collapse of Fortress Bush shows how the president fought—and lost—key battles with the defense and intelligence communities. From Homeland Security to Katrina, Bush could not coordinate agencies to meet domestic threats or disasters. Either the Bush administration refused to exercise authority, was thwarted in the attempt to exercise authority, or wielded authority but could not meet the test of legitimacy needed to enact their goals. Ultimately, the vaunted White House discipline gave way to public recriminations among key advisers. Condemned for secretiveness, the Bush administration became one of the most closely scrutinized presidencies in the modern era. Roberts links the collapse of the Bush presidency to deeper currents in American politics and culture, especially a new militarism and the supremacy of the Reagan-era consensus on low taxes, limited government, and free markets. Only in this setting was it possible to have a “total war on terrorism” in which taxes were reduced, private consumption was encouraged, and businesses were lightly regulated. A balanced, incisive account by a skilled observer of U.S. government, The Collapse of Fortress Bush turns the spotlight from the powerful cabal that launched the war in Iraq to tell a much more disturbing story about American power and the failure of executive leadership.
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