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A tale that leads from ventriloquism and mania to a family murder and emotional breakdown. It ties revolutionary-era Gothic themes to struggles over the politics of Enlightenment on both sides of the Atlantic. It includes Brown's "Memoirs of Carwin" the "Biloquist" and writings on Cicero.

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Remarkable how well Bouwsma understood Wittgenstein's approach to philosophical problems and how intelligently he was able to recount Wittgenstein's discussions. The bits about sensation are especially good. And the asides about the other philosophers--e.g. Dewey, Russell, Anscombe--are, while not frivolous, gossipy and titillating. --Riley Wallihan, Western Oregon University

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Offers insights into what Wittgenstein was like as a human being. This title presents Wittgenstein's outlook on morality and religion, and reveals some of his personal problems.

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A guide that offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualising, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. It provides a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation.

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Offers selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions. This title provides students with an introduction to the first 1200 years of this tradition. It includes general introduction and notes that provide historical, biographical, and cultural context.

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Brook Ziporyn's carefully crafted, richly annotated translation of the complete writings of Zhuangzi-including a lucid Introduction, a Glossary of Essential Terms, and a Bibliography-provides readers with an engaging and provocative deep dive into this magical work.

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A translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text "Zhuangzi" (Chuang Tzu), including the complete inner chapters and selections from the outer and miscellaneous chapters, as well as judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries.

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Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. This title presents a portrait of life during the Han - the arduous tasks of the conscript labourer; and, more.

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Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. This title presents a portrait of life during the Han - the arduous tasks of the conscript labourer; and, more.

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Offers selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two works, and, the dialogues "Robber Zhi" and "White Horse". This work also contains introductions and bibliographies for each work. Four appendices on important figures, periods and terms in Chinese thought are also included.

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It was a refreshing, old-fashioned pleasure to read Julie Scott Meisami's verse translation of, and introduction and notes to, this twelfth-century Persian allegorical romance. Orhan Pahmuk, in the Times Literary Supplement