Search Results: Philosophy from Reading Rat

Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1984. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 158 p.; VG+, slight reading wear, upper back corner a bit bumped. Otherwise clean and solid. "Mary Midgley examines the barriers that our traditions have erected between human beings and animals, and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism and age discrimination." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scottdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Herald Pr, 1972. Not Stated. Mass Market Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. 94 p.; G+, small paperback. Some water staining at top edge, significant underlining & marginal notes. One of the Christian Peace Shelf series of "books and pamphlets devoted to the promotion of Christian peace principles and their applications." Antedating the formation of Christian Peacemaker Teams, this books provides background for understanding the biblical origins of Christian pacifism. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Canberra : Australian National University, 1982. Apparent First. Staplebound. VG. 48 p. booklet including footnotes and references; VG condition; one of a series of discussion papers in environmental philosophy

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1994. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 303 p. incl. index and sources; VG+, has rem. mark on bottom of text block, otherwise very nice, clean, square, solid copy. The true story of how the village of Le Chambon organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from the Nazis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lanark ON: Seven Generations Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. NEW/No Jacket. 448 p., incl index and bibliography. Mike Nickerson examines how our obsession with growth at all costs is jeopardizing our future and gives us a new direction: to sustainability and wellbeing. Carefully reasoned and researched with compelling arguments for "living on earth as if we want to stay". Find out more about the Sustainability Project online. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow USSR: Progressive Publishers, 1986. First English. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 342 p.; VG/VG; clean, solid unmarked copy; DJ slightly scuffed & rubbed, overall good. Translated from Russian. "What are the problems and dilemmas that confront man in the age of science? Will he be able to control the rapid course of scientific and technological progress or will he become a victim of scientistic manipulation? How does science relate to humanistic principles and ideals?" A prominent Soviet philosopher of science discusses these questions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1999. 1st Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 213 p.; Vintage Canada trade paperback; VG+. "On July 29, 1995, Robert McCrum, admired novelist and editor, forty-two and married only ten weeks, suffered a paralyzing stroke. Overnight, his life shifted irrevocably. But he decided to chronicle what became a remakable journey 'into that mysterious, unexplored territory, the neighbourly world of the unwell.' My Year Off is a riveting, beautifully-written account of his triumph over illness, and a deeply moving love story." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Borzoi (Alfred Knopf), 1985. Later printing. Slipcased. Near Fine. 84 page large format HC in slipcase; 27th printing of edition originally published in 1923. This is an exceptionally attractive edition, printed on heavy paper with twelve illustrations based on original drawings by the author. Black cloth boards with white quarter-binding, gold lettering on spine, gold symbol printed on front cover. Slipcase is in decent condition, some damage to title strip glued to back, some staining on front lower corner slightly torn. Dark brown with gold and red front panel with title and author's name. Book condition is Near Fine, slipcase VG-.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: House of Anansi Pr, 2001. Apparent First. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 170 p. incl. index, bibliography, & notes. VG+, clean, unmarked, slight shelf wear. This book comprises the 2000 Massey Lectures, "The Rights Revolution", broadcast by CBC Radio in November 2000. Noted writer/historian Ignatieff confonts controversial issues of group rights vs individual rights and rights vs responsibilities. "defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers." Specific Canadian issues include aboriginal and French-language rights. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Waterloo ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982. Probable First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 111 p., incl. index and appendix with short aphorisms from Weil's writings. VG+, gray boards with photos of Weil on front cover; PO signature on ffep, otherwise clean and unmarked. John Hellman, a history professor at McGill University, "sets out the single world view -- with its paradoxes and its logic -- which appears behind her disparate writings but which shenever lived to set out formally herself." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Novato CA: New World Library, 2007. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 255 p; VG tradepaper. By the author of Hardcore Zen.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1997. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 207p. incl index. Ignatieff describes the new moral interventionists in the world who seek to mend troubles in all regions of the world, and the ethnic warlords who seek to escalate and continue violence and the breaches of human rights. This is a very provocative book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.