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Even after twenty-three centuries Plato's work remains the starting-point for the study of logic, metaphysics, and moral and political philosophy. But though his dialogues retain their freshness and immediacy, they can be difficult to follow. Professor...

100+ Fun Ideas for Science Investigation contains exciting, fun classroom experiments in an easy-to-use layout to help teach scientific investigation in the primary classroom. The activities require a minimum of preparation and only the simplest of...

Ever since the equation Time = Money came into use, Western society has bought the notion of 'saving time' and, by implication, money. Living in a world ruled by the clock, and living longer, with a host of technological advances designed to help us, we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899726219Author Vernon ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Blue BooksPublisher Chilton Designs Publishers

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the star of Netflix's The Duchess, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Your Face or Mine and host of All That Glitters'A fearless origin story' Caitlin Moran'Outrageously brilliant! I'm buying this for all my friends' Laura...

This easy-to-understand guide helps seniors get started with Windows 7! Many seniors use a home computer to stay connected to family and friends. This fun and friendly guide shows how to use Windows 7, the most popular operating system pre-loaded onto...

This path-breaking text constructs a new way of thinking about social work based on contemporary social theory. Working in a counter-tradition that is suspicious of a number of governing ideas and practices in social work, it draws on themes from Beck,...

"Gods, Demigods and Demons" is a concise, yet wide-ranging encyclopedia of Greek mythology that promises hours of delight for the classics enthusiast. Names, places and events are described in exciting, briefly-told tales of the gods of the Olympian...

Surprisingly, no book of quotations on God and religion by atheists and agnostics exists. Luckily, for the millions of American nonbelievers who have quietly stewed for years as the religious right made gains in politics and culture, the wait is over...

Windows 8.1 for Seniors in easy steps introduces the features of the most current Windows operating system, presented with older citizens in mind. It uses larger type for easy reading and discusses the topics in a clear and concise manner. It...

The unofficial official guide to the Raspberry Pi, complete with creator insight Raspberry Pi User Guide, 3rdEdition contains everything you need to know to get up and running with Raspberry Pi. This book is the go-to guide for Noobs who want to dive...

If, as the I Ching says, thoughts are spirits, then this collection of highly distilled thoughts from history's greatest philosophers and religious figures will certainly put you in good spirits. Laurence Boldt has long made a practice of applying Zen...

Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised,...

`When considering a volume that has essentially the form of a textbook, particular criteria apply. It is important that it is accurate, up-to-date and covers an appropriate range of material in an accessible and stimulating manner. It is important that...

This major inter-disciplinary collection, edited by two of the best respected figures in the field, provides a superb general introduction to this subject. Chapters include discussions of fieldwork methodology, analyzing discourse, the advantages and...

This book meets the needs for a basic, yet comprehensive and up-to-date, introductory text to building technology for students in architecture and the other disciplines in building design. The wide coverage is organised under the chapter headings:...

Laptops have often been seen as the domain mainly of students and businessmen. However, they are also an excellent option for senior users: their mobility means that they can be used in any location and with the advent of wireless technology they can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839401008Author Sidney PagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

This is an action-packed collection of 100 simple science experiments using easily-sourced materials. It features making crystals, electrical circuits, paper planes, kaleidoscopes, balloon rockets, shadow puppets and much, much more. It combines hands-on...

This is a short, illustrated introduction to the ever-fascinating topic of Egyptian mummies, by an international expert. It is a readable, short, but authoritative overview of Egyptian mummification. It deals with perennially popular topic. It is...

Explore the city, its environment, and human roles in shaping the meaning and condition of bothExplore the city, its environment, and human roles in shaping the meaning and condition of bothReviews"Boone and Modarres' analysis of the relationship of...

In the collected essays here, Schlag established himself as one of the most creative thinkers in the contemporary legal academy. To read them one after another is exhilarating; Schlag's sophistication shines through. In chapter after chapter he tackles...

During the mid-1990s, a bilingual intercultural education initiative was launched to promote the introduction of indigenous languages alongside Spanish in public elementary schools in Bolivia's indigenous regions. Bret Gustafson spent fourteen years...

The second edition of Computational Fluid Dynamics represents a significant improvement from the first edition. However, the original idea of including all computational fluid dynamics methods (FDM, FEM, FVM); all mesh generation schemes; and physical...

A pragmatic inquiry into student speech, public schooling and the First AmendmentA pragmatic inquiry into student speech, public schooling and the First AmendmentReviews"What makes Lane's approach unique is that he weaves together different perspectives...

In this comprehensive analysis of thirty-five years of population change in the People's Republic of China, the author highlights China's shifting population policies and pieces together the available data, assessing and adjusting them as necessary in...

With the ascendancy of the Coalition government in 1996 there was a marked shift of emphasis directed to deepening Australia's relations with America. The Coalition government strategically linked security and economic well-being and this linking was...

Since its publication in 1991, Robert Walker's book has become the standard student text on AIDS - for courses dealing with both social issues and natural disasters or epidemics. This completely revised second edition is updated through the Spring of...

Murray Code here addresses a question of fundamental and perennial concern to philosophy - the meaning of rationality. He argues that common conceptions of this notion are founded upon dubious myths of reason; that systematic approaches to rational...

Having multiple wives was one of the mainstays of male privilege during the Ming and Qing dynasties of late imperial China. Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in poststructuralist,...

This collection of essays is a timely exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for...

Learn Windows 10 visually with step-by-step instructions Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 10 is the visual learner's guide to the latest Windows upgrade. Completely updated to cover all the latest features, this book walks you step-by-step through over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789059316089Author Lisanne GroenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Eleven International PublishingPublisher Eleven International Publishing

The essential guide to building and programming LEGO EV3 interactive robots Exploring LEGO Mindstorms: Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots is the complete guide to getting the most out of your LEGO Mindstorms EV3. Written for...

In August 1975, at Foxholm Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada - home of the Native Dene or Chipewyan people - anthropologist Henry S. Sharp went fishing with two members of the Mission Band of Chipewyans. On the lake, they encountered what at...

Explosive economic growth in resource-rich Alberta has led to a stunning increase in its population. In contrast to Ontario and British Columbia, which have grown primarily through international migration, Alberta has become a magnet for internal...

Using classic theories to explain individuals' political decisions, this volume examines what influences these decisions. Supported by the research of the Columbia school of electoral sociology, this view is contrasted with rational choice theory and the...

What does it mean to be Asian American?What does it mean to be Asian American?About the AuthorWriter and journalist William Wong has been regional commentator for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and a columnist for the San Francisco Examiner, Oakland...

In Missing, Sunaina Marr Maira explores how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) at a particular moment in the history of U.S. imperialism: in the years immediately...

Sometime in the late fall/early winter of 1962, a document began circulating among members of the Communist Party USA based in the Chicago area, titled "Whither the Party of Lenin." It was signed "The Ad Hoc Committee for Scientific Socialist Line." This...