The Human Mind Fragile Like A Robin S Egg
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Death Masque
This is a collection of short stories. Death, She's a Whore is a 19th century time piece where a man has a strange encounter with a mysterious woman. Murder is Murder is a about a man who has plooted with his lover to kill her husband. But he finds out the hard way, she has other plans. The Mirror is about a man who sees disturbing things in the mirror. Wishing Well is aabout a man and his dog who come across a magic well that grants wishes. Their wishes do not go as planned. Killer Clothes is a futuristic crime story with a unique method of murder.
Sophie's World
The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything. 'A simply wonderful, irresistible book' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A terrifically entertaining and imaginative story wrapped round its tough, thought-provoking philosophical heart' DAILY MAIL 'Remarkable ... an extraordinary achievement' SUNDAY TIMES When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller, SOPHIE'S WORLD sets out to draw teenagers into the world of Socrates, Descartes, Spinoza, Hegel and all the great philosophers. A brilliantly original and fascinating story with many twists and turns, it raises profound questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe.
Seeing Like a State
Author: James C. Scott
language: en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: 2020-03-17
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University