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Stories From The Shadows - Volume 1

Embrace the darkness

by Achmed Abdullah, J Y Ackerman, Leonid Andreyev, F Anstey, Alice and Claude Askew, Gertrude Atherton.wav, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Mary Austin, Louisa Baldwin, Louisa Baldwin, Honore de Balzac0, Richard Harris Barham1, Sabine Baring-Gould2, Robert Barr3, Charles Baudelaire4, Barbara Baynton5, Harold Begbie6, Arnold Bennett7, Stella Benson8, A C Benson9, E F Benson0, R H Benson1, Ambrose Bierce2 ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley3, David Shaw-Parker4, Robert Maskell5 ...

Unabridged

11 hours 40 min

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

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An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
... Read more
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 1

Achmed Abdullah to John Buchan

by A C Benson, Achmed Abdullah, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Arnold Bennett, Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Blayre, E F Benson, F Anstey, Fredric Brown, Harold Begbie, Honore de Balzac, J Y Ackerman, John Buchan, Leonid Andreyev, R H Benson, Richard Harris Barham, Robert Barr, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Sabine Baring-Gould, Samuel Blas, Valery Bryusov ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Read more

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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
... Read more
Reality and Humean Supervenience

Essays on the Philosophy of David Lewis

by Gerhard Preyer, Frank Siebelt, D M. Armstrong, Jonathan Bennett, John Bigelow, Daniel Bonevac, Phillip Bricker, Peter Forrest, Terence Horgan, Harold W. Noonan, Paul Teller, Michael Tye ...

Series series Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
If asked what Humeanism could mean today, there is no other philosopher to turn to whose work covers such a wide range of topics from a unified Humean perspective as that of David Lewis. The core of Lewis's many contributions to philosophy, including his work in philosophical ontology, intensional logic and semantics, probability and decision theory, topics within philosophy of science as well as ... Read more

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If asked what Humeanism could mean today, there is no other philosopher to turn to whose work covers such a wide range of topics from a unified Humean perspective as that of David Lewis. The core of Lewis's many contributions to philosophy, including his work in philosophical ontology, intensional logic and semantics, probability and decision theory, topics within philosophy of science as well as
... Read more
The End of Illusions

Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm

by Joseph Loconte, Karl Barth, John Bennett, Paul L. Blakely, Fortune Magazine, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Georgia Harkness, John Haynes Holmes, Lynn Harold Hough, Manifesto by American Churchmen, Charles Clayton Morrison, Lewis Mumford, Reinhold Niebuhr, Albert W. Palmer, Ernest Fremont Tittle, Henry P. Van Dusen, Stephen S. Wise ...

The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature-America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe ... Read more

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The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature-America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe
... Read more
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Are You Being Served?

Eight classic soundtracks from the original BBC TV series

by Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft ...

Narrated by Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Nicholas Smith, Harold Bennett, Trevor Bannister, John Inman, Wendy Richard, Full Cast, Arthur Brough ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

Eight vintage TV soundtracks from the long-running BBC sitcom set in a fictional London department storeAre You Being Served? was a comedy juggernaut, running for 10 series between 1973 and 1985 and often attracting audiences of over 20 million. A family favourite, it was a fun-packed mix of double entendres, slapstick and larger-than-life characters – including cat-loving Mrs Slocombe and camp ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Eight vintage TV soundtracks from the long-running BBC sitcom set in a fictional London department storeAre You Being Served? was a comedy juggernaut, running for 10 series between 1973 and 1985 and often attracting audiences of over 20 million. A family favourite, it was a fun-packed mix of double entendres, slapstick and larger-than-life characters – including cat-loving Mrs Slocombe and camp
... Read more
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Mr Willow's Wife

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama

by Ray Cooney, John Chapman ...

Narrated by Ray Cooney, John Chapman, Moira Lister, Terence Alexander, Doris Hare, Miriam Margolyes, Althea Charlton, Judith Furse, Denise Coffey0, Richard Goolden1, Harold Bennett2, Jo Kendall3, Full Cast4 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 57 min

Empty nester Felicity Willow tries to rekindle her marriage with hilarious consequencesWhen her 13-year-old twins head off to boarding school, Felicity Willow decides it's time to reconnect with her husband, Paul. The years of childcare have taken their toll on the marriage and Felicity dives headfirst into trying to re-ignite that spark of love. Paul, somewhat bewildered by his wife's endeavours, ... Read more

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Empty nester Felicity Willow tries to rekindle her marriage with hilarious consequencesWhen her 13-year-old twins head off to boarding school, Felicity Willow decides it's time to reconnect with her husband, Paul. The years of childcare have taken their toll on the marriage and Felicity dives headfirst into trying to re-ignite that spark of love. Paul, somewhat bewildered by his wife's endeavours,
... Read more
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The Odyssey (Unabridged)

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Narrated by Jose Moss, Harold Dyson, William Skinner, Donald Bennett ...

Unabridged

11 hours

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek
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An Introduction to Metaphysics

by John W. Carroll, Ned Markosian ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems. The philosophical questions discussed include: What makes it the case that one event ... Read more

$38.59 USD

This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems. The philosophical questions discussed include: What makes it the case that one event
... Read more
Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?

by Ian Hacking ...

This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics come into being?' In a wide-ranging discussion that is both ... Read more

$28.69 USD

This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics come into being?' In a wide-ranging discussion that is both
... Read more
Metaphysics

A Contemporary Introduction

by Michael J. Loux ...

Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already completed an introductory philosophy course and need a fresh look at the central topics in the core subject of metaphysics. It is essential reading for any student of the subject. This Fourth Edition is revised and updated and includes two new chapters on (1) Parts and Wholes, and (2) Metaphysical Indeterminacy or vagueness. ... Read more

$72.99 USD

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already completed an introductory philosophy course and need a fresh look at the central topics in the core subject of metaphysics. It is essential reading for any student of the subject. This Fourth Edition is revised and updated and includes two new chapters on (1) Parts and Wholes, and (2) Metaphysical Indeterminacy or vagueness.
... Read more
Consciousness and Fundamental Reality

by Philip Goff ...

Series series Philosophy of Mind
A core philosophical project is the attempt to uncover the fundamental nature of reality, the limited set of facts upon which all other facts depend. Perhaps the most popular theory of fundamental reality in contemporary analytic philosophy is physicalism, the view that the world is fundamentally physical in nature. The first half of this book argues that physicalist views cannot account for the ... Read more

$81.89 USD

A core philosophical project is the attempt to uncover the fundamental nature of reality, the limited set of facts upon which all other facts depend. Perhaps the most popular theory of fundamental reality in contemporary analytic philosophy is physicalism, the view that the world is fundamentally physical in nature. The first half of this book argues that physicalist views cannot account for the
... Read more
The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics

Edited by Robin Le Poidevin, Simons Peter, McGonigal Andrew, Ross P. Cameron ...

Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The Companion features over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts:History of MetaphysicsOntologyMetaphysics and Science.Each section features an introduction which places the ... Read more

$68.99 USD

The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The Companion features over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts:History of MetaphysicsOntologyMetaphysics and Science.Each section features an introduction which places the
... Read more

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