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Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Young Men's Association, of the City of Chicago

Volume 1

By: John M. Horton

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Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Young Men's Association, of the City of Chicago

Volume 1

By: John M. Horton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Containing the titles added from the foundation of the library to April 1st. 1865, together with an alphabetical index to the whole.

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3752587857

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9783752587852

The Life of George Fox

By: John Selby Watson

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The Life of George Fox

By: John Selby Watson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

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3375104863

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Provocations of Virtue

Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Teaching of Writing

By: John Duffy

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Provocations of Virtue

Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Teaching of Writing

By: John Duffy

In Provocations of Virtue, John Duffy explores the indispensable role of writing teachers and scholars in counteracting the polarized, venomous “post-truth” character of contemporary public argument. Teachers of writing are uniquely positioned to address the crisis of public discourse because their work in the writing classroom is tied to the teaching of ethical language practices that are known to moral philosophers as “the virtues”—truthfulness, accountability, open-mindedness, generosity, and intellectual courage. Drawing upon Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and the branch of philosophical inquiry known as “virtue ethics,” Provocations of Virtue calls for the reclamation of “rhetorical virtues” as a core function in the writing classroom. Duffy considers what these virtues actually are, how they might be taught, and whether they can prepare students to begin repairing the broken state of public argument. In the discourse of the virtues, teachers and scholars of writing are offered a common language and a shared narrative—a story that speaks to the inherent purpose of the writing class and to what is at stake in teaching writing in the twenty-first century. This book is a timely and historically significant contribution to the field and will be of major interest to scholars and administrators in writing studies, rhetoric, composition, and linguistics as well as philosophers and those exploring ethics.

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176

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University Press of Colorado

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1607328275

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9781607328278

Hannibal's Oath

The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy

By: John Prevas

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Hannibal's Oath

The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy

By: John Prevas

According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome. Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was a bold move, and it established Hannibal as one of history's greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician is also one of history's most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome. An internationally recognized expert on Hannibal for nearly thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited every Hannibal-related site and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, seeking evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal's character and his wars. Hannibal's Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader--an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.

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Da Capo Press

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0306824256

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9780306824258

The Later Works, 1925-1953

By: John Dewey

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The Later Works, 1925-1953

By: John Dewey

Introduction by Abraham Edel and Elizabeth FlowerThis seventh volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey and James H. Tufts 1932 "Ethics."Dewey and Tufts state that the book s aim is: To induce a habit of thoughtful consideration, of envisaging the full meaning and consequences of individual conduct and social policies, insisting throughout that ethics must be constantly concerned with the changing problems of daily life.

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SIU Press

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080931200X

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9780809312009

A Liberal Education

The Social and Political Impact of the Modern University

By: Brendan Apfeld,Emanuel Coman,John Gerring,Stephen Jessee

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A Liberal Education

The Social and Political Impact of the Modern University

By: Brendan Apfeld,Emanuel Coman,John Gerring,Stephen Jessee

Enlisting a natural experiment, global surveys, and historical data, this book examines the university's evolution and its contemporary impact. Its authors conduct an unprecedented big-data comparative study of the consequences of higher education on ideology, democratic citizenship, and more. They conclude that university education has a profound effect on social and political attitudes across the world, greater than that registered by social class, gender, or age. A university education enhances political trust and participation, reduces propensities to crime and corruption, and builds support for democracy. It generates more tolerant attitudes toward social deviance, enhances respect for rationalist inquiry and scientific authority, and usually encourages support for Leftist parties and movements. It does not nurture support for taxation, redistribution, or the welfare state, and may stimulate opposition to these policies. These effects are summarized by the co-authors as liberal, understood in its classic, nineteenth-century meaning.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009424742

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9781009424745

Comic Relief

A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor

By: John Morreall

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Comic Relief

A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor

By: John Morreall

Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor Offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor Reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolish Argues that humor’s benefits overlap significantly with those of philosophy Includes a foreword by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444358294

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The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953

1932, Ethics

By: John Dewey

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The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953

1932, Ethics

By: John Dewey

This volume includes all Dewey's writings for 1938 except for Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (Volume 12 of The Later Works), as well as his 1939 Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and two items from Intelligence in the Modern World. Freedom and Culture presents, as Steven M. Cahn points out, the essence of his philosophical position: a commitment to a free society, critical intelligence, and the education required for their advance.

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SIU Press

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0809328178

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9780809328178

Sejanus

Regent of Rome

By: John S. McHugh

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Sejanus

Regent of Rome

By: John S. McHugh

The Praetorian Prefect’s “dramatic rise and fall still serves as a morality tale through the centuries, and it is one that McHugh tells well” (Beating Tsundoku). The figure of Sejanus has fascinated from ancient to more modern times. Sejanus, the emperor Tiberius’ infamous Praetorian Prefect, is synonymous with overreaching ambition, murder, conspiracy and betrayal. According to the traditional storyline, this man craved the imperial throne for himself and sought it by isolating the naive emperor in his island pleasure palace on Capri while using his control over the Praetorian Guard, coupled with his immense power and influence in Rome, to purge the capital of potential opponents. His victims supposedly included the emperor’s son, Drusus, poisoned by his own wife who had been seduced by Sejanus. The emperor, forewarned of Sejanus’ ambition, struck first. The Prefect was arrested in the Senate, strangled and his corpse cast down the Gemonian Stairs. Study of Sejanus has generally been overshadowed by focus on Tiberius. John McHugh makes a fresh appraisal of the sources to offer the first full-length study in English to focus on this highly influential figure and his development of the Praetorian Prefecture.

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Pen and Sword History

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152671499X

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9781526714992

A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

By: John Matteson

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A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

By: John Matteson

Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America. December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln’s government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country’s law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American. Guided by patriotism, driven by desire, all five moved toward singular destinies. A young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. confronted grave challenges to his concept of duty. The one-eyed army chaplain Arthur Fuller pitted his frail body against the evils of slavery. Walt Whitman, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by the guardians of propriety, and Louisa May Alcott, a struggling writer seeking an authentic voice and her father’s admiration, tended soldiers’ wracked bodies as nurses. On the other side of the national schism, John Pelham, a West Point cadet from Alabama, achieved a unique excellence in artillery tactics as he served a doomed and misbegotten cause. A Worse Place Than Hell brings together the prodigious forces of war with the intimacy of individual lives. Matteson interweaves the historic and the personal in a work as beautiful as it is powerful.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393247082

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9780393247084

Book's by John Selby Watson

Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Young Men's Association, of the City of Chicago

Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Young Men's Association, of the City of Chicago

The Life of George Fox

The Life of George Fox

Provocations of Virtue

Provocations of Virtue

Hannibal's Oath

Hannibal's Oath

The Later Works, 1925-1953

The Later Works, 1925-1953

A Liberal Education

A Liberal Education

Comic Relief

Comic Relief

The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953

The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953

Sejanus

Sejanus

A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

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