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Being and Logos

Reading the Platonic Dialogues

By: John Sallis

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Being and Logos

Reading the Platonic Dialogues

By: John Sallis

An exercise in the careful reading of the dialogues in their originary character. “Being and Logos is . . . a philosophical adventure of rare inspiration . . . Its power to illuminate the text . . . its ecumenicity of inspiration, its methodological rigor, its originality, and its philosophical profundity—all together make it one of the few philosophical interpretations that the philosopher will want to re-read along with the dialogues themselves. A superadded gift is the author’s prose, which is a model of lucidity and grace.” —International Philosophical Quarterly “Being and Logos is highly recommended for those who wish to learn how a thoughtful scholar approaches Platonic dialogues as well as for those who wish to consider a serious discussion of some basic themes in the dialogues.” —The Academic Reviewer

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Indiana University Press

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0253044332

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Chorology

On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus

By: John Sallis

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Chorology

On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus

By: John Sallis

This excellent work... deserves the serious consideration of all who are interested in contemporary philosophy as well as those who concern themselves with ancient philosophy, especially Plato." --Review of Metaphysics In Chorology, John Sallis takes up one of the most enigmatic discourses in the history of philosophy. Plato's discourse on the chora--the chorology--forms the pivotal moment in the Timaeus. The implications of the chorology are momentous and communicate with many of the most decisive issues in contemporary philosophical discussions.

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0253046688

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Drive

By: James Sallis

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Drive

By: James Sallis

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1459629485

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9781459629486

The Verge of Philosophy

By: John Sallis

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The Verge of Philosophy

By: John Sallis

The Verge of Philosophy is both an exploration of the limits of philosophy and a memorial for John Sallis’s longtime friend and interlocutor Jacques Derrida. The centerpiece of the book is an extended examination of three sites in Derrida’s thought: his interpretation of Heidegger regarding the privileging of the question; his account of the Platonic figure of the good; and his interpretation of Plato’s discourse on the crucial notion of the chora, the originating space of the universe. Sallis’s reflections are given added weight—even poignancy—by his discussion of his many public and private philosophical conversations with Derrida over the decades of their friendship. This volume thus simultaneously serves to mourn and remember a friend and to push forward the deeply searching discussions that lie at the very heart of that friendship. “All of John Sallis’s work is essential, but [this book] in particular is remarkable. . . . Sallis shows better than anyone I have ever read what it means to practice philosophy on the verge.”—Walter Brogan, Villanova University

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University of Chicago Press

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0226734277

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9780226734279

Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass

The Metamorphosis of the Thousand and One Nights

By: Eva Sallis

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Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass

The Metamorphosis of the Thousand and One Nights

By: Eva Sallis

The Thousand and One Nights was reborn into an alien environment in 1704, its signs being received in a radically different way from their original meanings. Works of literature change as people and cultures who read them change. This study explores the Nights with reference to this view of literature.

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Psychology Press

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070071099X

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9780700710997

Force of Imagination

The Sense of the Elemental

By: John Sallis

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Force of Imagination

The Sense of the Elemental

By: John Sallis

Force of Imagination The Sense of the Elemental John Sallis A bold and original investigation into how imagination shapes thought and feeling. "This is a bold new direction for the author, one that he takes in an arresting and convincing manner.... a powerful, original approach to what others call 'ecology' but what Sallis shows to be a question of the status of the earth in philosophical thinking at this historical moment." --Edward S. Casey In this major original work, John Sallis probes the very nature of imagination and reveals how the force of imagination extends into all spheres of human life. While drawing critically on the entire history of philosophy, Sallis's work takes up a vantage point determined by the contemporary deconstruction of the classical opposition between sensible and intelligible. Thus, in reinterrogating the nature of imagination, Force of Imagination carries out a radical turn to the sensible and to the elemental in nature. Liberated from subjectivity, imagination is shown to play a decisive role both in drawing together the moments of our experience of sensible things and in opening experience to the encompassing light, atmosphere, earth, and sky. Set within this elemental expanse, the human sense of time, of self, and of the other proves to be inextricably linked to imagination and to nature. By showing how imagination is formative for the very opening upon things and elements, this work points to the revealing power of poetic imagination and casts a new light on the nature of art. John Sallis is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. His previous books include Being and Logos: Reading the Platonic Dialogues; Shades--Of Painting at the Limit; Stone; Chorology: On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus (all published by Indiana University Press), Crossings: Nietzsche and the Space of Tragedy and Double Truth. Studies in Continental Thought--John Sallis, editor Contents Prolusions On (Not Simply) Beginning Remembrance Duplicity of the Image Spacing the Image Tractive Imagination The Elemental Temporalities Proprieties Poetic Imagination

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0253337720

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Sweeter Than Wine

A heart-warming and uplifting romance from bestselling author Susan Sallis...

By: Susan Sallis

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Sweeter Than Wine

A heart-warming and uplifting romance from bestselling author Susan Sallis...

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An epic tale of love and rivalry from the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING SWEETER THAN WINE! "This is a good read with vivid characters and locations." - 5 STARS "I'm looking forward to more stories by this author. Hopefully there will be more about these characters in the future." - 5 STARS ******************************************* Two families. Two young lovers. Their loyalties divided; their hearts torn in two. 1850, Barbados. A quarrel between two rival families on a sugar plantation sets off years of resentment and rivalry between the Rudolphs and the Martinez. 1927, Bristol. Jack Martinez dances with Maude Rudolph at the Michaelmas Ball. A spark is kindled, a passion grows. Can the two young lovers bring their families together or will age-old enmities be too deep-rooted...?

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Random House

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1448110963

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Salt River

A Novel

By: James Sallis

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Salt River

A Novel

By: James Sallis

The poignant and surprising new thriller by one of America's most acclaimed writers. Few American writers create more memorable landscapes-both natural and interior-than James Sallis. His highly praised Lew Griffin novels evoked classic New Orleans and the convoluted inner space of his black private detective. More recently-in Cypress Grove and Cripple Creek-he has conjured a small town somewhere near Memphis, where John Turner-ex-policeman, ex-con, war veteran and former therapist-has come to escape his past. But the past proved inescapable; thrust into the role of Deputy Sheriff, Turner finds himself at the center of his new community, one that, like so many others, is drying up, disappearing before his eyes. As Salt River begins, two years have passed since Turner's amour, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Sometimes you just have to see how much music you can make with what you have left, Val had told him, a mantra for picking up the pieces around her death, not sure how much he or the town has left. Then the sheriff's long-lost son comes plowing down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner's cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown, Val's banjo on the back of his motorcycle so that it looks as though he has two heads. "They think I killed someone," he says. Turner asks: "Did you?" And Eldon responds: "I don't know." Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes in search of a truth he's not sure he can live with.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802718825

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9780802718822

The Long-Legged Fly

By: James Sallis

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The Long-Legged Fly

By: James Sallis

As much a classic detective story as it is a literary masterpiece, The Long-Legged Fly introduces us to Lew Griffin: tough, smart, and living in a corner of society where life is fought for as much as it is lived. In steamy New Orleans, black private detective Lew Griffin has taken on a seemingly hopeless missing-person case. The trail takes him through the underbelly of the French Quarter with its bar girls, pimps, and tourist attractions. As his search leads to one violent dead end and then another, Griffin is confronted by the realization that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find.

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1641291435

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The Killer Is Dying

A Novel

By: James Sallis

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The Killer Is Dying

A Novel

By: James Sallis

A hired assassin searching for a rival killer, a burned-out detective with a terminally ill wife and an abandoned youth surviving by his wits follow inextricably linked paths toward community acceptance in the unforgiving sunlight and sprawl of Phoenix. 20,000 first printing.

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080277945X

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Others of My Kind

A Novel

By: James Sallis

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Others of My Kind

A Novel

By: James Sallis

Agreeing to help a young woman who has been abducted and traumatized, Jenny Rowan finds long-buried memories coming to the surface, which sets in motion an unexpected chain of events in a world of political turmoil.

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1620402114

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Double Truth

Religion and the Representation of the Past

By: John Sallis,Professor Frederick J Adelmann S J Chair John Sallis

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Double Truth

Religion and the Representation of the Past

By: John Sallis,Professor Frederick J Adelmann S J Chair John Sallis

This is an anthology of deconstructive writings on the doubly difficult theme of truth by the foremost American philosopher of postmodernity.

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0791422674

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9780791422670

Cripple Creek

By: James Sallis

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Cripple Creek

By: James Sallis

As this tale opens, Turner, ex-cop, ex-con, and ex-psychotherapist, remains on the lam in rural Cypress Grove, Tennessee, escaping the demons of past lives in Memphis, but he is starting to mend. There's a developing relationship with Val Bjorn, teacher and country musician; there's the appearance of his daughter from Seattle; and there's the fact that he has come out of hibernation to accept the job as deputy sheriff of Cypress Grove. Then his boss, the kindly sheriff, is assaulted by a gang of mobbed-up toughs in the act of breaking one of their own out of the small-town jail. Turner pursues the thugs to Memphis, confronting his past and giving vent to his suppressed blood lust. Every action prompts a reaction, however, and soon the thugs return to Cypress Grove looking for some blood of their own. Sallis tells the violent tale quietly, effectively using jump cuts, flashbacks, and flashforwards to generate both suspense and, simultaneously, a sense of inevitability.

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0802718450

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9780802718457

Willnot

By: James Sallis

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Willnot

By: James Sallis

In his celebrated career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime fiction, all of them thoughtful observers of the human condition: Lew Griffin, the black New Orleans private investigator; retired detective John Turner; the unnamed wheelman in Drive. Dr. Lamar Hale will now join the ranks of Sallis's finest characters. In the woods outside the town of Willnot, the remains of several people have suddenly been discovered, unnerving the community and unsettling Hale, the town's all-purpose general practitioner, surgeon, and town conscience. At the same time, Bobby Lowndes--his military records disappeared, being followed by the FBI--mysteriously reappears in his hometown, at Hale's door. Over the ensuing months, the daily dramas Hale faces as he tends to his town and to his partner, Richard, collide with the inexplicable vagaries of life in Willnot. And when a gunshot aimed at Lowndes critically wounds Richard, Hale's world is truly upended. In his inimitably spare style, James Sallis conjures indelible characters and scenes that resonate long after they appear. "You live with someone year after year, you think you've heard all the stories," Lamar observes, "but you never have.

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1632864525

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Moth

By: James Sallis

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Moth

By: James Sallis

Lew Griffin, now fifty years old, has abandoned his former career as a New Orleans private investigator for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back. One of the very few lights from Lew Griffin’s dark and violent past has flickered out. His one-time lover, LaVerne Adams, is dead—and her daughter, Alouette, has vanished into a seamy, dead-end world of users and abusers, leaving behind a critically fragile premature infant daughter. Griffin is determined to keep his distance from the dangers of the New Orleans night. But his inescapable obligation to an old friend keeps bringing him back like a moth to a flame.

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Soho Press

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164129146X

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9781641291460

Total Quality Management in Education

By: Edward Sallis

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Total Quality Management in Education

By: Edward Sallis

This new edition introduces the key concepts of TQM in the education context, discusses organizational, leadership and teamwork issues, the tools and techniques of TQM, and will help educators develop a framework for management in their school.

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Psychology Press

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0749437960

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9780749437961

What You Were Fighting For

By: James Sallis

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What You Were Fighting For

By: James Sallis

WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR is a wonderful collection of short stories that provokes the mind with its weird and intriguing tales. We catch glimpses of worlds that are similar to our own, but always different enough to make you wonder and sit at the edge of your seat. Reading this collection you often have to work out what is truly happening as Sallis weaves his imaginative portrayals of idiosyncratic characters with all the subtlety of the mind that spawned the Lew Griffin novels, Willnot, Sarah Jane, and Drive.

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Bedford Square Publishers

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1915798515

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9781915798510

Platonic Legacies

By: John Sallis

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Platonic Legacies

By: John Sallis

In Platonic Legacies John Sallis addresses certain archaic or exorbitant moments in Platonism. His concern is to expose such moments as those expressed in the Platonic phrase "beyond being" and in the enigmatic word chora. Thus he ventures to renew chorology and to bring it to bear, most directly, on Platonic political discourse and Plotinian hyperontology. More broadly, he shows what profound significance these most archaic moments of Platonism, which remained largely unheeded in the history of philosophy, have for contemporary discussions of spacings, of utopian politics, of the nature of nature, and of the relation between philosophy and tragedy. Thus addressing Platonism in its bearing on contemporary philosophy, Platonic Legacies engages, in turn, a series of philosophers ranging from Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Arendt to certain contemporary American Continental philosophers. These engagements focus on the way in which these recent and contemporary philosophers take up the Platonic legacies in their own thought and on the way in which the exposure of an archaic Platonism can redirect or supplement what they have accomplished.

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State University of New York Press

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0791484351

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9780791484357

Knowledge Management in Education

Enhancing Learning & Education

By: Edward Sallis,Gary Jones

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Knowledge Management in Education

Enhancing Learning & Education

By: Edward Sallis,Gary Jones

Knowledge Management (KM) is the technique of using the information and knowledge that is supplied to, generated by and inherent in any organization or institution, to improve its performance. This volume demonstrates how KM can be used in education to improve learning.

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Routledge

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1135883874

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9781135883874

No Man's Island

A beautifully uplifting and enchanting novel set in the West Country, guaranteed to keep you turning the page

By: Susan Sallis

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No Man's Island

A beautifully uplifting and enchanting novel set in the West Country, guaranteed to keep you turning the page

By: Susan Sallis

A magical and emotionally powerful novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING NO MAN'S ISLAND, THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! "This is my first Susan Sallis book and it certainly won't be my last." - 5 STARS "Couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS "I loved the way the story had a twist at the end. Great book." - 5 STARS ********************* ON A WILD AND WINDSWEPT ISLAND, THE SECRETS OF THE PAST UNRAVEL... When she hears the news of the death of her ex-husband, Binnie feels like her tranquil life in the West Country is over. To her surprise, she discovers that he has left her the island in the beautiful archipelago off the coast of Cornwall and the dilapidated house where he spent his childhood, and Binnie has to take her family to the island - revisiting it for the first time in years - and work out what to do. As she becomes involved in the life of the island, and its inhabitants, she has to embark upon a whole new life and discovers many things about her husband - and her own past - that will change everything forever...

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Random House

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1446486656

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On Translation

By: John Sallis

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On Translation

By: John Sallis

Everyone complains about what is lost in translations. This is the first account I have seen of the potentially positive impact of translation, that it represents... a genuinely new contribution." -- Drew A. Hyland In his original philosophical exploration of translation, John Sallis shows that translating is much more than a matter of transposing one language into another. At the very heart of language, translation is operative throughout human thought and experience. Sallis approaches translation from four directions: from the dream of nontranslation, or universal translatability; through a scene of translation staged by Shakespeare, in which the entire range of senses of translation is played out; through the question of the force of words; and from the representation of untranslatability in painting and music. Drawing on Jakobson, Gadamer, Benjamin, and Derrida, Sallis shows how the classical concept of translation has undergone mutation and deconstruction.

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Indiana University Press

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0253109442

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The Keys To The Garden

An incredibly poignant and involving novel from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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The Keys To The Garden

An incredibly poignant and involving novel from bestselling author Susan Sallis

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From the pen of bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a moving and heart-warming novel that will stay with you long after you finish the last page. Readers of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will simply love The Keys to the Garden. READERS ARE LOVING THE KEYS TO THE GARDEN! "This writer never lets you down. You just have to keep page turning." - 5 STARS "Enjoyed reading this book very much" - 5 STARS "[Couldn't] put this book down" - 5 STARS ********************************************************************* A MOTHER'S LOVE ENDURES THROUGH ALL... Widowed Martha Moreton is a devoted mother to her only child, Lucy. When Lucy marries Len, Martha tries hard to make the best of things: Len is a good man, they won't be living far away... and the arrival of grandchildren is something she anticipates eagerly. Unexpectedly, Len's job takes the newly married couple overseas, where their first child is born. But sorrow, not joy, comes with Dominic's birth. On their return, Lucy's best friend, Jennifer, is anxious to provide her own kind of consolation... Martha, herself experiencing unlooked-for and unwelcome changes in her own life, clings fast to the maternal bond that means so much to herself and Lucy. Together, can they find their own kind of happiness?

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1446463907

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Drive

A Novel

By: James Sallis

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Drive

A Novel

By: James Sallis

Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there'd be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn's late light at windows and door, traffic sounds from the interstate nearby, the sound of someone weeping in the next room...." Thus begins Driveby one of the nation's most respected and honored authors. Set mostly in Arizona and L.A., the story is, according to Sallis, "about a guy who does stunt driving for movies by day and drives for criminals at night. In classic noir fashion, he is double-crossed and, though never before has he participated in the violence (I drive. That's all.), he goes after the ones who double-crossed and tried to kill him.

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1728255775

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Black Hornet

By: James Sallis

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Black Hornet

By: James Sallis

With this flashback novel to Lew Griffin’s past, James Sallis takes readers to 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. A sniper has fatally shot five people. When the sixth victim is killed, Lew Griffin is standing beside her. Though they are virtual strangers, it is left to Griffin to avenge her death, or at least to try and make some sense of it. His unlikely allies include a crusading journalist, a longtime supplier of mercenary arms and troops, and a bail bondsman.

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Soho Press

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1641291486

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Eye of the Cricket

By: James Sallis

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Eye of the Cricket

By: James Sallis

Finding people is what former private investigator Lew Griffin excels at. The terrible irony is that the exception is his own missing son. Dreams, memories, and reality run together to form his own darkest night. Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans—a teacher, a writer, and an ex-detective. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son—and himself in the process. Now a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and toting a copy of one of Lew’s novels. Learning the truth is a quest that will take Griffin into his own past as he tries to deal with the present: a search for three missing young men.

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1641291494

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Elemental Discourses

By: John Sallis

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Elemental Discourses

By: John Sallis

John Sallis's thought is oriented to two overarching tasks: to bring to light the elemental in nature and to show how the imagination operates at the very center of human experience. He undertakes these tasks by analyzing a broad range of phenomena, including perception, the body, the natural world, art, space, and the cosmos. In every case, Sallis develops an original form of discourse attuned to the specific phenomenon and enacts a thorough reflection on discourse itself in its relation to voice, dialogue, poetry, and translation. Sallis's systematic investigations are complemented by his extensive interpretations of canonical figures in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Schelling, and Hegel and by his engagement with the most original thinkers in the areas of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and deconstruction.

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Indiana University Press

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0253037263

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Rachel's Secret

an engrossing and heartwarming novel of friendship and the bonds which tie us together from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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Rachel's Secret

an engrossing and heartwarming novel of friendship and the bonds which tie us together from bestselling author Susan Sallis

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From the pen of multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes beautifully written, enthralling and captivating novel that asks whether friendships really can endure through thick and thin. Readers of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed. 'Sallis's West Country novel has the feel of Mary Wesley and character insight that is all her own' -- Daily Mail 'Sallis brings out the innate warmth and sometimes unpredictability of the human psyche. This compelling tale will not disappoint' -- Lancashire Evening Post 'Excellent read, very enjoyable' - ***** Reader review 'Wonderful' - ***** Reader review 'I love her books and the way that she takes you right into the story...You can tell I am a big fan!' - ***** Reader review 'Brilliant, I couldn't put it down.' - ***** Reader review ********************************************************************* FRIENDS SINCE CHILDHOOD, THEY THOUGHT NOTHING COULD COME BETWEEN THEM... 1943: two schoolgirls, Rachel and Meriel, best friends, amuse themselves by tracking down imaginary German spies. It all seems a harmless way of whiling away the long school holidays, until their game turns into a frightening reality, the consequences of which affect their whole lives. Rachel becomes a reporter on the local paper while Meriel, a GI bride, goes to live in Florida. But the bonds which hold them together can never be broken, as the secrets and scandals which first surfaced in those far-off wartime days eventually come to light.

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Random House

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1407034073

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Delimitations

Phenomenology and the End of Metaphysics

By: John Sallis

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Delimitations

Phenomenology and the End of Metaphysics

By: John Sallis

In Deliminations John Sallis characterizes the end of metaphysics as a limit, or horizon, both enclosing metaphysical thought and opening the fields of thinking beyond it.

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0253209277

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9780253209276

The Figure of Nature

On Greek Origins

By: John Sallis

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The Figure of Nature

On Greek Origins

By: John Sallis

One of America’s preeminent philosophers “has produced a book with fascinating new insights into the ancient conception of nature” (Choice). Broaching an understanding of nature in Platonic thought, John Sallis goes beyond modern conceptions and provides a strategy to have recourse to the profound sense of nature operative in ancient Greek philosophy. In a rigorous and textually based account, Sallis traces the complex development of the Greek concept of nature. Beginning with the mythical vision embodied in the figure of the goddess Artemis, he reanimates the sense of nature that informs the fragmentary discourses of Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Empedocles and shows how Plato takes up pre-Socratic conceptions critically while also being transformed. Through Sallis’s close reading of the Theaetetus and the Phaedo, he recovers the profound and comprehensive concept of nature in Plato’s thought.

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Indiana University Press

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025302336X

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Hiam

By: Eva Sallis

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Hiam

By: Eva Sallis

Winner of the 1997 Australian/Vogel Literary Award.

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Allen & Unwin

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1864486767

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The Pumpkin Coach

an enchanting novel full of passion and drama from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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The Pumpkin Coach

an enchanting novel full of passion and drama from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will love this beautifully captivating romantic saga from multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING! 'I could not get over how beautifully written this book is' -- ***** Reader review 'Highly recommend this book' -- ***** Reader review 'A page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Could not put it down! -- ***** Reader review 'Don't miss this one' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************************* YOUR DESTINY CAN BE SHAPED BY THE MOST UNLIKELY OF THINGS... For Alice Pettiford, living near Gloucester in the late 1940s, leaving school for a job as a railway secretary makes perfect sense: most of her family have worked for the railway over the years. What Alice does not expect is that she would fall in love with Joe Adair, a colleague, almost as soon as she meets him. But Joe has to go overseas on National Service, and in the meanwhile her friend Hester's brother, the enigmatic Valentine, finds that his fondness for Alice is deepening into something much stronger. When he and Alice discover an old railway coach, long abandoned, hidden in a clearing in the Forest of Dean, Alice realises that it has been a very special, magical place. What she doesn't know is that the coach has played a secret part in the history of Joe's family, and that Joe's mother named it 'the pumpkin coach'. Now her own destiny will also be shaped by this enchanted refuge.

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Random House

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1446486036

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Sea Of Dreams

A heart-warming, beautiful and magical novel guaranteed to keep you turning the page...

By: Susan Sallis

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Sea Of Dreams

A heart-warming, beautiful and magical novel guaranteed to keep you turning the page...

By: Susan Sallis

By the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, this is a beautiful and moving novel perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lucinda Riley and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING SEA OF DREAMS! "A wonderful story. Highly recommend." - 5 STARS "A story that kept me wanting to turn the pages...I was hooked..." - 5 STARS "The story has great pace and I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS ********************** AS ONE MILLENNIUM ENDS, CAN THEY LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW AND BETTER WORLD? Somerset, Christmas 1999. Holly and Mark Jepson find themselves looking after an assortment of guests at Mark's uncle's holiday chalets. Each guest is fascinating in their own way - from the eccentric artist and his pretty daughter to the young married couple expecting their first baby and the wife escaping from a violent past. Each will have a part to play in the events - unexpected and shattering - which take place before the new millennium dawns...

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Random House

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1448111013

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9781448111015

Spacings--of Reason and Imagination

In Texts of Kant, Fichte, Hegel

By: John Sallis

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Spacings--of Reason and Imagination

In Texts of Kant, Fichte, Hegel

By: John Sallis

By applying the tools of deconstruction to crucial texts of German Idealism, John Sallis reveals the suppressed but essential role of imagination in even the most ambitious attempts to represent pure reason. Sallis focuses on certain operations of "spacing" in metaphysics—textual lapses and leaps in which reason is displaced or suspended or abridged. In the project of establishing priority of reason, such operations can appear only in disguise, and Sallis reveals the play of imagination and metaphor that masks them. Concentrating on what has been called the closure of metaphysics, he examines texts in which the suppression of spacing would be carried out most rigorously, texts in which even metaphysics itself is seen as only an errant roaming, a spacing that must still be secured, to be replaced by a pure space of truth. And yet, in these very texts Sallis identifies outbreaks of spacing that would disrupt the tranquil space of reason. Rather than closure, he finds an opening of reason to imagination. Sallis's reading of a metaphorical system in the Critique of Pure Reason reveals a fissuring and historicizing of what would otherwise be called pure reason. Next he traces in Fichte's major work as well as in several lesser-known texts a decentering from reason to imagination, which he characterizes as a power of hovering between opposites and beyond being. Sallis then returns to the Critique of Pure Reason to expose, in relation to the famous question of the common root of reason and sensibility, a certain eccentricity of reason. Proceeding to the Critique of Judgment, he traces a divergence of sublime nature away from that supersensible space of reason to which Kant would otherwise assimilate it—a withdrawal toward an abyss. Finally, Sallis turns to Hegel's Encyclopedia, supplementing his reading with previously unknown notes from Hegel's lectures on those sections dealing with imagination; his reading of those sections serves to expose, within the most rigorous reduction of spacing in the history of metaphysics, an irrepressible and disseminative play of imagination.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226734412

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9780226734415

Fading Into The Limelight

The Autobiography

By: Peter Sallis

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Fading Into The Limelight

The Autobiography

By: Peter Sallis

The autobiography of Peter Sallis, the brilliant actor best known for his roles as the voice of Wallace and as Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine For more than 30 years, Peter Sallis has played Clegg in 'Last of the Summer Wine', the world's longest-running sitcom. With his dry, cynical wit and cautious nature, Clegg has been taken to the hearts of the nation. Now the man behind this creation, and the voice of Wallace in Wallace & Gromit, is telling his story. From his early days in the RAF in the Second World War, through an extraordinary theatrical career that saw him perform alongside the likes of Joan Collins, John Gielgud and Orson Welles, to the fame that came to him late in his career, Peter Sallis has a wonderful, heartwarming story to tell. Packed with brilliant stories and amusing anecdotes, this is a memoir that will appeal to Peter Sallis's millions of fans, as he looks back over his career with a warm glow of nostalgia.

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Orion

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1409105725

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Come Rain Or Shine

a poignant and unforgettable story of close female friendship set amongst the Malvern Hills by bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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a poignant and unforgettable story of close female friendship set amongst the Malvern Hills by bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

From the pen of multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a magnificent and sweeping novel that asks whether friendships really can endure through thick and thin. Readers of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed. READERS ARE LOVING COME RAIN OR SHINE! "Brilliant, I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS "Great storyline. Took me a while to place everyone, so many wonderful characters. But so worth it. Susan Sallis puts you right there, in the thick of it." - 5 STARS "Wonderful" - 5 STARS "It was exciting and intriguing and nicely slow at the same time" - 5 STARS *********************************************************************************************************** SOME FRIENDSHIPS REALLY DO STAND THE TEST OF TIME. WILL THEIRS? The four of them were close when they worked together in the 1960s: Natasha, Prudence, Rachel and Maisie. Now, twenty years later, Natasha, newly divorced and back from America with a fifteen-year-old daughter, decides there must be a reunion. Pru, always the mysterious one, deeply involved with her commune in Cornwall, unexpectedly offers to host at Prospect House, a property she has inherited in the Malvern Hills. Rachel, married to her former boss, a Liberal MP, gladly leaves a tangled domestic situation to join the friends she hasn't seen for so long. And Maisie ... Maisie, perhaps the most vulnerable of the four, mother of five children, married to the unpredictable Edward, fails to arrive at Prospect House. The drama of her disappearance has a far-reaching effect on the lives and destinies of them all...

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Random House

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1448109426

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Potato Tree

By: James Sallis

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Potato Tree

By: James Sallis

A collection of short stories.

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Host Publications, Inc.

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0924047399

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9780924047398

Lydia Fielding

a gloriously heartwarming novel set on Exmoor from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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a gloriously heartwarming novel set on Exmoor from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

By the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, this is a beautiful and moving novel perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lucinda Riley and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING LYDIA FIELDING! "A wonderful story. Highly recommend." - 5 STARS "A story that kept me wanting to turn the pages...I was hooked..." - 5 STARS "The story has great pace and I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS ***************************************************************** A THWARTED LOVE. A SEARCH FOR A NEW LIFE FREE FROM HEARTBREAK. When Lydia celebrates her coming of age, the whole of her Exmoor village celebrates with her. Two men attract her interest that night: handsome, ambitious Gus Pascoe, who covets the land her father farms; and Wesley Peters, brought up as a strict Methodist, whose seemingly upright religious family hides a terrible secret. Wesley wants only to protect and cherish Lydia, but when his sister becomes the scandal of the neighbourhood and is forced to marry Lydia's brother, Alan, a bitterness grows between the two families which threatens to keep Lydia and Wesley apart forever. In despair Lydia flees to Bristol. Will she be able to free herself from the tragedy and heartbreak of her past life?

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144648601X

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After Midnight

a moving and heart-warming novel of passion, loss, tragedy and new beginnings from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

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After Midnight

a moving and heart-warming novel of passion, loss, tragedy and new beginnings from bestselling author Susan Sallis

By: Susan Sallis

Fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed by this warm and compelling story where secrets from the past threaten the happiness of a small West Country community by multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. Perfect to settle down with! READERS ARE LOVING AFTER MIDNIGHT! "Wonderful" "Susan Sallis has such an insight into characters" "Susan Sallis ... never disappoints." "Always love Susan Sallis - brilliant writing." **************************************************************************** WILL A SECRET FROM THE PAST THREATEN HER HAPPINESS? Nell knows that she shares a very special past with her cousins, Edmund and Perry. In their young days in Gloucestershire they used to play, quarrel... and perhaps fall in love a little. When a strange young man arrives in their midst, Nell discovers with a shock that he, too, shares some of their past - and that it is connected with the mysterious, magical old railway coach in the forest where Nell's parents first fell in love. But the forest still holds its secrets, and the uncertainties which Nell and her cousins come to experience can only be satisfied when the mystery is revealed... Will the revelation hold heartache and pain, or hope for a wonderful and fulfilled future? After Midnight continues the story which began in The Pumpkin Coach.

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144648663X

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