Isaac: 767 books

Ontologized Ethics: New Essays in African Meta-Ethics examines an often neglected meta-ethical issue in African philosophical discourse: the extent to which one’s orientation of being, or idea of what-is – as an individual or as a group of persons – does, or should, determine one’s concept...

This is the authors third book, the first being a memoir of sorts and the second was in the genre of erotic fiction. It is a collection of thirteen short stories, all based on or inspired by the fables of Aesop. Although it would be impossible to either add to or detract from Aesops, the fables were...

Een setting om heerlijk bij weg te dromen: een kasteel op het Franse platteland Jessica is helemaal klaar met Adam. Zijn constante leugens, overspel en gebrek aan interesse voor hun pasgeboren zoon lopen de spuigaten uit. Als ze hem de deur wijst, vertrekt hij naar Frankrijk en laat niets meer...

Navy analysts are struggling to keep pace with the growing flood of data collected by intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors. This challenge is sure to intensify as the Navy continues to field new and additional sensors. The authors explore options for solving the Navy’s “big data”...

The 50-seater commuter is the transport of choice for the middle class in Nigeria. It cris- crosses the country night and day. Its comfort and security were threatened by a gang of dare devil robbers who shot at fast moving vehicles, maimed and robbed passengers. The operators met to marshal out a...

To perform my late promise to you, I shall without further ceremony acquaint you, that in the beginning of the Year 1666 (at which time I applyed my self to the grinding of Optick glasses of other figures than Spherical,) I procured me a Triangular glass-Prisme, to try therewith the celebrated Phænomena...

ACCORDING to your Lordship’s Order, signified to me by Mr. Secretary Harley, in his Letter of February 26th last, I have considered the Letter of his Grace the Duke of Ormond, Her Majesty’s Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, sent to your Lordship, together with the Representation...

In studies of general operators of the same nature, general convolution transforms are immediately encountered as the objects of inversion. The relation between differential operators and integral transforms is the basic theme of this work, which is geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate...

When Mintaah’s attempts to get Pastor Essel to propose to her fail, she plans to seduce him so that he will impregnate her. Thus, one evening, when she sees a man coming to Pastor Essel’s room from afar, she goes to lie in his bed half naked, and closes her eyes and covers her face with clothes...

James Knight is a third generation trust officer, trying to succeed in the family business. His grandparents, who adhered to strict moral values, raised him, and James hopes to apply their values to his work. Many of his co-workers consider him a boy scout, always trying to do the right thing, but...

Divirta-se e aperfeiçoe seu inglês ou português com este famoso conto de Machado de Assis. Nesta edição bilíngue, a tradução de cada sentença para o inglês é apresentada logo abaixo da sua correspondente em português....

States across the globe spend billions of dollars fighting terrorism annually. As well as strategic questions about the way in which the money should be spent, we are also confronted with a host of moral issues here, many of which are poorly understood. The Ethics of Counterterrorism offers the first...

Glen Oaks and Other Ruminations is a compilation of thoughts and images present themselves to me as I am in the car driving, or just sitting with nothing much to do.