James William: 492 books
The Christmas Conundrum (20 Thrillers in One Edition)
Murder Mysteries & Intriguing Stories of Suspense, Horror and Thrill for the Holidays
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Christmas holidays are the best time to enjoy some good mystery tales in the snuggling comfort of your home and family. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) The...
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
Psychology
The Briefer Course
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Condensed and reworked from James's monumental Principles of Psychology, this classic text examines habit; stream of consciousness; self and the sense of personal identity; discrimination and association; the sense of time; memory; perception; imagination; reasoning; emotions, instincts; the will and voluntary acts; and much more. This edition omits the outdated first nine chapters.
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Psychology is a rich blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy and personal reflection. It introduces the powerful concept of “stream of thought.” James’s landmark work also contains seeds of pragmatism and phenomenology, which have influenced generations of thinkers. This study did much to place psychology among the laboratory sciences based on experimental method.
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
These 12 pieces display the influential philosopher's preoccupation with ultimate reality and his turn toward a metaphysical system. Originally published in journals between 1904 and 1906, these essays argue in favor of a pluralistic universe. James denies that experience can be defined in terms of an absolute force determining the relationships between things and events.
Human Immortality (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Published in 1897, this essay was the 1896 Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard University. James, in a preface to the second edition, writes, "My concern in the lecture was not to discuss immortality in general. It was confined to showing it to be not incompatible with the brain-function theory of our present mundane consciousness."
Down Range
A Transitioning Veteran's Career Guide to Life's Next Phase
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Military veterans prepare for the next mission in their careers
Written by veterans who have successfully made the transition, Down Range offers career planning guidance to U.S. military veterans coming off active duty. This is NOT simply a guide to transitioning from the military to the civilian...
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Published in 1899, this collection of lectures given by James to teachers and students over the course of almost a decade was one of his most successful and popular works. It remains relevant today—indeed, in its espousal of freedom of thought and tolerance for different points of view, it may be more relevant than ever.
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
This posthumous (1911) collection of some of James’s most popular speeches and essays demonstrates his wide interests and restless intellect. Included are “The Moral Equivalent of War,” “On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake,” “Final Impressions of a Psychical Researcher,” “The Ph.D....
by Charlotte Bronte, William Makepeace Thackeray, Henry
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The full text of four classic novels: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Vanity Fair by Thackeray, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and The Governess by Sarah Fielding (sister of Henry Fielding).
by William Clark, James Hogg
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
A romantic verse story set in early Scotland combining yarn, humor and history. Historical characters such as St Columba rub shoulders with Viking royalty as the future of the beautiful young Scottish queen is fought over. Comic characters enliven the action and the queen's maid, Wicked Wene, steals...
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal.
Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway...
A Brilliant Void
A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
An astronomer challenges an emperor. A hunter pursues the last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerryman emigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune. These fifteen darkly funny stories illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked. In the 19th and 20th centuries,...
Queering Elementary Education
Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. ItOs not part of a sinister stratagem in the Ogay agenda.O Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal...