Thomas Walter: 87 books
Eigensinn und Bindung
Katholische Intellektuelle im 20. Jahrhundert
Language: German
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Ob in Philosophie, Literatur, Bildenden Künsten, Publizistik oder Politik - katholische deutsche Intellektuelle haben die geistige Landschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts wesentlich mitgeprägt. Sie stellten Fragen an die Zeit und ihre Mitmenschen, die anderen nicht einfielen oder die sie nicht zu stellen...
by Gregor Maria Hoff, Hans Joas, Walter Kasper
Language: German
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Language: German
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Das Memorandum "Kirche 2011: Ein notwendiger Aufbruch" von katholischen Theologieprofessorinnen und -professoren hat kontroverse Reaktionen hervorgerufen. Der Band versammelt Unterzeichner und Nichtunterzeichner, die ihre Zustimmung bzw. Ablehnung in persönlichen Beiträgen theologisch...
Die Welt der Hebräischen Bibel
Umfeld - Inhalte - Grundthemen
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Eine umfassende, zuverlässige und wissenschaftlich aktuelle Einführung in die Welt der Hebräischen Bibel: ihr kulturelles Umfeld, ihre literarische Gestalt, ihre gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe, ihre kultische Prägung, ihre Bilder vom Menschen und von Gott. Die 32 Paragraphen sind von ausgesuchten...
Erinnerung an die Zukunft
Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil
Language: German
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Das II. Vaticanum hat das Selbstverständnis der katholischen Kirche erneuert und eine dialogische Öffnung zur Moderne vollzogen. Das große und erfreulich positive Echo, das der vorliegende Band gefunden hat, ist Anlass für diese aktualisierte und um einige Beiträge erweiterte Neuauflage. "Hier...
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean...
It's My Company Too!
How Entangled Companies Move Beyond Employee Engagement for Remarkable Results
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Like college athletes, engaged employees are valuable, but entangled employees, like Olympians, are the ones who take an organization to new heights. What makes these top-performing employees have such an impact on the success of each of their organizations? What encourages their sense of organizational...
Kitty Literature
An Illustrated Collection for Cat Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the...
by Algernon Blackwood, Alan Graham, John Galsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual selection of the best American short stories, I had not realized that at the end of my arduous task, which has involved the reading of many hundreds...
Editing Lives
Essays in Contemporary Textual and Biographical Studies in Honor of O M Brack, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Central to all post-Renaissance scholarship, textual studies continues to evolve, both in its techniques and methods as well as in the illumination it affords all other areas of modern knowledge. The life of our fellow human beings, and how we know and tell lives, is one such area of modern knowledge...
by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
Golf as Meaningful Play
A Philosophical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Golf as Meaningful Play offers a philosophical introduction to golf as a sporting practice and source of personal meaning. It is intended both for scholars interested in the philosophy of sport, and for intellectually curious golfers who seek a better understanding of the game.
This book describes...
Plato Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
100+ Works – All Works & Writings Incl. Republic, Symposium, Apology, Statesman, Crito, Platonism Plus Biography and Bonuses
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Plato Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
This is the world’s best Plato collection, including the most complete set of Plato’s works available plus many free bonus materials.
Plato
Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece, a student of Socrates, writer of philosophical...
Die Blumen der Mode
Klassische und neue Texte zur Philosophie der Mode
Language: German
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Mode und Kleidung als vielschichtiges Mittel des Selbstausdrucks und der Kommunikation fasziniert Schriftsteller, Philosophen und Soziologen gleichermaßen. Der Band versammelt 45 essentielle Schriften vom 18. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert, jeweils kenntnisreich eingeleitet von Barbara Vinken. Schon immer...