Benjamin Franklin : An American Life Editorial Reviews Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What's more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revolutionary leader represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today, one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over class privilege. That broadly democratic sensibility allowed Franklin his contradictions, as Isaacson shows. Though a man of lofty principles, Franklin wasn't shy of using sex to sell the newspapers he edited and published; though far from frivolous, he liked his toys and his mortal pleasures; and though he sometimes gave off a simpleton image, he was a shrewd and even crafty politician. Isaacson doesn't shy from enumerating Franklin s occasional peccadilloes and shortcomings, in keepi
German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 (英语) 平装 内容简介 One of the very few accounts in English of German Idealism, this ambitious work advances and revises our understanding of both the history and the thought of the classical period of German philosophy. As he traces the structure and evolution of Idealism as a doctrine, Frederick Beiser exposes a strong objective, or realist, strain running from Kant to Hegel and identifies the crucial role of the early romantics - Holderlin, Schlegel, and Novalis - as the founders of absolute Idealism. 作者简介 Frederick C. Beiser is Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University. 基本信息 作者：Frederick C. Beiser 出版社: Harvard University Press (2008年4月1日) 平装: 752页 语种： 英语 ISBN: 0674027175 条形码: 9780674027176 商品尺寸: 15.3 x 4.6 x 22.6 cm 商品重量: 989 g ASIN: 0674027175
2016诺贝尔文学奖鲍勃 迪伦 Bob Dylan 美国歌手鲍勃-迪伦获得2016年诺贝尔文学奖，表彰其 在伟大的美国歌曲传统中创造了新的诗歌表达 。 鲍勃迪伦1941年5月24日出生于美国明尼苏达州，原名罗伯特 艾伦 齐默曼（Robert Allen Zimmerman），是一位美国唱作人、艺术家和作家。从1961年发布首张专辑至今，迪伦在流行音乐界和文化界起到的影响已超过50年。他的大多数著名作品都来自1960年代的反抗民谣，也被广泛认为是当时美国新兴的反叛文化的代言人，尽管他否认了这一点。他的部分早期作品成为了当时美国民权反战运动的圣歌，例如《答案在风中飘》（Blowing' in the Wind）和《时代在变》（The Times They Are a-Changing）。1960年代中期迪伦开始从原先的抗议民谣风格转型，并在1965年发行单曲《像一块滚石》（Like a Rolling Stone），也从此改变了流行音乐的传统分类。
Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.
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Man's evolution as an artist and designer is traced in this collection of signs and symbols associated with the supernatural. Included, among others, are Egyptian motifs representing life, earth, and fertility; Greek and Roman emblems of Medusa and Zeus; Nordic runes; and early-seventeenth-century characterizations of the devil. Included in the set are: One CD-ROM containing 171 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF) A large-format 64-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly on one side of the page only and numbered for easy reference A fascinating compilation for anyone interested in the art of graphic communication, this collection will be invaluable to craftworkers as well as specialists in art and design. Original Dover (2004) publication. 171 black-and-white illustrations. One CD-ROM and 64-page paperbound book. 8X1/4x 11.
The Cambridge Companion to Bach goes beyond a basiclife-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-centuryperspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is dividedinto three parts. Part One is concerned with the historicalcontext, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. Thesecond part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style,while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance andreception of his music through the succeeding generations. ThisCompanion benefits from the insights and research of some of themost distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gaina notion of the diversity of current thought on this greatcomposer. · Provides comprehensive and indispensable background to thoughtand composition in Bach's day · Includes theories of how and whyBach's achievement has been influential · Contains new ways ofunderstanding Bach's achievement and analysing and understandingthe music
Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers andadvanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System anddeep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunarlanding sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermostplanets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distantgalaxies, and quasars. Each target object is accompanied by arating indicating how difficult the object is to find, an in-depthvisual de*ion, an illustration showing how the objectrealistically looks, and a detailed finder chart to help you findeach challenge quickly and effectively. The guide introducesobjects often overlooked in other observing guides and featurestargets visible in a variety of conditions, from the inner city tothe dark countryside. Challenges are provided for the naked eye,through binoculars and the largest backyard telescopes. · Lists over 500 sky targets through 187 challenges suitable forthe naked eye,
