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This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who thinks there are big questions lurking out there, but does not know how to approach them. Written by the author of the bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important.

Describing the emergence and development of the civilization of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, this title details the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley, which gave rise to some of the earliest masterpieces of art, architecture, and literature.

A shortened and updated version of the "Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary", designed to meet the needs of the Arabic speaker learning English. It records the different levels of usage met with in newspapers, radio and TV as well as films.

Containing 600 single-best-answer questions and extended matching questions, SBAs and EMQs for MRCOG Part 2 provides six practice papers to help candidates succeed in the MRCOG Part 2 examination.

The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to consciousness.

The book draws on history, philosophy, psychology, and biology as well economics, law, and finance to describe what has gone wrong, what needs to change, and how to fix it. It sets out the big challenges that capitalism must address and how it should set about doing that.

This great value pack offers the Fifth edition of 'Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care', together with its accompanying SBA and MCQ book providing an essential resource for exam preparation.

This handbook provides a panoramic view of current philosophical research on consciousness. Bringing together contributions from experts in the field, it covers the various types of consciousness, the many related psychological phenomena, and the relationship between consciousness and physical reality.

Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives, this book explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing. It demonstrates how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways, making possible our experience of a meaningful world.

The Cambridge IGCSE Complete Mathematics Extended Teacher Handbook offers expert support for the latest IGCSE Mathematics syllabus at Extended Level.

Ensure success for your students with rigorous support for the latest Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics syllabus, with Rayner's trusted approach. Our Cambridge IGCSE Complete Mathematics Extended Student Book thoroughly prepares students for their exams and enables confident progress to further study.

Oxford International Lower Secondary English teaches students to become confident communicators with a strong grasp of English language and literature, vocabulary and grammar. Students discover the joy of learning through engaging with a range of global texts and participating in speaking and listening activities and opportunities for writing.

Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century. Michael Beaney's new translation and detailed notes take into account the developments in scholarly understanding of the text.

Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and lecturers around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. Now in its eleventh edition, the text has been enhanced with additional learning features and maths support, re-organised into discrete Topics, to make the text more flexible to teach from and more readable for students.

The ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and providing a wonderfully entertaining and revealing portrait of the world of the theatre across four hundred years.

Conscious sensations ground our sense of self, but is it only humans who feel this way? Do other animals? Will future machines? Nicholas Humphrey tells the story of his quest to understand the evolutionary history of consciousness and explains the startling answers he has come to.

International Law presents a comprehensive yet student-focused approach to the subject, providing a contemporary and stimulating account of international law. With critical coverage delivered through a wide range of learning features, students are encouraged to engage with legal debates and controversies.

Bridging intermediate and advanced macroeconomics study, the authors use empirical examples to introduce students step-by-step to methods of formal macroeconomic analysis, helping them to develop a thorough understanding of fundamental models in growth theory and business cycle theory.

In this insightful memoir Lennie Goodings takes the reader behind the scenes at Virago, the feminist press that she has led for twenty years. Moving from Virago's early days of independence, through its various commercial incarnations, the author reflects on idealistic publishing and how it feels to be a beacon for change.

Mirabelle is looking forward to her family holiday to a fancy witch resort, but when she makes a new friend and meets her match in the mischief stakes, she finds herself in a heap of trouble . . . with dragons involved!Will Mirabelle's family believe that Mirabelle is (mostly) innocent this time or is it just a case of double the trouble?

Carefully designed self-assessment pinchpoint tasks tackle key concepts and identify areas for improvement and extension. A large variety of practice questions, activities, and checklists build skills and confidence throughout. UK schools save 40% on the RRP! The discount will be automatically applied when you order on your school account.

Carefully designed self-assessment pinchpoint tasks tackle key concepts and identify areas for improvement and extension. A large variety of practice questions, activities, and checklists build skills and confidence throughout. UK schools save 40% on the RRP! The discount will be automatically applied when you order on your school account.

Carefully designed self-assessment pinchpoint tasks tackle key concepts and identify areas for improvement and extension. A large variety of practice questions, activities, and checklists build skills and confidence throughout. UK schools save 40% on the RRP! The discount will be automatically applied when you order on your school account.

Carefully designed self-assessment pinchpoint tasks tackle key concepts and identify areas for improvement and extension. A large variety of practice questions, activities, and checklists build skills and confidence throughout. UK schools save 40% on the RRP! The discount will be automatically applied when you order on your school account.

After a chance meeting with a genie in the park, young Karl travels to Farawayland where he learns that his true name is Mio, and that his real father is the king. There he receives the love that he craved, but never had, from his foster parents back in Stockholm. But an evil tyrant terrorizes the land, and Mio is the one who must save the kingdom.

For very young readers, this is a new edition of one of Pippi's adventures, now with glorious two-colour illustration throughout. Do YOU know what a snirkle is? Pippi doesn't either - but she is going to find out!