What is this thing called philosophy?

Edited by: Duncan Pritchard What is this thing called Philosophy? is the definitive textbook for all who want a thorough introduction to the field. It introduces philosophy using a question-led approach that reflects the discursive nature of the discipline. Edited by Duncan Pritchard, each section is written by...
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Understanding Journalism, 3rd Edition

By: Lynette Sheridan Burns, Benjamin J. Matthews This bestselling, approachable textbook begins from the assertion that the practice of journalism should be driven by a commitment to service the public interest. With this goal in sight, Understanding Journalism explains in a clear and engaging manner both the principles...
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Explaining Imagination

By: Peter Langland-Hassan Imagination will remain a mystery–we will not be able to explain imagination–until we can break it into parts we already understand. Explaining Imagination is a guidebook for doing just that, where the parts are other ordinary mental states like beliefs, desires, judgments, and decisions. In...
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Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing

By Ken Hyland Why do engineers “report” while philosophers “argue” and biologists “describe”? In the Michigan Classics Edition of Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing, Ken Hyland examines the relationships between the cultures of academic communities and their unique discourses. Drawing on discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and...
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Languages of the World: An Introduction, 3rd Edition

by Asya Pereltsvaig Are you curious to know what all human languages have in common and in what ways they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Then this book is for you! Now in its...
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One Story A Day for Early Readers Book 7

by Leonard Judge, Scott Paterson Narrated by Larry Stewart, Genevieve Spicer One Story a Day for Early Readers is a series of 365 stories, one for each day of the year, separated into 12 books. The series is designed to foster children’s total development — linguistic, intellectual, social,...
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