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Athens [videorecording] : the dawn of democracy / by Copestake, Timothy.; Deacon, Rowan.; Goodchild, William.; Hughes, Bettany.; Roberts, Sophia.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Lion Television Ltd.;
Director of photography, Colin Clarke ; music, William Goodchild ; editor, Allen Charlton.Host: Bettany Hughes.Historian Bettany Hughes goes on search of the real truth about democratic Athens, 2500 years ago. It has been revered as the birthplace of philosophy, art, science and the greatest political idea of all time; democracy.Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; stereo.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Democracy;
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Truth : a guide / by Blackburn, Simon,1944-author.(CARDINAL)346101;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.Faith, belief, and reason -- Man the measure -- Ishmael's problem and the delights of keeping quiet -- Nietzsche : the arch debunker -- The possibility of philosophy -- Observation and truth : from Locke to Rorty -- Realism as science; realism about science -- Historians and others.Blackburn is an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now he offers an exploration of what he calls "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"--The age-old war over truth. The front lines are well defined: on one side are those who believe in plain facts, rock-solid truths that can be found through reason and objectivity--that science leads to truth, for instance. Their opponents see the dark forces of language, culture, power, gender, class, ideology and desire--all subverting our perceptions of the world, and clouding our judgment with false notions of absolutes. Beginning with an early skirmish--when Socrates confronted the sophists in ancient Athens--Blackburn offers a penetrating look at the longstanding battle. Among the questions he considers are: is science mere opinion, can historians understand another historical period, and indeed can one culture ever truly understand another.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Truth.;
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The Public historian. by University of California, Santa Barbara.Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies.(CARDINAL)145699;
Subjects: Periodicals.; History; Social history; Social sciences;
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Nothing stands still : essays. / by Schlesinger, Arthur M.(Arthur Meier),1888-1965.(CARDINAL)138415;
Bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects: Essays.;
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American masters of social science; an approach to the study of the social sciences through a neglected field of biography / by Odum, Howard Washington,1884-1954.(CARDINAL)127715;
Bibliographical footnotes.Pioneers and masters of social science, by H.W.Odum.- John William Burgess, by W.R.Shepherd.- Lester Frank Ward, by J.Q.Dealey.- Herbert B. Adams, by J.M.Vincent.- William Archibald Dunning, by C.E.Merriam.- Albion Woodbury Small, by E.C.Hayes.- Franklin Henry Giddings, by J.L.Gillin.- Thorstein Veblen, by P.T.Homan.- Frederick Jackson Turner, by C.Becker.- James Harvey Robinson, by H.E.Barnes.
Subjects: Sociologists.; Historians; Educators; North Caroliniana.;
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The last Queen of England [sound recording] : a Jefferson Tayte genealogical mystery / by Robinson, Steve(Novelist)author.(CARDINAL)408071; Vance, Simon,narrator.(CARDINAL)345962;
Read by Simon Vance.Jefferson Tayte's old friend and colleague dies in his arms. Before long, Tayte and a truth-seeking historian, Professor Jean Summer, find themselves following a corpse-ridden trail that takes them to the Royal Society of London, circa 1708. What to make of the story of five men of science, colleagues of Isaac Newton and Christopher Wren, who were mysteriously hanged for high treason? As they edge closer to the truth, Tayte and the professor find that death is once again in season.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Mystery fiction.; Genealogists; Monarchy;
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Careers for mystery buffs & other snoops and sleuths / by Camenson, Blythe.(CARDINAL)368747;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158).Jobs for mystery buffs -- Whodunit? -- A nose for news -- The world of crime -- Assorted snoops and sleuths -- Mysteries from the past -- Mysteries of science -- Mysteries off the beaten path.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Investigative reporting; Criminal investigation; Historians; Science; Vocational guidance.;
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The eye of God [large print] : a Sigma Force novel / by Rollins, James,1961-(CARDINAL)349471;
"Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force--joined by a pair of Vatican historians--race to discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery bound in the roots of Christianity's origins, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Cryptologic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Special operations (Military science);
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The American historian; a social-intellectual history of the writing of the American past. by Wish, Harvey,1909-1968.(CARDINAL)124108;
A survey of American historiography with an eye toward illustrating how various historians' viewpoints toward national crisis were influenced by their particular social conditioning.From Bradford to Mather: the Puritan mission in history -- The Enlightenment: Hutchinson and the Tory emphasis -- Jared Sparks and the dominance of the Federalist-Whig historians -- Richard Hildreth, utilitarian philosopher -- George Bancroft and German idealism -- Francis Parkman and the pageant of the wilderness -- From Fiske to Gipson: the rise of colonial institutional history -- John Bach McMaster and the rise of social history -- Henry Adams and the dream of a science of history -- Turner and the moving frontier -- Von Holst to Dunning: abolitionists and revisionists (1880-1910) -- Ulrich B. Phillips and the image of the Old South -- Charles A. Beard and the economic interpretation of history -- Parrington and the rise of intellectual history -- Allan Nevins and recent historiography.Includes bibliography.
Subjects: Historians;
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The way things are : conversations with Huston Smith on the spiritual life / by Smith, Huston.; Cousineau, Phil.;
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 281-284) and index.The way things are -- The primordial tradition -- Winnowing the wisdom traditions -- This is it -- The soul of the community -- Encountering God -- The place of science -- The limits of the scientific worldview -- Science as the oracle of our age -- Science, faith, and infinity -- Toward a partnership between science and religion -- The battle for the human mind -- The new paradigm -- Countering scientism -- The striking parallels -- The sacred dimensions of everyday life -- Demystifying spiritual practice -- The varieties of religious explorations -- Cleansing the doors of perception -- Fathoming psychedelic mysticism -- The wisdom of faith -- Why religion matters now more than ever.
Subjects: Interviews.; Smith, Huston; Religion historians; Religion.; Spiritual life.; Religion and science.;
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