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Natural Goodness. by Foot, Philippa.(CARDINAL)723904;

Subjects: Ethics.;

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Metaphysical animals : how four women brought philosophy back to life / by Mac Cumhaill, Clare,author.; Wiseman, Rachael,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index."A vibrant portrait of four college friends--Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley--who formed a new philosophical tradition while Oxford's men were away fighting World War II. The history of European philosophy is usually constructed from the work of men. In Metaphysical Animals, a pioneering group biography, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman offer a compelling alternative. In the mid-twentieth century Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Iris Murdoch were philosophy students at Oxford when most male undergraduates and many tutors were conscripted away to fight in the Second World War. Together, these young women, all friends, developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. Neither the great Enlightenment thinkers of the past, the logical innovators of the early twentieth century, or the new Existentialist philosophy trickling across the Channel, could make sense of this new human reality of limitless depravity and destructive power, the women felt. Their answer was to bring philosophy back to life. We are metaphysical animals, they realized, creatures that can question their very being. Who am I? What is freedom? What is human goodness? The answers we give, they believed, shape what we will become"--Prologue: Mr Truman's degree, Oxford, May 1956 -- On probation, Oxford, October 1938-September 1939 -- Learning in wartime, Oxford, September 1939-June 1942 -- Disorder and hardship, Cambridge & London, June 1942-August 1945 -- Park Town, Oxford, Brussels, Graz, Cambridge & Chiswick, September 1945-August 1947 -- A joint 'No!', Oxford & Cambridge, October 1947-July 1948 -- Back to life, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin & Vienna, October 1948-January 1951 -- Metaphysical animals, Newcastle & Oxford, May 1950-February 1955 -- Epilogue: Mr Truman's degree, again, Oxford, May 1956 -- Afterwards.

Subjects: Biographies.; Murdoch, Iris; Foot, Philippa; Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret); Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018; Women philosophers;

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Metaphysical animals [large print] : how four women brought philosophy back to life / by Mac Cumhaill, Clare,author.; Wiseman, Rachael,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: Mr Truman's degree, Oxford, May 1956 -- On probation, Oxford, October 1938-September 1939 -- Learning in wartime, Oxford, September 1939-June 1942 -- Disorder and hardship, Cambridge & London, June 1942-August 1945 -- Park Town, Oxford, Brussels, Graz, Cambridge & Chiswick, September 1945-August 1947 -- A joint 'No!', Oxford & Cambridge, October 1947-July 1948 -- Back to life, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin & Vienna, October 1948-January 1951 -- Metaphysical animals, Newcastle & Oxford, May 1950-February 1955 -- Epilogue: Mr Truman's degree, again, Oxford, May 1956 -- Afterwards."A vibrant portrait of four college friends--Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley--who formed a new philosophical tradition while Oxford's men were away fighting World War II. The history of European philosophy is usually constructed from the work of men. In Metaphysical Animals, a pioneering group biography, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman offer a compelling alternative. In the mid-twentieth century Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Iris Murdoch were philosophy students at Oxford when most male undergraduates and many tutors were conscripted away to fight in the Second World War. Together, these young women, all friends, developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. Neither the great Enlightenment thinkers of the past, the logical innovators of the early twentieth century, or the new Existentialist philosophy trickling across the Channel, could make sense of this new human reality of limitless depravity and destructive power, the women felt. Their answer was to bring philosophy back to life. We are metaphysical animals, they realized, creatures that can question their very being. Who am I? What is freedom? What is human goodness? The answers we give, they believed, shape what we will become"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Murdoch, Iris; Foot, Philippa; Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret); Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018; Women philosophers; Women philosophers;

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Ethics : history, theory, and contemporary issues / by Cahn, Steven M.(CARDINAL)128525; Markie, Peter J.,1950-(CARDINAL)752884;

Includes bibliographical references.1360L

Subjects: Ethics.;

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Rainbow garden / by St. John, Patricia Mary,1919-1992.(CARDINAL)510752; Mills, Mary.(CARDINAL)421719; Rees, Gary,illustrator.(CARDINAL)518800;

Land of sunshine -- The welcome -- The other side of the mist -- the foot of the rainbow -- The stranger in the garden -- Through the open window -- The rainbow shell -- In the beech wood -- Into the light -- Easter Sunday morning -- Philippa comes home -- A difficult visit -- A birthday remembered -- A sudden meeting -- The child at the door -- The camp by the lake -- Philippa's day -- A shock and a meeting -- The rescue -- The path that led home.When she is sent from her London home to live in the Welsh countryside with the large, boisterous Owen family, eleven-year-old Elaine feels miserable and resentful until she discovers an abandoned garden and determines to make it her secret sanctuary.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Christian fiction.; Fiction.; Gardens; Families; Country life; Christian life; Friendship; Friendships.;

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Murder at Blackwater Bend / by McKenna, Clara,author.(CARDINAL)784400;

Following a whirlwind engagement to Viscount 'Lyndy' Lyndhurst, Stella Kendrick is finding her footing within an elite social circle in picturesque rural England. Outrage erupts and accusations fly after Lord Fairbrother's pony wins best in breed for the seventh consecutive year. When Stella and Lyndy discover his body floating in the river the next morning, it appears one of Stella's trusted new acquaintances may be a calculating killer. In the presence of hardly-grieving Lady Philippa Fairbrother - once set to marry Lyndy - and Lyndy's endlessly critical mother, Stella faces the bitter reality that she may always be an outsider. --

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Nineteen hundreds (Decade); Murder; Aristocracy (Social class);

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Doc Martin [videorecording] / by Absolom, Joe,1978-; Bolt, Ben,1952-(CARDINAL)848006; Braithwaite, Philippa.; Catz, Caroline.(CARDINAL)340138; Clunes, Martin,1961-(CARDINAL)340137; Cole, Stephanie,1941-; McNeice, Ian.; Minghella, Dominic.; Punch, Lucy,1977-; Buffalo Pictures Ltd.; Homerun Productions (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)328010; Portman Film and Television Ltd.;

Disc 1: Going Bodmin ; Gentlemen prefer ; Sh*t happens ; The Portwenn effect -- Disc 2: Of all the harbours in all the towns ; Haemophobia.Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice, Lucy Punch, Joe Absolom.When the brilliant but socially awkward and neurotic Doc Martin develops an aversion to blood, he abandons his career as a celebrated London surgeon and becomes the only doctor in a sleepy small town where his tactless manner soon has everybody in an uproar. Watch Martin get to know the town's hysterical mix of quirky residents as he finds new ways to put his foot in his mouth.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.

Subjects: Foreign television programs.; Comedy television programs.; Medical drama (Television programs); Medical television programs.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Television serials.; City and town life; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Physicians;

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Murder at Blackwater Bend [large print] / by McKenna, Clara,author.(CARDINAL)784400;

Following a whirlwind engagement to Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst, Stella is finding her footing within an elite social circle in picturesque rural England. Except tea time with refined friends can be more dangerous than etiquette faux pas--especially in the company of Lady Philippa, the woman Lyndy was once set to marry, and her husband, the ostentatious Lord Fairbrother. Outrage erupts and accusations fly after Lord Fairbrother's pony wins best in breed for the seventh consecutive year. The man has his share of secrets and adversaries, but Stella and Lyndy are in for a brutal shock when they discover his body floating in the river during a quiet morning fishing trip. Suddenly unwelcome around hardly-grieving Lady Philippa and Lyndy's endlessly critical mother, Stella faces the bitter reality that she may always be an outsider--and one of her trusted new acquaintances may be a calculating killer. Now, Stella and her fiancé must fight against the current to catch the culprit, before they're the next couple torn apart by tragedy.

Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Fiction.; Americans; Nineteen hundreds (Decade); Murder; Aristocracy (Social class);

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King Kong [videorecording] /

Peter Jackson - Director; Jan Blenkin- Producer ... [et al.].Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody.One of the greatest adventure stories in Hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action drama from Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson. In the early 1930's, Carl Denham (Jack Black) is a daring filmmaker and adventurer who has gained a reputation for his pictures documenting wildlife in remote and dangerous jungle lands; despite the objections of his backers, Denham plans to film his next project aboard an ocean vessel en route to Skull Island, an uncharted island he discovered on a rare map. Correctly assuming his cast and crew would be wary of such a journey, Denham has told them they're traveling to Singapore, but before they set sail, his leading lady drops out of the project. Needing a beautiful actress willing to take a risk, Denham finds Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), a beautiful but down-on-her-luck vaudeville performer and offers her the role; cautious but eager to work, Darrow takes the role, and onboard the ship she strikes up a romance with Jack Driscoll (Adrian Brody), a respected playwright hired by Denham to write the script for his latest epic. When Denham and Company arrive on Skull Island, the natives react with savage violence, but they happen to be the least of their worries. Skull Island is a sanctuary for prehistoric life, and lording it over the dinosaurs and other giant beasts is Kong, a twenty-five-foot-tall gorilla who can outfight any creature on Earth. The natives kidnap Darrow, giving her to Kong as an offering to appease the giant beast; Denham and his men set out to find her, with Driscoll bravely determined to save the woman he loves. Eventually, Driscoll finds Darrow and Denham outwits Kong, intending to take the giant ape back to New York for display. But Kong has bonded with Darrow, and his attraction to her proves to be his undoing. Andy Sirkis, who provided the body movements for Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings pictures, performed similar duties on King Kong, studying gorillas so he could mimic their actions, which were then used as the basis for the special effects crew's digital animation of the great ape.Canadian rating: 14A.DVD.

Subjects: Adventure films.; Feature films.;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6

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