Oxford University Press

A History of the RepublicansLewis Gould brings to life the major figures of Republican history and uncovers a wealth of fascinating anecdotes about Republicans, from "e;the Plumed Knight,"e; James G. Blaine, in the 1880s, to Barry Goldwater in the 1960s, to Newt Gingrich in the 1990s. Gould also uncovers the historical forces and issues...

What It Is and Why It MattersRoger S. Gottlieb provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is, enabling a clear-eyed understanding of the concept, its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon, and some of the risks that attend it....

Robert Stalnaker opposes the traditional view that knowledge of one's own current        thoughts and feelings is the unproblematic foundation for all knowledge. He argues        that we can understand our knowledge of our thoughts and feelings only by viewing        ourselves from the outside, by seeing our inner lives as features of the world as...

...

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and        evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated in 1932. This        volume brings together historians of science, philosophers, ecologists, and        evolutionary biologists, to discuss the state of the art from several...

With over one million copies sold, The Undercover Economist has been hailed        worldwide as a fantastic guide to the fundamental principles of economics. An        economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part Economics        101 and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily...