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Taking Back Philosophy By:Bryan W. Van Norden Published on 2017-12-05 by Columbia University Press Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical traditions of China, India, Africa, and other non-Western cultures? This biting and provocative critique of American higher education says yes. Even though we live in an increasingly multicultural world, most philosophy departments stubbornly insist that only Western philosophy is real philosophy and denigrate everything outside the European canon. In Taking Back Philosophy, Bryan W. Van Norden lambastes academic philosophy for its Eurocentrism, insularity, and complicity with nationalism and issues a ringing call to make our educational institutions live up to their cosmopolitan ideals. In a cheeky, agenda-setting, and controversial style, Van Norden, an expert in Chinese philosophy, proposes an inclusive, multicultural approach to philosophical inquiry. He showcases several accessible ex...

The Hugo Award Showcase By:Mary Robinette Kowal,Elizabeth Bear,John Kessel,Nancy Kress,Michael Swanwick,Robert Reed Published on 2010 by Prime Books Each year, members of the World Science Fiction Convention vote for the science fiction and fantasy works they love the most: the Hugo Awards. Now, for the first time in more than a decade, you can find these treasured gems within a single volume. The Hugo Award Showcase collects the stories-by rising stars like Kij Johnson, beloved taleslingers like Michael Swanwick, and literary legends like Nancy Kress-that have captured the hearts and imaginations of some of the genre's most dedicated readers. This Book was ranked at 20 by Google Books for keyword Hugo Awards. Book ID of The Hugo Award Showcase's Books is Y0EnQwAACAAJ, Book which was written byMary Robinette Kowal,Elizabeth Bear,John Kessel,Nancy Kress,Michael Swanwick,Robert Reedhave ETAG "rk9E1P+aBE8" Book which was published by Prime Books since 2010 have ISBNs, ...

Stars By:Janis Ian,Mike Resnick Published on 2004-08 by D A W Books, Incorporated A brilliant collection of stories, featuring unique contributions from such masters of the science fiction genre as Tad Williams, Joe Haldeman, Mercedes Lackey, Harry Turtledove, and Orson Scott Card, reinterprets the lyrics of a popular music legend. Reprint. This Book was ranked at 31 by Google Books for keyword Hugo Awards. Book ID of Stars's Books is Cz4MAAAACAAJ, Book which was written byJanis Ian,Mike Resnickhave ETAG "DQqJJmQQtP8" Book which was published by D A W Books, Incorporated since 2004-08 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780756402440 and ISBN 10 Code is 0756402441 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "592 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryFiction This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "3.0" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Versi...

The Vorkosigan Companion By:Lillian Stewart Carl,John Helfers Published on 2010-08-31 by Baen First Time in Paperback for the Book That Thousands of Fans of Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan Have Been Waiting For. Lois McMaster Bujold’s best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga. Included are an all-new interview with Bujold as well as essays by her on crafting the Vorkosigan universe, articles on the biology, technology and sociology of the planet Barrayar, appreciations of the individual novels by experts, maps, a complete timeline of the series, and more. Readers can’t get enough of the Vorkosigan series and they’ll jump at the chance to read this story behind the stories. Includes an excerpt from the new Mile...

Deathbird Stories By:Harlan Ellison Published on 2014-04-29 by Open Road Media Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialism—“fantasy at its most bizarre and unsettling” (The New York Times). As Earth approaches Armageddon, a man embarks on a quest to confront God in the Hugo Award–winning novelette, “The Deathbird.” In New York City, a brutal act of violence summons a malevolent spirit and a growing congregation of desensitized worshippers in “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs,” an Edgar Award winner influenced by the real-life murder of Queens resident Kitty Genovese in 1964. In “Paingod,” the deity tasked with inflicting pain and suffering on every living being in the universe questions the purpose of its cruel existence. Deathbird Stories collects these and sixteen more provocative tales exploring the futility of faith in a faithless world. A legendary author of speculative fiction whose best-known works include A Boy and His Dog and I Have No ...

Ill Met in Lankhmar and Ship of Shadows By:Fritz Leiber Published on 2016-03-29 by Open Road Media Fritz Leiber’s iconic sword-and-sorcery adventurers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser share the pages with drunkard-turned-unlikely-hero Spar in this pairing of award-winning novellas Gentleman barbarian Fafhrd, son of a northern Snow Witch, flees his family’s homeland to join a foreign lover and escape his mother’s control. Cynical thief the Gray Mouser has a mysterious past, but no one doubts his deadly skill at swordsmanship. When the two meet, each recognizes a kindred spirit in the other. No gem dealer’s stock is safe and no gambler will go unfleeced while Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser live—but the deadly chain of events that forges their adventurous partnership means they are truly ill met in Lankhmar. Spar has no memory of his early life, no hope for a better future, no concerns other than how to obtain his next drink. A good day is one when he can avoid the abuse of his barkeep boss aboard ...

Hothouse By:Brian W. Aldiss Published on 2015-05-19 by Open Road Media A Hugo Award–winning classic about a far-future Earth dominated by gargantuan plants and the few humans who remain Millions of years beyond our time, our Earth has long since stopped spinning—and giant flora have taken over the sunlit half of the motionless world. Here humans are among the very few animal species that still exist, struggling to survive against enormous odds, but they have become small and weak, and their numbers have dwindled to almost nothing. When the aging leader of Gren’s tribe decrees it is time for the old ones to go “Up,” the younger are left to make their own way below. Although the journey will not be an easy one for young Gren, he sets off on an odyssey across a perilous world populated by carnivorous plants and other evolved vegetation. But any knowledge to be gained at the terminator—the forbidding boundary between the day world and the night—might well prove worthless for the boy and th...

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