Thale's Folly
Author : Dorothy Gilman
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Inheritance and succession
ISBN :
Author : Dorothy Gilman
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Inheritance and succession
ISBN :
Author : Dorothy Gilman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 37,50 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593356462
A New Yorker becomes ensnared by the eerie drama unfolding at a derelict New England family home in this charming mystery from the author of the Mrs. Pollifax novels. “Delightful . . . a suspenseful romp . . . highly recommended.”—Booklist At the request of his father, New York City novelist Andrew Thale tackles an odd assignment—to check out an old family property in Massachusetts, neglected since Aunt Harriet Thale’s death years ago. But far from being deserted, Thale’s Folly, as Andrew discovers, is fully inhabited—by a quartet of charming squatters, former “guests” of kindhearted Harriet. There is elegant Miss L’Hommedieu, Gussie the witch, Leo the bibliophile, and beautiful Tarragon, who is unlike any girl Andrew has ever met in Manhattan. Andrew is entranced by these unworldly creatures and their simple life. Yet all is not well in Thale’s Folly. A thief breaks into the farmhouse, an old friend of the “family” disappears, and Andrew and Tarragon are drawn into mysteries they cannot fathom. . . .
Author : Dorothy Gilman
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781417620173
New York novelist Andrew Thale journeys to rural Massachusetts to look over a dilapidated family property and discovers a beautiful girl and an odd puzzle
Author : Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,13 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Marianne de Pierres
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 17,47 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497623286
The second Sentients of Orion novel is “Space Opera at its best . . . full of the wit and action that we’ve come to expect from de Pierres” (The Fringe). As her home planet of Araldis burns following an invasion, Mira Fedor has fled to the nearest Orion League planet seeking aid for her devastated world. But the authorities turn a blind eye, appearing more interested in stealing her bio-ship, Insignia. It is not the only mystery she faces, as she discovers an initiative called Tekton takes extreme measures in acquiring a rare mineral alloy. What has that to do with the destruction of Araldis, or for that sake, the Stain Wars? The truth is bigger than even Mira can fathom, as it begs the larger question: is there a Sole Entity out there in the universe, guiding their every move...? Don't miss the entire Sentients of Orion series: DARK SPACE, CHAOS SPACE, MIRROR SPACE, TRANSFORMATION SPACE.
Author : Patricia F. O'Grady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1351895362
'What is the basic building block of the universe?' Thales of Miletus was the first to ask this fundamental, yet to be answered, question in the sixth century B.C. This book offers an in-depth account of the answers he gave and of his adventure into many areas of learning: philosophy, science, mathematics and astronomy. Thales proved that the events of nature were comprehensible to man and could be explained without the intervention of mythological beings. Henceforth they became subject to investigation, experiment, questioning and discussion. Presenting for the first time in the English language a comprehensive study of Thales of Miletus, Patricia O'Grady brings Thales out of pre-Socratic shadows into historical illumination and explores why this historical figure has proved to be of lasting significance.
Author : Michael D. Beaty
Publisher : Baylor University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1932792945
The Schooled Heart addresses a basic question about the nature of the university: should moral education figure among the university's purposes? This volume offers an affirmative response to that question. A central purpose of the university is the moral formation of students--what Beaty and Henry call the schooling of the heart.
Author : George Henry Lewes
Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : Richard Viladesau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190876026
The Folly of the Cross is the fourth book in Richard Viladesau's series examining the aesthetics and theology of the cross through Christian history. Previous volumes have brought the story up through the Baroque era. This new book examines the reception of the message of the cross from the European Enlightenment to the turn of the twentieth century. The opening chapters set the stage in the transition from the Baroque to the Classical eras, describing the changing intellectual and cultural paradigms of the time. Viladesau examines the theology of the cross in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the aesthetic mediation of the cross in music and the visual arts. He shows how in the post-Enlightenment era the aesthetic treatment of the cross widely replaced the dogmatic treatment, and how this thought was translated into popular spirituality, piety, and devotion. The Folly of the Cross shows how classical theology responded to the critiques of modern science, history, Biblical scholarship, and philosophy, and how both classical and modern theology served as the occasions for new forms of representation of Christ's passion in the arts and music.
Author : Garrett Thomson
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1478631864
The period spanning approximately 624–545 BC to 175–225 AD is often considered the most exciting in Western philosophy. Designed as a companion to the original works of the ancient philosophers from this early period, this introductory text spotlights seminal thinkers, including the Sophists; offers a detailed analysis of the thoughts and teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; and features a well-rounded assessment of the Hellenistic and Roman philosophers, examining Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism. Thomson’s comprehensive treatment features accessible explanations of the philosophers’ central arguments in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics. He presents critical assessments of the philosophers’ views and recounts some of the major interpretations of the original texts by noted scholars.