books by James Rachels     books:     James Rachels      Tripping Over the Lunch Lady Angela Johnson, David Lubar, ... Puffin, 2006 Tripping with Honors! Tripping Over the Lunch Lady has received the following honors: Read Aloud America Recommended List 2006 Pennsylvania School Librarians "Top Forty" List 2005 IRA/CBC Children's Choice Book 2005             Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism (Oxford Paperbacks) James Rachels Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Created from Animals...and then some! Rachels spends a good deal of time setting the intellectual and historical context in which Darwin's theory appears. He slowly but surely initiates the reader into the labyrinth of evolutionary theory with all the interesting characters such as Huxley and Wallace. ...             The Right Thing To Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy James Rachels, Stuart Rachels McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006 Insensitive and biased, or brilliant? Natalia's response makes one wonder whether she herself was perhaps among the unfortunate babies born without a brain. Yes, if there were no other human beings in the world other than this one brainless baby, maybe I would keep the brainless baby around to help comfort ...             Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook Christopher Golden, John Ostrander, ... Moonstone, 2007 KOLCHAK LIVES ON THANKS TO MOONSTONE! When Kolchak: The Nightstalker premiered in 1974, I was firmly convinced it was the greatest show ever. Unfortunately not enough people thought the same way I did and the show lasted a single season...just 20 episodes in all. Despite that, the show has continued to ...             The Elements of Moral Philosophy James Rachels, Stuart Rachels McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006 Asking All The Right Questions "The Elements of Moral Philosophy" is a fabulous, non-technical introduction to ethics. The writing is clear and historically informed, the main schools of thought are covered, and Rachels doesn't pretend that he's found all the answers to very difficult questions. I ...             Telex from Cuba Rachel Kushner Tantor Media, 2008 A contemporary "Ship of Fools"... superb writing! It's an actual pleasure when an exceptional novel emerges from the morass of juvenilia which we have seen from publishers in recent years. "Telex from Cuba" is a retrospective of elitist American life in Cuba, chiefly in the ten years or so prior to Fidel Castro's ...             Secrets, Vol. 26: Bound by Passion Calista Fox, Kate St. James, ... Red Sage Publishing, Inc., 2008             The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1) James Patterson Hachette Audio, 2005 READ THIS BOOK Well the title of the series, "Maximum Ride," basically sums up the book for you: the main character's name is Maximum Ride, and her life is a maximum ride. Maximum Ride and her 'siblings' are 98% human, 2% bird. Half-human, half-wolf creaures called Erasers' life's ...             The Skillful Leader II: Confronting Conditions That Undermine Learning Alexander D. Platt, Caroline E. Tripp, ... Ready About Press, 2008 This is a book for leaders who have advanced beyond basic teacher improvement strategies and want to tackle some of the hidden, stubborn blockers that are limiting what they can accomplish in schools. The Skillful Leader II places a major emphasis on finding and improving groups and school communities that are not functioning together effectively ...             Problems from Philosophy James Rachels, Stuart Rachels McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2008 An excellent introduction to philosophy After reading T.Z. Lavine's _From Socrates to Sartre_, I stumbled upon Rachels' _Problems from Philosophy_. While Lavine's book is a great history of philosophy, Rachels covers what philosophy IS. The book broadly discusses the major fields of philosophy: free will ...             Patterns in Western Civilization (Volume 1) Sarah Chappell Trulove; James Woelfel, Stephen Auerbach; Rachel Epp Buller Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002 Textbook developed for Western Civilization courses at Kansas University and some other institutions. It consists of primary text readings with relevant historical background, and is published in two volumes covering two semesters of study. Volume I consists of: The Ancient World: Greece & Rome (Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and ...             Oracle9i DBA 101 Marlene Theriault, Rachel Carmichael, ... McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2002 Don't miss out because title is misunderstood.... Upon reading the reviews of this book, I can understand how some have mistaken what the book was truly meant for based on its title. The book should be titled more along the lines of "Your First Job Working As a DBA: 101" or "Your Job as an Oracle DBA from Jr. to ...             Introduccion a la filosofia moral (Breviarios) James rachels Fondo de Cultura, 2007 La presente obra constituye una de las mejores introducciones que se han escrito sobre filosofía moral, tema que resulta decisivo al hacernos la pregunta sobre cómo debemos vivir. Mediante numerosos ejemplos y con un lenguaje accesible, el autor reflexiona sobre problemas como el relativismo y el subjetivismo morales, la religión y su relación ...             Matters of Life and Death Tom Regan, Thomas Beauchamp, ... McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1992 A great introduction into some very important topics I read this book with an open mind, ready for anything. I was happily surprised to find that for a book with such political implications the authors remained true to their goal: discovery of the truth. No matter whether you agree with them or not, this book is a ...             Ary Stillman: From Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism Michael Betancourt, David Craven, ... Merrell, 2008 Ary Stillman was a key figure in the development of 20th century modern art Ary Stillman was a key figure in the development of 20th century modern art, abandoning the popular impressionist techniques in his early career and becoming a member of the New York School and the avant-garde wing of modern painters who exhibited regularly. He has ...          products you might be interested in search for books civilization, confronting, expressionism, implications, impressionism, introduccion      toavi.com    web we recommend READ THIS BOOK randomly chosen book: Making Creativity Practical: Innovation That Gets Results (J-B CCL (Center ...