books by Michael B. Smith

books by Michael B. Smith

books:

Michael B. Smith

The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader: Philosophy and Painting (SPEP)
Galen A. Johnson

Northwestern University Press, 1994

Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bruce W. Jentleson, ...

Center for a New American Security, 2008

The next president of the United States must forge a new national security strategy in a world marked by enormous tumult and change and at a time when America s international standing and strategic position are at an historic nadir. Many of our allies question our motives and methods; our enemies doubt American rhetoric and resolve. Now, more ...

Entre Nous

Emmanuel Levinas

Columbia University Press, 2000

Difficult and Deep
After taking an intense and exceptionally stimulating course in Current Continental Philosophy at Texas A&M University (under Professor Steve Daniel, who has a published book that goes along with this pioneering undergraduate course), I bought this book to delve more ...

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II)
Miriam Gibbon, Robert L. Spitzer, ...

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 1997

The UserÂs Guide provides instructions on how to use the SCID-II effectively. It contains sections describing the rationale and structure of the SCID-II and a detailed item-by-item commentary on the SCID-II. A sample case is also included to help clinicians learn to use the SCID-II.

March's Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (March's Advanced Organic Chemistry)

Michael B. Smith, Jerry March

Wiley-Interscience, 2007

6th March is an excellent buy
It is very difficult to rewrite reviews for 6th edition of the "March". Classical flagships among textbooks and reference books in organic chemistry, unbeatable. With 7000 new refernces it brings unbelievable 25k reference citations, very well organized on the bottom ...

Alterity and Transcendence

Emmanuel Levinas

Columbia University Press, 2000

A Systematic Search for Values
When I bought this book, I was attempting to catch the crest of a wave in philosophy, expecting a lot of mental activity in the wake of the death of Levinas (1906-1995) to help put my frame of values within the scope of current thought. But I'm more of a modern ...

The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century

Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2006

Efficiency and Least-cost, end use
Amory Lovins, et al., focus on solutions, not problems. Alternative "soft" pathways, from an international perspective provide the first of many blueprints for sustainability through effiiciency. This discusses, in detail, examples from other countries and shows how US ...

The Possession at Loudun

Michel de Certeau

University Of Chicago Press, 2000

Brilliant if difficult
This book is very complicated. If you're looking for a simple, straightforward account of the possessions at Loudun, read Huxley's book. If, on the other hand, you're interested in Michel de Certeau, this is definitely the place to start (as Stephen Greenblatt says ...

Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

Jean-Luc Nancy

Fordham University Press, 2008

A revolutionary analysis of theistic religion
Written by Jean-Luc Nancy (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Universite Marc Bloch) and skillfully translated from the original French by the team of Bettina Bergo, Gabriel Malenfant, and Michael B. Smith, Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity most ...

March's Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure, 5th Edition

Michael B. Smith, Jerry March

Wiley-Interscience, 2001

The Best Reference for Organic Chemistry
This is by far the best text I have found. Although it is considered a text book, it is more handy as a reference tool. I have seen no other book that contains more information than March's. This book is actually worth the price.

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? ...
Bart McDowell, John J. Putman, ...

National Geographic Society, 1988

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? (Vol. 174, No. 6, December 1988, Special Limited Collector's Edition with Holographic Covers) [LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION] (Paperback) by Bart McDowell (Author), John J. Putman (Author), Thomas J. Abercrombie (Author), Harvey Arden (Author), ...

Spotlight on Literacy
Elaine Meiaoki, Virginia A. Arnold, ...

Macmillan/Mcgraw-Hill School Div, 1997

Judeities: Questions for Jacques Derrida (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

Fordham University Press, 2007

Invited to answer questions about his relationship to Judaism, Jacques Derrida spoke through Franz Kafka: ?As for myself, I could imagine another Abraham.?From the experience of a summons that surprises us and prompts the query ?Who, me?? Derrida explores the movement between growing up Jewish, ?becoming Jewish,? and ?Jewish being? or existence. ...

Semantics: A Coursebook

James R. Hurford, Brendan Heasley, ...

Cambridge University Press, 2007

A Great Teach-Yourself Resource
I stumbled across this book in the English-language stacks at our university library (2001 edition). As an English teacher and a long-time student of several foreign languages, I have a fairly broad background in general linguistics. But before I read this book, I ...

On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians

Michael B. Runningwolf, Patricia Clark Smith

Persea Books, 2003

A "must" for students of Native American history & culture.
The authors are direct descendants of the Micmac Indian nation and have assembled sixteen oral history tales which reflect the Micmac heritage and belief systems. On the Trail of Elder Brother is a rare glimpse of Micmac tribal values and a recommended pick for any ...