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  • The Great Charles Dickens Scandal

    by Michael Slater ...
    The true story of the sensational rumors surrounding the Victorian author—and the attempts to cover them up: "Riveting . . . a scholarly detective story" ( The Boston Globe).Charles Dickens was regarded as the great proponent of hearth and home in Victorian Britain, but in 1858 this image was nearly shattered. With the breakup of his marriage that year, rumors of a scandalous relationship he may ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Religion

    by Michael R. Slater ...
    In this book, Michael R. Slater provides a new assessment of pragmatist views in the philosophy of religion. Focusing on the tension between naturalist and anti-naturalist versions of pragmatism, he argues that the anti-naturalist religious views of philosophers such as William James and Charles Peirce provide a powerful alternative to the naturalism and secularism of later pragmatists such as ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution

    Forms of Proof

    by Michael Slater ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
    Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof argues that the rise of mechanical science in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on both language and literature. To the extent that new ideas about things were accompanied by new attitudes toward words, what we commonly regard as the “scientific revolution” inevitably bore literary dimensions as well. Literary tropes and ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Charles Dickens

    by Michael Slater ...
    A magnificent new biography of the man who gave us David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Ebenezer ScroogeThis long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sweepstakes Cop

    by Michael Slater ...
    "Sweepstakes Cop" is based on the true story of a young boy who dreamed of finding treasure while protecting his friends from Bullies, Bigfoot & Bull Sharks. The heroic youth would grow up to become a Police Officer and end up winning a million dollars. ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • William James on Ethics and Faith

    by Michael R. Slater ...
    This book offers a new interpretation of William James's ethical and religious thought. Michael Slater shows that James's conception of morality, or what it means to lead a moral and flourishing life, is intimately tied to his conception of religious faith, and argues that James's views on these matters are worthy of our consideration. He offers a reassessment of James's 'will to believe' or ... Read more

    $50.39 CAD

  • Confucianism and Catholicism

    Reinvigorating the Dialogue

    Edited by Michael R. Slater, Erin M. Cline, Philip J. Ivanhoe ...
    Confucianism and Catholicism, among the most influential religious traditions, share an intricate relationship. Beginning with the work of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the nature of this relationship has generated great debate. These ten essays synthesize in a single volume this historic conversation. Written by specialists in both traditions, the essays are organized into two groups. Those in the ... Read more

    $63.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Ugly

    by David Michael Slater ...
    Narrated by Lauren Irwin ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 58 min

    An epic tragicomedy spanning three generations, UGLY explores the horrifying and hilarious truths of man's inhumanity to woman, delivered with unforgettable characters and indelible dark humor in the grand tradition of John Irving.Three generations of women, one horrifying and hilarious story of defiance.Charlotte Adams escapes a destitute orphanage in prewar London, only to find herself in the ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Yellow Briar

    A Story of the Irish on the Canadian Countryside

    by Patrick Slater ...
    Series Book 14 - Voyageur Classics
    Folktale, memoir, fiction, literary hoax, The Yellow Briar is all of these. Ostensibly the charming remembrance of an Irish orphan who escapes the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and comes to the New World to seek a fresh start on the streets of Toronto and in the pioneer hinterland of Canada West (Ontario), the book was actually a fictional humbug perpetrated by John Mitchell, a Toronto lawyer, who ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Environment

    Philosophy, Science, and Ethics

    Edited by William P. Kabasenche, Michael O'Rourke, Matthew H. Slater ...
    Series series Topics in Contemporary Philosophy
    Original essays by leading scholars consider the environment from biological and ethical perspectives.Philosophical reflections on the environment began with early philosophers' invocation of a cosmology that mixed natural and supernatural phenomena. Today, the central philosophical problem posed by the environment involves not what it can teach us about ourselves and our place in the cosmic order ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • We're Doing It Wrong

    25 Ideas in Education That Just Don't Work—And How to Fix Them

    by David Michael Slater ...
    An unapologetic critique of major flaws in the American education system.David Michael Slater’s We’re Doing It Wrong is a thought-provoking dissection of the issues plaguing American public schools. Each chapter identifies a major problem in the education system, exploring its roots and repercussions. A teacher himself, Slater opens up and gives readers an insider’s perspective on topics that have ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Carving Nature at Its Joints

    Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science

    Edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Matthew H. Slater ...
    Series series Topics in Contemporary Philosophy
    Reflections on the metaphysics and epistemology of classification from a distinguished group of philosophers.Contemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's Phaedrus: successful theories should "carve nature at its joints." But is nature really "jointed"? Are there natural kinds of things around which our theories cut? The essays in this volume ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD