John david parkes (13 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Fine condition color illustrated stiff softcover wraps. Includes rear section of the following: Authors and Artist Briefly Noted; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Staff and Administrative board for 1981; Life Members and Benefactors Laboratory of Ornithology 31, December 1981 nine scholarly ornithological publications by various author. Illustrated with color plates, including a color plate frontispiece. …

Condición: New. In English.

Paperback. Condición: New.

paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condición: New. pp. 240.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 238 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition with full number-string sequence including the no. 1: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the publisher's copyright prelims page. (Simultaneously published by St. Martin's Press, New York). ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Owner's name and address printed label to top of front free endpaper. Unobtrusive, very small 'coffee' splash mark to outer margin of page 177, and tiny splash mark to a tiny section of the fore-edge of text-block. Spine tight. In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Spine and front and rear panels of dustwrappers bright. ***222mm x 144mm. 218 pages including notes to the end of each chapter and index to rear. ***Contents: Reference Key to Nietzsche's texts; Introduction; Part One: Nobles and Exemplars: 1. Nietzsche, Enlightenment and the Problem of Noble Ethics by David Owen; 2. Annunciation and Rebirth: The Prefaces of 1886 by Daniel W. Conway; 3. Stendhal's ecstatic embrace of History as the Antidote for decadence by Brain Domino; Part Two: Laughter and Comedy: 4. Nietzsche's Best Jokes by Laurence Lampert; 5. Waves of Uncountable Laughter by Kathleen Marie Higgins; 6. Laughter: a Tool in Moral Perfectionism? John Lippitt; Part Three: Art, Nature and the Transhuman: 7. A Pessimism of Strength: Nietzsche and the Tragic Sublime by Jim Urpeth; 8. Creating the Future: Legislation and Aesthetics by Gary Banham; 9. Staying Loyal to the Earth: Nietzsche as an Ecological Thinker by Graham Parkes; 10. Loving the Poison: On the 'Meaning' of the Transhuman Condition by Keith Ansell Pearson. ***'This wide-ranging collection of essays, explores various aspects of Nietzsche's thought, centered upon the general issue of futurity. It asks such questions as: What are the roles of human exemplars, moral perfectionism and noble ethics in our 'self-overcoming'? What place does laughter have in Nietzsche's vision of the future? What contribution can Nietzsche make to the issue of humanity's relation to the natural world in an age of ecological crisis? Or to questions about the "transhuman condition" arising from contemporary views of evolution? ***John Lippett has published numerous articles on Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and theories of humour and laughter.' (Quote from inside front and rear of dustwrapper blurb). ***An extremely hard to find first impression of the true first edition in its original dustwrapper in very nice bright condition. ***An extremely detailed and scholarly collection of philosophical essays of interest to academics and existentialists studying the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Neurological Disorders is the latest and fifth monograph in the series on management and treatment in major clinical specialties or patient groups. Each book is complete in'its own right and has been prepared by practising physicians with an interest in treatment and management, together with scientists involved in clinical research. The volumes are intended to fill a gap between standard textbooks of medicine and therapeutics and research reviews, symposia and original articles in superspecialist fields. It is the aim of the series to give authoritative up-to-date advice on treatment and management which will be of use to both specialists and nonspecialists and to allow recent advances in pathophysiol ogy and developments in treatment to be viewed in the context of contemporary clinical practice. The approach is intentionally by the minimum number didactic. Each volume has been written of authors to ensure a degree of continuity and uniformity of style. The first four volumes dealt respectively with gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatic diseases, treatment in the elderly and car diovascular disease. The present volume covers neurological diseases. Chapter 1 is an introduction to drugs and the nervous system. It reviews the chemical basis of neurotransmission and mechanisms of drug action in neurological disease. There follows a series of chapters discussing patient management in general and drug treatment in particular in common neurological problems presen ting in general medical practice. These include headache, cerebral vascular disease, epilepsy and the movement disorders.…

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 240 49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 240.

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Neurological Disorders is the latest and fifth monograph in the series on management and treatment in major clinical specialties or patient groups. Each book is complete in its own right and has been prepared by practising physicians with an interest in tre.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Neurological Disorders is the latest and fifth monograph in the series on management and treatment in major clinical specialties or patient groups. Each book is complete in'its own right and has been prepared by practising physicians with an interest in treatment and management, together with scientists involved in clinical research. The volumes are intended to fill a gap between standard textbooks of medicine and therapeutics and research reviews, symposia and original articles in superspecialist fields. It is the aim of the series to give authoritative up-to-date advice on treatment and management which will be of use to both specialists and nonspecialists and to allow recent advances in pathophysiol ogy and developments in treatment to be viewed in the context of contemporary clinical practice. The approach is intentionally by the minimum number didactic. Each volume has been written of authors to ensure a degree of continuity and uniformity of style. The first four volumes dealt respectively with gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatic diseases, treatment in the elderly and car diovascular disease. The present volume covers neurological diseases. Chapter 1 is an introduction to drugs and the nervous system. It reviews the chemical basis of neurotransmission and mechanisms of drug action in neurological disease. There follows a series of chapters discussing patient management in general and drug treatment in particular in common neurological problems presen ting in general medical practice. These include headache, cerebral vascular disease, epilepsy and the movement disorders. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Neurological Disorders is the latest and fifth monograph in the series on management and treatment in major clinical specialties or patient groups. Each book is complete in'its own right and has been prepared by practising physicians with an interest in treatment and management, together with scientists involved in clinical research. The volumes are intended to fill a gap between standard textbooks of medicine and therapeutics and research reviews, symposia and original articles in superspecialist fields. It is the aim of the series to give authoritative up-to-date advice on treatment and management which will be of use to both specialists and nonspecialists and to allow recent advances in pathophysiol ogy and developments in treatment to be viewed in the context of contemporary clinical practice. The approach is intentionally by the minimum number didactic. Each volume has been written of authors to ensure a degree of continuity and uniformity of style. The first four volumes dealt respectively with gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatic diseases, treatment in the elderly and car diovascular disease. The present volume covers neurological diseases. Chapter 1 is an introduction to drugs and the nervous system. It reviews the chemical basis of neurotransmission and mechanisms of drug action in neurological disease. There follows a series of chapters discussing patient management in general and drug treatment in particular in common neurological problems presen ting in general medical practice. These include headache, cerebral vascular disease, epilepsy and the movement disorders.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 240 pp. Englisch.…