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  • Pathways Through Academia
    Steven M. Cahn
    Philosopher Steven M. Cahn, the author of numerous works about higher education, here offers his most recent thoughts about life in academia. Among the issues he discusses are building a professorial career, motivating one’s students, making strong faculty appointments, choosing effective administrators, and maintaining a commitment to academic ethics. His approach is principle...
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    13,36 €

  • Religion Within Reason, Second Edition
    Steven M. Cahn
    Most believers and their critics agree that religious commitment relies on the acceptance of supernaturalism. Steven M. Cahn argues to the contrary. He maintains that theism is neither necessary nor sufficient for adherence to a religious outlook. He writes in a nonpolemical spirit about morality, the problem of evil, faith, miracles, heaven, mystical experience, and religious ...
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    13,38 €

  • Exploring Academic Ethics
    Steven M. Cahn
    Academic ethics is the study of moral problems arising in higher education. These may concern the responsibilities of professors or the institutional policies of colleges and universities. In this work, Steven M. Cahn, a pioneer in the field, brings together his essays concerning four provocative issues: curricular controversies, tenure processes, affirmative action, and pedago...
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    15,16 €

  • You Can’t Make It Up
    Nell Cahn
    In 'You Can’t Make It Up!' by Nell Bridge Cahn, readers are invited into a heartwarming and deeply personal memoir that spans the highs and lows and good and bad memories of a life well-lived.With grace, humor, and southern charm, Nell recounts her journey from a spirited childhood in Monroe, Louisiana, to a life filled with meaningful relationships, wartime memories, and a lif...
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    20,24 €

  • Bronx Socrates
    Steven M. Cahn
    Academic life regularly honors leading scholars but rarely recognizes those who have excelled in undergraduate teaching. This volume salutes Professor of Philosophy Robert H. Gurland, a paragon in the classroom, who recently retired after having taught over 25,000 students, primarily at New York University but also for a couple of years at the United States Military Academy at ...
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    12,16 €

  • From Student to Scholar
    Steven M. Cahn
    This expanded edition of a celebrated book by philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn offers sound advice on building a successful academic career. He explains how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to handle interviews for academic positions; how to improve your teaching; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garn...
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    16,04 €

  • Professors as Teachers
    Steven M. Cahn
    Too many professors view themselves primarily not as teachers but researchers. How can the system be changed so that success in the classroom will be promoted and receive greater emphasis? Noted philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn presents proposals to achieve that end, including changes in graduate education, the appointment process, the evaluation of teaching, the tenure ...
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    12,42 €

  • Philosophical Debates
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    This volume completes a trilogy of Steven M. Cahn’s shorter writings that includes The Road Traveled and Other Essays (2019) and A Philosopher’s Journey (2020). Included here are his contributions to three philosophical debates: first, whether events are fated to occur; second, whether God is knowable; and third, whether morality can conflict with happiness. The book contains n...
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    14,35 €

  • Navigating Academic Life
    Steven M. Cahn
    This engaging collection of recent essays reveals how a professorial career involves not only pursuit of a scholarly discipline but also such unwelcome features as the tribulations of graduate school, the trials of teaching, and the tensions that develop from membership in a department. The author, who enjoyed a distinguished career as a professor of philosophy and senior unive...
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    49,39 €

  • A Philosopher’s Journey
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    For over fifty years Steven M. Cahn has been a prolific contributor to discussions of philosophical and educational issues. In this volume he has chosen his favorite articles from the 1960s to the present, reflecting his long-standing interests in the concept of free will, the rationality of religious belief, the insights of John Dewey, the affirmative action debate, the aims o...
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    15,95 €

  • Making Law
    Richard C. Cahn / Richard CCahn
    This unique memoir is right up-to-date! The author warmly tells stories about six of his very public court cases and shows us what good things can be done when lawyers and judges have a little imagination, a sense of justice, and the willingness to do the right thing. These adventure stories tell of regular people fighting for their rights, sometimes threatened by private group...
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    19,72 €

  • Romantic Trapezoid
    Victor L Cahn
       “A deliciously clever theatrical rom-com… As we left the theatre after the show, an enthralled audience member exclaimed, ‘That was charming, really charming.’ And it was. Three superb actors, one great text, and a director with a strong eye for detail ensures a production that is deeply satisfying to watch…    Victor L Cahn’s script is soaked in optimism. It feels like he i...
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    15,93 €

  • The Road Traveled and Other Essays
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    The Road Traveled and Other Essays presents the recent work of philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn. This book offers his latest reflections on the nature of well-being, the rationality of religious belief, and the aims of higher education. Also included are a selection of his challenging philosophical puzzles. The work concludes with a detailed account of his career as a fa...
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    16,12 €

  • Comparative Company Law
    Andreas Cahn / David C. Donald / David CDonald
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    123,97 €

  • Villainous Company
    Victor L Cahn
       “A three-character drama that keeps you guessing…the lingering pauses which punctuates the tersely written dialogue lends an extra soupçon of suspense and even some unspoken sexual tension … [Mr Cahn] neatly resolves the play with a double cross (or perhaps even a triple cross) of a conclusion that ties up his agreeable little caper with a nifty bow.” The New York Times   “V...
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    15,96 €

  • A Journey from Me to You
    Aisha Cahn
    During the past ten years, author Aisha Cahn has been through some of the most poignant, emotional, and life-changing experiences. Some of them were challenging, while others made her look at life from a positive and spiritual perspective. This journey led Cahn to the quest for answers about her existence in this world and the purpose of life.In A Journey from Me to You, Cahn s...
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    21,27 €

  • Introducing Shakespeare’s Tragedies
    COHN / Victor Cahn
    This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines six of his most familiar tragedies, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each play, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these works’ issues and implications remain universal. ...
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    36,90 €

  • Introducing Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Romances
    CAHN / Victor Cahn
    This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines seven of his most familiar plays, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each work, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these plays’ issues and implications remain universal. ...
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    36,93 €

  • Foundations of Moral Philosophy
    Andrew T. Forcehimes / Steven M. Cahn
    Foundations of Moral Philosophy: Readings in Metaethics is a comprehensive collection of fifty-six contemporary readings and historical sources on major issues in metaethics. It focuses on the meaning of moral terms, the nature of moral psychology, whether we can know moral truths (if there are any), and the role of moral reasons. The book features unparalleled representation o...
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    152,96 €

  • Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America
    P. Cahn
    Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment accounts for the explosive growth of commission-based sales in the developing world. ...
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    49,33 €

  • Principles of Moral Philosophy
    Andrew T. Forcehimes / Steven M. Cahn
    Principles of Moral Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Approaches covers all the major theories in normative ethics--relativism, egoism, divine command theory, natural law, Kantian ethics, consequentialism, pluralism, social contract theory, virtue ethics, the ethics of care, and particularism--and also includes sections on applied ethics and metaethics. It provides students ...
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    180,40 €

  • I Dare Me
    Lu Ann Cahn
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    26,05 €

  • Walking Distance
    Victor L. Cahn / Victor LCahn
    In this entertaining and informative book, Victor L. Cahn revisits memorable episodes from eleven classic television shows, including The Twilight Zone, Maverick, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Avengers, and All in the Family. He provides background for each program, details about the creative individuals involved, close readings of the scripts, and reflections on wh...
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    20,26 €

  • Finding Our Families
    Naomi Cahn / Wendy Kramer
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    25,84 €

  • Biosensors
    Tran Minh Cahn
    Of all the recent discoveries in biotechnology, that of biosensor is one of those which has seen an exponential expansion over the last few years. This evolution corresponds with the increasing need for measuring devices that can follow continuously changing biological processes. Biosensors can meet this need provided that their signals include all th...
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    207,97 €

  • Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and their Differentiated Etiology
    Karl Leonhard / C.H. Cahn
    Based on sophisticated clinical descriptions and characteristic symptom patters occurring during the long-term course of psychiatric diseases, Leonhards classification requires that all the clinical features fit for a diagnosis to be made. Always using his own life-long case studies, Leonhard divided the endogenous psychoses into five main nosological...
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    207,02 €

  • Political Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century
    Robert B. Talisse / Steven M. Cahn
    Political Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century covers five main topics: equality, justice, liberty, democracy, and human rights. To assist readers, the editors have also provided section introduction and study questions as well as an overall introduction explaining the background to contemporary work in political philosophy. ...
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    88,07 €

  • Sound Bites
    Victor L. Cahn / Victor LCahn
    The absurdities of contemporary politics and culture are lampooned in this unique and biting novel, composed entirely of media 'sound bites.' Here are the voices of our time: politicians, reporters, pundits, and voters, all clashing amid a senatorial campaign between a young conservative woman and a venerable liberal man. The result is a fast-paced satire filled with sharp dial...
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    20,26 €

  • Buzzle B. Bumblebee
    Sue Ellis Cahn
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    13,80 €

  • Pariser Gedenkblätter
    Wilhelm Cahn
    Pariser Gedenkblätter: Tagebuchaufzeichnungen aus der Zeit des großen Kriegs, der Belagerung und der Commune offers a firsthand account of life in Paris during the tumultuous years of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. Written by Wilhelm Cahn, this diary provides a unique perspective on the daily struggles, political upheaval, and emotional toll experienced by Paris...
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    35,41 €


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