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  • Dangers of Everyday Life
    Peter Filene
    I wrote this set of linked stories in the 1980s, focusing on the anxieties of middle age and family life. Why publish them now? I’ve harbored a parental affection for the characters; they deserve to be brought into the light of the world. Consider Vince Delaney, for example, who has a wife and five cats and the biography of Rousseau he’ll never finish writing, as he calcu...
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    22,35 €

  • Personal Histories
    Peter Filene
    These ten memoir essays form a collage of family history, teaching, and reflections on misremembering and romance. They begin in Germany, using letters, diaries and photographs to portray Filene’s father, mother and her three sisters as they grew up in the effervescent 1920s, only to be scattered by Hitler to London and New York. The narrative spotlight then follows Filene’s ow...
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    31,30 €

  • The Joy of Teaching
    Peter Filene
    Education Review Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses. Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they...
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    48,51 €

  • In the Arms of Others
    Peter G. Filene / Peter GFilene
    In this cultural history of the 'right-to-die' in America, Mr. Filene navigates the maze of bioethical arguments surrounding the issue, analyzing complex questions with remarkable lucidity. 'A unique and valuable contribution.'-Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center. ...
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    26,41 €