In Engines, inhabitants of Mammoth Island look for an alternative to mammoths to speed up pizza delivery. They decide to experiment with different engines and discover how each works -- from simple rockets to turbofan jet engines to gasoline engines. Comparing the advantages and drawbacks of these internal combustion engines, the islanders determine which one will serve their business best and ensure that their pizzas are delivered on time.
At the age of twenty-six, with a failed marriage already behind her, Shelley Browning finally decides to go back to school and get ther degree. But history is about to repeat itself—ten years earlier, she shared an unforgettable kiss with Grant Chapman, her government teacher...and now she finds herself his student again. But this time, things will be different. This time, together they must find the courage to break the most sacred law of ethics at the university...or ultimately risk never knowing what the future holds for them.
ON BEING WITH OTHERS Heidegger – Derrida – Wittgenstein
When philosophers talk about the external world, they typically populate it with small-tomedium-sized dry-goods: chairs, pens, desks, sticks, and so on. So our perceptual openness to the world is conceived, primarily, in terms of the disclosure of facts about such things. Yet much of our lives is occupied with far more exotic creatures, namely, living things, and particularly, living human beings.
This is the first introduction to metaphysics which is tied together by the idea of time. Time, Change and Freedom explores ideas such as whether there was a beginning of time and the possibility of an infinite past and an eternal future. It looks at what happens when things change, and what affect that has on us and our personal identity.
Fine Things is a 1987 romance novel, authored by Danielle Steel.
The plot follows Bernard Fine, a fictional character in his 30's who has recently been promoted to senior vice-president of Wolff's Department Store in his home town of New York. Although enjoying his life, Bernie is sent to San Francisco to open a new Wolff's store. Bernie gets a new outlook on life when he falls in love with Liz O'Reilly, a resident in California and her daughter, named Jane. After forming a relationship, Liz becomes pregnant with their first child, only to devlop cancer shortly after the birth, given only a short amount of time to live.
