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Since its first publication in 1964, this book has helped two generations of parents and teachers understand what actually happens in the classroom. Holt's astute observation of children, his clear simple style, and his lifelong conviction that we can do better by our children make How Children Fail... More

Best known for his brilliant insight into the way children learn, John Holt was also an intrepid explorer of adult learning. At the age of forty, with no particular musical background, he took up the cello. His touching and hilarious account of his passionate second career demolished the myth that o... More

"Children do not need to be made to learn", Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry". For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effectiv... More

John Holt, in this his last book, clearly demonstrates how children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world without being taught. Learning cannot be coerced, he maintains; indeed, it is "as natural as breathing". "A capstone to his ten books on education".--The New York Times Book Rev... More

John Hawthorne is widely regarded as one of the finest philosophers working today. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to metaphysics, and this volume collects his most notable papers in this field. Hawthorne offers original treatments of fundamental topics in philosophy, including identi... More

"Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction" covers the major topics typically studied in philosophy of mind and discusses the dualist, behaviorist, functionalist, interpretationist, and eliminativist accounts of the nature of mind, along with a critical assessment of the recent trends in the s... More

The book will be based on real questions he has been asked over the years - very much a Q and A style book.... More

Choosing our clothes is a sensitive matter and far from superficial. John Harvey considers the overlapping values that clothes have for us. They both cover and advertise the bodies within them, helping to define us as the men and women we are. They enroll us in groups, from our own circle to our gen... More

We use process modelling to understand a business, but it is often over simplified. Models providing a single view of the business, such as flowcharts of inputs and outputs, are inadequate. Jon Holt’s approach demonstrates successful business models are composed from a range of viewpoints. A Pragm... More