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On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence

On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence

Frank Furedi

In this pugnacious new book, Frank Furedi argues that despite the democratisation of public life and the expansion of freedom, society is dominated by a culture that not only tolerates but often encourages intolerance.
Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?: Confronting 21st ...

Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?: Confronting 21st ...

Frank Furedi

In this urgent and passionate book, Frank Furedi explains the essential contribution of intellectuals both to culture and to democracy - and why we need to recreate a public sphere in which intellectuals and the general public can talk to ...
Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating

Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating

Frank Furedi

Furedi turns his attention To The education system, skilfully analysing current processes and providing a way forward.
What’s Happened To The University?: A sociological ...

What’s Happened To The University?: A sociological ...

Frank Furedi

The radical transformation that universities are undergoing today is no less far-reaching than the upheavals that it experienced in the 1960s.
Therapy Culture:Cultivating Vu

Therapy Culture:Cultivating Vu

Frank Furedi

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Socialisation as Behaviour Management and the Ascendancy of ...

Socialisation as Behaviour Management and the Ascendancy of ...

Frank Furedi

This is one of the dangers of the trend, but this kind of therapeutic education also leaves insufficient time and resources for teachers to intellectually stimulate their students.
Authority: A Sociological History

Authority: A Sociological History

Frank Furedi

'Who is in authority?' is a question we can no longer answer with confidence. This history of authority explains why.
Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low ...

Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low ...

Frank Furedi

We panic about genetically engineered food, about genetic research, about the health dangers of mobile phones. The facts, however, often fail to support the scare stories about new or growing risks to our health and safety.
The Moral Case for Abortion

The Moral Case for Abortion

Ann Furedi

Ann Furedi. The Moral Case for Abortion Ann Furedi The Moral Case for Abortion Ann Furedi British.
What’s Happened To The University?: A Sociological ...

What’s Happened To The University?: A Sociological ...

Frank Furedi

Jonathan Zimmerman 'University Students Infantilise Themselves', AEON, 15 April 2016. Jonathan Zimmerman 'University Students Infantilise Themselves', AEON, 15 April 2016. Anemona Hartocollis 'Colleges Spending Millions to Deal with ...
The Frank Book:

The Frank Book:

Jim Woodring

The Frank Book also features an introduction by one of Frank’s biggest fans (himself a Frank, or almost): Francis Ford Coppola.
The Moral Case for Abortion

The Moral Case for Abortion

Ann Furedi

This thought-provoking book sets out the ethical arguments for a woman’s right to choose.
Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard

Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard

Chelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team.
Unplanned Pregnancy: Your Choices : a Practical Guide to ...

Unplanned Pregnancy: Your Choices : a Practical Guide to ...

Ann Furedi

Written for all those who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Packed with practical information and options available.
The Hidden Famine: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in ...

The Hidden Famine: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in ...

Christine Kinealy

Furedi finds a disturbingly deep conservative agenda stifling the experimental and new ideas around the studying of history._x000B_
Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech

Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech

Frank Beamer

After 26 seasons as head football coach at Virginia Tech University, Frank Beamer is not only the longest tenured but also the winningest active coach of any major college program, and Let Me Be Frank contains his personal reflections on ...
Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech

Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech

Frank Beamer

After 26 seasons as head football coach at Virginia Tech University, Frank Beamer is not only the longest tenured but also the winningest active coach of any major college program, and Let Me Be Frank contains his personal reflections on ...
Buxton, Hollis, and Limington

Buxton, Hollis, and Limington

Frank H. Sleeper

Frank H. Sleeper. IMAGES of America Buxton, Hollis, AND LlMINGTON Frank H. Sleeper ARCADIA Copyright © 1997 by Frank H. Sleeper ISBN 0-7385-3886-8 Published.
Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland

Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland

Ewan Maccoll

Frank Purslow, The Constant Lovers (London, 1972). Frank Purslow, Marrowbones (London, 1965). Frank Purslow, The Wanton Seed (London, 1968). Frank Purslow, The Foggy Dew (London, 1974). Allan Ramsay, The Tea-Table Miscellany ...
Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye 3rd Edition:

Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye 3rd Edition:

Frank Miller

With a new look generating more excitement than ever before, this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Miller's masterpiece! * Over a million Sin City books in print! * New cover by Frank ...
Frank Sherwin: independent and unrepentant

Frank Sherwin: independent and unrepentant

Frank Sherwin

A celebration of the life of Irish politician and supporter of Fianna Fail Frank Sherwin Senior, in his own words, from his witnessing of the Easter Rising through to the early 1970s.
Totally Frank: My Autobiography

Totally Frank: My Autobiography

Frank Lampard

Chelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team.
Superheroes: Beans-N-Frank

Superheroes: Beans-N-Frank

Mark Davis

Superheroes, their first picture book, is a trip into Big Frank's imagination about how their songs are helping their friends do well in school. If you want an adventure, come on and ride with Beans-N-Frank.
Frank: Fighting Back

Frank: Fighting Back

Frank Bruno

At the age of eleven Frank Bruno was sent to reform school. At thirty-three he was crowned heavyweight champion of the world. At forty-one he was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Now, he's back - with his real story...
Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional ...

Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional ...

Kevin Nute

The most detailed accounts of Wright's print-collecting activities are to be found inJulia Meech-Pekarik's “Frank Lloyd Wright ... For more on this topic, see Julia Meech-Pekarik, “Frank Lloyd Wright's Other Passion,“ The Nature of Frank Lloyd  ...
South Western Reporter. Second Series: Cases Argued and ...

South Western Reporter. Second Series: Cases Argued and ...

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172 S.W.2d 804 that Mrs. Carrie Tyler Frank was not included in the class "next of kin", and hence was not a beneficiary under the will of Joseph Frank, Sr.; that the one half interest under said will bequeathed to Lou Frank should be divided ...
The Baccarat Battle Book

The Baccarat Battle Book

Frank Scoblete

For the first time ever, Frank shows players how to 'push the house' to reduce the casino's commission on the Bank bet from five percent to four percent. Frank shows how manipulating the pace of the game can bring more comps for less risk.
Politics of Fear

Politics of Fear

Preview

Furedi argues that the traditional terms "left" and "right" have been both distorted and proved inadequate by a number of developments, notably the Cold War, the Culture Wars and (as he's shown in previous books) the prevalance of risk ...
Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television

Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television

Matthew Bernstein

A third witness, tellingly, is a black employee at the factory (Carl Gordon) who claims he never saw women in Frank's office or witnessed Jim Conley stand watch for Frank: “Most of the time he'd be asleep, drunk, out back.” When Rosser asks ...

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