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Downton Abbey and Philosophy: The Truth Is Neither Here Nor There (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

Downton Abbey and Philosophy: in reality Neither right here Nor There

A designated philosophical examine the hit tv sequence Downton Abbey

Who can face up to the entice of Downton Abbey and the triumphs and travails of the Crawley kinfolk and its servants? We respect Bates's feel of honor, envy Carson's steadfastness, and thrill to Violet's caustic wit. Downton Abbey and Philosophy attracts on a few of history's such a lot profound philosophical minds to delve deeply into the dilemmas that confront our favourite characters. was once Matthew correct to push Mary away after his harm within the conflict? might Lord Grantham were justified in blocking off woman Sybil's marriage to Tom Branson? And is Thomas relatively this sort of undesirable person?

- bargains clean and interesting insights into your favourite Downton Abbey characters, plot traces, and concepts
- Addresses a lot of your such a lot urgent questions about Downton Abbey's tale and characters, resembling: may still Daisy have lied to William approximately her emotions towards him--especially to the purpose of marrying him? should still Mr. Bates were prematurely with Anna from the start approximately his past?
- perspectives Downton Abbey during the lens of a few of the main influential philosophical thinkers, from Saint Augustine and David Hume to Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill
- Ventures upstairs and downstairs to envision key issues concerning ethics, advantage, morality, category, feminism, the human situation, and more

Philosophical hypothesis awaits on each web page of this crucial Downton Abbey better half. So sit down on your own library, have the butler pour a cup of tea, and begin interpreting!

Badass: The Birth of a Legend: Spine-Crushing Tales of the Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, and Mythical Creatures Ever Envisioned

From sex-crazed gods to starving monsters, Ben Thompson brings mythical titans to existence in stories of experience, bloodlust, and unrelenting badassitude.

because the starting of human background humans have created myths, tall stories, superheroes, and arch-villains—men and ladies who launched into insane adventures, played notable feats of unprecedented awesomeness, and overcame all odds to violently smite their foes into bloody pulp. In Badass: The beginning of a Legend, Ben Thompson compiles those fantastical stories from the start of time to this day and tells them within the thoroughly over-the-top demeanour within which they have been meant, together with:

Rama
The Indian god-king who led a military of monkeys opposed to the King of All Demons

Thor
The Viking god of thunder and amazing hair, who overwhelmed the skulls of giants with a ridiculously large hammer

Beowulf
An Anglo-Saxon hero so hardcore he might arm-wrestle monsters' joints out in their sockets

Moby-Dick
The hate-filled literary behemoth who obliterated send hulls together with his face

Skuld
The Norse necromancer queen who summoned a horde of zombie berserkers

soiled Harry Callahan
The prototypical modern day antihero and intensely embodiment of badass

From Publishers Weekly
In his first e-book, Badass, Thompson, writer of the website badassoftheweek. com, fascinated with warlords, samurai, pirates, and gunfighters who truly existed; during this follow-up, he turns to mythological badasses all through background. From Anubis and Zeus to Capt. James T. Kirk and Godzilla, Thompson supplies designated and adrenaline-fueled screeds on forty characters "whose tales of ball-crushing conquest are nonetheless amazing adequate to make even the tamest readers are looking to grasp up a sword and pass attempting to find dragon meat. " matters contain El Chupacabra ("this freakadelic ass-reaming spawn of Satan"); Diomedes ("the wanton slaughter of faceless jobbers is simply the start of awesomeness"); and, in a long-overdue tribute, the Daleks from surgeon Who ("these murderous, automatic salt-shakers are vile constructs of natural evil"). thankfully, the e-book contains badass girls in addition to males, and Thompson's overheated prose rises even extra whilst describing the Indian goddess Kali: "When she's now not eating the entrails of the gods, getting under the influence of alcohol on human blood, acting her Dance of Annihilation. .. she shoots blood out of her mouth like a hearth hose. .. she's pretty well the main completely steel being ever. " (Mar. )
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About the writer
Ben Thompson has run the warhammer of an internet site badassoftheweek. com given that 2004, and has written funny history-related columns for retailers reminiscent of Cracked, Fangoria, Penthouse, and the yankee Mustache Institute. even supposing he's by no means flown a jetpack over the Atlantic Ocean or punched anyone so not easy that his head exploded, he's thought of via many to be the world's most well known specialist on badassitude. His first ebook, Badass, was once published in 2009.

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Frankenstein and Philosophy: The Shocking Truth (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein: the fashionable Prometheus sparked into existence a fascination with science-gone-awry that refuses to die. From 1818 to present-day Hollywood, the tale of Victor Frankenstein and his reanimated, stitched-together corpse has encouraged (some could say) the very suggestion of recent technological know-how fiction and numerous essays, videos, novels, songs, comic-books, and television exhibits aiming to catch what was once correct, incorrect, abominable, inevitable, frightening, or humorous during this vintage story.

Angelina Jolie: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Angelina Jolie has understandably created a mystique within the eyes of the general public. an extraordinary good looks and expert actress, she has already earned an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy award. Her unconventional own existence, even though, has regularly drawn as a lot consciousness as her appearing abilities. over the last decade, enthusiasts have watched her evolve from Hollywood's rebellious wild baby - notorious for her daring tattoos and stunning two-year marriage to actor Billy-Bob Thornton - to a mom and devoted human rights recommend.