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Seeking to restore empathy to medical practice, this book aims to demonstrate how important it is for doctors to listen to their patients, to experience and to understand what their patients are feeling. The book is a collection of essays by physicians, philosophers and a nurse.

Shibue Io was the daughter of a merchant family in 19th-century Japan and wife of a scholar-doctor of the samurai class. This book draws on the biography of her husband, written by Mori Ogai, to tell her story, and the story of her society, and her times.

A critique of postmodern thought, reissued in a special 15th anniversary edition. In a new foreword, Robert Pippin argues that the work has rightfully achieved the status of a classic, and he seeks to illuminate the underpinnings of postmodernist thought.

This work seeks to provide a consistent philosophical basis for critically evaluating the impact of word processing on our use of and ideas about language. This edition includes a new foreword by David Gelernter, a new preface by the author, and an updated bibliography.

Eighteen-year-old bride's 15-month journey from Independence, Missouri, to Chihuahua. Mexico. Filled with daily observations of life on trail, people met, miles travelled, and information on countryside. Colorful and exciting and historically important.

Slavitt puts Virgil's poems in their biographical and historical context and provides analyses of the "Eclogues", the "Georgics", and the "Aeneid". He also looks at Virgil's continuing popularity and at the legends that grew up about him in the Middle Ages as a magician or necromancer.

The historian and Freud biographer Peter Gay, here offers insights into Freud's life and thought. In eight essays, Gay explores topics ranging from Freud and Shakespeare to Freud's favourite jokes, from the names Freud chose for his children to Gay's review of "The Interpretation of Dreams".

Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it.

This work traces the history of US secret intelligence from the founding of the nation through to the 21st century. The book argues that while the intelligence community has had some successes, it has also invented threats instead of analysing them and demands too many dollars for its services.

This anthology of Spanish literature uses literary texts to explore the social, political and economic issues of Hispanic cultures. The texts are accompanied by a biographical sketch of the author, an explanation of the circumstances portrayed, exercises, vocabulary and discussion questions.