Editor
Patrick Goold is Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Virginia Wesleyan College. His current research focuses on defining
rationality. He is co-editor with Steven Emmanuel of the Blackwell
anthology Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Nietzsche.
Patrick is passionate about sailing, and, in addition to
maintaining a small daysailer and a cruising boat of his own,
frequently crews on the boats of others. The bays and sounds of
Virginia and North Carolina are his home waters but he has sailed
the length of the East Coast of the United States from Hilton Head
to Long Island Sound, made a Bermuda crossing, done club racing in
Brittany, and cruised in the Lesser Antilles.
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy
department at Western Michigan University, as well as a senior
research fellow at the Australian National University”s
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition
to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, he is also
the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including
Wine and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey and
Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food and
Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell,
2007). His academic research interests engage various
facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and
philosophy of science.
6 كتب إلكترونية بواسطة John Rousmaniere
Patrick Goold: Sailing – Philosophy For Everyone
This volume reveals the wisdom we can learn from sailing, a sport that pits human skills against the elements, tests the mettle and is a rich source of valuable lessons in life. * Unravels the philos …
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Patrick Goold: Sailing – Philosophy For Everyone
This volume reveals the wisdom we can learn from sailing, a sport that pits human skills against the elements, tests the mettle and is a rich source of valuable lessons in life. * Unravels the philos …
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Nigel Calder & Richard A. Clinchy: Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship
Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and …
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John Rousmaniere: Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Completely revised and updated to address changes in technology, this new edition is the definitive guide to the art and science of sailing.Since the publication of the widely hailed first edition in …
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John Rousmaniere: The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboaters (Revised Edition)
“Written for the sailor, not the scholar. Rousmaniere leaves out the chaff and gives us just the wheat. Astonishingly comprehensive and slender enough to carry aboard.” —Don Casey, author of This Old …
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John Rousmaniere: Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition)
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then sudde …
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