New Releases by David Lewis

This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.

This book provides an introduction to matrix theory and aims to provide a clear and concise exposition of the basic ideas, results and techniques in the subject. Complete proofs are given, and no knowledge beyond high school mathematics is necessary. The book includes many examples, applications and exercises for the reader, so that it can used both by students interested in theory and those who are mainly interested in learning the techniques.

G. E. D. Lewis was lured away from Wales to become a teacher in Malaya by the letters he received from his brothers on colonial service. Concentrating on the daily lives of the Malayasians peoples themselves rather than on the European experience, his amusing anecdotal biography provides keen insights into British methods of colonial administration and education, and includes a harrowing account of the Japanese occupation, during which he was transported to Burma to work on the notorious Death Railway.

This second collection of essays by Lewis focuses on causation probability, dependence and decision, and several other related topics. The thirteen papers are a major contribution to philosophy by one of the most influential and imaginative of contemporary American philosophers.

The first volume of this series presents fifteen selected papers dealing with a variety of topics in ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.

"During this childhood in Rarotonga, David Lewis was enthralled by the ancient Polynesian voyaging sagas and tale of fabled voyages like the legendary Kupe, reputed discoverer of New Zealand. Many years later, having achieved a considerable reputation as a yachtsman and navigator, and still fascinated by natural navigation, he set out to discover what could be learned of their ancient arts"--Book cover.

Skillful journalism and meticulous scholarship are combined in the full-bodied portrait of that enigmatic folk hero, Henry Ford, and of the company he built from scratch. Writing with verve and objectivity, David Lewis focuses on the fame, popularity, and influence of America''s most unconventional businessman and traces the history of public relations and advertising within Ford Motor Company and the automobile industry.

A biography of this well-known local criminal who was looked upon as "the Robin Hood of Pennsylvania." Also, some of his exploites in New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania