Shirley A. Roe

A case-study of the interaction between philosophical context and observational data in the practice of Science.

Eighteenth-Century Embryology and the Haller-Wolff Debate

Matter, Life, and Generation

Charles Bonnet

Renato Giuseppe Mazzolini

John Turberville Needham

The Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford. International in focus, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are published in English or French.

The Correspondence of Bonnet and Needham, 1760-1780

Science Against the Unbelievers

Martha and Jeremy Whittaker are worried about the fate of the their daughter Anna. Was she kidnapped or did she go willingly with the man that stabbed Jeremy? Is she in danger? The Whittaker family is again faced with turmoil and tragedy as they try to come to grips with Anna's fate. How could Martha raise three stepsons to become such fine young men and have her own flesh and blood turn against her? Mothers and daughters have been in love/hate relationships for centuries, many will identify with Martha and Anna in the gripping tale set in the late 1800's. The Return to Whittakerville will solve the mystery of The Whittaker Family Reunion for fans of this loving, determined family. This is the final book in the three book series but watch for your favorite characters to continue with stories of their own.

Return to Whittakerville

The Martha Whittaker Story is a historical romance taking the reader on a journey from the English aristocracy to the trials and tribulations of pioneer life. Martha McGuire's arranged marriage to Jebediah Whittaker turns her life into her worst nightmare. After travelling on an immigrant ship to the Americas, a Conestoga wagon to the west, calamity follows, leaving her alone with a devil of a man and his three sons in the vast wilderness of Wyoming. Will hero Austin Wells find her and rescue her from her nightmare. How does brother-in-law Jeremy fit into the scenario? Will she survive? Can she ever find true and lasting love?

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