{"title":"Books by Michael B. Smith","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780226100357","title":"The Possession at Loudun","description":"It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit by his own exorcists. A dramatic tale that has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, the story of the possession at Loudun here receives a compelling analysis from the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with fascinating commentary, de Certeau shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. In this tour de force of psychological history, de Certeau brings to vivid life a people torn between the decline of centralized religious authority and the rise of science and reason, wracked by violent anxiety over what or whom to believe.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227502424437,"sku":"9780226100357","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226100357_fc0198a5-db98-4687-bd95-a7b89c29e0ac.jpg?v=1786012296"},{"product_id":"9781394242993","title":"March′s Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mec hanisms, and Structure, Ninth Edition","description":"Leading reference on the theories of organic chemistry, now updated to reflect the most recent literature from 2018 to 2023 Building on the success of the 8th Edition as winner of the Textbook \u0026amp; Academic Authors Association 2021 McGuffey Longevity Award, the revised and updated 9th Edition of March’s Advanced Organic Chemistryexplains the theories of organic chemistry, covers new advances in areas of organic chemistry published between 2018 and 2023, and guides readers to plan and execute multi-step synthetic reactions. Detailed examples and descriptions of all reactions are included throughout the text. As in previous editions, the goal of this edition is to give equal weight to three fundamental aspects of the study of organic chemistry: reactions, mechanisms, and structure. Specific but specialized areas of organic chemistry, such as terpenes, polymerization, and steroids, have been incorporated into primary sections rather than segregated into their own sections. The first nine chapters cover general organic chemistry with theoretical principles. The next 10 chapters address reactions and mechanistic discussion. Appendix A focuses on literature references and resources. More than 4,400 references are included throughout the text. March’s Advanced Organic Chemistry provides information on: Localized and delocalized chemical bonding and bonding weaker than covalentMicrowave chemistry, use of ultrasound, mechanochemistry, and reactions done under flow conditionsAcids and bases, irradiation processes, stereochemistry, structure of intermediates, and ordinary and photochemical reactionsMechanisms and methods of determining carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, and nitrenesAliphatic, alkenyl, and alkynyl substitution, additions to carbon-carbon and carbon-hetero bonds, eliminations, rearrangements, and oxidations and reductions This 9th Edition of March’s Advanced Organic Chemistry continues to serve as a must-have reference for every student and professional working in organic chemistry or related fields.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298247389557,"sku":"9781394242993","price":187.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781394242993_6dd792bf-e989-4891-859b-8a5e6256b4e4.jpg?v=1786018090"},{"product_id":"9781032996196","title":"Biochemistry","description":"Reactions in biochemistry can be explained by an understanding of fundamental organic chemistry principles and reactions. This paradigm is extended to biochemical principles and to a myriad of biomolecules. The text provides a framework for understanding various topics in biochemistry, including the chemical behavior of biomolecules, enzyme activity, and more. It goes beyond mere memorization. Using several techniques to develop a relational understanding, including homework, this text helps students fully grasp and better correlate essential organic chemistry concepts with those at the root of biochemistry. The goal is to achieve a better understanding of the fundamental principles of biochemistry.   Key FeaturesPresents a review chapter of fundamental organic chemistry principles and reactions.   Presents and explains the fundamental principles of biochemistry using principles and common reactions of organic chemistry.   Discusses enzymes, proteins, fatty acids, lipids, vitamins, hormones, nucleic acids and other biomolecules by comparing and contrasting them with the organic chemistry reactions that constitute the foundation of these classes of biomolecules.   Discusses the organic synthesis and reactions of amino acids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and other biomolecules.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368462070133,"sku":"9781032996196","price":124.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781032996196_5a8383a0-f9dc-4cc4-91e1-c4580e0f5149.jpg?v=1786016821"},{"product_id":"dis-enclosure","title":"Dis-Enclosure","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a profound and eagerly anticipated investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit—notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, Nancy deconstructs Christianity in search of the historical and reflective conditions that provided its initial energy. Working through Blanchot and Nietzsche, re-reading Heidegger and Derrida, Nancy turns to the Epistle of Saint James rather than those of Saint Paul, discerning in it the primitive essence of Christianity as hope. \u003cbr\u003e The \"religion that provided the exit from religion,\" as he terms Christianity, consists in the announcement of an end. It is the announcement that counts, however, rather than any finality. In this announcement there is a proximity to others and to what was once called parousia. But parousia is no longer presence; it is no longer the return of the Messiah. Rather, it is what is near us and does not cease to open and to close, a presence deferred yet imminent.\u003cbr\u003e In a demystified age where we are left with a vision of a self-enclosed world—in which humans are no longer mortals facing an immortal being, but entities whose lives are accompanied by the time of their own decline—parousia stands as a question. Can we venture the risk of a decentered perspective, such that the meaning of the world can be found both inside and outside, within and without our so-immanent world?\u003cbr\u003e The deconstruction of Christianity that Nancy proposes is neither a game nor a strategy. It is an invitation to imagine a strange faith that enacts the inadequation of life to itself. Our lives overflow the self-contained boundaries of their biological and sociological interpretations. Out of this excess, wells up a fragile, overlooked meaning that is beyond both confessionalism and humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481453863285,"sku":"9780823228355","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780823228355.jpg?v=1786089715"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-b-smith.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}