Penguin Books reintroduces the timeless story of the love affair between a British artist and a Chinese prostitute.

Robert is t he only resident of the Nam Kok hotel not renting his room by the hour when he meets Suzie at the bar. She becomes his muse and they fall in love. But even in Hong Kong, where many white expatriates have Chinese mistresses, their romance could jeopardize the things they each hold dear. Set in the mid-1950s, The World of Suzie Wong is a beautifully written time capsule of a novel. First published more than fifty years ago, it resonated with readers worldwide, inspiring a film starring William H olden, a ballet, and even a reggae song. Now readers can experience the romance of this groundbreaking story anew.

Argues that there is an undeniable and essentially historical dimension to logic.

2000 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic-too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions. Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic. Logic then, cannot be the basis for metaphysics-or an important grounding for philosophical investigations-because too many important assumptions precede it. The difficulty this position presents is that it avoids the obvious objections of relativism. This controversial topic strikes at the heart of much post-Wittgensteinian and post-Heideggerian thought.

A study of the scope and limits of understanding.

How is understanding to be understood? Are there limits to understanding? What of importance, if anything, could lie beyond understanding? And do we need to understand knowledge before we can know about understanding? Richard Mason's argument is that a critical theory of understanding, modeled on past theories of knowledge, cannot be workable.

Understanding may bring wisdom: an uncomfortable thought for many philosophers in the twentieth century. Yet philosophy aims at expanding understanding at least as much as knowledge. How we understand understanding affects how we understand philosophy. If we put aside a narrow view of understanding based upon a Cartesian model of knowledge, we may gain a more liberal, open understanding of philosophy.

Mason's treatment of these fascinating problems offers a clear and lucid dialogue with a number of contemporary philosophical schools and with philosophy's past. His discussions include the thought of Hume, Henry James, Heidegger, Frege, Charles Taylor, Michael Oakeshott, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, James Joyce, and the Guyaki Indians. This fascinating book contributes to the work of many of these traditions as well as to the nature of understanding in areas as diverse as physics, music, and linguistics.

It's 1945 in the small town of Norphlet, Arkansas, and 12-year-old Richard Mason and his best friend, John Clayton Reed, have a big problem. Not the distant War overseas, getting caught in Old Man Odom's watermelon patch, or missing any of Walter Winchell's rapid-fire radio broadcasts. This problem is that new Yankee Doctor in town who is welcoming shady clients to his office downtown-a secret known only to Richard and John Clayton. Richard and John Clayton attempt to drive the doctor out of town with weapons from the arsenal of 12-year-old country boys: a sack full of angry hornets, hundreds of roaches from the city garbage dump, and a few well-placed brown water snakes. In the end, Richard and John Clayton expose the sorry antics of Dr. Carl and his floozy nurse, Miss Tina, in this Huckleberry Finn tale of friendship, family honor, and small town life in World War II-era America.

Just try to resist.... A Continental Downton Abbey plus sex, with a dash of Dangerous Liaisons tossed in. --Seattle Times

Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier--a child who refuses to leave his family's mansion on one of Amsterdam's grandest canals. As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed.

A brilliantly written portrait of the senses, History of a Pleasure Seeker is an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe's Belle Époque, written with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.

Imagine for a minute; a ghostly theater, a historic gunfight, a lawless oil boom, and a cast of scoundrels. Now add thirty brothels, characters such as H. L. Hunt-who got his start in Downtown El Dorado-some racy women, and finally sprinkle it all with gobs of money as a roaring 1920s oil boom swept over this little community of 3500 and blossomed it to 40,000 in 18 months. You'll find an OK Corral gunfight, mules drowning in muddy streets, and yes, most importantly, you'll find an old 1920s theater surrounding by numerous other old buildings.-and they're all filled with spirits Is Downtown El Dorado, Arkansas the most haunted town in the country?

To understand why James Farrell murdered his wife of more than 45 years, especially after such a long and stable marriage, the reader is taken back four decades to an earlier affair when he fell in love with his wife's cousin Ella.

As a young boy, R. Harper Mason lived the life of the paperboy, 'Richard, ' in this novel. His interactions with the people in the small town of Norphlet, Arkansas, and the surrounding woods and swamps, formed the basis for both his first novel, The Red Scarf, and this sequel, Lyin' Like a Dog. It was time of brown, sunburned feet and shirtless summers where a boy's only entertainment was his imagination. Mason is a geologist, an environmentalist, and an advocate for historic preservation. He lives with his wife, Vertis, in El Dorado, Arkansas... a few miles south of Flat Creek Swamp.

This book brings together Spinoza's fundamental philosophical thinking with his conclusions about God and religion. Spinoza was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious community. He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science. He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in his own right, both in philosophy and in religion.

One of the Best Books of the Year: Newsday, The Times, The Observer, Mail on Sunday

This gorgeous treat of a novel (The Times, Book of the Month) is a funny, sexy, irreverent, and intensely moving portrait of what unites human beings when their sacred mysteries are blown apart. Avoiding the trauma of the First World War, Piet Barol heads into Africa's greatest forest. With a business to build and secrets to escape, he's running out of time to make his own luck. His African guides have reasons of their own for taking him to their ancestral lands - where he finds a prize beyond his wildest imaginings.

To get it, he must use every weapon at his disposal. As the story moves to its devastating conclusion, every character becomes a suspect, and Piet's gamble sets him on a collision course with forces he cannot control. An exquisite, deeply human tale of temptation and theft, set against the extraordinary backdrop of history in the making, Who Killed Piet Barol? affirms Richard Mason's place among the great writers of our time.

It's the summer of 1944 and Richard, the Norphlet Paperboy, John Clayton, and Ears are in one heck of a mess. Yeah, there was an 'accident' involving a small herd of 10 Chihuahuas, which has sent the whole state into an uproar, and the three boys are right in the middle of it. An attack by the Chihuahuas on Richard, the paperboy has left the brown, award-winning Chihuahuas with white spots, and as Richard will tell you, It was all a danged accident, but we're in big trouble, and if lying won't get us off, then maybe the Norphlet Mafia is gonna hafta do something really, really bad. You know, like dognapping, or something so gross it will run the Little Rock private eye right out of town.

Angling Experiences and Reminiscences is a book written by Richard Mason and published in 1900. The book is a collection of the author's experiences and memories related to fishing. It is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of fishing. The first chapter is about the author's early experiences with fishing and how he became interested in the sport. The subsequent chapters cover topics such as different types of fish, fishing techniques, and equipment. In addition to providing practical advice on fishing, the book also includes personal anecdotes and reflections on the joys of fishing. Mason writes about the beauty of nature and the sense of peace and tranquility that can be found while fishing. He also discusses the importance of conservation and responsible fishing practices. Overall, Angling Experiences and Reminiscences is a classic work on the sport of fishing. It offers a glimpse into the world of fishing in the early 20th century and provides valuable insights for modern-day anglers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Young Richard's quest for the red scarf is accompanied by unlikely obstacles.

Well, I guess you want to hear about the whole dang mess, don't you? Huh? Every little thing? Well - let's see - first off, this here pink scar on the top of my foot and the other one on the bottom happened at the end of summer and these pink scratches with the scabs on the side of my leg happened just a couple of weeks ago. Them two red looking holes was caused by something that happened right before Christmas, and none of them have got nothing to do with each other. Can you believe that? Well, it's true, cross my heart, and it still gives me the willies every time I think about it.

In his debut novel, Richard Mason takes us back to southwest Arkansas during World War II through the eyes of Richard, an eleven-year-old with a dream. The dream seems simple enough--to buy a red scarf for Rosalie, the prettiest girl in school. However, buying a scarf doesn't usually include skunks, bobcats, robbers, fur brokers, stolen Christmas trees, and a cast of eccentric characters such as Peg, the one-legged tavern owner, his brother Wing, a one-armed marshal who swings a mean blackjack, and Bubba, a big man who wields an even bigger frying pan.

The cast of characters is rounded out by Sniffer, a hound with decidedly bad instincts; Doc, the newsstand operator who styles himself after President Roosevelt; John Clayton, young Richard's best friend and partner in mischief; and Uncle Hugh, who befriends the boys after rescuing the accident-prone Richard from certain infection and carrying him home through the backwoods.

Young Richard's quest for the red scarf is accompanied by unlikely obstacles, infused with a little holiday serendipity, and concludes a bittersweet season in a young boy's life. This holiday story fro Arkansas will teach readers the importance of fairness, resourcefulness and responsibility.

Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer's choice to accept leadership of the Manhattan Project.

In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, which produced the first atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer's choice to take that job and our judgment of his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer's choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the justification for the pursuit of scientific curiosity, the purity of research, and many other topics of interest in scientific ethics. This unique look at one man's choice brings out the necessary step from personal detail to abstract reflection-it may be easy to praise or condemn Oppenheimer's choice, but less easy to justify our praise or condemnation. Oppenheimer's Choice establishes the possibility of this kind of moral philosophy-neither applied nor practical ethics, but instead a sustained concentration on a single choice, and what it means.

A study of the scope and limits of understanding.

How is understanding to be understood? Are there limits to understanding? What of importance, if anything, could lie beyond understanding? And do we need to understand knowledge before we can know about understanding? Richard Mason's argument is that a critical theory of understanding, modeled on past theories of knowledge, cannot be workable.

Understanding may bring wisdom: an uncomfortable thought for many philosophers in the twentieth century. Yet philosophy aims at expanding understanding at least as much as knowledge. How we understand understanding affects how we understand philosophy. If we put aside a narrow view of understanding based upon a Cartesian model of knowledge, we may gain a more liberal, open understanding of philosophy.

Mason's treatment of these fascinating problems offers a clear and lucid dialogue with a number of contemporary philosophical schools and with philosophy's past. His discussions include the thought of Hume, Henry James, Heidegger, Frege, Charles Taylor, Michael Oakeshott, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, James Joyce, and the Guyaki Indians. This fascinating book contributes to the work of many of these traditions as well as to the nature of understanding in areas as diverse as physics, music, and linguistics.

Angling Experiences And Reminiscences is a book written by Richard Mason and published in 1900. The book is a collection of personal stories and experiences from the author's life as an angler. Mason shares his love for fishing and the outdoors, as well as his knowledge of various fishing techniques and equipment. The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of fishing, such as fly fishing, bait fishing, and sea fishing. Throughout the book, Mason also shares his memories of fishing trips and the people he met along the way. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in fishing, as well as a fascinating glimpse into the life of an angler in the early 20th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.