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A Study Of History: The First Abridged One-Volume Edition Illustrated
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Author: Arnold ToynbeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press / American Heritage Press, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsArnold Toynbee's monumental work, A Study Of History, presents a sweeping analysis...
Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, 'birds of a feather flock together' and 'absence makes the heart grow...
Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection...
Sir Leslie Stephen's Mausoleum Book
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Author: Sir Leslie StephenBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work presents a poignant collection of personal reflections and biographical sketches from a distinguished...
Selected Writings In British Intellectual History
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Author: Leslie StephenBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly collection, Selected Writings In British Intellectual History, presents a rigorous examination of...
Basic Problems Of Philosophy
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Author: Daniel J. Bronstein, Yervant H. Krikorian, Philip P. WienerBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis foundational text...
Plato's Thought
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Author: G. M. A. GrubeBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO LTD, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPlato's Thought presents a comprehensive analysis of the foundational ideas that shaped Western...
The Book Of The Courtier
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Author: Baldassare CastiglioneBinding: HardbackPublished: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markThis seminal work of Renaissance literature, The Book Of The...
Titi Lvcreti Cari De Rervm Natvra Libri Sex: Edited With Prolegomena, Critical Apparatus, Translation, And Commentary. Vol I
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Author: Cyril BaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work presents the foundational Epicurean...
The Brazen Head
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Author: John Cowper PowysBinding: HardbackPublished: MacDonald, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Brazen Head by John Cowper Powys presents a unique blend of philosophical...
The Making Of A Mind: Letters From A Soldier-Priest 1914-1919
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Author: Pierre Teilhard De ChardinBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe profound collection The Making Of A Mind presents the intellectual and spiritual journey...
Writings In Time Of War
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Author: Teilhard De ChardinBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1968Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Some moisture damage, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, Writings In Time Of War, presents a...
Philosopher's Note Book
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Author: Russ TysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous owner
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Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know
Aristotle claimed that 'all human beings want to know'. Yet we also want not to know. Centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerised crowds still follow preposterous prophets; irrational rumours trigger fanatical...
A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion
Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry out in shame. We feel ashamed of obscene wealth amid wider deprivation....
Since You Asked: The Best of Salon.com's Cary Tennis
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Composed of his 96 most memorable columns, this outstanding collection is a dramatic testament to the quality of writing and thought of Salon.com's Cary Tennis. For more than 6 years,...
Rameau's Nephew, and Other Works
This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas.
Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
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"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political heir."--Eric Hobsbawm Friedrich...
Free Will
From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith , a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will -and the implications...
Acting on Conscience: When Personal Beliefs and Public Life Collide
Is there a place for personal beliefs in public life? In Acting on Conscience Frank Brennan tackles these issues head on. He looks at some of the legal, moral and...
The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c.
How Christian leaders adapted the governmental practices and political thought of their Muslim rulers in the Abbasid caliphate. The Imam of the Christians examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted...
To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth: Legal Imagination and
To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth shows the vital role played by legal imagination in the formation of the international order during 1300-1870. It discusses how European statehood arose...
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected
Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...
Things in Nature Merely Grow
'Unforgettable' SUNDAY TIMES 'Courageous' OBSERVER 'One of the most important books to be published in years' SARA COLLINS 'There are few writers with Li's power' DOUGLAS STUART The best book...
The Infinite City: Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London
'Glorious' Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATOR In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris and Extinction...
By What Authority?
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Author: Theodore (Ted) NofsBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN OF AUSTRALIA, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn By What Authority?, Theodore Noffs presents a compelling examination of the ethical and societal...
Animal Liberation
'A reasoned plea for the human treatment of animals that galvanised the animal rights movement the way Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING drew activists to environmentalism. ' NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE...
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their...
Systematic Theology
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Author: Louis BerkhofBinding: HardbackPublished: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1974Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis foundational...
Our Knowledge Of The External World: As A Field For Scientific Method In Philosophy
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Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work of philosophy Our Knowledge Of The External World presents a rigorous...
The Witkiewicz Reader
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Author: Daniel GerouldBinding: HardbackPublished: Northwestern University Press, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some marking on back of bookThe Witkiewicz Reader presents the groundbreaking work of a Polish avant-garde...
Candide And Other Romances
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Author: VoltaireBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCandide is a satirical novella that chronicles the...
Beelzebub Sonata
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Author: S.I. WitkiewiczBinding: HardbackPublished: Performing Arts Journal Publications, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and discolouration to cover. Tanning to block. Pages in good condition.This avant-garde...
Breath, Sleep, The Heart, And Life: The Revolutionary Health Yoga
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Author: Pundit AcharyaBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Dawn Horse Press, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis profound work uncovers the intricate connections between fundamental human processes, presenting a...
Poetry And The Sacred
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Author: Vincent BuckleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanning and chipping to DJ with...
The Seasons
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Author: James ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1768Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Good for age.Worn and dried leather....
Beyond Life
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Author: James Branch CabellBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1925Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed on block, faded along spineBeyond Life by James Branch Cabell presents...
Bertrand Russell And His World
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Author: Ronald ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRonald Clark's Bertrand Russell And His World chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the 20th...
How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the...
The Care Of The Self: Volume 3 Of The History Of Sexuality
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Author: Michel FoucaultBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis profound work of philosophical history chronicles the ethical practices and self-formation in ancient Greek and...
The Elementary Forms Of The Religious Life
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Author: Emile DurkheimBinding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work in sociology presents a profound analysis...
Room For Manoeuvre: Writings On History, Politics, Ideas And Play
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Author: Ian TurnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: DRUMMOND, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling collection, Room For Manoeuvre, presents a series of incisive writings by Ian Turner that critically examine...
What Is Life?: The Physical Aspect Of The Living Cell
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Author: Erwin SchrödingerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsErwin Schrödinger's seminal work, What Is Life?, presents a profound inquiry into the fundamental nature of living...
Sounds From Silence: Graeme Clark And The Bionic Ear Story (SIGNED)
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Author: Professor Graeme ClarkBinding: PaperbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis profound work presents a contemplative journey into...
The Assessment Of Scientific Speculation: A Survey Of Certain Current Views
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Author: R. A. R. Tricker, Ph.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: MILLS & BOON, LONDON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a rigorous examination of the methodologies employed in...
The Impossible Will Take a Little While (Second Edition): A Citizen's
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What keeps us going when times get tough? How have the leaders and unsung heroes of world-changing political movements persevered in the face of cynicism, fear, and seemingly overwhelming odds?...
The Second Ring Of Power
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Author: Carlos CastanedaBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dj spine lightly faded. Light tanning to top of block. Binding cracking....
Between Memory And Hope: Tears For The Future
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Author: Wahibi Moussa; Ferial AliBinding: PaperbackPublished: [Melbourne] : Prowling Tiger Press, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. English - Arabic TextBetween Memory...