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Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on
Music has always been esteemed for its power to speak directly to our higher consciousness, a power founded in the purity of simple harmonic ratios. In this book, Alain Danielou...
While The Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles And Predictions On The Cycles Of History And The Destiny Of Mankind
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Edition: First US EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom one of the twentieth century's most authoritative interpreters of Hindu philosophy and religion comes...
Shiva And Dionysus: The Omnipresent Gods Of Transcendence And Ecstasy
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of myth, mysticism, and ancient religion stands a startling revelation: Shiva, the great Hindu god...
Daniel Halevy And His Times: A Gentleman-Commoner In The Third Republic
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Author: Alain Silvera Binding: HardbackPublisher: Cornell University Press, 1966Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis biographical study presents Daniel Halévy...
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at...
Debate and Dialogue: Alain Chartier in his Cultural Context
In early humanist France two debating traditions converge: one literary and vernacular, one intellectual and conducted mainly via Latin epistles. Debate and Dialogue demonstrates how the two fuse in the...
Historic Houses of Paris: Residences of the Ambassadors
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Many historic houses in Paris serve as residences to foreign ambassadors and are closed to the general public. From a seventeenth-century hotel particulier , to a Belle Epoque palace, to...
Project For A Revolution In New York
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark of the French New Novel movement, Project for a Revolution in New York presents a fragmented,...
Alain-Fournier: A Brief Life
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the single masterpiece that captivated a generation lies the tragically short life of Henri-Alban Fournier — known to the world as Alain-Fournier —...
How Proust Can Change Your Life
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety has spent two and a half months in the Sunday Times top five bestseller list, selling over 50,000 copies. We all worry about what others think of us....
The Death of Comrade President
In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa Roger, life goes on. But Michel's everyday cares -...
The Death of Comrade President
Author: Alain Mabanckou Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa...
Confessions of a Minor Poet
Author: Phil Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'What a life. What a book. When it's not making your ribs rattle with laughter, it's making your heart ache with...
Marie Antoinette Style (The Official V&A Exhibition Book)
A fashion icon in her own time, the dress and interiors adopted by Marie Antoinette in the final decades of the 18th century have had a lasting influence over 250...
Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Entwined Lives of Two Great
From the acclaimed author of The King's Painter, a vivid life-and-times biography of two unjustly neglected women artists, Angelica Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun. In the late autumn of...
A Dream Come True: The Collaboration of David Lynch and Angelo
A Dream Come True is an extensive investigation of the working relationship between two revered artists, David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, as an insightful collage that bridges the gap between...
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: 20th Anniversary Edition
20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY FERGUS HENDERSON, CO- FOUNDER OF THE ST. JOHN RESTAURANT THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA &...
Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story, Interrupted
' An instant classic' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Sweeping, intimate, defiant and brimming with love' LOUISE KENNEDY 'It is the roots that keep the trees from falling during a storm. Olia Hercules...
Traumaland: Winner of the YA Book Prize 2026
Welcome to your worst nightmare. Seventeen-year-old Eli has been in a near fatal car crash. His therapist, parents and older brother all try and help him deal with the fall...
High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age
A showcase of Britain's most astonishing examples of High-Tech buildings from the late twentieth century and beyond. Like the Lotus Esprit, the Atari home computer and the sounds of the...
Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely...
Entertaining at Home
Bestselling TV cook Rachel Allen shares her down-to-earth style and easy-to-follow recipes for entertaining friends and family in your own home. Friends, family, good food, good times - this is...
Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil 'deep state'?...
Make My Funk the P-Funk: Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975
P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City, Let's...
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
This publication, together with the exhibition it accompanies, presents the largest ever survey of work by Vanessa Bell (1879-1961). Described in 1923 as 'the most important woman painter in Europe',...
On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories...
Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the
From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary. In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of...
Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories... 'There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus...
The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux: A brand-new for 2024 evocative
'This is just a delight! The lovable characters and Ruby's charming and thrilling stories make this a book truly enjoyable and heartwarming read.' - Amazon reviewer, 5* *** Everyone knows...
An Answer for Everything: 200 Infographics to Explain the World
What's the best book ever written? What would happen if we all stopped eating meat? What's the secret to living past 110? And what actually is the best thing since...
Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph "sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazine Control...
Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
TELEGRAPH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces. Her forces driven off the...
Traumaland: Winner of the YA Book Prize 2026
Welcome to your worst nightmare. Seventeen-year-old Eli has been in a near fatal car crash. His therapist, parents and older brother all try and help him deal with the fall...
Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic
In 2016, Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency ended in defeat. Still, he changed everything, as the 2020 primary race attests, Sanders's once marginal watchwords are the new litmus tests....
The Brain-Dead Megaphone
In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional and reveals it to be brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness. As...
A Cook's Tour of New Zealand
Enjoy a culinary tour of New Zealand and indulge in the very best seasonal produce with popular foodie and bon vivant, Peta Mathias. An astonishing variety of good things grown...
The Sports Romance Colouring Book: Cute and cosy sporty moments for
PERFECT FOR FANS OF HEATED RIVALRY AND HANNAH GRACE! Featuring 46 sports romance scenes, unwind by colouring your way through match day meet-cutes and playful rivalries. Step into a world...
Monstrous Tales: Haunting encounters with Britain's mythical beasts
A spine-tingling collection of spooky stories to curl up with on winter nights - perfect for fans of The Haunting Season , The Winter Spirits and M. R. James. This...