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The Penny Cyclopaedia Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge (14 vols.)
$300.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: fragile and in poor-to-fair antiquarian condition. Spines: Cracked, rubbed and chipped, with splits and loss at the head and tail of several volumes. Lettering...
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the
One of the world's greatest thinkers investigates the logic and psychology of common knowledge As a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinker's fascination is how we think about...
Andy Warhol: Piss & Sex Paintings And Drawings
$165.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew artists in the twentieth century matched the audacity, provocation, and cultural penetration of Andy Warhol, and Andy...
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
$70.00 AUD
How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch? If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...
The Social Life of Information
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Knowledge And Science
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the intersection of epistemology and the...
The Archaeology Of Knowledge & The Discourse On Language
$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st US ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy. This seminal work in...
Communicating Ideas: The Crisis Of Publishing In A Post-Industrial Society
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, no visible yellowing from the title page shown. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears tight and intact. A...
Encyclopaedia Londinensis; Or, Universal Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences, And Literature.
$250.00 AUD
Author: John WilkesBinding: HardbackPublished: J. Adlard, 1810Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards are fully detached, the binding...
The Freedom Of Necessity
$30.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FEP top cut off - otherwise fine. Foxing on block - does...
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and
$20.00 AUD
A myth-shattering view of the medieval Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations, which preceded-and enabled-the European Renaissance. The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West....
Seriously Curious: 109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down
$10.00 AUD
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An Outline Of Modern Knowledge
$50.00 AUD
Author: William Rose (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1932Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has some light wearBook involves the works of twenty-four of the world's...
Naturalism And Social Science: A Post-Empiricist Philosophy Of Social Science
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of philosophy and social inquiry, Naturalism and Social Science presents a rigorous and thought-provoking post-empiricist...
Art and Artists as Social Phenomena: What They Said — A Problem Through Correspondence
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn this intriguing and deeply intellectual philosophical treatise, the pseudonymous or independent thinker Icilio...
The Development Of Social Thought
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 4th ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded - some tears. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges. From the earliest philosophical musings of...
A Measure for Measures: A Manifesto for Empirical Sociology
First Published in 2004. This challenging and pioneering work aims to provide a measure (a set of standards) for measures (empirical data) in sociological research. It argues that the critique...
The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity
$250.00 AUD
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In Search of Civilization: Remaking a Tarnished Idea
$12.00 AUD
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The Wisdom Of Science: Its Relevance To Culture & Religion
$12.00 AUD
Author: Hanbury BrownBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful non-fiction work presents a profound examination of the intricate...
A Short History Of Socialism
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of intellectual history, A Short History of Socialism traces the origins,...
Knowledge is Power (Icon Science): How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science
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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by the bestselling author of JUST MY TYPE
Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, adults...
Science And Western Domination
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A compelling work of intellectual history, Science and Western Domination...
The Postmodern Condition: A Report On Knowledge
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to know something in a world where grand narratives have lost their...
The Universal Flame: Commemorating The Centenary Of The Theosophical Society
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThe Universal Flame presents a comprehensive historical account of the Theosophical Society, marking its one-hundredth anniversary. This insightful volume chronicles...
Science In Chains: The Crisis Of Science And Scientists In The Soviet Union Today
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the height of the Cold War,...
Burning the Books: RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK: A History of Knowledge Under Attack
$12.00 AUD
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Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution: Showing The Operations, Expenditures, And Condition Of The Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1918
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of...
Popism
Author: Andy Warhol & Pat HackettFormat:Paperback Number of Pages: A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat...
The Soviet Intelligentsia: An Essay On The Social Structure And Roles Of Soviet Intellectuals During The 1960S
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of political sociology, The Soviet Intelligentsia: An Essay on the Social Structure and Roles of Soviet Intellectuals...
The Ecology Of Human Intelligence
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be intelligent, and how does the world we inhabit shape the minds we...
The Last Frivolous Book (SIGNED)
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when one of Australia's most irreverent musical minds turns his pen to prose?...
The Outlook For Homo Sapiens
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth board in good condition, teal/green binding. Page Condition: Yellowed, some tanning; fep clipped. Markings: No markings noted. Binding: Intact, pages...
Evolution And Its Implications: An Introductory Survey
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBefore Darwin forever changed humanity's understanding of life on Earth, the question of how species came to be was answered...
Men Of Ideas: A Sociologist's View
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it mean to live a life devoted entirely to the power of ideas? Lewis A. Coser's Men of...
A Handbook Of Socialist Thought
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: content and text remain clear and legible. At the crossroads of ideology and history,...
Organization, Class And Control
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of power, labour, and institutional life, Organization, Class and Control presents a landmark critical examination...
A Time For Knowledge
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a crossroads between the spiritual and the secular, A Time for Knowledge by Peter Spink presents a...
Class Structure In The Social Consciousness
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some yellowing and edge wear to dust jacket. No tears noted. Price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact....
The Avant-Garde In Painting: An Interpretive History Of The Great Innovators - From Giotto To Warhol
$85.00 AUD
Author: Germain BazinBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light wear and tanning in placesThis comprehensive art history presents a...