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The provocative historical work on social economy, demography and population control Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on...

With the world population now at 5.7 billion, and increasing by about 90 million per year, we have clearly entered a zone where we can see, and may well encounter,...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an age when industrialisation was reshaping the fabric of English society, The Idea of Poverty confronts one of the most urgent and...

An acclaimed economist's observations on four years of events that have shaped the world In this new volume drawn from his columns for the French newspaper Le Monde , renowned...

According to the commonly accepted view, Thomas Hobbes began his intellectual career as a humanist, but his discovery, in midlife, of the wonders of geometry initiated a critical transition from...

We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new as our pundits...

The princes are nothing but tyrants who flay the people; they fritter away our blood and sweat on their pomp and whoring and knavery.' These were the words of Thomas...

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'A global star ... Tom Friedman has done it again ... given his track record as a zeitgeist thermometer, we should all pay attention' Financial Times Thomas Friedman's phenomenal The...

Something is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today. In Ill Fares the Land, Tony Judt reveals how we have arrived at our present...

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Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper; First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia stands as one of the most audacious and enduring works of...

In Althusser, The Infinite Farewell-originally published in Spanish and appearing here in English for the first time-Emilio de Ipola contends that Althusser's oeuvre is divided between two fundamentally different and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFew writers have captured the rugged beauty and quiet tragedy of rural England with as much power and precision as Thomas Hardy, and this magnificent omnibus...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the small hours of the night,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew names in English literature carry the weight of Thomas Hardy, whose unflinching portraits of rural life, tragic fate,...

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A critical biography of one of the most respected and beloved labour leaders of late-19th century Britain - Thomas Burt (1837-1922). Based on a conciliatory approach to labour-management relations, burt...

This book gives a comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes' thought in the light of the most important research currently being produced by historians, philosophers, and political scientists. His life and...

Author: George Mac Donald, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1893Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sunned...

The book titled Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature by the author Anthony Heilbut. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A biography of Thomas Gray, exploring the life of the English poet and our understanding of his personality and influential body of work. Robert L. Mack draws in developments in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: dj repaired with tapes; binding remains tight; clean copies. Few figures capture the pioneering spirit of early Queensland quite like...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of biographical scholarship, Thomas More presents the life of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in English history have provoked such fierce and enduring debate as Sir Thomas More — scholar, statesman, martyr, and saint — and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA scholarly collection rooted in history, theology, and cultural studies, this volume presents a multifaceted examination...

Author: Diarmaid MaccullochBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Torn top right corner of dust jacket as shown in photo.Diarmaid Macculloch's Thomas Cranmer...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book explores the life and works of Thomas Love Peacock, an influential figure in English literature known for his...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsAlexandra Hasluck’s Thomas Peel Of Swan River chronicles the tumultuous life of a pivotal figure in Western Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe historical fantasy The Sword & The Flame: Camelot Revisited presents a compelling re-imagining of the legendary Arthurian...

The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause...

By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U. S. as a hyperpower, to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented...

'A gothic masterpiece and a devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters ' The Black Hunger is a phenomenal book full of rich...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the respected Literature in Perspective series, this critical study presents...