Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, Bachelard's lyrical, landmark…

An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron…

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For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an…

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Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into…

Explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. This book tells about the threats to our freedoms and…

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, this title shows the terrible impact of a…

"L'Abbe C" is a shocking, unnerving narrative about the intense and terrifying relationship between twin brothers. Charles…

Exposes the real nature of state power. This volume features arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the…

Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H…

The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video…

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of…

Offers an exploration of primitive history. This title portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging…

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We read that we must be passionate about only one thing, that 10,000 hours of hard practice is needed to achieve mastery.…

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The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. In these eleven short stories the quality of his…

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Entertaining and informative, this rich and diverse collection of over 6000 proverbs (and their origins) is a delight to…

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The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the…

A revised and updated edition of one of Britain's greatest living poets. Still contains all the famous early work including…

Painter Imogen is married to Alex, and together they have a son. But when their finances hit rock bottom, they're forced to…

This first selection of Geoffrey Hill's poetry charts the evolution of a complex, uncompromising, visionary body of work…

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Tough times don't last. Tough people do. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events…

Presents a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the…

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A book where John Holt uses anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how children acquire knowledge and…

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What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant,…

"Christakis . . . expertly weaves academic research, personal experience and anecdotal evidence into her book . . . a…

"Against Interpretation" was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in…

Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the…

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