'What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those?' In this collection, the author's poems, including…

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• Rok vydání 2019

How does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the twenty-first century…

William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them…

This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against…

Fascism was the major political invention of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. How can we try to…

Explains how the far-reaching discoveries of physics are revolutionizing our world and, in particular, throwing light on…

Argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. In this book,…

Composed during a critical time in the evolution of European intellectual life, the works of Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327)…

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

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The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds…

What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning? This title provides an…

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to…

'Ramstedt advises us to look away from social media to create the nurturing homes we need’ – The TimesAn essential guide to…

Many scientific and philosophical ideas are so powerful that they can be applied to our lives to help us think effectively…

How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world? This…

Deals with the aftermath of the Trojan War for the defeated survivors, as Andromache shows Hector's widow as a trophy of war…

Combining the private and the public in a way Harrison has made distinctly his own, and drawing on his working-class…

Presents the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish…

Decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationship with them, how they shape our lives and why we desire…

The poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity every day subjects…

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Presents analysis of the economic course of the last seven years. This book identifies the origin of the crisis in the…

This massive work of synthesis is one of the classics of Western mysticism. Plotinus was the main expositor of…

We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in…

Collects writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Bringing together her powerful speeches, letters and…

Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind…

Exposes the strange truth and sheer brilliance behind the classical music recording industry. This book charts its rise…

For eleven years Sylvia Larkin has been a mother - and she knows, deep down, that she's no good at it. She feels like a…

An anthology of English poetry. It presents these poems of the aristocracy - verses of friendship, war, politics, death and…