If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting…

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Although best remembered for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction…

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

When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected…

Giambattista Vico's New Science is gradually being re-established as one of the most significant humanist achievements since…

Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do…

Defines the essential virtues for those at Court. This title includes a series of imaginary conversations between the…

Lawrence asserted that 'the proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it'. In these highly…

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Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.…

This is an edition of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, offering linguistic and glossarial aids on each page.…

Erasmus ranges from light-hearted jibes to vehement denunciation of the theologians and churchmen, monastic life and the…

For Plato the soul was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit.…

Happiness is good for your health. Learn how to nurture yours. During his 20 years as a GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee has seen…

Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a…

Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair, but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon…

Whitney's two volumes of verse miscellany, Sweet Nosegay (1573) and The Copy of a Letter (1567), were part of a literary…

What really makes us who we are? This book shows that our identity does not lie in our genes, but in the connections between…

John Keats lost both his parents at an early age. His decision to commit himself to poetry, rather than follow a career in…

In his pioneering treatise on education, the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau presents concepts that had influence…

From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of greed…

Jhumpa Lahiri\'s landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy\'s vibrant and…

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Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the…

From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This is Marketing comes an elegant little book that will inspire artists,…

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From the author of Crashed comes a gripping short history of how Covid-19 ravaged the global economy, and where it leaves us…

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Presents an analysis based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a range of political issues in order to…

A fully revised edition of one of the most influential books ever written on personal finance with more than a million…

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

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'A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the…

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in…

Malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire…

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Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.…

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'Brilliant and timely' - Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand WeeksFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Digital…

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One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' -…

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Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging,…

Whether you're learning alone or attending classes, you'll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both…

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Every couple wants a happy relationship and a meaningful career but how do we balance both? In Couples that Work, Professor…

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A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas…

In this groundbreaking book, a counselor shows women in abusive relationships how to improve, survive, or leave. "Promises…

Mostly written between 1070 and 1080, before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, the prayers and meditations of Anselm of…