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In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he…

Using items in the NASA archive together with expert narrative guidance, this history of how Americans got to space begins…

• Počet stran 352
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

There are two myths about crime. In one, the criminal act is a selfish choice, and tough punishment the only solution. In…

In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical…

• Počet stran 496
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2008

Does America’s pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of…

Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as he might have wondered about people in novels or in…

• Rok vydání 2010

Investigating the flip side of economic self-interest, this title advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and…

'The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era' Guardian This is the ideal introduction to one…

This revolutionary book goes beyond any recent book on language to dissect how language operates in our minds and how to…

The 3rd edition, revised by Janet Whitcut, has been completely reset and brought up-to-date for modern usage. This classic…

Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204 70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works…

‘An astonishing New World epic…of human transfiguration and transformation, of nothing less than the great work of art that…

Brings together the author's poetic works, Atalanta in Calydon (1865) and Poems and Ballads (1866). This volume includes…

Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In…

Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England condemned an industrial society in…

• Rok vydání 2020

• Čeština

"Tristes Tropiques" begins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude Levi-Strauss…

Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes Aurelia,…

\nIn this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes in the Enlightenment, and describes the contemporary…

A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late…

Demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to Americans in their struggle for independence. This book…

• Počet stran 464
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• Rok vydání 2004

The Pity of It All is a passionate and poignant history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture…

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• Počet stran 558
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2019

Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow…

• Počet stran 272
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2025

Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Rangan Chatterjee reveals how to make positive change that actually lasts in his latest,…

• Rok vydání 2024

Between the age of two and five, a little girl nicknamed 'the Piggle' - disturbed by the birth of a younger sister - visited…

Explores how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from…

In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers…

Explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. This book shows…

What makes a leader? How does their character affect the fate of their people? Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of…

In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high…

'Pay attention: If you are human, you must read this book’ Jaron LanierWe all feel it: something is seriously wrong. Our…

We all feel it—the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the…

A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinkingWho owns…

• Rok vydání 2021

• Čeština

FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this' Ervand…

Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.…

Where do politicians come from? How do they get elected? What do they do all day? And why do they seek power? In this title,…

Through Virginia Woolf's, a feminist and a bohemian, extensive diaries and letters and brilliant detective work, this title…