At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science…

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Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination,…

From John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading experts on animal behaviour, and the author of the Sunday Times Bestseller,…

This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge,…

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I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall downinto the grass, how to kneel down in…

• Rok vydání 2024

A new translation of this classic text, first published in 1856, which examines the implications of French history on the…

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The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student…

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This updated classic by Maria Montessori's closest collaborator reveals the inspirations behind the greatest educational…

Provides an account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting…

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

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

A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World WarThe rebirth of Italy after the Second…

• Rok vydání 2008

Formulated in 1904, the Conjecture promised to describe the shape of the universe, but remained unproven until a huge prize…

\nA comprehensive selection of Voltaire\'s very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often…

Filled with cosmic ruminations, lyrical description and virtuoso games of language and the imagination, this title explores…

A collection of Greek fiction that includes \"Callirhoe\", \"Daphnis and Chloe\", \"Letters of Chion\".…

• Rok vydání 2021

A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A…

Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the…

In this highly original work, Penelope Lively examines alternative destinies, choices and the moments in our lives when we…

In February 1822 the writer and adventurer Edward John Trelawny arrived in Pisa to make the acquaintance of his heroes…

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From Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, "The Idea of Justice" is a refreshing alternative approach to mainstream…

Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient's capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance…

Offers an opportunity to see Freud in a fresh light.…

Takes us through the nature of Self When you think 'What am I?', what's actually doing the thinking? Is it a soul, or some…

A manual on meditation, for both newcomers and experienced practitioners. It offers simple practices that avoid needlessly…

The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This…

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

Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literay coterie, Dorothy Parker built a…

• Rok vydání 2019

Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from…

Features personal and professional works of Machiavelli. This book strives to do away with many of the myths that have…

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic…

Presents an account of how organized crime exploded in Limerick from the 1990s and in the noughties. This book describes the…

Thomas Carlyle was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1795. He was influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment while at the…

How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when…

Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism,…

From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, this book shows how far…

'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the…

Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience…

Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all…

'I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific…

• Rok vydání 2008

The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of…

With usage notes including details of common pitfalls and how to avoid them, the author presents the reader with advice on…

• Rok vydání 2020

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

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