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

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

Richard Rorty is one of the provocative figures in philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings…

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

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The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same…

Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of…

Based on a major three-year research project, this book makes clear how planners have frequently failed to understand real…

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A portrait of Robert Mugabe, a man whose once brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent.…

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

Is there really such a thing as free will? How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are just a cluster of…

Examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. Ranging from…

Challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. This work revives the…

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

Explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has become commonplace. The…

From the creator of AdviceWithErin, comes the definitive book on how to use the right words at work―so you can build the…

Since it was first published in 1981, GETTING TO YES has become a central book in the Business Canon: the key text on the…

As John Casti wrote, "Finally, a book that really does explain consciousness." This groundbreaking work by Denmark's leading…

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A reference work for those looking for help in order to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, or write any…

An indispensable companion for poets, songwriters and composers of verse. Kniha 9780140511369 Penguin Rhyming Dictionary |…

This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their…

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Robert Fagles' this latest achievement completes the magnificent triptych of Western epics. A sweeping story of arms and…

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''A brilliantly readable account, based on exceptional access, of the transformation of the old Quaker bank into a…

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Through a blend of compelling exercises, illustrations, and stories, the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets will train…

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From Brexit to Donald Trump, to extremist parties in Europe and the developing world, populism has dominated recent…

The central text of modern philosophy. Includes a new introduction, bibliography and notes. Translated by Max Muller, and…

One of fifteen volumes in the Freud series, this title is part of a plan to generate a non-specialist Freud for a wide…

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A paradigm-shifting book from therapist and founder of @browngirltherapy, offering powerful insights and guidance for…

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry…

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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…

Freud's religious unbeliefs are too easily dismissed as the standard scientific rationalism of the twentieth-century…

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Der Weltbestseller jetzt im Taschenbuch: Gabor Matés bahnbrechende Untersuchung der Ursachen von KrankheitWir neigen dazu,…

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

"The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology" has become a byword for demystifying the language of this complex subject. Now fully…

Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln,…

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'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the…

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A portrait of a world that lifts the veil on the lives of Islamic women. This is the story to discover the truth about women…

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