Engels by Terrell Carver
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
It is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx to make converts of the most influential political movement of modern times. He was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism, the official philosophies of history and science in many communist ...Show more
The Botany of Desire - A plant's-eye view of the world by Michael Pollan
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Category: Science
A fascinating journey into the art of botany that combines the narrative of The Tulip with the science writing of Genome. A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at Mcdonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn ...Show more
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Tuck
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled ...Show more
Russell by A.C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. ...Show more
Fifteen Kinds of Desire by Mandy Sayer
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Category: Essays
'Or at least there is a desire to become a smaller part of something larger in life, something that will take charge of you as though you were a child.' Richard Ford, WILDLIFE, from the epigraph to FIFTEEN KINDS OF DESIRE A young child is preyed upon by a molester - and turns the tables in a terrifying ...Show more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
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Category: Words & Ideas
'A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him' Michael Lewis In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour c ...Show more
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
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Category: Essays
Alice Munro has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. In this brilliant new collection she takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisabl ...Show more
Graham Greene - Collected Essays by Graham Greene
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Category: Essays
Collected Essays contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. From Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby, the range of subjects is eclectic and stimulating; his subjects brought vividly t ...Show more
Theaetetus by Plato
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself, in a debate with the geometrician Theodorus and his young follower Theaetetus. Their dialogue covers many questions, such as: is knowledge purely sub ...Show more
On Giants' Shoulders by Melvyn Bragg
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Category: Science
Published to tie-in with BBC Radio 4 series, the story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and discoveries of twelve of its greatest figures, from Archimedes to Crick and Watson. Exploring their impact and legacy with leading scientists of today, Bragg conveys the excitement and importance o ...Show more
The Screwtape Letters by Lewis, C.S.
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Category: Contemporary Thought
This narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on Earth, trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian.
Human Brain The by Greenfield Susan
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Category: Science | Series: Science Masters Ser.
Locked away remote from the rest of the body in its own custom-built casing of skull bone, with no intrinsic moving parts, the human brain remains a tantalising mystery. But now, more than ever before, we have the expertise to tackle this mystery - the last 20 years have seen astounding progress in brai ...Show more