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grey cl. 8vo. dw. B.C.E. vf cond. xvi+368p. abbrev. notes. index. keywords=christianity. ancient religion. mysticism. St. Paul the apostle. ancient history.

blue cl. 4to. dw. vf cond. OVERSIZE. lst pr. color frontis.237p. biblio. index. 225 color & b/w illus. & maps. keywords=medieval history. medieval religion. history of christianity. european history. medieval art. rome. Acheropita.

green & black 1/2 cl. 8vo. dw vf cond. (as new) .xxxii+348p. 2 append. selected. read. index. facs. of 16 documents . communism. conspiracy theory. espionage. treason. american history . cold war. russian history. politics. secret societies. world war II. world history.

red hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. very clean. minor scratch on cover (1/4"). no tears to clean dw. a bit of wrinkling at rear bottom. there were a few light pencil marks which I erased at the beginning ot the text. first us edition so stated. . first printing. collectible. translated by Claire Pajaczkowska. 252p. notes. biblio. index. psychoanalysis. psychiatry. psychology. freudo~marxism. marxism. sociology. politics. philosophy. infantile sexuality. exogeniety.jean brun. character analysis. civilization and its discontents. clockwork organge. g deleuze. function of the orgasm. god, ether & the devil. adolph hitler. libido theory. neuroses. neofascism. oedipus complex. political ideology. theoror reik. totem and taboo. …

Zustand: New. A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today's graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has researched, taught and written on the entire glorious span of human literary activity, here guides readers on a journey 'through the looking glass' to show how literature from across the world can transport us, transfix us, and teach us about ourselves. He introduces key works, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and Shakespeare to T.S.Eliot, George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, and looks afresh at literature's links to power, identity and taste. From the rude jokes within Anglo-Saxon riddles to the guilty pleasures of potboilers and fan fiction, this celebratory guide offers wit, humour and deep learning to all who enjoy literature, and who want to understand it anew. Little Histories - Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds. …

Paperback small narrow octavo, good condition, black & white photos centre spread, top edge foxed, spine little creased, minor edgewear cover corner tips. 208 pp. Renowned historian Peter Gay relates his youth as an assimilated Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939. He describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons why they did not emigrate sooner. He also explores his own ambivalent feelings - then and now - toward Germany and the German people.…

530pp plus ills. Cloth, dw, 18x12. Very good in very good wrapper. Part of the Buildings of England series.

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Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white drawings, light foxing top edge, small edge tears jacket (small tape repairs reverse side, front cover lightly rubbed), minor edgewear, owner's written name. 177 pp. From close textual analysis, Stan Draenos offers a new perspective on the tensions, transformations and the relentless dynamic of the social philosophy of Sigmund Freud. His psychoanalysis tried to combine mind-as-meaning with mind-as-mechanism. The author provides fresh insight into Freud's continuous transformation by of his psychoanalytic theory, such as the discovery of the unconscious, and the introduction of narcissism midway through his course. The author teaches social sciences at York University.…

1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables, figures, tiny bump bottom edge. 327 pp. This book documents five cases in which the Forest Stewardship Council, a forest certification program backed by leading environmental groups, has competed with industry and landowner-sponsored certification systems for legitimacy. The authors compare the politics behind forest certification in five countries: British Columbia, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden.…

Tapa blanda. Zustand: New. A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and Catalan experiences across a five-hundred-year period, beginning with the royal marriages that brought about union with their more powerful neighbors, England and Castile respectively, and following the story through the centuries from the end of the Middle Ages until today's dramatic events. J.H. Elliott examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and emotional factors that divide Scots and Catalans from the larger nations to which their fortunes were joined. He offers new insights into the highly topical subject of the character and development of European nationalism, the nature of separatism, and the sense of grievance underlying the secessionist aspirations that led to the Scottish referendum of 2014, the illegal Catalan referendum of October 2017, and the resulting proclamation of an independent Catalan republic.…

Tapa blanda. Zustand: New. A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists.Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a matter of genes. Yet the greatest mathematicians throughout history, from René Descartes to Alexander Grothendieck, have insisted that this is not the case. Like Albert Einstein, who famously claimed to have "no special talent," they said that they had accomplished what they did using ordinary human doubts, weaknesses, curiosity, and imagination.David Bessis guides us on an illuminating path toward deeper mathematical comprehension, reconnecting us with the mental plasticity we experienced as children. With simple, concrete examples, Bessis shows how mathematical comprehension is integral to the great learning milestones of life, such as learning to see, to speak, to walk, and to eat with a spoon.Focusing on the deeply human roots of mathematics, Bessis dispels the myths of mathematical genius. He offers an engaging initiation into the experience of math not as a series of discouragingly incomprehensible logic problems but as a physical activity akin to yoga, meditation, or a martial art. This perspective will change the way you think not only about math but also about intelligence, intuition, and everything that goes on inside your head.…

1st ed. Hardback octavo, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), edges faintly foxed, few pages fore-edge little creased, minor edgewear. 304 pp. In this provocative book, Ali A. Allawi explores how Islamic civilization began to come apart under colonial rule because its institutions, laws and economics were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents. He also examines the backlash expressed through the increasing religiosity of Muslim societies and the rise of political Islam. Assessing the status of each of the building blocks of Islamic civilization, the author concludes that Islamic civilization cannot survive without the vital spirituality that underpinned it in the past. He identifies a key set of principles for moving forward, principles that will surprise some and anger others, yet must be considered. The author is an Iraqi economist and former politician in the first civilian Iraqi governments.…

1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket (faint sticker mark front cover). 266 pp. Gavin Weightman charts the gestation of five familiar and now ubiquitous technologies that appeared in the 20th century - the aeroplane, television, mobile phones, barcodes and the personal computer. This is a fascinating, amusing and historical triumph of technology and the making of our modern world.…

Tapa dura. Zustand: New. An impassioned case for argument's central role in human life, by one of America's most distinguished cultural critics.From Eve's crafty exchange with the serpent, to Martin Luther King's soaring, subtle ultimatums, to the throes of Twitter--argument's drainpipe--the human desire to prevail with words has been not just a moral but an existential compulsion. In this dazzling reformulation of argument, renowned critic Lee Siegel portrays the true art of argument as much deeper and far more embracing than mere quarrel, dispute, or debate. It is the supreme expression of humanity's longing for a better life, born of empathy and of care for the world and those who inhabit it. With wit, passion, and striking insights, Siegel plumbs the emotional and psychological sources of clashing words, weaving through his exploration the untold story of the role argument has played in societies throughout history. Each life, he maintains, is an argument for that particular way of living; every individual style of argument is also a case that is being made for that person's right to argue. Argument is at the heart of the human experience, and language, at its most liberated and expressive, inexorably bends toward argument.Lee Siegel, the author of six previous books and the recipient of a National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism, publishes widely on culture and politics. He lives in Montclair, NJ with his wife and two children. "An invigorating reflection on the nature and value of disagreement. . . . Sharp and taut. . . . A lesson in a well-constructed argument itself."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Perhaps more than any other commentary, Why Argument Matters illuminates the root causes of our partisan, venomous, irrational times--and yet somehow rescues from the morass the true nature of argument, its power and beauty."--Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.…

1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, tiny dent bottom edge front cover. 354 pp. Rebecca Lemov reports on Harvard psychologist Bert Kaplan who set out to build the largest database of sociological information ever assembled. It was the mid-1950s, just before the dawn of the digital age (and the later big data projects). Kaplan, along with anthropologist A. I. Hallowell and a team of researchers, gathered research from a varied range of non-European subjects among remote and largely non-literate peoples around the world. Kaplan saw future researchers using the data through the cutting-edge Readex machine. However, technological developments and the obsolescence of the theoretical framework rendered the project irrelevant, and soon it was forgotten. The database was intended as a repository of humankindâs most elusive ways of being human, that is, an anthropological archive. This is a book about those encounters between scientists and subjects, between knowledge and machines - as well as the data that flowed out of them and the ways these were preserved or not preserved.…

Tapa blanda. Zustand: New. "A feminist classic."-Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review"A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."-Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World A pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that speaks to how The Madwoman in the Attic set the groundwork for subsequent generations of scholars writing about women writers, and why the book still feels fresh some four decades later.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 9.25 X 1 X 11.5 inches; 208 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 9.25 X 1 X 11.5 inches; 208 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Walter Sickert (1860-1942), perhaps the most important and influential early modern British artist, completed an outstanding body of prints that have been little noticed until now. This catalogue raisonnà brings together for the first time Sickert's 226 prints, many in rare or unique impressions, and discusses the artist's unorthodox techniques, the influences on his work, and the evolution of his printmaking career. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.