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Paperback. Rejecting the current conflation of distraction with diversion, this book presents the first genealogy of the concept from Aristotle to Kafka, Heidegger, and Benjamin's early twentieth-century use of distraction to revolutionize the humanities. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786874
- ISBN
- 9780804786874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Rejecting the current conflation of distraction with diversion, this book presents the first genealogy of the concept from Aristotle to Kafka, Heidegger, and Benjamin's early twentieth-century use of distraction to revolutionize the humanities. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775380
- ISBN
- 9780804775380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.85
€ 117.85
Paperback. Can consciousness be fitted into a naturalistic worldview or is it inherently mysterious? In virtue of what does a physical organism come to have an inner conscious life? This book argues that we are not equipped to understand the workings of conciousness, despite its objective naturalness. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631188032
- ISBN
- 9780631188032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.13
€ 46.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720748
- ISBN
- 9780804720748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433091
- ISBN
- 9781137433091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 118 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970610676
- ISBN
- 9780970610676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Sensation novels - characterized by emotionally and socially provocative dialogue and plots - had their heyday in England in the 1860s and 1870s. Exploring the metaphor of marital violence, the author examines the relationship between the representations of such violence in fiction and in the law. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; JFFE3; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919492
- ISBN
- 9780813919492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Hardback. Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the 4th century A D. This work focuses on the culture of Constantinople and the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. It provides a resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; CFG; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218215
- ISBN
- 9780520218215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.69€ 53.80
€ 68.69
€ 53.80
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170250
- ISBN
- 9781590170250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Tracy Borman, author of the bestselling biography of Thomas Cromwell, takes us behind the scenes to reveal the intimate secrets of the Tudor court and the private lives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I and more. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 x 8 page colour insets. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444782929
- ISBN
- 9781444782929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. From a talented and original thinker comes this passionate critique of the intrusiveness of modern culture which advocates an exploration and cultivation of our unconscious, in a world where everything we do is deemed public knowledge Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JMAF; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085306
- ISBN
- 9781847085306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. The private life of Marie Antionette Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 478
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886387
- ISBN
- 9781845886387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Hardback. Edward's private world is revealed in this exciting new work by John Ashdown-Hill, author of The Mythology of Richard III Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 246 x 36. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445652450
- ISBN
- 9781445652450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.60
€ 32.99
€ 28.60
Hardcover. The letters of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon detail the expansive life of a privileged woman and her family throughout the turbulent years of the early to mid-17th century. Complemented by extensive notes and 16 illustrations, this title is a useful contribution to our knowledge of Jacobean and Stuart family life. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639856
- ISBN
- 9780838639856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
Paperback. Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award in American History. "Packed with suggestive historical detail."-- Num Pages: 288 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212433
- ISBN
- 9780812212433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Why Britain was capitalist but not bourgeois Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 279 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784781033
- ISBN
- 9781784781033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.23
€ 29.99
€ 23.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; 5AN; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Edition
- 1st.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544096646
- ISBN
- 9780544096646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.27
€ 21.27
Paperback. In the 18th century shotgun weddings were not unusual, but in most cases it wasn't the bride that was holding the gun. So began the stormy marriage between Lord and Lady Grange, a marriage which was to end with Lady Grange's death on the Isle of Skye after 13 years in exile. Num Pages: 192 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHQ; 3JF; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817657
- ISBN
- 9781906817657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927322314
- ISBN
- 9781927322314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Hardback. Contains sixteen essays that focus on philosophical issues arising out of individual and social aspects of the self. This book contains papers that reflect upon psychological, methodological and ontological dimensions of pre-social, quasi-solipsistic ego, the transition to sociality in its moral, political, therapeutic and methodological aspects. Editor(s): Crowell, Steven. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335467
- ISBN
- 9780792335467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.37
€ 194.37