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Society & social sciences
hardcover. Examines Plato's insightful analysis of pleasure and explores its intimate connections with his discussions of value, happiness and human psychology. This book offers a fresh perspective on how good things bear on happiness in Plato's ethics. It presents a discussion of the topic for fifty years, and shows its relevance to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033636
- ISBN
- 9780199282845
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Condition: Used, Very Good
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paperback. The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HRQX; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 442. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033672
- ISBN
- 9780857380975
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paperback. Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRQM; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033680
- ISBN
- 9780141025988
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paperback. By studying Lucretius' poem De Rerum Nature and its impact on literary and political circles in Machiavelli's Florence, this book examines the way that the Lucretian concepts served Machiavelli as revolutionary new materials for the creation of his infamously brutal political science. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033689
- ISBN
- 9780739197752
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paperback. Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. This title presents the author's thinking on the central issues, questions and demands that are driving ordinary people to protest. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033704
- ISBN
- 9780241964019
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Condition: Used, Very Good
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paperback. Islamic art has long been misunderstood in the West as no more than decoration. This study explains how the geometrical patterns of Islamic art reveal intrinsic cosmological laws. The primary function of the patterns is to lead the mind from the literal world towards the underlying reality. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; JFSR2; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 668. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033723
- ISBN
- 9780500270714
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. A study of the origins and rise of the Radical Enlightenment, an important part of the revolutionary process of change during the 17th and 18th centuries. This book analyzes the enlightenment's role in the demolition of traditional structures of authority, scientific thought and belief. Num Pages: 832 pages, 16 pp plates, 5 halftones, map. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1344. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033780
- ISBN
- 9780198206088
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. This volume draws together Allan Gotthelf's pioneering work on Aristotle's biology. He examines Aristotle's natural teleology, the axiomatic structure of biological explanation, and the reliance on scientifically organized data in the three great works with which Aristotle laid the foundations of biological science. Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HPCA; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 830. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033782
- ISBN
- 9780199287956
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Martinus Nijhoff The Hague
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033796
- ISBN
- 9789024712991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
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hardcover. Editor(s): Lienhard, Marc. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Martinus Nijhoff The Hague
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033799
- ISBN
- 9789024718962
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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paperback. An essential, illustrated primer on what makes society tick. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FXZ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785780738
- ISBN
- 9781785780738
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Condition: New
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€ 10.99
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paperback. Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840468519
- ISBN
- 9781840468519
Paperback
Condition: New
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paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pocket Essentials
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781842433478
- ISBN
- 9781842433478
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Condition: New
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paperback. Capitalism has influenced everything in the 21st-century world. This work tells the story of its remarkable and often ruthless rise, evolving through strife and struggle as much as innovation and enterprise. Tracing capitalism from its beginning, it looks at its practical and theoretical impact. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848310551
- ISBN
- 9781848310551
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Condition: New
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paperback. Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? This book provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, and his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism. Illustrator(s): Zarate, Oscar. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848310582
- ISBN
- 9781848310582
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Condition: New
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paperback. A guide to the state of consciousness studies. It presents the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and covers the scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. It also introduces readers to zombies, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat. Illustrator(s): Selina, Howard. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMTC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 120 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848311718
- ISBN
- 9781848311718
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Condition: New
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paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848311787
- ISBN
- 9781848311787
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Condition: New
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paperback. INTRODUCING guide to the pioneering child psychoanalyst Illustrator(s): Zarate, Oscar. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848312135
- ISBN
- 9781848312135
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Condition: New
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paperback. Carl Gustav Jung was an enigmatic psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, the founder of analytical psychology and a one-time disciple of Freud. Introducing Jung explains his key theories that still inform our thinking on psychology and personality, describing the events that led to his creation of The Red Book. Illustrator(s): McGuiness, Michael; Pugh, Oliver. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAJ; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848318557
- ISBN
- 9781848318557
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Condition: New
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paperback. Drawing on new anthropological approaches, John Winkler considers the lives of men and women in Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033844
- ISBN
- 9780415901239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91