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- Icon Books, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 10,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-207-4
EAN 9781848312074
Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle and powerful theorists. But his provocative style and assaults on sociology, feminism and ...
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The Etymologicon
A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Icon Books, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-307-1
EAN 9781848313071
Why is champagne the ideal drink for a campaign, what does shooting pool have to do with chickens, and why is black really white? There's always a connection. Sometimes, it's obvious: an actor's role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same colour as the robes of a Capuchin monk. ...
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- Icon Books, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 544 páginas
PVP: 16,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-247-0
EAN 9781848312470
Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends John Sutherland and Stephen Fender turn up the most inspiring, ...
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- Icon Books, 2011
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PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-685-3
EAN 9781785786853
In Becoming Bulletproof, former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras shares the insights and skills she has learned from one of the oldest elite security forces in the world - to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how you're perceived, and live a more fearless life. As a 5'2" Greek woman, Evy ...
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'A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book.' Helen Dunmore Perhaps your brain seems to stumble when faced with the 13 times table, or persistently fails to master parallel parking. But you're in control of it, right? Sorry. Think again.Dotted with popular explanations of the latest research and fascinating real-life examples, psychologist Cordelia Fine tours the ...
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Delusions of Gender
The Real Science Behind Sex Differences
- Icon Books, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 11,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-220-3
EAN 9781848312203
With sparkling wit and humour, Cordelia Fine attacks this neurosexism', revealing the mind's remarkable plasticity, the substantial influence of culture on identity,and the malleability of what we consider to be hardwired' difference. This modern classic shows the surprising extent to which boys and girls, men and women are made - not born.
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For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the ferocious, divisive debate at its heart.For 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the ...
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God's Philosophers
How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
- Icon Books, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 13,05 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-150-3
EAN 9781848311503
This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution.In "God's Philosophers", James Hannam debunks ...
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- Icon Books, 2009
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 175 páginas
PVP: 10,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-060-5
EAN 9781848310605
Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as 'the most important event of thought in our century'. As a philosopher, historian and political activist, he certainly left behind an enduring and influential body of work, but is this acclaim justified? "Introducing Foucault" places his work in its turbulent philosophical and political context, and critically ...
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- Icon Books, 2007
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 10,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84046-853-3
EAN 9781840468533
Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is special about the human mind and consciousness? Are we free to choose who we are and what we do? Can we prove that God exists? Can we be certain about ...
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Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? Introducing Freud successfully demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. Irreverent and witty but never trivial, the book ...
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- Icon Books, 2006
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 10,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84046-754-3
EAN 9781840467543
From Zawn Organ, Cornwall to Zoar in Shetland via Zion Place in Somerset and Zulu Farm, Oxfordshire, The Z-Z of Great Britain provides an essential profile on each and every zed locale in the land and, thoughtfully, instructions on how to get there. Visit, perhaps, the hamlet of Zabulon in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Meet Gareth, Val, ...
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