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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 13,45 €
ISBN 978-1-63149-060-6
EAN 9781631490606
A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx. When Karl Marx was buried at Highgate Cemetery in North London in 1883, his longtime friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels, remarked that he was "above all a revolutionary." For Marx, the struggle to accurately describe or interpret ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 17,70 €
ISBN 978-1-63149-058-3
EAN 9781631490583
An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian nationalism, regarded by others to be a reviver of the Roman Republic ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 17,70 €
ISBN 978-1-63149-057-6
EAN 9781631490576
In On Aristotle: Saving Politics from Philosophy, Alan Ryan examines Plato's most famous student and sharpest critic, whose writing has helped shape over two millennia of Western philosophy, science, and religion. The first thinker to posit that a society should be ruled by laws and not men, Aristotle was born in Stagira, Macedon, in 384 ...
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Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the Japanese aristocracy, wrote The Tale of Genji during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki's tale is recognised as a masterpiece of world literature. The Tale of Genji is presented here in ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 720 páginas
PVP: 26,90 €
ISBN 978-0-393-35125-5
EAN 9780393351255
With over twenty percent more material, a must for any lover of distinctive words. This entertaining and informative reference features sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common words together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoiding traditional thesauruses' mundane synonym choices, Peter E. Meltzer puts each word whether it's protrepic, apostrophize, iracund, or emulous in context by ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 16,95 €
ISBN 978-0-393-35168-2
EAN 9780393351682
Bob Stanley musician, music critic, and unabashed fan recounts the progression from the Beach Boys to the Pet Shop Boys to the Beastie Boys; explores what connects doo wop to the sock hop; and reveals how technological changes have affected pop production. Working with a broad definition of pop one that includes country and metal, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 14,30 €
ISBN 978-0-393-35163-7
EAN 9780393351637
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti-legendary poet and best-selling author-collects here his travel journals. Traversing the latter half of the twentieth century to the present, Writing Across the Landscape positions Ferlinghetti as a major voice whose personal writings are now added to the fabric of twentieth-century literary history. The volume gives glimpses of figures like William Burroughs in London, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 14,85 €
ISBN 978-1-63149-114-6
EAN 9781631491146
Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called "the rainbow colours" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence. Once criticised for his over-reliance on genetics, Wilson unfurls his most expansive and advanced theories on human behaviour.Whether attempting to explicate "the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 3400 páginas
PVP: 54,80 €
ISBN 978-0-393-26312-1
EAN 9780393263121
The Norton Shakespeare brings to readers a meticulously edited new text that reflects current textual-editing scholarship and introduces innovative teaching features. The print and digital bundle offers students a great reading experience in two ways-a printed volume for their lifetime library and a digital edition ideal for in-class use. Every play introduction, note, gloss and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 272 páginas
PVP: 30,30 €
ISBN 978-0-393-05885-7
EAN 9780393058857
A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 17,70 €
ISBN 978-0-8112-2322-5
EAN 9780811223225
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 14,70 €
ISBN 978-0-393-93633-9
EAN 9780393936339
The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his "Author's Note" to 'Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two "Calm-pieces" ("The Secret Sharer" and The Shadow-Line) and his two "Storm-pieces" (The Nigger of the "Narcissus" and "Typhoon"). This edition is based on ...
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When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the film star, the hunk and the scandals. Susan L. Mizruchi finds the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four thousand books; the man who rewrote scripts, trimming his lines to make them sharper; the man who consciously used his body and employed the ...
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Many see China's rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a deep perspective on China's military and ...
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The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process called "domestication". Domesticated creatures have served us well- without them, civilisation as we know it would not exist.Richard C. Francis weaves history, archaeology and anthropology, while seamlessly integrating the most cutting-edge ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 20,65 €
ISBN 978-0-393-35116-3
EAN 9780393351163
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 18,90 €
ISBN 978-0-8112-2149-8
EAN 9780811221498
A puzzling phone call shatters a writer's routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer's mission will be to sit down to write ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 32,50 €
ISBN 978-0-393-24326-0
EAN 9780393243260
Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 128 páginas
PVP: 15,15 €
ISBN 978-0-8112-2337-9
EAN 9780811223379
An author (a version of Vila-Matas himself) presents a short history of a secret society, the Shandies, who are obsessed with the concept of portable literature. The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book, its members include writers and artists like Marcel Duchamp, Aleister Crowley, Witold Gombrowicz, Federico García Lorca, Man ...
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