Shepheard Walwyn imprint: 34 books
From Here to Prosperity
An Agenda for Progressive Prosperity based on an inequality-busting strategy of Income for me, wealth for we
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Are you angered by the high level of inequality but frustrated about what to do? From Here to Prosperity tells you how we can resolve this together. It is not another lengthy, learned work on the extent of the problem, it is about how to fix it, build a sustainable economy and bring greater social...
No End to Snowdrops
A Biography of Kathleen Raine
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Exploring the life of Kathleen Raine, who played an important role in the literary history of 20th-century England, this authorized biography tells how she developed from a small girl who only wanted to be a poet into a world-renowned poet and literary scholar. Starting with Kathleen’s struggle...
Sketches Sartorial, Tonsorial and the Like
A Collection Of Light Humorous Verse
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
St Claire Bullock - a Professor of Philosophy, no less - in the intervals between pondering the great questions of life, turned his hand to penning light verse in the manner of Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash and Edward Lear. In rhyming couplets these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities...
All Things Natural
Ficino on Plato's Timaeus
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato’s Timaeus, the most widely influential and hotly debated of the Platonic writings. Offering a probable account of the creation and nature of the cosmos, the discussion...
by John Vyvyan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
With modesty and conviction, this edition offers a viewpoint seldomly considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in writing at a time of major religious intolerance, this fresh examination demonstrates how subtly...
The Predator Culture
The Systemic Roots and Intent of Organised Violence
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Drawing on case studies of organized violence-ranging from territorial wars and colonial conquests to non-state variants such as organized crime-this record offers a general theory to account for the use of force in both the state and civil sectors of society. Challenging the popular views that the...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance-who translated all the works of Plato into Latin-Ficino prepared these...
The Greatest Briton
Essays on Winston Churchill's Life and Political Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Considered one of the most controversial figures in modern history-highly revered by some and heavily criticized by others-Winston Churchill is defended in this collection of essays covering a variety of topics throughout his life. Arranged in chronological order to show his life and career in context...
Travels with My Harp
The Complete Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Inspirational and entertaining, this autobiography chronicles the life of a performing artist with a deeply devout outlook. Mary O’Hara won global acclaim as a singer and harpist, yet behind public success was an unsuspected tragedy in which joy turned to sorrow. From her humble beginnings in the...
by Michael Hudson, Kris Feder, G. J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
With the eclipse of the New Right, politicians now admit that society is in crisis. Something must be done, but, explain the authors, governments will fail again unless they shake off the economic orthodoxy that is now one of the problems rather than the means to a solution. This book investigates...
by Walter Rybeck
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Pinpointing a flaw in prevailing economic practices that explains why so many families in the richest nation on earth are mired in poverty, homelessness, joblessness, and hunger, this study suggests that a reform is available to correct this flaw that is corroding the enterprise system. This flaw...
Eradicating Ecocide 2nd edition
Laws and Governance to Stop the Destruction of the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
In Eradicating Ecocide, international environment lawyer and Ecocide law expert Polly Higgins sets out to demonstrate how our planet is fast being destroyed by the activities of corporations and governments, facilitated by 'compromise' laws that offer insufficient deterrence. She offers a solution...
Boom Bust
House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Using the United Kingdom as a case study, this well-researched account shows how, for more than 200 years, a remarkably regular 18-year cycle of boom and bust can be traced to the peaks and troughs in land prices. This exploration reveals how governments, during the upswing of the cycle, are complicit...
Earth Is Our Business
Changing the Rules of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Advocating a new form of leadership that places the health and well-being of people and the planet first, this book proposes a new Earth law, a framework for sustainable development and international environmental governance. As it argues that the planet is not the exclusive preserve of the executives...