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by Tim Pat Coogan
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
The Easter Rising began at 12 noon on 24 April, 1916 and lasted for six short but bloody days, resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians, the destruction of many parts of Dublin and the true beginning of Irish independence.
The 1916 Rising was born out of the Conservative and Unionist parties'...
The Heart of Things
Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best known, A.C. Grayling
Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people one, in turn, respects. And one...
The Choice Of Hercules
Pleasure, Duty And The Good Life In The 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book.
He shows us how much more people can understand about themselves and their world by reflecting on today's moral challenges....
Don Quixote's Delusions
Travels in Castilian Spain
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country's greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.
When in 1987 Miranda France spent a year living in Madrid, the post-dictatorship ebullience was at its height. Pornography and soft drugs were legalised...
The Great Philosophers: Spinoza
Spinoza
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Born to be misunderstood, Spinoza was a man whose theology was banned for Godlessness. The very virtuosity of his reasoning left logicians unsettled, while even to professional thinkers in our own time, Spinoza has seemed too clever by half.
And yet, as Roger Scruton shows in this strikingly...
The Xmas Files
The Philosophy of Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
A philosophical but fun look at the meanings of Christmas myths and rituals, from carving the turkey to why Santa wears red.
Picture the scene: Aunt Gertrude has just given you the most appalling Christmas tie, complete with snow-flecked kittens in a bowler hat. Do you smile, nod, and confine...
Blood and Silk
Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Why are Southeast Asia's richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption? Why do Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines harbour unresolved violent insurgencies? How do deepening religious divisions in Indonesia and Malaysia, and China's growing influence, affect the region and the rest of...
Globalising Hatred
The New Antisemitism
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
A hard-hitting essay combined with factual reportage on the new anti-semitism throughout Europe.
This book argues that what the 21st century now faces is an ideological assault based on hatred of Jews which is as serious as any major threat to universal values as the world has faced. Anti-semitism...
Dorothea's War
The Diaries of a First World War Nurse
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.
In April 1915, Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend Christie, received...
One Morning In Sarajevo
28 June 1914
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world.
A historical account of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Using newly available sources and older material, David James Smith brilliantly reinvestigates and reconstructs the events which subsequently...
by John Sladek
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
A collection of John Sladek's hilarious SF satires, including:
The Last of the Whaleburgers
Great Mysteries Explained!Red Noise
Guesting
Absent Friends
After Flaubert
The Brass Monkey
White Hat
The Island of Dr Circe
Answers
Breakfast with the Murgatroyds
The Next Dwarf
An Explanation for the Disappearance...
by Peter Hacker
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889 - 1951
P.M.S. Hacker's Wittgenstein offers an illuminating introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind and to his conception of philosophy. Combining passages from Wittgenstein's writings with detailed interpretation and commentary, Hacker leads us into a world...
Calling Major Tom
the laugh out loud feelgood comedy
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
'I loved everything about it.' Goodreads
'This book made me laugh, cry, giggle and gasp.' Goodreads
'One of my favourite books of the year. Charming and very sweet.' Goodreads
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Heartwarming eBook bestseller - the perfect read for anyone who enjoyed...
Rise
A first-aid kit for getting through tough times
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
'A week after my 50th birthday and just as our family was about to move home, something happened that changed the way I looked at life. I spoke to others about how they rebuilt their shattered worlds after very different personal traumas, emerging stronger than before. I hope our experiences, together...