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Karl Marx
By Jonathan Sperber
Hardback
Published 03-May-2013
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Karl Marx is a magisterial and defining biography that vividly explores not only the man himself but also the revolutionary times in which he lived.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
By Slavoj Zizek
Paperback
Published 01-Oct-2009
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Argues that the liberal idea of the end of history, declared by Francis Fukuyama during the 1990s, has had to die twice.
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Get Real
By Eliane Glaser
Paperback
Published 31-Jan-2013
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It's time to radically alter the way we perceive the world. It's time to get real.
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Art in Theory, 1815-1900
By Charles Harrison
Hardback
Published 08-Jan-1998
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* Provides an indispensable companion to Harrison and Wooda s classic volume Art in Theory 1900--1990. * Extends to a startling degree the canon of nineteenth--century art theory. * Offers for the first time English translations of material from foreign sources, comprising a third of the entire volume.
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Morality of China in Africa
By Stephen Chan
Paperback
Published 09-May-2013
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Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa.
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On the Map
By Simon Garfield
Hardback
Published 04-Oct-2012
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Maps have the most amazing stories. Suitable for mapophiles, this book offers narratives on everything from the challenge of mapping the oceans to spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America, from Churchill's crucial war maps to the lay-out of a Monopoly board, from crime maps to music maps, from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds.
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Future
By Al Gore
Hardback
Published 29-Jan-2013
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Explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, the author also explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversation about the future in fresh and provocative ways.
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Consider the Fork
By Bee Wilson
Hardback
Published 25-Oct-2012
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It took countless inventions to get to the well-equipped kitchens we have now, where our old low-tech spoon is joined by mixers, freezers and microwaves, but the story of human invention in the kitchen is largely unseen. This book explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live.
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History of the World in 100 Objects
By Neil MacGregor
Paperback
Published 28-Jun-2012
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Encompassing a sweep of human history, this title begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today.
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Thinking the Twentieth Century
By Tony Judt
Paperback
Published 07-Feb-2013
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Two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th Century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Both travellers are professional historians still tormented by their own unanswered questions.
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