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Who are We - and Should it Matter in the 21st Century?
By Gary Younge
Paperback
Published 03-Jun-2010
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Demonstrates that how we define ourselves affects every part of our lives: from violence on the streets to international terrorism; from changes in our laws to whom we elect; and, from our personal safety to military occupations.
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When a Billion Chinese Jump
By Jonathan Watts
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Published 01-Jul-2010
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With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is suffering an environmental disaster. This title presents a demonstration that - even with the crisis so severe, and the political scope so limited - the actions of individuals can make a difference.
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On Evil
By Terry Eagleton
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Published 06-Apr-2010
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For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. This study launches a defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world.
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50 Religious Ideas You Really Need to Know
By Peter Stanford
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Published 27-May-2010
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The ultimate guide to the most important ideas in world religion.
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Case for God
By Karen Armstrong
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Published 01-Jul-2010
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Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, this title shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.
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God Delusion
By Richard Dawkins
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Published 21-May-2007
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Presenting different arguments for religion, this book demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. It aims to show how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children.
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Breakfast with Socrates
By Robert Smith
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Published 10-Jun-2010
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From getting ready in the morning, through heading to work, going to a party, having sex and falling back to sleep, this title provides an hour-by-hour commentary on what history's greatest philosophers have said about the meaning behind everything we do. It offers an informal introduction to the history of ideas that help us to think healthily.
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Reclaiming the F Word
By Catherine Redfern
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Published 08-Jun-2010
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From cosmetic surgery to celebrity culture and girl power to globalization, from rape to religion and sex to singleness, this book reveals the seven vital issues at stake for feminists, unveils the beginnings of a fresh and diverse wave of feminism, and calls a new generation back to action.
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Causing Death and Saving Lives
By Jonathan Glover
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Published 28-Jun-1990
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Explains the moral problems of abortion, infanticide, suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, war and other life-or-death choices.
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Before Night Falls
By Reinaldo Arenas
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Published 15-Jun-2001
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A memoir that recounts the author's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba to his death in New York four decades later. It tells of his odyssey from young rebel fighting for the Revolution, through his suppression as a writer, his disillusionment with Castro, his imprisonment and torture, to his eventual flight from Cuba.
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