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Of Bridges A Poetic and Philosophical Account
ISBN: HB: 9780226735290, University of Chicago Press, March 2021
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 colour plates, 73 halftones
"Always", wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live". Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially when they...
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£28,00
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Orphans A History
ISBN: HB: 9781849049429, Hurst Publishers, August 2018
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion – but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, mal...
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£20,00
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Official Dictionary of Idiocy A Lexicon For Those of Us Who Are Far Less Idiotic Than The Rest of You
ISBN: FLEXI: 9781454927808, GMC Group, Sterling, December 2017
368 pp., 17.1x14 cm, illus.
A hilarious compendium from the author of "The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm": the perfect book for today's world. The battle for sanity and intelligence rages on! Read any news story today and it s clear that idiots are everywhere. For that reason,...
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£12,99
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Of Beards and Men The Revealing History of Facial Hair
ISBN: PB: 9780226479200, ISBN: HB: 9780226284002, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 58 halftones
Beards – they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipste...
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£14,50
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£24,00
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Orchid A Cultural History
ISBN: HB: 9780226376325, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
288 pp., 23x15.5 cm, 15 colour plates, 45 halftones
At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time.  The ancient Greeks...
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£22,50
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On the Animation of the Inorganic Art, Architecture, and the Extension of Life
ISBN: PB: 9780226380193, ISBN: HB: 9780226645681, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
440 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 164 halftones, 10 colour illus.
Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves interactin...
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£22,50
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£43,50
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
ISBN: PB: 9780300148602, Yale University Press, June 2013
448 pp., 21x14 cm
Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle's "On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History" considers how heroes are created and conveys his ideas on the importance of heroic leadership. Carlyle explored a wide range of her...
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£17,00
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Opium Reality's Dark Dream
ISBN: HB: 9780300175325, Yale University Press, March 2012
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.
Opium and its derivatives morphine and heroin have destroyed, corrupted, and killed individuals, families, communities, and even whole nations. And yet, for most of its long history, opium has also been humanity's most effective means of alleviating...
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£25,00
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Our Hero Superman on Earth
ISBN: PB: 9780300171242, Yale University Press, June 2011
240 pp., 19.6x13 cm
Since his first appearance in "Action Comics" Number One, published in late spring of 1938, Superman has represented the essence of American heroism. "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in...
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£14,00
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On the Make The Hustle of Urban Nightlife
ISBN: PB: 9780226306728, ISBN: HB: 9780226305677, University of Chicago Press, May 2011
296 pp., 21.3x14.2 cm
David Grazian's riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons. Entertainment in the city has evolved into...
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£21,00
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£21,00
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