Black Mass - Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (Gray John)(Paperback / softback)

Black Mass - Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (Gray John)(Paperback / softback)

Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to

Massacre - The Life and Death of the Paris Commune of 1871 (Merriman John M.)(Paperback / softback)

Black Mass (Gray John)(Paperback)

For the decade that followed the end of the cold war, the world was lulled into a sense that a consumerist, globalized, peaceful future beckoned. The beginning of the twenty-first century has rudely disposed of such ideas--most obviously through 9/11and its aftermath. But just as damaging has been

Immortalization Commission - The Strange Quest to Cheat Death (Gray John)(Paperback / softback)

At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be

Life and Death on Mars: The New Mars Synthesis (Brandenburg Phd John)(Paperback)

Mass Extinction and Nuclear Catastrophe on Mars Chapters include: Oasis Earth; The School of Mars; The Dream of Mars; The Red Star; The Vikings of Mars; The Oxygen of Mars; The Paleo-Ocean of Mars; The Crystal Palace of Mars; The Chixulube of Mars; The New Mars Synthesis; The Twilight of Mars;

Death in White Pyjamas - & Death Knows No Calendar (Bude John)(Paperback / softback)

Two mysteries of the kind John Bude does best, with well-drawn and authentic period settings and a satisfying whodunit structure, following the traditional rules and style of the Golden Age of the

Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology (Grassmann Preston)(Paperback)

A post-apocalyptic anthology about salvage and the ruins, featuring China Mieville, Emily St John Mandel, Charlie Jane Anders, Ramsey Campbell and more. This anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction asks, what would you save from the fire? In the moments when it all comes crashing down, what will we

In The Pleasure Groove - Love, Death and Duran Duran (Taylor John)(Paperback / softback)

The frank, funny and intimate autobiography of Duran Duran's legendary bassist, John

Death of Grass (Christopher John)(Paperback / softback)

At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to

How the World Works: Religion - The rich history of the world's major faiths (Hawkins John)(Paperback / softback)

The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (Collins John J.)(Paperback)

One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre. After an initial overview of things apocalyptic,

Oxford Playscripts: The Hound of the Baskervilles (O'Connor John)(Paperback / softback)

After the mysterious and violent death of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson embark upon their most famous case. What is the spectral hound that howls by night in the mists of Dartmoor? Is there really a curse on the Baskerville

The Story of Everything: A Parable of Creation and Evolution (Kotre John)(Paperback)

In this beautiful and wise tale John Kotre weaves together the worlds of science and religion. Today we are caught between the two--between a story of creation and design and a story of evolution and emergence. How do we find our way from one to the other? And then what? In The Story of Everything

Life, Death and Cellos (Rogers Isabel)(Paperback / softback)

In a tale marrying the insight of Sue Townsend with the farcical humour of John O'Farrell, a priceless cello is abducted, a conductor is stranded on the wrong side of the Atlantic, and Erin the cellist stumbles (eventually) on her true calling in

Augustus John - The New Biography (Holroyd Michael)(Paperback / softback)

This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s, reveals the complete story of John and his circle, from one of our great

Eroticism (Bataille Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Linking the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, this title offers an array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice and violence, as well as includes comments on Freud, Sade and Saint

Death on the Riviera (Bude John)(Paperback / softback)

This classic crime novel from 1952 evokes all the sunlit glamour of life on the Riviera, and combines deft plotting with a dash of

Archaeology of Death and Burial (Parker Pearson Mike)(Paperback / softback)

The archaeology of death and

Religion and Public Life: The Legacy of Monsignor John A. Ryan (Kennedy Robert G.)(Paperback)

Religion and Public Life is a collection of papers delivered at a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Msgr. John A. Ryan, who was the most prominent and influential American advocate of the Catholic social tradition in the first half of the twentieth century. He was a rare

The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion (Caputo John D.)(Paperback)

'Caputo's book is riveting. . . . A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis. . . . There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work.' --Edith Wyschogrod'No one interested in

Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy: On Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (Collins John J.)(Paperback)

A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic

On Art and Life (Ruskin John)(Paperback / softback)

John Ruskins insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design and remain powerfully relevant to our ideas of beauty

Circus Maximus: Race to the Death (Gray Annelise)(Paperback / softback)

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of

Coast of Utopia Trilogy (Stoppard Tom)(Paperback / softback)

The Coast of Utopia is an epic but also intimate drama of romantics and revolutionaries in an age of emperors. The three sequential, self-contained plays, Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage, span the lives and loves of a group of Russian friends at home and abroad in the tumultuous years between 1833