The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural

Thinking in an Emergency (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

In Thinking in an Emergency, Elaine Scarry lays bare the realities of 'emergency' politics and emphasizes what she sees as the ultimate ethical concern: 'equality of survival.' She reveals how regular citizens can reclaim the power to protect one another and our democratic principles. Government

Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud (Laqueur Thomas)(Paperback)

This is a book about the making and unmaking of sex over the centuries. It tells the astonishing story of sex in the West from the ancients to the moderns in a precise account of developments in reproductive anatomy and physiology. We cannot fail to recognize the players in Thomas Laqueur's

Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World (Escobar Arturo)(Paperback)

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Nelson Maggie)(Paperback)

Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath's poetry to Francis Bacon's paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono's

Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India (Namakkal Jessica)(Paperback)

After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent, Western-led ashrams and utopian

The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (Damasio Antonio)(Paperback)

Busiest People Ever (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Take a trip to the world of Richard Scarry and find out about all the jobs people do. From the everyday to the not so

Syria - The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State (Chatty Dawn)(Paperback / softback)

A leading expert offers the definitive account of Syria's long history of welcoming, and now exporting,

Donald Trump: The Making of a World View (Simms Brendan)(Paperback)

In Donald Trump: The Making of a World View, noted UK-based historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman argue it's a grave error to see Trump's foreign policy views as impulsive and inconsistent, or believe that they were improvised on the campaign trail and now in office. They also explore how

Soul Speak: The Language of Your Body (Cannon Julia)(Paperback)

Discover the secret language of the body Every ache, pain and symptom is the body delivering a message of importance to you in its own unique language. This book is a translation manual that teaches you that language.The basic premise here is that we are much greater than the sum of our physical

Barca - The Making of the Greatest Team in the World (Hunter Graham)(Paperback / softback)

Making Miniature Food and Market Stalls (Scarr Angie)(Paperback)

Perfect the craft of creating fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, cheeses, bread, and pastries in marvellous detail - right down to the earth on your potatoes Step-by-step photos show how to create mini works of art in clay and set them in context within market stalls and other display items. Projects

Best Lowly Worm Book Ever! (Scarry Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The debut of a newly discovered, never before published, classic-in-the-making from Richard Scarry is cause for joyous celebration Join Richard Scarry's most beloved character, Lowly Worm, in this fun, engaging picture book. It's quite the busy day for Lowly Worm. Whether he is at school, on the

Making Miniature Food & Market Stalls (Scarr Angie)(Paperback)

Making Miniature Food and Market Stalls teaches the reader how to create an array of extraordinarily life-like and mouthwatering food in polymer clay as well as a selection of stalls on which to display them. The author reveals how to create uncannily realistic edibles including fruit, vegetables,

The Problem of Pain (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition: 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' With his signature wealth of compassion and insight,

On Beauty and Being Just (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just

Variations on the Body (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

World-renowned philosopher, Michel Serres writes a text in praise of the body and movement, in praise of teachers of physical education, coaches, mountain guides, athletes, dancers, mimes, clowns, artisans, and artists. This work describes the variations, the admirable metamorphoses that the body

Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World (Scarry Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Travel the world thanks to the one and only Richard Scarry Little explorers can travel the world thanks to Richard Scarry With 33 stories featuring fun-filled stops in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Egypt, Australia, and more, this worldwide adventure of discovery will have children ready to pack their

The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain (Sarno John E.)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling guide to a healthy and pain-free life. Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful

Animal Days (Beckman Joshua)(Paperback)

Enacting both the pain and heightened awareness of a body in crisis, Joshua Beckman's latest collection of carefully assembled poetic fragments seeks to elucidate the synthetic reality of being sick and being medicated. Written from inside of illness and gathered over several years, these fragments

Island That Disappeared - Old Providence and the Making of the Western World (Feiling Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Funniest Storybook Ever (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Welcome to the busy world of Richard Scarry! New in picture book format, every page is packed with pictures and zany stories, with lots of details to

Armenians Beyond Diaspora: Making Lebanon Their Own (Nalbantian Tsolin)(Paperback)

This book argues that Armenians around the world - in the face of the Genocide, and despite the absence of an independent nation-state after World War I - developed dynamic socio-political, cultural, ideological and ecclesiastical centres. And it focuses on one such centre, Beirut, in the