The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays (Rowe Colin)(Paperback)

The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays (Rowe Colin)(Paperback)

This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the

The Fear of the Feminine: And Other Essays on Feminine Psychology (Neumann Erich)(Paperback)

These essays by the famous analytical psychologist and student of creativity Erich Neumann belong in the context of the depth psychology of culture and reveal a prescient concern about the one-sidedness of patriarchal Western civilization. Neumann recommended a 'cultural therapy' that he thought

The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays (Makhno Nestor)(Paperback)

A collection of essays and articles from the Ukranian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno, who fought against encroaching Bolshevik terror during the Russian Revolution. 'The Struggle Against the State and other Essays' sheds valuable insight onto the man and the movement that bore his

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Wallace David Foster)(Paperback)

This celebrated collection of essays from the author of Infinite Jest is 'brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer' (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone?

The World's Last Night: And Other Essays (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

A repackaged edition of the revered author's anthology of satirical yet serious essays on evil.In these spirited essays, C. S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great

The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ and Other Essays: 2nd Edition (Hayley Jay)(Paperback)

Economic Reform and a Liberal Culture: And Other Essays on Social and Cultural Topics (Rubens Tom)(Paperback)

This second collection of essays for the Societas series by Tom Rubens continues the author's discussion of contemporary issues contained in 'Progressive Secular Society' (Imprint Academic 2008). The present book is divided into three main sections. The first deals with social, economic and

Anarchism and Other Essays (Goldman Emma)(Paperback)

In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the 'notorious Anarchist,' feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to internationally known

Nature and Other Essays (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including 'Nature,' 'Self-Reliance,' 'Love,' and 'Art.' Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay 'Nature' declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for

The Emotional Load: And Other Invisible Stuff (Emma)(Paperback)

The author of The Mental Load returns with more 'visual essays which are transformative agents of change.' After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women's experiences, from consent to the 'power of love,' from the care and

Proving It Her Way: Emmy Noether, a Life in Mathematics (Rowe David E.)(Paperback)

The name Emmy Noether is one of the most celebrated in the history of mathematics. A brilliant algebraist and iconic figure for women in modern science, Noether exerted a strong influence on the younger mathematicians of her time and long thereafter; today, she is known worldwide as the 'mother of

Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Mill John Stuart)(Paperback)

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was

After Brexit and Other Essays (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

'Being more like America again and less like Europe is the heart of the UK model of capitalism ... but] there are many respects in which Britain remains unlike America despite its strong appeal to the British political class ...' In 'After Brexit' Andrew Gamble sets out the economic models and

The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories (Tillman Lynne)(Paperback)

The complete art world story/essays of the fictional Madame Realism, collected for the first time.The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories gathers together Lynne Tillman's groundbreaking fiction/essays on culture and places, monuments, artworks, iconic TV shows, and received ideas, written in

The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Writings (Gilman Charlotte Perkins)(Paperback)

Collected fiction and essays by a pillar of the American feminist canon--with an introduction by Halle Butler, a National Book Award Foundation '5 Under 35' honoree and a Granta Best Young American Novelist Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a writer, editor, and journalist whose poems, articles, short

In Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating

Anarchism and Other Essays (Goldman Emma)(Paperback)

Lithuanian born anarchist Emma Goldman emmigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. She first became attracted to anarchism following the Haymarket affair of 1886, a massacre in which seven police officers and an unknown number of civilians were killed during a march of striking Chicago

I Might Regret This - Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities and Other Stuff (Jacobson Abbi)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir in essays by Abbi Jacobson, the co-creator and co-star of hit comedy series Broad

Black Holes And Baby Universes And Other Essays (Hawking Stephen (University of Cambridge))(Paperback / softback)

Covering subjects ranging from the personal to the scientific, this is a collection of Stephen Hawking's essays and other pieces. They reveal him as scientist, man, concerned world citizen and imaginative thinker. A transcript of his conversation on 'Desert Island Discs' is

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff (Jacobson Abbi)(Paperback)

From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a 'poignant, funny, and beautifully unabashed' (Cheryl Strayed) New York Times bestselling essay collection about love, loss, work, comedy, and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew.When Abbi Jacobson

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity (Hodgkin Luke)(Paperback)

A History of Mathematics covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic

Selected Political Writings - The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays(Paperback / softback)

It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays (Berry Wendell)(Paperback)

An impassioned and rigorous appeal for reconnection to the land and human feeling by one of America's most heartfelt and humble writers. When he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture--our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement--Wendell Berry decided to

Is the Rectum a Grave?: And Other Essays (Bersani Leo)(Paperback)

Over the course of a distinguished career, critic Leo Bersani has tackled a range of issues in his writing, and this collection gathers together some of his finest work. Beginning with one of the foundations of queer theory-his famous meditation on how sex leads to a shattering of the self, 'Is the