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During the pandemic, Marjorie Perloff, one of our foremost scholars of global literature, found her mind ineluctably drawn to the profound commentary on life and death in the wartime diaries of eminent philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). Upon learning that these notebooks, which richly...

A thought-provoking exploration of the Black musicians who inspired Elvis Presley's music, primarily through the lens of four overlooked artists: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and Calvin Newborn Формат: Скан PDf...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024 'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.' Raynor Winn On an assignment to walk the most famous pilgrimage...

Спогади. Автор та його співрозмовник – однокурсники по Харківському юридичному інституту 1976-1980-х років, розповідаючи про свою тридцятирічну службу в прокуратурі України і не тільки, привідкривають факти раніше відомі лише тим, хто мав доступ до документів під грифом «Таємно» та «Для...

The globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth. For millennia the ‘wild’ was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful myths about what would happen if they...

‘A gorgeous, sweeping epic’ Ann Napolitano ‘A gorgeous, sweeping epic’ ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ‘One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY ‘Spectacular’ JOANNE SEFTON ‘I didn’t want it to end’ SARA SHERIDAN A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible...

Travel around the world with Lady Dorothy Mills in a globe-trotting story of cannibals and cocktails, from the Jazz Age to Timbuktu 'A fascinating and well-researched biography of a fearless woman, it combines history, adventure and romance. I loved it.' - Lady Antonia Fraser Lady Dorothy...

A glorious piece of rich, romantic travel writing that takes the reader along old paths, into ancient villages, sharing rural homes and stables of farmers and shepherds in the Ligurian Alps, Pyrenees, Basque country and Galician coast, from a brilliant new talent 'A classic adventure narrative...

Inside Houthi-held Yemen, Dr Abdulkader Al-Guneid share the harrowing account of his 300-day imprisonment. Prison Time in Sana'a tells the story of Dr Abdulkader Al-Guneid's harrowing experience inside jail in Yemen's capital shortly after it was taken over by Houthi rebels. In his hometown of...

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Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) was one of history's great generals, a man studied by Caesar and Napoleon, among hundreds of others. He was born to the king of Macedon and educated by Aristotle, whose inquiring mind Alexander appreciated. After his father, Philip II, was...

“An instant classic….an intellectual feast and an existential feat!” —Cornel West “By intertwining autobiography and conceptual critique, Geuss underlines the idea that in order to gain a critical perspective on liberalism, it is necessary to become almost bilingual: able to speak the language...

Book launch in the House of Lords Author talks in various venues netgallley amazon ads book reviews radio podcasts Edward de Bono, polymath, writer, and philosopher, spent his life showing people how to use their brains creatively, to disrupt traditional ideas and ways of doing things. He mixed...

‘Extraordinary’ ANNE APPLEBAUM ‘Thrilling . . . a record of an infatuation’ TELEGRAPH ‘The book of a lifetime’ ELIF SHAFAK ‘The North Pole proves to be the perfect subject for him’ MICHAEL PALIN 'Heart-catching . . . fabulous' OBSERVER ‘A beautiful book’ ALAIN DE BOTTON The epic adventure...

A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir Longlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize “Ruby Lal coaxes the remarkable Gulbadan out from the shadows of history.”—Sara Wheeler, Wall Street...

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP-TEN BOOK OF 2024 A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death ‘Extraordinarily compulsive and fascinating. I felt it...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books I am not a man, I am dynamite Weeks before his final mental breakdown, Nietzsche set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo is the result. A summary of his life’s work as a philosopher, with chapter headings including ‘Why I Am...

'The most compelling and evocative of underwater odysseys' KATE HUMBLE 'Breathtakingly good' TRISTAN GOOLEY 'The most captivating book on diving that I have ever read' MENSUN BOUND Entranced by history and myth, captivated by the wonders of nature, Damian Le Bas explores the meaning we find in...

An unforgettable memoir about a life of adventure in the great outdoors and the power of a dog's transformative love ‘Cédric Sapin-Defour’s celebration of the life of Ubac has made him a literary sensation’ Sunday Times ‘A tribute to the love humans feel for their pets’ Guardian A tiny ad in...

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy “[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture the essence of this great man and his great life. It’s a must read for any aspiring Stoic.”—Ryan Holiday...

Matt Jackson-Smith is a new generation Yorkshire vet; a dashing James Herriot for the modern age. From watching TV show 'The Yorkshire Vet' with his gran, to being one of its most popular stars, Matt is forging an exciting life and career both on and off screen. In this fascinating, funny...

От Yakaboo: Эта книга расскажет вам об одном из самых удивительных ученых ХХ века. Сергей Королев, которого зачастую зовут отцом-основателем советской космонавтики, принес в науку столько нового, сколько не смогли принести все его предшественники вместе. Без него, Генерального конструктора, не...

От издателя: Николай Амосов – хирург милостью Божьей, спасший тысячи жизней. Новатор, открывший новые пути в хирургии легких и сердца и создавший новую науку – биокибернетику. Учитель многих хирургов; оригинальный мыслитель; неустанный пропагандист здорового образа жизни; талантливый писатель...

Николай Костомаров (1817 — 1885) — общественный деятель, историк, публицист, автор многотомного издания «Русская история в жизнеописаниях ее главнейших деятелей», исследователь социально-политической и экономической истории России и Украины, которую он называл Южной Русью и Южным краем. В...

Книга «Філософія свободи» містить твори, маловідомі широкому читачеві, написані видатним українським філософом-гуманістом Мирославом Поповичем й видруковані у різні роки, у різних виданнях та країнах. Вона є вочевидь унікальною за розмаїттям тематики, часовим виміром і тим, що статті власноруч...

Название «вальдорфский», которое имеет множество значений, существует более 200 лет. Широкой известности этого названия во всем мире способствовали вальдорфские школы, превратившие его в понятие, которое имеет не только историю, но и перспективы развития...

Книга Ігоря Гаріна присвячена життю, особистості і творчості найбільш видатного і оригінального мислителя XIX століття Фрідріха Ніцше (1844-1900). Найбільш зневажений в Росії філософ, мораліст, філолог, поет, візіонер, харизматик, праці якого стали переломним моментом, віхою, біфуркацією...

Стефан Цвейг (1881—1942) — класик австрійської літератури, автор новел, романів, белетристичних біографій та есеїв. До трилогії «Лікування і психіка» увійшли художні біографії австрійських вчених і лікарів Франца Месмера (1734—1815), Зигмунда Фройда (1856—1939) та американської цілительки Мері...

Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805 and was of mixed race. Her mother had cared for sick servicemen and Mary continued that humanitarian tradition in Panama before borrowing money to make the 4,000 mile journey to the war against the Russians being fought in the Crimea. There she treated...

"If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can …" A rollicking biography of Dr Leander Starr Jameson-hero, rogue and rascal of Empire and the man who...

"The Life and Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus" by Manly P. Hall is a book that explores the legendary figure of Hermes Trismegistus and the wisdom attributed to him. Hermes Trismegistus is a mythical and syncretic figure often associated with ancient Egypt and Greece, believed to be a master of...

Адам Кей написав мемуари та поставив хрест на посаді молодшого лікаря. Тоді він ще не знав, що перша, прощальна книжка стане початком великої історії. Адже лікар може покинути медицину, але медицина ніколи не покине лікаря — так тісно вони пов'язані. Тож Адам повертається із захопливою і...

"Аристотель. Його життя, наукова і філософська діяльність" Є. Ф. Литвинової - книга художньо-біографічної серії «Життя чудових людей» про давньогрецького філософа Аристотеля (древнегреч. Ἀριστοτέλης, 384-322 рр. до н. е.). Аристотель - легендарний мислитель античного періоду. До його діянь...

Давньогрецький філософ Сократ (древньогрецькою Σωκράτης, 469 р. до н.е. - 399 р. до н.е.), його діяльність вважається основоположною для філософів давнини. Ставши першим з мислителів, хто зосередив увагу на проблематиці особистості, він розвинув діалектичну доктрину про людське призначення...

Платон. Його життя і філософська діяльність Є. М. Орлова - книга художньо-біографічної серії «Життя чудових людей» про легендарного давньогрецького філософа Платона (давньогрец. Πλάτων, 428 р. до н.е.. - 348 р. до н.е.) . Платон - філософ, чиї ідеї формувалися під впливом двох блискучих вчителів...

Секс, наркотики, рок-н-рол? Студентські будні майбутніх лікарів трохи інші. Анатомія, неорганічна хімія, перерви на сон. І ні, далі легше не буде. Далі на них чекатимуть лікарні та пацієнти. А ще колеги, які не в змозі прочитати банальну інструкцію до пристрою, родичі, для яких реанімація...

The insights here are of such depth, and contain such beauty in them, that time and again the reader must pause for breath. At last Rilke has met a critic whose insight, courage, and humanity are worthy of his life and work." Leslie Epstein Director, Graduate Creative Writing Program, Boston...

“As every biographer of Freud must ruefully acknowledge, Freud, that great unriddler of mysteries, left behind some intriguing private mysteries of his own. It was because I hoped to solve some of these mysteries that the stratagem of finding my way to Freud by indirections commended itself to...

Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born and died (1740–1807). He traded around the Great Lakes, on the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers, and in the Canadian Northwest and is also well...

Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist, Dr Mukwege has dedicated his life to caring for victims of sexual violence. Over the past two decades living and working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he has stood up to soldiers and warlords and survived multiple...

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world and a notoriously difficult and dangerous mountain to climb. First climbed from the west in 1955 by a British team comprising Joe Brown, George Band, Tony Streather and Norman Hardie, it waited over twenty years for a second ascent. The...

Raised in the squalor of a New York tenement until he was 10 years old, Nelson Díaz saw his life change when his family moved to a brand-new high-rise project in West Harlem in the 1950s. That experience, along with lessons learned as the only Latino law student at Temple University, would drive...

Simone Weil, legendary French philosopher, mystic and political activist who died in England in 1943 at the age of thirty-four, belongs to a select group of thinkers: as with St Augustine, Pascal and Nietzsche, so with Weil a single phrase can permanently change one's life. In this book, Palle...

Ludwig Wittgenstein, writes noted scholar Edward Kanterian, was a philosopher's philosopher'. He was one of the founders of modern analytic philosophy and is regarded as the greatest philosophical genius since Immanuel Kant. In this book, Kanterian traces the complex relationship between the...

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In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible. In an inflatable rubber raft, with a 9 foot fiberglass dinghy to tow it, Dougal Robertson and his family were miles from any shipping lanes. They had...

Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life - little known to outsiders - of college graduations, formal weddings, and singing around the piano in the parlor. Peggy Wood was...

A longtime investigative journalist uncovers one of the great untold stories of twentieth-century international intrigue, and the secrets it has held until now. Shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and Bobby Kennedy, two of the world's richest and most powerful men, disliked one another from the...

Stukeley's antiquarian researches, particularly into the great stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury, were the first to reveal their great antiquity. Friend of Newton, his life embodies the classic Enlightenment confrontation between science and religion. Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765) was...

The most complete and accessible guide in any language to this key contemporary thinker Alain Badiou is one of the most inventive and compelling philosophers working in France today—a thinker who, in these days of cynical resignation and academic specialization, is exceptional in every sense...

The insights here are of such depth, and contain such beauty in them, that time and again the reader must pause for breath. At last Rilke has met a critic whose insight, courage, and humanity are worthy of his life and work." Leslie Epstein Director, Graduate Creative Writing Program, Boston...

An illuminating biography reconstructing the life and legacy of a unique king in world history and the most famous emperor in South Asian history “Mr. Olivelle has produced an outstanding monument of scholarship and sound judgment.”—Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal A New Yorker “Best Book...

The story of Satan: From Fallen Angel to Prince of Darkness It is often said that the devil has all the best tunes. He also has as many names as he has guises. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub (in Christian thought), Ha-Satan or the Adversary (in Jewish scripture) and Iblis or Shaitan (in...

This thought provoking and inspiring true story by one of Britain’s most popular Black British authors is sure to engage both teenagers and adults who are working to improve their reading skills. This is the gritty but inspiring true story of the award-winning author Alex Wheatle. Alex had a...

This volume examines the ways in which multilingual women authors incorporate several languages into their life writing. It compares the work of six contemporary authors who write predominantly in French. It analyses the narrative strategies they develop to incorporate more than one language...

It's 1953 in Southern California, Patty is five years old, and her mother hasn't been home in two days. A police officer eventually arrives and takes Patty and her brothers to juvenile hall - their mother has been drinking again. Twenty-eight years later, Patty herself is an alcoholic mother to...

A heart rending account of one woman's survival in the face of unimaginable domestic violence Cry Salty Tears is the tale of a mother's survival and eventual triumph over almost unbelievable domestic hardship. Not only did Dinah O'Dowd face the harsh and unforgiving elements of her background -...

Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers realised his life’s ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic, yet he also met his death on the journey. Born to a sea-faring father and adventurous mother on the Firth of Clyde, Bowers’ boyhood obsession with travel and...

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Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies Malthus's ideas, assessing the profound...

A brutal foster mother. A child's courage. A story of survival. A foster home should be a refuge for children with a troubled start in life, but this was not the case for Louise Allen. Born to a teenage mother in the late 1960s, she is placed in an isolated house where her foster mother...

Most of us are far from perfect in virtue. But even those who come far closer to perfect virtue than most of us--people like Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., or Gandhi--nonetheless fall short of possessing it: not even moral saints and heroes are perfectly virtuous. Faced with this fact...

A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft in this fascinating memoir that’s perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach. Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion. She is also skeptical of disorganized religion. But...

A unique, life-affirming memoir about the author's friendship with two men living in Regent's Park 'A really worthwhile January pick-me-up' - MARIELLA FROSTRUP 'Reading it feels like slowing down to take a breath' - EVENING STANDARD * 'To sit here with my new companions, observing the sun...

A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James William James—psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker—is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life’s meaning and worth, and whose ideas change not only how people think but...

Exposed – Leo Houlding presents the extraordinary life of one of the world’s finest climbers, Leo Houlding. Leo is a world-class climber and adventurer who has led an incredible life, making a multitude of extreme ascents in all corners of the globe. Within this beautiful, large-format book...

Travel around Turkey in the footsteps of the great British archaelogist Gertrude Bell. In 1889 Gertrude Bell, the great British archaeologist, writer and explorer, arrived in Constantinople (Istanbul) on the first of many visits to what is now Turkey. Over the next twenty-five years, she would...

In this moving account of the life, work, and ethics of four Jewish women intellectuals in the world of the Holocaust, Rachel Feldhay Brenner explores the ways in which these women sought to maintain their faith in humanity while aware of intensifying destruction. She argues that through their...

The gripping true account of treating murderers and sex offenders by a prison psychologist specialising in violent crime And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he wants. There is no officer. No handcuffs. No radio. Only the man across the desk...

Creole Son is the compelling memoir of a single white mother searching to understand why her adopted biracial son grew from a happy child into a troubled young adult who struggled with addiction for decades. The answers, E. Kay Trimberger finds, lie in both nature and nurture. When...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, the first major biography in English in over thirty years of the seminal modern Jewish thinker Martin Buber "A scrupulously researched, perceptive biography."—Robert Alter, New York Times Book Review An authority on the twentieth‑century philosopher...

Професор, доктор медичних наук Ханс Кілліан брав участь у двох світових війнах. В ролі хірурга-консультанта він курирував роботу військових і польових шпиталів на усьому Каунаському напрямі й був свідком кровопролитних боїв в районі озера Ільмень і Старою Русою, зіткнувшись зі страшними...

A bold exploration of the life and work of one of the world’s most influential – and controversial – thinkers, which brings Arendt’s ideas into urgent dialogue with our troubled present. ‘A rare gem’ SHAMI CHAKRABARTI 'An absorbing new biography... Admirable' ECONOMIST 'Invigorating and...

WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2024 An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love ‘An absolute jewel of a book’ India Knight ‘A gripping tale of adventure’ Elizabeth Day ‘An extraordinary survival story’ Sunday Times Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maurice and...

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American Jewish leaders, many of German extraction, created the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) in 1901 in order to disperse unemployed Jewish immigrants from New York City to smaller Jewish communities throughout the United States. The IRO was designed to help refugees from persecution in the...

Robert Mads Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. After nearly getting killed on his first expedition, he led a team up a new route on the Kangshung Face without oxygen or Sherpa support, climbed solo on the remote North Face, and finally guided a team to the...

A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir Longlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize “Ruby Lal coaxes the remarkable Gulbadan out from the shadows of history.”—Sara Wheeler, Wall Street...

The extraordinary story of a man who bestrode his era like a colossus, Hugo Black is the first and only comprehensive biography of the Supreme Court Justice of thirty four years, (1886-1971). Once a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Black became one of the most celebrated and important civil...

Capturing the essence of history’s most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today. Capturing the essence of history’s most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical...

An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world’s most captivating big-wave surfing destinations. Born and raised in Bundoran, with the waves of the west coast of Ireland breaking at his doorstep, Richie Fitzgerald was moulded by...

On November 14, 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges became the first black child to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans. Escorted by federal marshals past angry segregationist protesters, young Ruby attended William Frantz Elementary and earned a place in civil rights history. Sixty...

Choice Outstanding Academic title for 2006 A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement "In a very real sense, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh can . . . be said to be the last, or one of the last Irish Republicans. Studies of the Provisional movement to date have invariably focused...

‘On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of...

The story of Albion Fellows Bacon, Indiana's foremost "municipal housekeeper." Albion Fellows Bacon Indiana's Municipal Housekeeper Robert G. Barrows Examines the career of a leading Progressive Era reformer. Born in Evansville, Indiana, in 1865, Albion Fellows was reared in the nearby hamlet of...

The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States. ‘Rob Pope has made his name revelling in challenges that range from the unconventional to the extraordinary.’ BBC News Becoming Forrest is the...

Investigative journalist Sally Neighbour investigates how an Australian-born woman migrated to Bali and Indonesia, converted to Islam and Jihad, and became a trusted insider to the Jemaah Islamiyah, Taliban and Al Qaeda leaderships, and Osama bin Laden's inner sanctum. Known in CIA circles as...

The triumphant and moving story of Sarah Winnemucca (1844-91), one of the most influential and charismatic Native American women in American history. This book is the triumphant and moving story of Sarah Winnemucca (1844–91), one of the most influential and charismatic Native women in American...

A distinguished historian, Harvard professor, and White House adviser looks back on his own life and on the tumultuous twentieth century Sixteen-year-old Richard Pipes escaped from Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his family in October 1939. Their flight took them to the United States by way of Italy...

How John and Rosemary Lancaster made [136 million, and set about giving it away. Rosemary grew up in a poor family in the North West of England, at the end of the Second World War. Struggling for survival in the era of ration books and austerity, she was destined for something astonishing and...

After 20 years working as a professional biologist, the author decided to 'retire' to the Highlands, moving with his wife to a croft at the edge of a small and somewhat inaccessible village on the west coast. This was no romantic and idealistic aspiration for the Good Life, nor really an attempt...

A story of spirit, growth, and survival in a city that reflects America's urban problems A story of spirit, growth, and survival in a city that reflects America's urban problems Формат: Скан PDf https://www.yakaboo.ua/ua/detroit-lives.html

Sandra Kaufman shares the triumphs and sorrows of her daughter Nicole, a young woman with mental retardation. Формат: Скан PDf https://www.yakaboo.ua/ua/retarded-isn-t-stupid-mom.html

At last, Ruth Sidranksy's groundbreaking book "In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World" is back in print. Her account of growing up as the hearing daughter of deaf Jewish parents in the Bronx and Brooklyn during the 1930s and 1940s reveals the challenges deaf people faced during the...

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Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of...

Colin Turnbull made a name for himself with "The Forest People", his acclaimed study of African Pygmies. His second book, however, "The Mountain People", ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted Turnbull's reputation as a respected anthropologist. In this scrupulously...

The human story of mountains, before modern mountaineers Today, mountains are spaces for adventure: treasured places for people to connect with nature, encounter the sublime and challenge themselves, whether it be skiing in the Italian Alps or scaling the heights of the Matterhorn in...

This is a memoiristic book and a dual portrait, built around intense friendships with two leading public intellectuals who achieved celebrity status—Susan Sontag on a global scale, George Steiner principally in Europe, though also for a time in the US. For audiences at Woody Allen movies Sontag...

Reasoning with autobiography is a way to self-knowledge. We can learn about ourselves, as human beings and as individuals, by reading, thinking through, and arguing about this distinctive kind of text. Reasoning with Edmund Gosse's Father and Son is a way of learning about the nature of the good...

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Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy...

Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck was one of the RAF's top-scoring aces until he was shot down and taken prisoner in January 1942, thus curtailing his probability of being the top-scorer. This work offers an exact facsimile edition of his flying log book covering his entire RAF career from...

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Секс, наркотики, рок-н-рол? Студентські будні майбутніх лікарів трохи інші. Анатомія, неорганічна хімія, перерви на сон. І ні, далі легше не буде. Далі на них чекатимуть лікарні та пацієнти. А ще колеги, які не в змозі прочитати банальну інструкцію до пристрою, родичі, для яких реанімація...

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