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(P/B) ARCHITECTURAL THEORY (VOLUME 1)
Architectural Theory: Vitruvius to 1870 is a landmark anthology that surveys the development of the field of architecture from its earliest days to the year 1870. The first truly comprehensive anthology that brings together the classic essays in the field, the volume chronicles the major developments and trends in architecture from Vitruvius to Gottfried Semper. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) ART IN THEORY 1648-1815
"Art in Theory (1648-1815)" provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Like its highly successful companion volumes, "Art in Theory (1815-1900)" and "Art in Theory (1900-1990)", its' primary aim is to provide students and teachers with the documentary material for informed and up-to-date study. Its' 240 texts, clear principles of organization and considerable editorial content offer a vivid and indispensable introductio...
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(P/B) CBT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS AND PALLIATIVE CARE
There is a growing awareness of the need to address the psychological distress associated with physical ill health; however, current resources are limited and difficult to access. The best way to tackle the issue is by enhancing the skills of those professionals who have routine contact with them. CBT provides the evidence-based skills that most readily meet these requirements in a time and cost efficient manner. Based on materials prepared for a Cancer Network sponsored training programme and modified to address the needs of a larger clie...
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(P/B) THE INFORMATION AGE: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (VOLUME I)
This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. It is a groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society. It includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy. It describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation. It is based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. (Fr...
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(P/B) BEING AND TIME
A knowledge of Heidegger's Sein und Zeit is essential for anyone who wishes to understand a great deal of recent continental work in theology as well as philosophy. Yet until this translation first appeared in 1962, this fundamental work of one of the most influential European thinkers of the century remained inaccessible to English readers. In fact the difficulty of Heidegger's thought was considered to be almost insuperable in the medium of a foreign language, especially English. That this view was unduly pessimistic is proved by the imp...
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(P/B) AN INTRODUCTION TO HEGEL
This classic introduction to one of the most influential modern thinkers, G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) has been made even more comprehensive through the addition of four new chapters. New edition of a classic introduction to Hegel. Enables students to engage with many aspects of Hegel’s philosophy. Covers the whole range of Hegel’s mature thought. Relates Hegel’s ideas to other thinkers, such as Luther, Descartes and Kant. Offers a distinctive and challenging interpretation of Hegel’s work. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
Now available in a revised second edition, this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion combines discussion of the origin and development of debates within the field, with a look at where the subject is heading. It introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies. It features self-contained chapters, each with its own comprehensive bibliography, so that they can be approached in any order. It contains an additional chapter on mythology and a num...
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(P/B) ANARCHY, STATE, AND UTOPIA
Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a powerful, philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and social positions of our age - liberal, socialist and conservative. "Individuals have rights," Nozick writes in his opening sentence, "and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights." The work that follows is a sophisticated and passionate defence of the rights of the individual as opposed to the State. The author argues that the state is justified only when it is severely limited to ...
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(P/B) A Companion to Folklore
A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international expert. Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore. Considers folklore in the context of multi-discipl...
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(P/B) PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy. -The extensively revised English translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to Anscombe's original translation -Footnoted remarks in the earlier editions have now been relocated in the text -What was previously referred to as 'Part 2' is now republished as Philosophy of Psychology - A Fragme...
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(P/B) Language Development : The Essential Readings
This collection brings together for students the essential readings from the broad and fast-moving field of child language development. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE
Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many different fields.The book is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in whi...
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(P/B) CBT FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS
CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in various CBT approaches. - Summarizes the state-of-the-art CBT approaches for each of the DSM anxiety disorders - Represents a one-stop tool for researchers, clinicians, and students on CBT for anxiety disorders - Features world leading CBT authors who provide an up to date description of their respective treatment approaches in a succinct, and clinician-tailored, fashion. About th...
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(P/B) INVITATION TO LINGUISTICS
The study of language has come a long way since Samuel Johnson describe himself as 'maker of dictionaries -- harmless drudge'. The emphasis in modern linguistics is on descriptive investigations of the way the world speaks -- and why. In Invitation to Linguistics, Richard Hudson explains what the subject is, why it appeals, how it works, what issues it confronts and the practical impact it can have on our social and professional lives. He poses puzzles in Latin and Zulu, visits realms of linguistic exotica, delves into deep grammar, unrave...
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(P/B) NAMING AND NECESSITY
Naming and Necessity has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. This seminal work, to which today's thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface by the author. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics, or in philosophy of language, this is it. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) A HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
This is an account of the rise and fall of the civilization in the Nile Valley, covering the first human settlement (c 120,000 BC) to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. - This is the first history of ancient Egypt for 25 years - Brings together the very latest textual and archaeological evidence - The index, bibliography and appendices make this an invaluable reference tool. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE
This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) POSTMODERN ETHICS
'Postmodern Ethics is a major event in social theory. It is a lucid subversion of many of the pieties of subversion which rule the postmodern imagination. It is a forward- rather than backward-looking book which will generate much debate in the next few years.' Richard Bennett 'Quite the most eloquent anatomist of modernity and postmodernity writing in English.' New Statesman & Society Has morality reached the end of the line? Are we witnessing the 'demise of the ethical' and the transition to a new era 'beyond duty'? Have ethics, in the ...
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(P/B) THE CULTURES OF CITIES

(P/B) CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - A COMPANION
This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars. New contributors include some of today's most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle. Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology. Presents analysis of key pol...
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