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  • Religion and Politics in the Risorgimento

    Britain and the New Italy, 1861-1875

    by D. Raponi ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines Anglo-Italian political and cultural relations and analyses the importance of religion in the British 'Orientalist' perception of Italy. It puts religion at the centre of a harsh political and cultural war, one that was fought on international, diplomatic, and domestic levels. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • The History of Rome

    by William Smith ...
    Series Book 2 - AUK Classics
    This detailed history of Rome covers from the earliest times (including the foundation of the city) to the establishment of the Empire, and has been specially formatted for today's e-book readers. Featuring many illustrations, including coins, buildings, busts and more, this excellent book is one of the most well respected within the classical civilisation field. Subject matters covered include ... Read more

    $7.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Husserl's Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology

    An Introduction

    by Dermot Moran ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
    The Crisis of the European Sciences is Husserl's last and most influential book, written in Nazi Germany where he was discriminated against as a Jew. It incisively identifies the urgent moral and existential crises of the age and defends the relevance of philosophy at a time of both scientific progress and political barbarism. It is also a response to Heidegger, offering Husserl's own approach to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • A Brief History of the Paradox

    Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind

    by Roy Sorensen ...
    Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible. Now Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Introducing Machiavelli

    A Graphic Guide

    by Patrick Curry ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to this day because of its electrifying frankness as a practical guide to power. Is it a how-to manual for dictators, a cynical philosophy of 'the ... Read more

    $5.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Resistance

    A Philosophy of Defiance

    by Professor Howard Caygill ...
    No word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than 'resistance'. In its various manifestations - from the armed guerrilla to Gandhian mass pacifist protest, from Wikileaks and the Arab Spring to the global eruption and violent repression of the Occupy movement - concepts of resistance are becoming ubiquitous and urgent. In this book, Howard Caygill conducts the first ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • A Beautiful Woman in Venice

    by Kathleen Ann Gonzalez ...
    A stately woman in a brocade gown steps off a golden boat. A mirror merchant in simple white blouse takes action to preserve her republic. An elegant singer poses in a private salon. Standing at a university podium, a woman holds forth in Latin on women's education. A cloistered nun in a walled up convent uses the only power she has—her pen. Artists hold in their hands pastels or pens or glass or ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Foundations of Medieval Papal Legation

    by K. Rennie ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Kriston R. Rennie examines the origins and development of medieval papal representation by exploring the legate's wider historical, legal, diplomatic, and administrative impact on medieval European law and society. This critical study is key to understanding the growth and power of the medieval Church and papacy in the early Middle Ages. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The New Christians of Spanish Naples 1528-1671

    A Fragile Elite

    by P. Mazur ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This study reveals the more complex reality of Early Modern Naples than what has commonly been represented, in which royal representatives in the city came to depend on the assistance of a series of merchants, financiers, and bureaucrats who shared a common identity as conversos, descendants of converted Jews. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The History of Medieval Philosophy

    Selected Figures of Scholastic Tradition I

    by Ladislav Tkáčik ...
    Series Book 8 - Uni Slovakia
    Calling an epoch Middle Age already involves some sort of judgment. But Middle Ages represent a historic period, in which the identity was established, which was denied by the renaissance, modern world and which however is now being discovered again in its sense and beauty. It is a period in which a co-existence between faith and intellect, between ecclesiastical and profane culture was possible. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries

    Finding Wisdom in Children's Literature

    by Thomas E. Wartenberg ...
    Taking Picture Books Seriously: What can we learn about philosophy through children's books?This warm and charming volume casts a spell on adult readers as it unveils the surprisingly profound philosophical wisdom contained in children's picture books, from Dr Seuss's Sneetches to William Steig's Shrek!. With a light touch and good humor, Wartenberg discusses the philosophical ideas in these ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Of Migrants and Meanings

    Italians and Their Food Businesses in Brussels, 1876–1914

    by Olivier de Maret ...
    Series Book 8 - L’Europe alimentaire / European Food Issues / Europa alimentaria / L’Europa alimentare
    The circulation of goods, ideas, and people has shaped a common European food culture. But practical questions pertaining to this process remain unanswered. How and why do changes in food habits occur and what are their implications? What are the social and cultural processes involved between hosts and migrants and how do they play out in the face of economic and political imperatives? This book ... Read more

    $59.49 USD