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  Brand: Penguin Color: White Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 192 Release Date: 03-07-2009 Part Number: 1652809 Details: Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the...

   

   

   

  Brand: Vintage Classics Color: Blue Edition: Latest Edition Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 64 Release Date: 05-03-2015 model number: 23277245 Part Number: 23277245 Details: Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma –...

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  The age of Newton marks one of the great turning points in intellectual history, and Descartes has a key place at its very heart. Designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science, this is the second of a new two-volume edition...

    Details: Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery.The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective.William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols...

    Details: A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking, Against Interpretation and Other Essays is the definitive collection of Susan Sontag's best known and important works published in Penguin Modern Classics.Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and made her...

  Details: A masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille's Story of the Eye was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim Neugroschal, and published with essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.Bataille's first novel, published under the pseudonym 'Lord...

  Details: Pitching an extraordinary battle between cruel authority and a rebellious free spirit, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel that epitomises the spirit of the sixties. This Penguin Classics edition includes a preface, never-before published illustrations by the author, and an introduction by Robert...

    Details: A major work on the foundations of normative economics.Justice and Equity is a major work on the foundations of normative economics. The principles established by Kolm have formed the basis of the major lines of study in the field. The central principles are the ideal equalities in...

  Details: A timeless guide to Stoic philosophy, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers invaluable insights into life, virtue, and resilience. This influential work offers a window into the mind of a Stoic philosopher-king as he reflects on the nature of the universe, the meaning of life, and the virtues that...

   

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      Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches Languages: English