Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read by Virginia Woolf
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FOREWORD BY ALI SMITH WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA WADE Who better to serve as a guide to great books and their authors than Virginia Woolf? In the early years of its existence, the Times Literary Supplement published some of the finest writers in English: T. S. Eliot, Henry James and E. M. Forster ...Show more
The Fabulists - A Journey Through Modern Myths and Their Makers by Michael Peel
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Demagogues and authoritarians are flourishing in this modern age of political myth. They exploit our fears and fantasies. Exposing the fictions that these new rulers use to take and keep control has never been more urgent - and people risk their careers, liberty or even their lives to do so. In this re ...Show more
How Fear Works by Frank Furedi
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In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book calledCulture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and prophetic. Now Furedi returns to his original theme, as most of what he predicted has come true. InHow Fear Works, Furedi seeks to explain two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally ...Show more
The Dostoevsky Effect - Problem Gambling and the Origins of Addiction by Lorne Tepperman; Patrizia Albanese; Sasha Stark; Nadine Zahlan
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When writing his novella The Gambler in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky remained true to the old adage "write what you know." Critically acclaimed for its insight into the mind of a gambling addict, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into Dostoevsky's personal struggle with gambling. Themanuscript, in fact, ...Show more
The Lies That Bind - Rethinking Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah
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From the bestselling author of "Cosmopolitanism" comes a ringing philosophical statement for the anxious, conflict-ridden 21st century--a revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are riddled with contradiction.over.
Uncontained - Digital Disconnection and the Experience of Time by Robert Hassan
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Author Robert Hassan believes that we are 'trapped in a digital prison of constant distraction', and that the time we spend on screens is draining more from us than hours in the day. With the increasing amount of attention that digital devices demand, diminishing our capacity for reflection, there is le ...Show more
Goliath: Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do about It. by Sean McFate
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Everything you think you know about war is wrong.War is timeless. Some things change - weapons, tactics, leadership - but our desire to go into battle does not. We are in the midst of an age of conflict- global terrorism, Russia's resurgence and China's rise, international criminal empires, climate chan ...Show more
Crack - Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed by David Farber
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A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the often-merciless authorities who incarcer ...Show more
Self-Portrait in Black and White - Unlearning Race by Thomas Chatterton Williams
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'A standout memoir that digs into vital contemporary questions of race and self-image' Kirkus starred review A reckoning with the way we choose to see and define ourselves, Self-Portrait in Black and White is the searching story of one American family's multi-generational transformation from what is ca ...Show more
It's Not about the Burqa - Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race by Mariam Khan
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In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the "traditional submissiveness" of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn't know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were nei ...Show more
Lost in a Good Game - Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us by Pete Etchells
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'Etchells writes eloquently ... A heartfelt defence of a demonised pastime' The Times'Once in an age, a piece of culture comes along that feels like it was specifically created for you, the beats and words and ideas are there because it is your life the creator is describing. Lost In A Good Game is exac ...Show more
Republic by Plato .
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary ...Show more