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THE PORTABLE NIETZSCHE

By: (Editor:) Walter Kaufmann

Price: $17.10

Publisher: U.S.A., Penguin Books: 1976

Seller ID: 007550

ISBN: 0140150625

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

x, + 691pp. Book clean. Slightly concave, but firm, spine. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn. Selected and translated, with an Introduction, Prefaces, and Notes, by Walter Kaufmann. " . . . includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: 'Twilight of the Idols', 'The Antichrist', Nietzsche Contra Wagner' and 'This Spoke Zarathustra'. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility and inexhaustab...
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THE 50TH LAW

By: 50 Cent and Robert Greene

Price: $23.75

Publisher: London, Profile Books: 2009

Seller ID: 010930

ISBN: 1846680689

Binding: Hardcover (flexi)

Condition: Near Fine

x, + 291pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles over undamaged black, round-cornered flexi-boards. Textblock pristine, all edges gilt (aug.). No dustjacket (as issued). An unusual collaboration between an author and a rapper/author stemming from a chance meeting, a suggestion of a future project that lead to Greene spending much of 2007 in the company of the artist/businessman/reformed felon, 50 Cent. That project was this volume, the musings (or! maybe philosophy) of the rapper known as 50 Cent. Book weight approx. 530g.
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THE NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION : A Comprehensive Guide to Ahimsa - the Philosophy of Dynamic Harmlessness

By: Altman, Nathaniel

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Dorset, England, Element Books: 1988

Seller ID: 010824

ISBN: 1852300280

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

x, + 180pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly creased and surface indented, mildly edgeworn only. "This is the first book to bring the major aspects of Ahimsa - dynamic harmlessness - into focus for the Western reader. Nathaniel Altman provides a thorough grounding in a philosophy that has been practised by such notables as Thomas Merton, M.K. Gandhi, Bertrand Russell and Martin Luther King - to name but a few. But he goes further than this and shows how Ahimsa can be practically applied by each of us in our daily lives . . . " Book weight ap...
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POSTMODERN CONDITIONS

By: Andrew Milner, et al (Edited by)

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom (and elsewhere), Berg Publishers: 1990

Seller ID: 009450

ISBN: 0854965912

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

xv, + 208pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over trivially bumped spine. Plain buff boards and text-block pristine. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally bumped as spine, else near fine. This collection of essays, edited by Andrew Milner, Philip Thomson and Chris Worth, were originally presented as a series of research seminars organised in 1986-87 by the Centre for General and Comparative Literature at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The articles discuss central theorists of postmodernism, feminist reading of the concept of avante-garde, the re-reading ...
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WORLD PHILOSOPHY : An Exploration In Words And Images

By: Appelbaum, David and Thompson, Mel (Editors)

Price: $25.65

Publisher: London, Vega Books: 2002

Seller ID: 007109

ISBN: 1843336138

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

350pp., frontispiece, and intext, monochrome halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Plain black boards lightly bumped. No dustjacket. Much philosophy is presented in this book, which includes: Prelims., Intro., Foreword, Eras and Cultures, Knowledge and Reality, Eastern Perspectives, Ethics, Philosophy of : Science, Biology, The Mind, Religion, Ancient & Medieval, Modern Period, Art, Eastern Religion, Language, Education, History, Law & Politics, plus Glossary, Index, more. Book weight approx. 1.64 KG. * Buyers outs...
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PRACTICAL REASONING

By: Audi, Robert

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London, Routledge: 1991

Seller ID: 000458

ISBN: 0415070465

Binding: Stiff Wrap Softcover

Condition: Very Good

214pp., a stand alone volume in the series: "The Problems of Philosophy: Their Past and Present". Side-stapled, book is clean and square, minute edge curl to foredge corners only. Card wrapper likewise, plus a few minor blind indentations. 'Practical Reasoning' will interest readers concerned with ethics and the philosophy of mind, as well as those interested in the nature of human action. Contents include: Part 1, Historical Background: Practical reasoning in Aristotle, Hume and Kant. Part 2: Practical Reasoning, Intentional action and Rationality. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage ch...
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YOGA, MEDITATION AND THE GURU : Critical Reflections on the Australian Scenario

By: Bilimoria, Purusottama

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Briar Hill, VIC, Australia, Indra Publishing: 1989

Seller ID: 006093

ISBN: 0958771820

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

79pp., 4 pages b/white halftone illustrations, plus b/white line-drawn chapter heading illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has nominal edgewear only. Contents include six chapters: Prelims., The Beginnings of Yoga, 'Yogies' and 'Bogies'-Yoga in the West, Yogic Powers (Siddhis)-'Levitation vis a vis Psychological Integration, Yoga as a 'Transcendental' System-The Place of Meditation and the Yogas, The Ethics of Yoga, The Guru and the Disciple (Guru-Shishya), plus Appendices A, B & C: The Eight Limbs of Yoga, Glossary, Bibliography. Book weight a...
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BEYOND BETRAYAL: Marxism-The Cutting Edge, Volume 1

By: Blunden, Andy

Price: $12.35

Publisher: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, Intervention Press: 1991

Seller ID: 002743

ISBN: 0646063677

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

v, + 263pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. ISBN sticker affixed to colophon page, otherwise leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. "The object of this book is to offer the reader an introduction to the whole range of Marxist theory. It is addressed to the serious student who is prepared to work quite hard in coming to grips with new concepts . . . " The first of three volumes, this volume includes: Prelims., Intro., Part 1/ Classical Marxism. 2/ Modern Marxism. 3. Marxism of today/Post World War 11. Appendices. Index. Book weight approx. 430g.
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THE MODERN CRISIS

By: Bookchin, Murray

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Black Rose Books: 1987

Seller ID: 006288

ISBN: 0920057624

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

194pp. Book clean. Spine firm. A former owner's name, an original seller's stamp, and random flecks on front flysheet. Foxing flecks on text-block edges. Art-illustrated (J.W.Stewart) card wrapper mildly edgeworn and creased. In this book, Murray Bookchin, ecological issues spokesman for over twenty years, identifies social ecology as an alternative to society's head-on collision with disaster . . . Five chapters, Notes. Book weight approx. 270g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF BABEL : Discourses of Literature and Science

By: Broderick, Damien

Price: $22.80

Publisher: Carlton, Vic, Australia, Melbourne University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 008124

ISBN: 0522846149

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

x, + 155pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Model for a World Fair Maintenance Machine', John Howley) card wrapper nominally scuffed. A stand-alone volume in the MUP 'Interpretations' series. " C.P.Snow long ago diagnosed a breach in our civilization between the two cultures: Literature and Science . . . a critical introduction to recent efforts to construct an interdisciplinary analysis of these two cultures, copiously punctuated with the voices of many scientists and writers . . . The result is an analysis of the discourses circulating in today's mindscape...
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HISTORY AND HUMAN RELATIONS

By: Butterfield, Herbert

Price: $16.15

Publisher: London, Collins: 1951

Seller ID: 012749

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

254pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Khaki-colour, original cloth boards unmarked. An original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a former owner's name on ffep., a foredge fleck on several leaves, foot untriimed, else random ballpoint pen marks on several pages. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, slightly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear. Some of the essays (now revised) in this book have been previously in print. In this volume of eight essays, Professor Butterfield widens his field of investigation into the scientific...
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A FALSE UTOPIA. Collectivism in Theory and Practice

By: Chamberlin, William Henry

Price: $26.60

Publisher: London, Duckworth (The Right Book Club): 1931

Seller ID: 012044

Binding: Hardcover [Quarter-Cloth]

Condition: Good

vi, + 264pp. Book square. Blue cloth spine bumped, foxed and faded (title clearly legible). Plain papered boards mildly soiled (one mark on rear blue quarter cloth), plus lower foredge tips worn. Text-block edges flecked, else leaves tanned. No dustjacket. An early believer in the Marxist communist ideology, William Henry Chamberlin, American-born (Brooklyn, 17 Feb., 1897; d. 12 Sep., 1969) historian/journalist was later to change his beliefs after observing the negative aspects of collectivism whilst working in the U.S.S.R. This book attempts to set forth a reasoned proposition that collectiv...
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SPACE IN MIND : East-West Psychology and Contemporary Buddhism

By: Crook, John and Fontana, David (Edited by)

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Great Britain, Element Books: 1990

Seller ID: 009113

ISBN: 1852301546

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

231pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease to front panel, else mildly edgeworn and scuffed. "In this fascinating series of essays relating Buddhist philosophy and practice to modern psychological theory, the contributors show how the Buddhist 'wordless view' can broaden our knowledge of the mind, and modify and enrich human experience. An invaluable guide for the interested reader and the professional alike by practising psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors, it offers the perfect map for anyone ex...
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Image for OUTERCOURSE : The Be-dazzling Voyage. Containing Recollections from my 'Logbook of a Radical Feminist Philosopher' (Be-ing an Account of My Time/Space Travels and Ideas - Then, Again, Now and How)

OUTERCOURSE : The Be-dazzling Voyage. Containing Recollections from my 'Logbook of a Radical Feminist Philosopher' (Be-ing an Account of My Time/Space Travels and Ideas - Then, Again, Now and How)

By: Daly, Mary

Price: $17.10

Publisher: North Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Spinifex Press: 1993

Seller ID: 010710

ISBN: 1875559124

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiii, + 477pp. Four b/white illustrations by Sudie Rakusin. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. The resplendent philosophical autobiography of the world's foremost radical feminist philosopher . . . Book weight approx. 723g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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THE TRAGEDY OF HUMAN EFFORT

By: Douglas, C.H.

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Women's Division, the Electoral Campaign (Non-Party Political) with Permission of K.R.P. Publications:

Seller ID: 006702

Binding: Softcover (Pamphlet)

Condition: Good

No publication date (c. late 1930s). Staplebound (single staple) format. 16pp. Former owner's detail on first/title page, plus random red pen underlining, throughout. Text-printed grey pressings wrapper in good condition. "Notes for the address delivered at the Central Hall, Liverpool, on October 30th, 1936." Originally published in 'The Social Creditor'. Pamphlet weight approx. 20g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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LOGIC BY WAY OF SET THEORY

By: Ehlers, Henry

Price: $16.15

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1968

Seller ID: 001838

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

xi, + 386pp., b/w intext line drawings. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Laminated, printed card wrapper mildly splayed and edgeworn. Contents, in 'parts', include: Preface, Introduction, Part 1. Sets [Classes, terms]. 2. Propositions. 3. Inferences. Index. Book weight approx. 560g.
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CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE REAPER : A Philosophical Study of the Nature and Value of Death

By: Feldman, Fred

Price: $22.80

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 008455

ISBN: 0195089286

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiv, + 249pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Two short black felt pen marks to lower text-block edge (does not affect text pages), otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "What is death? Do people survive death? What do we mean when we say that someone is 'dying'? Presenting a clear and engaging discussion of the classic philosophical question surrounding death, this book studies the great metaphysical and moral problems of death, concluding with a novel consequentialist theory about the morality of killing, applying it to such thorny practic...
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THE REAL DESIRE

By: Ferrell, Robyn

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia, Indra Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 002948

ISBN: 1920787011

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

192pp. Book clean, square. Slightest reading crease on spine. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. 'The Real Desire' is a collection of essays, written over the last ten years, by Robyn Ferrell, who is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. This collection is for the general reader as well as the academic and student." Essays of Discovery, Rites of Passage, Disillusionment, and Critical Analysis. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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RETHINKING THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE : Learning Within the Unknowable

By: Flood, Robert Louis

Price: $28.50

Publisher: London, Routledge: 2000

Seller ID: 010035

ISBN: 0415185300

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

xvi, + 213pp., b/white illustrations/diagrams. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front and rear panels, negligible edgewear. " . . . makes significant and fundamental improvements to the core discipline of systemic thinking. It establishes crucial developments in this area in the context of the learning organisation, including creativity and organisational transformation. It is therefore a very important text for strategic planners, organisational change agents and consultants as well as students stud...
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A COMMON HUMANITY : Thinking about Love & Truth & Justice

By: Gaita, Raimond

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Text Publishing Company: 1999

Seller ID: 010472

ISBN: 1875847790

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

293pp. Book clean and square. Binding firm. Leaves clean, edges very mildly tanned. Art-illustrated (Hieronymous Bosch) card wrapper mildly indented only "Raimond Gaita discusses ideas about love and hatred, good and evil, guilt and forgiveness. Reflecting on concepts of racism, genocide, justice, truth and truthfulness, he raises questions about our search for lucidity and meaning in life . . . " Includes Select Bibliography and Index. Book weight approx. 406g.
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Category: Philosophy