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 | Among The Bohemians: Experiments In Living 1900-1939 Product# 460546244 Selling for $14.95 "They ate garlic and didn't always bathe; they listened to Wagner and worshiped Diaghilev; they sent their children to coeducational schools, explored homosexuality and free love, vegetarianism and Post-impressionism. They were often drunk and broke, sometimes hungry, but they were of a rebellious spirit. Inhabiting the same England with Philistines and Puritans, this parallel minority of moral pioneers lived in a world of faulty fireplaces, bounced checks, blocked drains, whooping cough, and incontinent cats. They were the bohemians. Virginia Nicholson -- the granddaughter of painter Vanessa Bell and the great-niece of Virginia Woolf -- explores the subversive, eccentric, and flamboyant artistic community of the early twentieth century in this 'wonderfully researched and colorful composite portrait of an enigmatic world whose members, because they lived by no rules, are difficult to characterize' (San Francisco Chronicle)." |
 | World in the Twentieth Century, The: From Empires to Nations Product# 460679371 Selling for $65 "Designed as a comprehensive, chronological introduction to world history in the 20th century, this book presents the major political and economic changes that have reshaped global relations, and focuses on the forces leading to the collapse of empires and the resulting rise of nationalism throughout the world. It develops discussions around the central argument that the single most profound global transformation in human relations during the 20th century has been the demise of all remaining empires and the emergence—in their place—of nation-states. Chapter topics organize the events of the 20th century under one principal theme—“from empires to nations”—introduced throughout the twelve chapters. Key coverage includes the latest historical studies of the Japanese Empire, the great religious communities in South Asia, an analysis of the rise and fall of communism in Europe and Asia, and the role of the Soviet Union in the 20th century. For anyone interested in World History—and placing it in the context of life today." |
 | Twilight of the Idols; or How to Philosophize with a Hammer Product# 460680292 Selling for $11.95 "TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS, Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a short introduction to his philosophy, and the most synoptic of all his books, bristles with a register of vocabulary derived from physiology, pathology, symptomatalogy, and medicine. This new Oxford Classics translation is supplemented by an Introduction and extensive notes, which provide close analysis of a highly condensed work." |
 | The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail Product# 460682272 Selling for $13.95 "The author of Godforsaken Sea returns with a thoughtful, exciting recreation of a nineteenth-century voyage around Cape Horn aboard a merchant sailing ship, the Beara Head, drawing on the experiences of his great-great-uncle to capture the dangerous everyday life aboard a square-rigged vessel. Reprint. 30,000 first printing." |
| Twilight of the Idols; or How to Philosophize with a Hammer Product# 460687829 Selling for $11.95 "TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS, Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a short introduction to his philosophy, and the most synoptic of all his books, bristles with a register of vocabulary derived from physiology, pathology, symptomatalogy, and medicine. This new Oxford Classics translation is supplemented by an Introduction and extensive notes, which provide close analysis of a highly condensed work." |
 | Uncertain Order: The World in the Twentieth Century Product# 460765590 Selling for $69.33 "This book offers a narrative, chronological, and regionally organized approach to twentieth century world history. Throughout the presentation, three themes emphasize the importance of ideology, conflict, and technology to the century's events. Its broad and inclusive focus also pays attention to necessary detail and specifics, and incorporates relevant material into the book, to give readers an uninterrupted historical narrative. A three-part organization covers: The Decline of European Hegemony, 1900—1945; The Age of the Superpowers, 1945—1989; and The World Order in Transition, 1989—Present. Balanced coverage of major world regions includes Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the non-western world in general. A focus on both the First and Second World Wars enables readers to examine twentieth century history's theme of the primacy of conflict. For armchair historians with particular interest in the twentieth century world." |
 | The Life of the Mind Product# 460765853 Selling for $18 "The author's final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man's mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices." |
| Uncertain Order: The World in the Twentieth Century Product# 460767087 Selling for $69.33 "This book offers a narrative, chronological, and regionally organized approach to twentieth century world history. Throughout the presentation, three themes emphasize the importance of ideology, conflict, and technology to the century's events. Its broad and inclusive focus also pays attention to necessary detail and specifics, and incorporates relevant material into the book, to give readers an uninterrupted historical narrative. A three-part organization covers: The Decline of European Hegemony, 1900—1945; The Age of the Superpowers, 1945—1989; and The World Order in Transition, 1989—Present. Balanced coverage of major world regions includes Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the non-western world in general. A focus on both the First and Second World Wars enables readers to examine twentieth century history's theme of the primacy of conflict. For armchair historians with particular interest in the twentieth century world." |
| The Life of the Mind Product# 460767877 Selling for $18 "The author's final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man's mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices." |
 | German Philosophers; Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche Product# 460767937 Selling for $16.95 "A study of four of the most important German theorists: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche. Keith Thomas, general editor, calls this book 'a series of concise, lucid, authoritative, introductions to the thought of leading intellectual figures of the past whose ideas still influence the way we think today'." |
 | Twentieth-Century French Philosophy Product# 460767942 Selling for $53 "This book offers a historical and critical account of the works of some of the major French philosophers of the twentieth century. Avoiding jargon, Eric Matthews shows how the philosophical tradition derived from Descartes has developed in the present century in the writings of key figures such as Bergson, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, and contemporary French feminists. He relates philosophy to the wider French culture, and draws parallels with English-language philosophers." |
 | The Philosophy of Rhetoric Product# 460768025 Selling for $30 "Our communication is limitedby misunderstanding. Rhetoric, as Professor Richards defines it, is the study of misunderstanding and its remedies. The conventional rules of the old rhetoric and the formulations of scientific language have narrow application to conversational speech; Professor Richard's definition of rhetoric is based on a practical question: how do words work in discourse? To answer this question, he examines the interaction of words with each other and with their contexts, showing how a continual synthesis of meaning, or 'principle of metaphor', gives life to discussion. It is through comprehension of the way meaning changes in discourse that we can better control and animate our use of words, and so decrease misunderstanding." |