This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands a rootless philosopher & Brenin his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf More than just an exotic pet Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person & strangely enough as a philosopher leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love happiness nature & death By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) & poignant this life-affirming classic of popular philosophy will make you reappraise what it means to be human ...

355AD In a late-Roman world of ambitious bureaucrats & power-hungry courtiers two young friends of the British nobility Drusus & Marcellus have fallen foul of the prevailing authority There is no place to hide no turning back They must face the irresistible might of the Roman state It seems a fight they cannot win For Drusus & Marcellus their only ally is the young imperial prince Julian But Julian has troubles of his own his very success has made him hated by his uncle the emperor With spies & adversaries all about them they link their fate with Julian's in a life-or-death struggle that takes them from one end of the empire to the other & set themselves against the forces determined to crush them A novel of hope The Philosopher Prince is a story of human values pitted against the cold & calculating machine of an all-powerful tyranny & at its heart a victim of the very forces he controls lies the emperor himself ...

For most of us having a baby is the most profound intense & fascinating experience of our lives Now scientists & philosophers are starting to appreciate babies too The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants & young children Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational & that their thinking & experience were limited Recently they have discovered that babies learn more create more care more & experience more than we could ever have imagined & there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer more thoughtful & even more conscious than adults This new science holds answers to some of the deepest & oldest questions about what it means to be human A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love & morality A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery A three-year-old's wild make-believe explains how we can imagine the future write novels & invent new technologies Alison Gopnik
- a leading psychologist & philosopher as well as a mother
- explains the groundbreaking new psychological neuroscientific & philosophical developments in our understanding of very young children transforming our understanding of how babies see the world & in turn promoting a deeper appreciation for the role of parents

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Explaining more than 100 of the most important big ideas & groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear & simple way this is the perfect introduction to philosophy & the history of how we think Untangling knotty theories & shedding light on abstract concepts The Philosophy Book makes use of innovative graphics & easy-to-follow explanations to demystify complex ideas Explore the history of philosophy from ancient Greece & China to today & find out how theories from over 2000 years ago are still relevant to our modern lives Follow the progression of human ideas & meet the world's most influential philosophers
- from Plato & Confucius through Descartes & Mary Wollstonecraft to Wittgenstein Chomsky & Derrida With clever illustrations clear explanations a philosopher directory & a vocabulary glossary The Philosophy Book is a perfect & comprehensive introduction to a fascinating subject
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The autobiography of an American icon Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics'I never think that people die They just go to department stores' Andy Warhol
- American painter filmmaker publisher actor & major figure in the Pop Art movement
- was in many ways a reluctant celebrity Here in his autobiography he spills his secrets & muses about love sex food beauty fame work money success New York & America & its place in the world But it is his reflections on himself his childhood in Mc Keesport Pennsylvania the explosion of his career in the Sixties & his life among celebrities
- from working with Elizabeth Taylor to partying with the Rolling Stones
- that give a true insight into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American painter filmmaker publisher actor & a major figure in the Pop Art movement He also produced a significant body of film work including the famous Chelsea Girls; characterised the epoch with the now-famous expression 'fifteen minutes of fame'; produced the first album by The Velvet Underground; & was nearly killed just two days before the assassination of JFK If you enjoyed The Philosophy of Andy Warhol you might like 100 Artists' Manifestos also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Acute Accurate Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor A constant entertainment & enlightenment' Truman Capote



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This is a short entertaining & illuminating introduction to the history & culture of coffee from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa over a millennium ago to what it is today a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world It is the perfect gift for coffee lovers including chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse legal bans on coffee Brazil's domination of the world coffee trade & the birth of the espresso ...

'I love her books
- particularly the Five Children & It sequence'
- Neil Gaiman THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN THE PSAMMEAD TRILOGY

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The Phoenix & the Carpet is E Nesbit's second fantasy novel & is the sequel to Five Children & It From Robert Anthea Jane & Cyril's new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent resourceful & ingenious Phoenix who explains that the carpet is possessed of magic qualities & so begins a series of fantastic & bizarre adventures as the carpet transports the children & the Phoenix to places as diverse as a chilling French castle a desert island & even the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company's offices which the Phoenix believes to be a shrine for his followers ...

A sequel to Five Children that continues the magical adventures of siblings Cyril Anthea Robert Jane & their baby brother 320 pages black & white line drawings Nesbit Edith ...

Perfect for fans of Indiana Jones & Percy Jackson this high-octane new adventure series follows Ryan & Cleo as they investigate a 3000-year-old murder mystery in their hunt for ancient treasure ...