Biography: philosophy and social sciences

A lyrical, moving novel of the choices and confusions that face a married woman whose understanding of herself explodes on first contact with the energies of China and a Chinaman.

On 25 February 1956, twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath walked into a party and immediately spotted Ted Hughes.

Il Principe di Niccolo Machiavelli e un capolavoro della filosofia politica che svela le strategie necessarie per conquistare e mantenere il potere.

From the big cities to dense forests to disasters at sea, authors Michael Sasser and Charles W.

The tragic but ultimately uplifting story of a young woman who was sent to a baby laundry for unmarried mothers in 1960s London In 1963, London was on the brink of becoming one of the worlds most vibrant cities.

This vintage book contains Friedrich Nietzsche's 1889 treatise, "e;An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism"e;.

'He is unbearable, vain, proud, brutal, inconsistent, human.

'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate.

When Wendy Watson was just 16, her mother died from breast cancer.

This fascinating 1906 treatise explores the seminal work of Francis Bacon with particular reference to cryptic rhymes and their possible connections to the occult.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Even the most avid true crime fans will be shocked by the story of Marcus Wesson of Fresno, California, the worst mass-murderer in the city's history.

The Unmaking of a Dancer sheds a blistering light on the raw, fiercely competitive and often vicious world of ballet: the truth behind the fiction of Black Swan.

From the age of three Sheena Harrison was brought up by her grandmother whilst her own mother, Kathleen, sought work in America.

When Shannon Moroney married Jason Staples in October 2005, she had no idea that her happy life as a newlywed was about to come crashing down around her.

Don't miss the inspirational biography behind the exciting new Lifetime movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, starring Alexandra Shipp as the extraordinary singer Aaliyah.

Compelling, poignant, enlightening stories from former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell about growing up in Maine, his years in the Senate, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and what hes learned about the art of negotiation during every stage of his life.

Detective Sergeant Harry Keeble's bestselling books, Baby X and Little Victim described his early years in Hackney's Child Protection Unit, as he battled to get to grips with cases of unimaginably horrific child abuse.

La mejor manera de recorrer 2500 anos de pensamiento en un formato innovador y dinamico.

Four or five years ago, at the insistence of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography.

In this powerful and honest memoir, Laurie Matthew takes the reader with her as she revisits her childhood in 1950s and 1960s Dundee.

The inspiration behind the Emmy Awardwinning HBO film Gia with Angelina Jolie, this ';vividexhaustive' (The New York Times Book Review) account of the iconic and tragic life, career, and legacy of supermodel Gia Carangi features a new afterword by the author.

THE MAKING OF A PRIME MINISTER My biography of the year Michael Crick The scariest thing Ive read since Silence of the Lambs Ken Livingstone A brilliant and definitive biography of Boris Johnson, the politician who risked his career to lead the Brexit campaign, won the referendum, and finally became the new prime minister.

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'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate.

Recórrer l'itinerari vital i intel·lectual de la filòsofa Simone Weil des d'un lloc poc transitat, el de la seua correspondència, pot oferir una imatge molt fidel de la seua trajectòria, tan curta com intensa i coherent.

';No motive is pure.

Part of a series of biographies of statesmen and women who have shaped the modern world, this book concerns Martin Luther King, who from both the pulpit and from jail, inspired black Americans to defy white supremacy and in so doing, re-invigorated American democracy.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55), one of the most original thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote widely on religious, psychological, and literary themes.

Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings.

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment.

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment.

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.

'I hope the slave trade may be abolished.

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

'I hope the slave trade may be abolished.

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy.

Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1865 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish.

Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1865 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish.

Una maravillosa biografía coral en la que se narran las dramáticas historias de unos pensadores que dejaron una huella indeleble en la ciencia y la filosofía.

Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of the most compelling accounts of slavery and one of the most unique of the one hundred or so slave narratives -- mostly written by men -- published before the Civil War.

Written in the tradition of works by Joan Didion, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Eve Ensler, this ';profoundly insightful and brilliantly inciting' (Dominique Morisseau, Obie Award-winning playwright) exploration of the soul of the United Statesthe past, the present, and the future Kevin Powell wants for us all, through the lens and lives of three major figures: his mother, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.

A searing family memoir, hailed as remarkable (The New York Times), compelling (People), and engrossing (Kirkus Reviews), of a trial lawyers tempestuous boyhood in Texas that led to the vicious murder of his brother by the father of actor Woody Harrelson.

As a kid growing up in San Diego, California, Adam spent most of his time surfing, skateboarding, and watching TV.

One of the hardest headbangers of heavy metal shares his uplifting and empowering memoir about overcoming addiction and discovering a life of faith.

In this New York Times Editors' Choice, the brilliant founder of MuslimGirl.

In this inspiring memoirthat Jane Fonda raves ';will make you braver.