Biography: sport

This book offers a new interpretation of William Morris's utopianism as a strategic extension of his political writing.

Controversial, outspoken and a football genius, Brian Clough is often described as the best manager England never had.

Annotated student edition of Vico''s First New Science, an important and previously untranslated text.

Who are the familiar spirits of classical culture and what is their relationship to Christian demons?

This book explores Iris Murdoch as a philosopher who, through her distinctive methodology, exploits the advantages of having a mind on the borders of literature and politics in her early career writings (pre-The Sovereignty of Good).

With the renewed interest in the history of witches and witchcraft, this timely book provides an introduction to this fascinating topic, informed by the main trends of new thinking on the subject.

Diversity in Action: Managing Diverse Talent in a Global Economy examines one of the most important and topical issue related to diversity management, namely implementing effective strategies for managing diverse talent groups.

'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

This book studies the circulation of social knowledge by focusing on the reception of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory in Hispanic America.

The political theory of Machiavelli, his characteristic preoccupations and how those came to be formed.

This book deals with the concept of post-Islamism from a mainly philosophical perspective, using political liberalism as elaborated by John Rawls as the key interpretive tool.

We live in a world which is characterised by both a radical inequality in wealth and incomes and the accelerating depletion of scarce natural resources.

For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

This volume aims to render De Officiis, Cicero''s last theoeretical work, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place.

From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracie's stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie family dynasty, showing how the connection between mind and body can be harnessed for success both inside and outside the ring.

Examines the philosophical origins of the Anglo-American political and constitutional tradition in seventeenth-century England.

This is the first published edition of a fascinating manuscript on witchcraft in the collection of the British Library, written by an unknown sixteenth-century scholar.

With a comb in his pocket, his glamorous blonde wife by his side, and an unyielding will backed by blazing speed, Jacques Anquetil became cycling's leading ambassador as the sport left behind the post-war era of Fausto Coppi to embrace the promise of the freewheeling sixties.

'Is politics gendered?

A groundbreaking study of how sustainability became a social and political problem, and how to think about it today.

Considers the concept of the material constitution from an international and interdisciplinary perspective.

This book is a major contribution to the study of the philosopher F.

Marxism has provided the ideological impetus to liberation movements, radical struggles and revolutions across the world.

The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football Leaguethe life and times of pro footballs first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler.

Originally published in 1982, The Shaman and the Magician draws on the author's wide experience of occultism, western magic and anthropological knowledge of shamanism, to explore the interesting parallels between traditional shamanism and the more visionary aspects of magic in modern western society.

This book presents both a historical overview of the absorption of Heidegger's thought into English-language philosophical schools as well as a philosophical discussion of his thought provided by contemporary scholars.

A major study of the impact of Renaissance humanism upon the English colonization of America.

Much has been written on witchcraft by historians, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists, but nothing by scientists.

This book deals with the concept of post-Islamism from a mainly philosophical perspective, using political liberalism as elaborated by John Rawls as the key interpretive tool.

Capitalism in the western world is currently facing a crisis of legitimacy in the face of growing inequality.

Witches, ghosts, fairies.

The first major collection of essays to provide a comprehensive examination of the British literature of the French Revolution.

Remastering Morals provides a book-length scholarly comparison of the ethics of Aristotle and Confucius.

An illustrated guide to the occult history, serpent magic, and practical application of the I Ching *; Reveals how the sacred language of the original eight trigrams of the I Ching was discovered by a wisdom serpent known as Fu Xi *; Explores how the I Ching formed the basis of the earliest Taoist philosophies, its complex correlation with human DNA, and its relationship with artificial intelligence *; Provides new contemporary analysis of each of the 64 hexagrams, their changing lines, and archetypes of the I Ching *; Includes original artwork highlighting the serpent magic within the system and tools to help you interpret the I Ching based on your own individual experience One of the oldest books in the world, the I Ching has been used in China for millennia to open a dialogue with divinity, gain insight and wisdom, and pull aside the curtain of reality to reveal the light of the heavens.

A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006.

This book explores the evolution of British identity and participatory politics in the 1790s.

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith.

This sixth of seven volumes devoted to the Adages in the Collected Works of Erasmus completes the translation and annotation of the more than 4000 proverbs gathered and commented on by Erasmus in his Adagiorum Chiliades (Thousands of Adages, usually known more simply as the Adagia).

The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches.

This book revisits the moral and political philosophy of Adam Smith to recover his understanding of morality in a market age.

Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.

One of the greatest historians of the twentieth century, Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-1987) is known for his path-breaking studies of ancient Greek and Roman history.