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Selected Journalismby: Oscar Wilde
'The subject of a work of art has of course nothing to do with its beauty, but still there is always something depressing about the coloured lithograph of a leg of mutton.' Thus, in typical fashion, Oscar Wilde reviews the latest cookery book. Throughout the 1880s Wilde honed his literary talent... |
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Russellby: A.C. Grayling
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual... |
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Religion and Revelation: A Theology of Revelation in the World's Religionsby: Keith Ward
Since first Thomas Aquinas defined theology as revelation, or the rational elucidation of revealed truth, the idea of revelation has played a fundamental role in the history of western theology. This book provides a new and detailed investigation of the concept, examining its nature, sources,... |
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Gurus and Their Followers: New Religious Reform Movements in Colonial Indiaby: Antony Copley
This volume assembles a collection of essays on the new religious reform movements that swept India in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. One general account, exploring the theme of religious leadership, provides a context for sepcialized essays on the Brahmo Samaj, the Ramakrishna Mission,... |
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Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition: Playing the Game of Loveby: Louis E. Fenech
Through an analysis of the Sikh scriptures, 18th and 19th century Sikh literature, as well as the voluminous tracts and newspapers produced under the auspices of the late 19th-century "reform" movement, the Singh Sabha, this volume examines how and why Sikhs began to represent their history as a... |
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Fashion
This lively survey of 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, and developing fabric technology from silk to fleece. From Coco Chanel to Armani and Alexander McQueen, Breward explores fashion as a cultural phenomenon. Breward examines the glamorous world of... |
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Discrete Mathematicsby: Norman Biggs
Biggs' "Discrete Mathematics" has been a best-selling textbook since the first and revised editions were published in 1986 and 1990, respectively. This second edition has been developed in response to undergraduate course changes and changes in students' needs. New to this edition are chapters on... |
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Lectures on Fourier Seriesby: L. Solymar
A short introductory book, examining Fourier series which is seen as indispensable in describing periodic phenomena to various degrees of approximation. Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, who gave his name to the series taught at France's foremost school of engineering and was Governor of Lower Egypt... |
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From Calculus to Chaos: An Introduction to Dynamicsby: David Acheson
What is calculus really for? This book is a highly readable introduction to applications of calculus, from Newton's time to the present day. These often involve questions of dynamics, i.e. of how - and why - things change with time. Problems of this kind lie at the heart of much of applied... |
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Protein Purification Techniques: A Practical Approachby: E.L.V. Harris
Proteins are an integral part of molecular and cellular structure and function and are probably the most purified type of biological molecule. In order to elucidate the structure and function of any protein it is first necessary to purify it. Protein purification techniques have evolved over the... |
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