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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: One Volume Abridged Edition by Sir Winston S. Churchill; Christopher Lee (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Bringing together books and thinkers that hove opened up startling new ways of looking at the world, the Bloomsbury Revelations series celebrates the originality and excellence of Bloomsbury's non-fiction publishing. Including books by the likes of Winston Churchill, Slavoj Zizek, Ferdinand de Saussure, ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: The Great Democracies: Volume IV by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire tho ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume I: The Birth of Britain: The Birth of Britain by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire tho ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II: The New World: The New World by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire tho ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume III: The Age of Revolution: The Age of Revolution by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire tho ...Show more
Among the Dead Cities: Is the Targeting of Civilians in War Ever Justified? by A. C. Grayling
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century - the age of 'total war' - marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of ...Show more
Everyday Life in the Modern World by Henri Lefebvre
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
When Lefebvre's book first appeared in the 1960s it was considered a manifesto for a social movement that focused on the quality of life experi-enced by the individual--by the com-mon man and woman. His emphasis on the quality of life will have even more appeal to those currently living with the problem ...Show more
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
In this landmark work Keith Johnstone provides a revelatory guide to rediscovering and unlocking the imagination. Admired for its clarity and zest, Impro lays bare the techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors. These techniques and exercises were evolved in the a ...Show more
Logic of Sense by Gilles Deleuze; Constantin V. Boundas (Translator); Mark Lester (Translator); Charles J. Stivale (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Logic of Sense is one of Deleuze's seminal works. First published in 1969, shortly after Difference and Repetition, it prefigures the hybrid style and methods he would use in his later writing with Felix Guattari. In an early review Michel Foucault wrote that Logic of Sense 'should be read as the boldes ...Show more
Logics of Worlds - Being and Event II by Alain Badiou; Alberto Toscano (Translator)
Category: No Category | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Logics of Worlds is the sequel to Alain Badiou's much-heralded masterpiece, Being and Event. Tackling the questions that had been left open by Being and Event, and answering many of his critics in the process, Badiou supplements his pioneering treatment of multiple being with a daring and complex theory ...Show more
Mindfulness by Martin Heidegger; Parvis Emad (Translator); Thomas Kalary (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Written in 1938/9, Mindfulness (translated from the German Besinnung) is Martin Heidegger's second major being-historical treatise. Here, Heidegger develops some of his key concepts and themes including truth, nothingness, enownment, art and Be-ing and discusses the Greeks, Nietzsche and Hegel at length ...Show more
The Nazi Dictatorship - Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation by Ian Kershaw
Category: History | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
'Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich.' - International History Review Sir Ian Kershaw is regarded by many as the world's leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich. Known for his clear and accessible style when deal ...Show more