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Lordly Cartoons | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Alan Mumford | ||||
| Burke's Peerage & Gentry 2003 124 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0971196613 295x210mm | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| Burke's Peerage, the definitive reference guide to the British aristocracy, is pleased to present - 'without any malicious intent' - a rather different view of Lords and Ladies through cartoons published over the last 250 years. The cartoons are arranged in thematic chapters - from personalities of the 18th and 19th centuries to sporting peers, intellectuals and Lords Reform under New Labour - with profiles of the caricatured and commentary by Alan Mumford. | ||||
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar | |||
| Understanding Philosophy through Jokes | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Thomas Cathcart; Daniel Klein | ||||
| Abrams 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback 081091493X | ||||
| Published Price £9.95 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| What makes a riddle Machiavellian? Which blonde jokes rely on Zeno's paradox? Was Camus just pulling Sartre's leg? Harvard philosophy majors Cathcart and Klein demonstrate that jokes really can explain the meaning of it all, as they merge the world of Western philosophy with one-liners, shaggy dog stories, cartoons and even the odd limerick. | ||||
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Philosophy | |||
| The Latest Answers to the Oldest Questions | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Nicholas Fearn | ||||
| Atlantic 2005 226 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1843540681 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Described in the Independent as 'well suited to the person who has some interest in philosophy but is too lazy to keep up', Fearn's book assesses the current state of philosophy and examines the latest approaches to problems first tackled by the ancient Greeks. Drawing on interviews with over 30 prominent philosophers, Fearn covers the most enduring questions in three sections: Who am I? What do I know? and What should I do? | ||||
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Assassin! | |||
| 200 Years of British Political Murder | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Ian Hernon | ||||
| Pluto 2007 266 pages | ||||
| Paperback 074532715X | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| On 11 May 1812, a man pulled a pistol in the lobby of the House of Commons and shot the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, dead. It was the only occasion in history on which an assassin has succeeded in taking the life of a British premier, but it was by no means the only attempt. Hernon, a seasoned Westminster correspondent, examines the role that the threat of assassination has played in British political life down to the present day. | ||||
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