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Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy by William Irwin
$31.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
This is the perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's remake of "Alice in Wonderland" releasing in March 2010. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is treasured by people of all ages who have followed young Alice on her trip down a rabbit hole and into a fantasy world fil ...Show more
Charitable Hatred - Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700 by Alexandra Walsham
$43.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain Ser.
Charitable hatred presents a challenging new perspective on religious tolerance and intolerance in early modern England. Instead of charting a path of linear progress from persecution to toleration, it emphasises the complex interplay between these two impulses throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth c ...Show more
Consider Phlebas (#1 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: good
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no ...Show more
Doctor Strange and Philosophy by William Irwin (Series edited by); Mark D. White (Editor)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Explore the mind and world of the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange Essays from two-dozen philosophers illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, combine to make Doctor Strange one of the most com ...Show more
Excession (#3 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothin ...Show more
Flight Ways - Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction by Thom van Dooren
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law Ser.
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorp ...Show more
LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick by William Irwin
$25.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is “very”! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, ...Show more
Surface Detail (#9 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: very good
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for ...Show more
The Golden Compass and Philosophy - God Bites the Dust by Richard Greene (Editor); Rachel Robison (Editor)
$37.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy Ser.
The popularity of theHis Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel. The series has also been highly controversial with its use of exciting adventure stories for children to comment on organized religion. These books have piqued the interest ...Show more
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Culture Ser.
A collection of short fiction by the author of "The Wasp Factory" and "Against a Dark Background". The title story is a novella continuing the "Culture" sequence but set on Earth in 1977. The other stories range from science fiction to horror, and dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.
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