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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ...Show more
Cannonbridge by Emeritus Jonathan Barnes (Universite de Paris-Sorbonne Universite de Geneve Universite de Paris-Sorbonne Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury Christ Church University Universite de Geneve)
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
Something has gone wrong with history in this gripping novel about a lie planted among the greatest works of English fiction. Flamboyant, charismatic Matthew Cannonbridge was touched by genius, the most influential creative mind of the 19th century, a prolific novelist, accomplished playwright, the poet ...Show more
Coffee with Aristotle by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Fiction | Series: Coffee With...Series
Not many people can claim to have invented a new science, but Aristotle invented two: zoology and logic. More than two millennia after his death, Aristotle's thought still influences us. Here, over coffee (a drink Aristotle never tasted), he converses with refreshing and illuminating simplicity about ev ...Show more
Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Classics Ser.
The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence - great though that was - than in their astonishing intel ...Show more
Improve Your Eyesight by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Health
The Bates method of eyesight improvement is nonsurgical, completely safe, and quite effective. This simple and practical guide to using the Bates method is completely up-to-date and addresses all the common faults of visionâÂÂnearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and "old age" sight. Jona ...Show more
The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Gollancz S.F.
A young man discovers a manuscript and so begins a bizarre tale that brings together his grandfather, every conspiracy theory you've ever heard about the royal family and the true story about where the power of Number 10 really lies. Readers of The Somnambulist may well recoginise the characters kept wi ...Show more
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Pets | Series: Gollancz S.F.
'Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and wilfully bizarre. Needless to say, I doubt you'll believe a word of it.' So starts the ext ...Show more
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
Category: Fiction
An extraordinary tale of poetry, secret societies, travelling circuses and walking dead set in a richly realised Victorian London. 'Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily ...Show more
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