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Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide by R. L. Trask
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... S. | Reading Level: very good
Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.
Introducing Logic: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil, Bill Mayblin
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing...
Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and mathematical symbolism.This book follows the historical development of ...Show more
Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide by Patrick Curry
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... S.
Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to this day because of its electrifying frankness as ...Show more
Introducing Marxism - A Graphic Guide by Rupert Woodfin, Oscar Zarate
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? "Introducing Marxism" provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, his r ...Show more
Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.
Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Rodrigues; Chris Garratt (Illustrator)
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of Bertolt Brecht or ...Show more
Introducing Nietzsche - A Graphic Guide by Laurence Gane
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Category: GRAPHIC NOVELS | Series: Introducing ... | Reading Level: very good
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of Friedrich Nietzsche for our epoch. This title serves as a guide to the philosopher.
Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson, Judy Groves
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is special about the human mind and consciousness? Are we free to choose who we are and what we do? Can we prove that God exists? Can we be certain a ...Show more
Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... S.
"Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers d ...Show more
Introducing Political Philosophy : A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Political Philosophy explains the subject s central concepts and presents the major political theorists from Plato to Michel Foucault. How did governments get started? Why should they be obeyed? Could we live without them? How much power should they have? Is freedom a right? Which is the bes ...Show more
Introducing Psychoanalysis: A Graphic Guide by Ivan Ward
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
INTRODUCING guide to the history and theory of still controversial 'speaking cure'. The ideas of psychoanalysis have permeated Western culture. It is the dominant paradigm through which we understand our emotional lives, and Freud still finds himself an iconic figure. Yet despite the constant stream of ...Show more
Introducing Psychology :A Graphic Guide to Your Mind and Behaviour by Nigel Benson
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? "Introducing Psychology" answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subject has been in the past and what ...Show more