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By: Virginia Woolf

ISBN: 9780141395920
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, this title is one of the feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Carlotte Bronte, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. It justifies the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence.


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By: Mary Wollstonecraft

ISBN: 9780241382622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Friedrich Nietzsche

ISBN: 9780141395838
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, the author dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. With wit and subversive energy, he demands that the individual impose their own 'will to power' upon the world. This book demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'.


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By: Sigmund Freud

ISBN: 9780141395890
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Considering the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness, the author focuses on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers; 'civilized' sexual morality, he asks, does repression compromise our chances of happiness


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By: Arthur Schopenhauer

ISBN: 9780141395913
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes.


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By: Sren Kierkegaard

ISBN: 9780141395883
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Includes detailed notes to complement the analysis of religion, and a chronology. The author expounds his personal view of religion through a discussion of the scene in Genesis in which Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command.


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By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780141395852
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, this title presents a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature.


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By: Marcus Aurelius

ISBN: 9780141395869
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Offers a range of spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. This book covers diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods and emotions.


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By: Tzu Sun

ISBN: 9780141395845
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Providing the leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception, this book has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships.


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By: Friedrich Engels

ISBN: 9780141395906
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Provides the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. This book continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class.


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By: Matsuo Basho

ISBN: 9780241382615
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Lucretius

ISBN: 9780141396903
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th February 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry.


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By: Niccolo Machiavelli

ISBN: 9780141395876
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th November 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers When is it necessary to break the rules Is it better to be feared than loved Examining regimes and their rulers the world over and throughout history, from Roman Emperors to renaissance Popes, the author answers all these questions.


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By: Thomas More

ISBN: 9780241382684
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Saint Augustine

ISBN: 9780141396897
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th February 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Helps you address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity.