A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the `Summer of Love', from a music business veteran who was actually there.

Fifty years after Stonewall, critic James Polchin reveals the hidden history of violence against gay men in America.

The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But aesthetics goes beyond the simple experience of art. It is also a branch of philosophy concerned with the whole nature of experience itself.

Compact Introducing guide to one of the most controversial and challenging French philosophers in contemporary philosophy.

Traces the evolution of anthropology from its genesis in Ancient Greece to its varied forms in contemporary times. This title examines the varieties of self-critical and postmodern anthropologies, and focuses on the leading question - of the impact of anthropology on non-Western cultures. It offers an invitation into anthropology.

This title is now available in a new format. Refer to Aristotle: A Graphic Guide 9781848311695.

Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy and medieval scholasticism. This title takes the reader through various theories, ranging from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science.