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Practical Guide to Sport Psychology: Play Stronger, Better, Happier
Paperback,
08/02/2018,
£7.99
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Helps you become fitter and stronger, achieve your goals and enjoy exercise, with proven, expert techniques. This title is full of practical tips that can improve your performance whatever your sport or level of fitness, relieve stress and reduce anxiety about life's challenges, and make exercise a habit and feel better all round.
Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life: See the Bigger Picture
Paperback,
08/02/2018,
£7.99
£7.19
An Introducing Practical Guide to how philosophy can be used in everyday life
How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do
Paperback,
03/01/2019,
£9.99
£8.99
A completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling productivity guide
Introducing Existentialism
Paperback,
04/05/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
An erudite investigation of the philosophical and cultural movement that prioritises individual experience.
Introducing Kafka
Paperback,
03/11/2011,
£6.99
£6.29
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Introducing Capitalism : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/04/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Capitalism has influenced everything in the 21st-century world. This work tells the story of its remarkable and often ruthless rise, evolving through strife and struggle as much as innovation and enterprise. Tracing capitalism from its beginning, it looks at its practical and theoretical impact.
Introducing Chaos : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/09/2008,
£6.99
£6.29
Explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. This book also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity.
Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
06/05/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
The term 'feminism' came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes much further back. This work surveys the major developments that have affected women's lives from the 17th century to the present day.
Introducing Critical Theory : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/04/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Offers a route through the tangled jungle of competing ideas and provides an essential historical context, situating these theories within tradition of critical analysis going back to the rise of Marxism. This book presents the essential methods and objectives of each theoretical school.
Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
07/04/2016,
£7.99
£7.19
A brand new science title in the renowned graphic novel-style of the Introducing Graphic Guide series.
Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/03/2017,
£7.99
£7.19
A highly accessible, illustrated introduction to Game Theory, a concept that helps us understand everything from our social lives to global politics.
Introducing the Freud Wars: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
06/09/2012,
£6.99
£6.29
Compact INTRODUCING guide on the debates surrounding psychoanalysis's most contested figure.
Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
07/03/2013,
£7.99
£7.19
Compact INTRODUCING guide to this commonly overlooked body of thought.
Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
07/03/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A fascinating graphic novel-style introduction to the classical composer everyone has heard of - and few truly understand
Introducing the Holocaust: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/05/2013,
£7.99
£7.19
Introducing The Holocaust provides an introduction to the holocaust and how we see it.
Introducing Kierkegaard: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/05/2013,
£7.99
£7.19
Brilliantly written and illustrated Graphic Guide to proto-existentialist and Eeyore of philosophy, Danish writer Soren Kierkegaard
Imagine That - Technology: The History of Technology Rewritten
Paperback,
08/08/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A flight of imagination that explores the consequences of the history of technology going just that little bit differently...
Imagine That - Film
Paperback,
08/08/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A flight of imagination that explores the consequences of film history going just that little bit differently...
Introducing Statistics : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, this book traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe.
Introducing Modernism
Paperback,
01/04/2010,
£7.99
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What really defines modernism? Why did it begin and how long did it last? Is Modernism over now? This graphic guide presents an exploration of the last century's most thrilling artistic work - and what it's really all about.
Introducing Shakespeare : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/02/2010,
£7.99
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A Graphic Guide that takes readers on a tour through the world of Will.
Introducing Hinduism : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/02/2010,
£6.99
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A guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of Hinduism. It explores the complexities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses, its caste system and its views on sex, everyday life and asceticism.
Introducing Stephen Hawking : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
01/10/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. This guide explores Hawking's life, and the evolution of his work from his days as a student.
Introducing Linguistics : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, this title reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.
Introducing Nietzsche: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/09/2008,
£7.99
£7.19
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of Friedrich Nietzsche for our epoch. This title serves as a guide to the philosopher.
Introducing Ethics : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/09/2008,
£7.99
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Addresses such questions as: What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is "identity" now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalisms and competing fundamentalisms? And how do we define "rights", self-interest and civic duties?
Introducing Psychology : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
06/09/2007,
£7.99
£7.19
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? This book aims to answer these questions and more, explaining the subject. It describes the "schools" of thought and the sections within psychology.
Introductng Freud: A Graphic Guide to the Father of Psychoanalysis
Paperback,
06/09/2007,
£6.99
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Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality.
Introducing Quantum Theory : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
06/09/2007,
£7.99
£7.19
Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. This book takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key figures, including Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrodinger.
Introducing Logic: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/09/2008,
£7.99
£7.19
Follows the historical development of logic, explains the symbols and methods involved and explores the philosophical issues surrounding the topic. This title takes you through the influence of logic on scientific method and the various sciences from physics to psychology.
Introducing Buddha : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/09/2008,
£7.99
£7.19
Describes the life and teachings of the Buddha. This book also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. It illuminates this process through several stories and explains the practices of meditation, Taoism and Zen.
Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/11/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
Explains how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. This book provides an account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty.
Introducing Romanticism: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
04/11/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'.
Introducing The Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/09/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in human history - a vast moral, scientific and political movement, the work of intellectuals across Europe and the New World, who began to free themselves from despotism, bigotry and superstition and tried to change the world. This title offers a guide to the giants of the Enlightenment.
Introducing Cultural Studies : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
01/07/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
Cultural Studies signals a major academic revolution for the 21st century. It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline; it is a radical critical approach for understanding racial, national, social and gender identities. This title provides an incisive tour through the minefield of this complex subject.
Introducing Evolutionary Psychology: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
02/09/2010,
£6.99
£6.29
How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? If our minds are built by selfish genes, why are we so cooperative? These questions are at the centre of a research programme called evolutionary psychology.
Introducing Lacan : A Graphic guide
Paperback,
01/07/2010,
£7.99
£7.19
Jacques Lacan is regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. This title guides the reader through his innovations, including his work on paranoia, his addition of structural linguistics to Freudianism and his ideas on the infant 'mirror phase'.
Introducing Fractals : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
From Zeno to Mandelbrot, this title helps you to explore fractals with which you can describe the shape of cloud as precisely as an architect can describe a house.
Introducing Wittgenstein : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
A graphic guide to Wittgenstein, an enigmatic master of twentieth-century philosophy.
Introducing Islam a graphic guide
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Islamic culture has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. This title offers a look into this sometimes misunderstood faith.
Introducing Marxism : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
05/02/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? This book provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, and his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism.
Introducing Relativity : A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
05/02/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
It is more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, this work takes readers through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics.
Introducing Family Psychology
Paperback,
02/05/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A Practical Guide for parents and carers who want practical advice they can readily apply to difficult situations within the family unit
Imagine That - Football: The History of Football Rewritten
Paperback,
08/08/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A flight of imagination that explores the consequences of football history going just that little bit differently...
Imagine That - Music
Paperback,
08/08/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
A flight of imagination that explores the consequences of music history going just that little bit differently...
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
01/08/2013,
£7.99
£7.19
A compact Introducing Graphic Guide that examines the origins of Fascism in the 19th century, and the path leading to the 'logic' of the Holocaust.
Introducing Slavoj Zizek: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
01/09/2011,
£7.99
£7.19
Slovenian philosophy Slavoj Zizek inspires dramatic headlines. But what does he really think?
Introducing Philosophy Of Science: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
01/09/2011,
£6.99
£6.29
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Introducing Thatcherism: A Graphic guide
Paperback,
01/09/2011,
£7.99
£7.19
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Introducing Bertrand Russell: A Graphic Guide
Paperback,
03/11/2011,
£7.99
£7.19
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Introducing Newton: a graphic guide
Paperback,
04/11/2010,
£6.99
£6.29
Explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who sifted through the accumulated knowledge of centuries, tossed out mistaken beliefs, and single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics.
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