The Examined Life, Paperback - Theodore Dalrymple

Reducere. When Theodore Dalrymple wrote The Examined Life, poking fun at modern man's excessive concern for his own health, he little thought that Covid-19 w...

Reducere. Award NameGuardian First Book AwardAward categoryFirst BookWe are all storytellers--we create stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not eno...

The pleasures of car travel around rural Britain are considered by former prison psychiatrist and author of The Knife Went In Theodore Dalrymple, w...

Reducere. Here is a searing account-probably the best yet published-of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does. Theodore Dalrymple, a British p...

Reducere. "The embargo was a success: the people were starving and the country was in ruins..." Extreme situations have always illuminated the human conditio...

Reducere. When I was a young man I thought that metaphysics was the most exciting (and important) thing in the world. I wish now that I had not wasted so muc...

Reducere. Farewell Fear is a collection of Theodore Dalrymple's finest essays written for New English Review between 2009 and 2012. His first such collection...

Reducere. Human life is filled with predicaments. In these eight stories, Theodore Dalrymple examines how people struggle with everyday conflicts and frustra...

Reducere. Theodore Dalrymple's work focuses on the moral decay of modern culture and the pernicious effect of political correctness on society. Anything Goes...

Reducere. In Admirable Evasions, Theodore Dalrymple explains why human self-understanding has not been bettered by the false promises of the different school...

James Harpur entered a boy's boarding school in the 1970s and survived to tell the tale. Powerful, poignant and humorous, the poems in The Examined...

The first biting analysis of our obsession with sentimentality and why it will ruin us.Publisher: Gibson Square Books LtdAuthor(s): Theodore Dalrym...

A }Sunday Times{ bestseller and a Radio 4 Book of the Week, this reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding an...

George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century, here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people, places, and events...

Reducere. In this, Theodore Dalrymple's second collection of short stories, he begins to let his imagination run. The absurdity of modern life is fully laid ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe cultural death of God has created a conundrum for intellectuals. How could a life stripped of ultimate meaning be anything but absur...

Publisher: Monday BooksAuthor(s): Theodore DalrympleNumber of pages: 326Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 206 x 136 x 31Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Publisher: Monday BooksAuthor(s): Theodore DalrympleNumber of pages: 291Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 207 x 143 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian -- a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol...

Revised expanded edition of a best-selling exposition of the cross of Christ

Reducere. One of this century's most original philosophical thinkers, Nozick brilliantly renews Socrates's quest to uncover the life that is worth living. In...

Reducere. Now published by Oxford University Press, the fifth edition of The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation teaches students how to...

The Strenuous Life is a classic from President Theodore Roosevelt. In it, he describes how strenuous effort and hardships have lead to his improvem...

Reducere. Most assumed Jason Carter lived a wonderful life. Remarkable wife. Amazing kids. And an oversized house close to the country club. But something re...

Description"A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature." --Susan Sontag A reflection on everyday existence in the 'sp...

Reducere. Most assumed Jason Carter lived a wonderful life. Remarkable wife. Amazing kids. And an oversized house close to the country club. But something re...

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Featuring an amazing cast of historical figures, this is the story of how President Theodore Roosevelt led an American sports and fitness revolutio...

President Theodore Roosevelt is known as "the man with a plan, " the "rough rider." His figure stands tall in American history; his legacy stretchi...

The definitive biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliott.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations

Reducere. The fascinating story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a nineteenth-century obstetrician ostracized for his strident advocacy of disinfection as a way to preve...

DescriptionNo American president has been closer to the working life of the West than Theodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch o...

Reducere. Your why, your reason to get up in the morning, the reason you act, really is everything - for without it, there could be nothing. Your why is the ...

Reducere. President Theodore Roosevelt is known as "the man with a plan, " the "rough rider." His figure stands tall in American history; his legacy stretchi...

The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios collects three important works promoting the influential Constantinople monastery of Stoudios and the me...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Austerity and structural adjustment programs are just the latest forms of neoliberal policy to have a profoundly damaging impact on the targeted po...

Reducere. I have traveled far and wide, far beyond the simple parish I envisioned as a young man. My obligation of service has led me into diverse yet interr...

This edition of World of Sport Examined is updated to reflect the increased emphasis in PE on performance and analysis and to introduce more exam-s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sam RodgersHe was one of the most brilliant men in the world. His books inspired millions of lives. But who was he really? ...

DescriptionA rewarding philosophical essay on memory, language, love, and the passage of time, from a Greek immigrant who became one of Sweden's mo...

DescriptionMillion-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, r...

Reducere. We cannot rely on a God or Goddess to save us. When we as humans see each other for what we are, beautiful beings capable of love, comprehension of...