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Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, is an edited collection that explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed to …

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles–how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In 'Introducing Bertrand Russell …

Illustrated guide to the crucial French philosopher who denied bring a philosopher at all. 'I am like no one else in the whole world …' Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau's defiant Co …

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy? Known as the first modern theologian, Søren Kierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish 'golden age’. A philosopher, poet and social critic, …

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience – what our senses tell us. But is experience really what it seems? The experimental breakthroughs in 17th-century science of Kepler, Galileo and Newton i …

Ethical philosophy has a long and distinguished history, but how can you apply it to your life? This Practical Guide explores the alternative ethical philosophies and how we can all use these to aid …

Introducing Practical Guides: With 28 titles already in the series, these user-friendly, jargon-free books are written by established experts in their fields and complete with tips, facts, case studi …

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 consciou …

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 c …

Essential illustrated guide to key ideas of political thought. Philosophers have always asked fundamental and disturbing questions about politics. Plato and Aristotle debated the merits of democracy. …

’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 e …

René Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything- even his own physical existence. Most people know that he said 'I think, therefore I am', even if they are …

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.-Vince Lombardi Winning was not the only thing. Something more important than winn …

Becoming pregnant as a senior in high school wasnt in Jackies plans, but it happened anyway. With a mother who chose drugs, lead her figuring out life for herself. Based on her true story, each journ …

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.-Vince Lombardi Winning was not the only thing. Something more important than winn …