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elcome to the academics section of the Penguin website. Here you can find information on specially selected new and forthcoming titles, browse the online versions of our most recent catalogues, and search the database for titles currently in print.
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Price: £14.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire
Nigel Dalziel
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its ascendancy in Victorian times, to its ultimate collapse in the mid-20th century. It examines the impact of British dominance in America, India and Africa, and the enormous changes brought by Britain's settlement of Australasia. Coverage of major events - the colonization of Ireland, the American Revolution, the South African wars - is complemented by discussion of themes such as Imperial exploitation and trade, hunting for plants and animals, the Imperial exhibitions and the importance of British naval power. Also assessed are the impact of the Empire on different areas of the world and the legacy it has bestowed. Richly illustrated with photographs and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume introduction to the rise and fall of the British Empire.
- Over 50 full colour maps
- Timeline and table of Imperial territories
- Over 60 photographs and artwork reconstructions
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Price: £10.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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The Third Reich in Power
Richard J. Evans
'Magisterial … chilling … brilliantly brought to life'
Richard Overy
'Impressive … perceptive … humane'
Ian Kershaw
Before Hitler seized power in 1933, Germany had been famous for its sophistication and complexity. So how was it possible for a group of ideological obsessives to re-mould it into a one-party state directed at war and genocide? From the Nuremberg Laws to the Olympic Games, Kristallnacht to the Hitler Youth, this gripping account shows how a whole population became enmeshed in a dictatorship that was consumed by hatred and driven by war.
The Third Reich in Power examines the Nazi regime from the moment Hitler seized power in the summer of 1933 to the point where he plunged Europe into war in 1939. It is the essential book for all students of this period. |
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Price: £8.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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Truth
A Guide for the Perplexed
Simon Blackburn
'Help is at hand … Blackburn is unequalled as an academic philosopher'
The Times
'Utterly clear, elegantly readable, masterly … Should be required reading'
A. C. Grayling, Financial Times
We all like to think we value and abide by it - but what is 'the truth'? Can one opinion be regarded as more 'correct' than another - and if so, why? In a world overwhelmed with different beliefs, habits and values, can such a thing as truth even be said to really exist - or is everything relative?
Here, Simon Blackburn explores the notion of truth, the philosophical wars that have been fought over it and whether such battles can ever be resolved. Truth is both a compelling personal argument and a fascinating exploration of the way in which the concept has changed through the ages. |
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Price: £19.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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Ethics
Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality
David Wiggins
Almost everyone has wondered at some time or another why morality requires what it appears to require and how, if at all, it speaks to us.
In Ethics: Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality, David Wiggins surveys the answers most commonly proposed for such questions - gathering insights from Hume, Kant, the utilitarians and the post-utilitarian thinkers of the twentieth century. The view of morality he then proposes draws on sources as diverse as Aristotle, Simone Weil and present-day thinkers such as Philippa Foot. As need arises, he pursues a variety of related issues and engages additional thinkers - Plato and Bernard Williams on egoism and altruism, Schopenhauer and Kolnai on evil, Leibniz and Rawls on impartiality, and Montaigne and Mackie on 'moral relativism', among others. The result is an illuminating and original book that makes a compelling introduction to ethics for anyone perplexed by the everyday problem of morality and moral philosophy and anxious to arrive at their own viewpoint about why and how ethics matters. |
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Price: £14.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature
Edited with an introduction by Robert Irwin
Spanning the fifth century to the sixteenth, and ranging from Afghanistan to Spain, this unique collection provides a profound insight into the sheer vitality and depth of Classical Arabic literature. From the earliest surviving fragments of The Thousand and One Nights to the elegant beauty and profound power of the Qur'an - believed by the Islamic faith to contain the actual words of Allah - it includes translated extracts from all the major works of the period, alongside many less well-known but equally fascinating pieces. Exploring such traditional themes as lovesick yearning and fated doom, and considering subjects as diverse as the etiquette of falling in love with slave-girls and the terrors of the sea, this compelling anthology of poetry and prose brilliantly illuminates a body of writing that has been unjustly neglected by the west for centuries.
Robert Irwin's invaluable commentary explains the literary traditions and rules of the medieval Arab world and places the works meticulously in context. This edition also includes a detailed index. |
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Price: £9.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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Metaphysical Poetry
Edited with an introduction and notes by Colin Burrow
This compelling collection of the best and most enjoyable Metaphysical poetry includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as Donne, Herbert, Marvell and Vaughan, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally fascinating poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne.
In his introduction, Colin Burrow explores the nature of Metaphysical poetry, its development across the seventeenth century and its influence on later poets. This edition also includes detailed footnotes, a chronology, a note on the text and further reading. |
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Price: £7.99
Pub date: 25/05/06 |
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Selected Poems
John Donne
With an introduction and notes by Ilona Bell
This volume reflects the diversity of Donne's work, ranging from his youthful love poems, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, to the profoundly moving Divine Poems composed towards the end of his life. Ilona Bell's introduction considers Donne's life, faith and influence. This edition also includes detailed footnotes, a note on the text and a further reading list. |
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