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How to Read Derrida by Penelope Deutscher
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An idiosyncratic and highly controversial French philosopher, Jacques Derrida inspired profound changes in disciplines as diverse as law, anthropology, literature and architecture. In Derrida's view, texts and contexts are woven with inconsistencies and blindspots, which provide us with a chance to thin ...Show more
How to Read Freud by Josh Cohen
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In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word, or action, however apparently trivial, can invite close reading. Indeed, it may be just this insight that makes psychoanalysis have so many oponents.
How to Read Lacan by Slavoj Zizek
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"The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire." - Jacques Lacan. Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts ...Show more
How to Read Paris: A Crash Course in Parisian Architecture by Chris Rogers
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How to Read Paris is a pocket-sized guide to understanding and appreciating the architecture of Paris. Packed with detailed drawings, plans and photographs, and covering squares, bridges, streets and monuments as well as buildings, it is both a fascinating architectural history and an effective I-spy gu ...Show more
How to Read Plato by Richard Kraut
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'The unexamined life is not worth living'. Plato is the foundational thinker of European speculative thought. He was the first Western writer to undertake a comprehensive and rigorous study of the fundamental categories of reality and value, and few philosophers have escaped his influence or rivaled the ...Show more
How to Read Sartre by Robert Bernasconi
Category: No Category | Series: How to Read | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
How to Read Shakespeare by Nicholas Royle
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is perhaps the most famous as well as strangest and most inventive poet and dramatist of all time. Although dead for hundreds of years, he is everywhere - in books and movies, in love and war, in the public world of politics and the intimacies of everyday speech. What mak ...Show more
How to Read Skyscrapers - A Crash Course in High-Rise Architecture by Edward Denison; Tom Kitch (Editor)
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Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance--politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and inspi ...Show more
How to Ride a Dragon's Storm (#7 How to Train Your Dragon) by Cressida Cowell
Category: Fiction | Series: How to Train Your Dragon | Reading Level: 7+
THE STORY CONTINUES in the seventh volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs ... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ord ...Show more
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (#10 How to Train Your Dragon) by Cressida Cowell
Category: Fiction | Series: How to Train Your Dragon | Reading Level: 7+
The Dragon Rebellion has begun, bringing the Vikings' darkest hour upon them. Hiccup has become an outcast, but that won't stop him from going on the most harrowing and important quest of his life. He must find the Dragon's Jewel in order to save his people...but where should he begin? Don't miss Hiccup ...Show more
How to Sell with Complete Confidence by John Gordon; Gavin Presman
Category: No Category | Series: How to: Academy Ser.
Do you want to influence others and boost your sales potential? Whatever you're selling, this guide takes you through every stage in the process -from understanding the needs of customers, to improving client relationships and boosting sales success. Moving beyond the 'hard sell'. Gavin Presman gives yo ...Show more
How to Shine a Shoe - A Gentleman's Guide to Choosing, Wearing, and Caring for Top-Shelf Styles by Potter Gift
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The best-dressed men know that great style starts from the ground up, and this follow-up to How to Tie a Tie is a handsome guide to men's shoes--oxfords, brogues, loafers, and more. With a cover that looks and feels like the top of a wing-tip derby, this book includes info on how to pick out quality foo ...Show more