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1	Locke in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist A brief and enlightening exploration of one of our greatest thinkers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Confucius in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern, Robert Whitfield (Read by) add to wishlist A brief and enlightening exploration of Confucius's life and ideas, presented in entertaining and accessible fashion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
3	Napoleon in Egypt more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist This captivating narrative details Napoleon's dramatic invasion of Egypt in 1798, the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. 8-page full-color photo insert and maps throughout. see all copies from $9.98! new only from $10.17! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of SchopenhauerAIs life and ideas, and explains their influence on manAIs struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from SchopenhauerAIs writings; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Foucault in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Foucault in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Foucault's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Foucault's writings; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
6	Case Management: Policy, Practice, and Professional Business more books like this by Paul Strathern, Professor Di Gursansky, Professor Rosemary Kennedy add to wishlist -- David P. Moxley, Wayne State University see all copies from $16.67! new only from $17.55! \| SVS
7	Kant in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled farther than forty miles from his home in Konigsberg. How appropriate that in his philosophy he should deny that all knowledge was derived from experience. Kant's aim was to restore metaphysics. He insisted that all experience must conform to knowledge. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
8	Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In this book, Paul Strathern, the award-winning novelist and expositor of complex ideas, unravels the dramatic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements. Framing this history is the life-story of the 19th century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at this desk and awoke after dreaming of the Periodic Table - the ... see all copies from $4.75!
9	Spinoza in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Spinoza in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of SpinozaAIs life and ideas, and explains their influence on manAIs struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from SpinozaAIs writings; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.07! \| SVS
10	St. Augustine in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Augustine's struggles with sex and a domineering mother, followed by his spiritual crisis and conversion to Christianity - detailed in his Confessions - ultimately led him to his major contribution to philosophy: the fusion of the two doctrines of Christianity and Neoplatonism. This not only provided Christianity with a strong intellectual backing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	Marx in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Marx in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Marx's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Marx's writings; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Marx ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Rousseau in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern, Strathern Paul add to wishlist These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, "The Medici" is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Against the background of an age which saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning - of humanism which penetrated and explored the arts and sciences and the 'dark' knowledge ... see all copies from $4.76! new only from $13.64! \| first editions
14 view cover	Hegel in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Hegel in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of HegelOs life and ideas, and explains their influence on manOs struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from HegelOs work; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Hegel ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Plato in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is no reality but merely ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist "If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it", Paul Strathern writes, "he is the last philosopher. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished". Ludwig Wittgenstein was a superb logician who distrusted language and sought to solve the problems of philosophy by reducing them to logic. All else - metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Aquinas's life and ideas presented in entertaining and accessible fashion--another title in our highly successful "90 Minutes" series. "Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization."--Katherine A. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist In Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of RussellAIs life and ideas, and explains their influence on manAIs struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes criticisms and comments on RussellAIs writings; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
19 view cover	Heidegger in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern, Strathern Paul add to wishlist These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
20 view cover	Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Hume in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist A brief and enlightening exploration of Hume's life and ideas, presented in entertaining and accessible fashion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Curie and Radioactivity more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist This introduction to the scientific achievements of Victorian scientist Marie Curie explains how she discovered radium and polonium, why she refused to patent her method of producing radium, and how her work led to the creation of the nuclear bomb. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Borges in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Nietzsche in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist A look at the life and work of the major philosophers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Brief History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist The foundations for the scientific study of the body and modern Western medicine as we know it started with William Harvey's discovery of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. But its roots stretch back as far as ancient Greece, when medicine first departed from the divine and the mystical and moved toward observation and logic. Its ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $5.53! \| first editions \| SVS

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