Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman von Ilsink, Matthijs und Koldeweij, Jos und Spronk, Ron und Hoogstede, Luuk

A history and discussion of language written specifically for a young audience in an accessible and entertaining style. He sheds light on fascinating aspects of linguistic history and looks forward to the future, exploring the effect of...

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by...

What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental and complex question. von Danto, Arthur C.

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome...

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field von Kishtainy, Niall

In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism-that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything...

A thought-provoking and chronological narrative which covers the period from c.400-1500, Wickham focuses on important changes throughout the centuries, including the feudal revolution, expansionism, religious war and reform, consumption...

A broad history of Ireland with accessible information and stories. Addresses culture, religion, and socio-economics as well as Ireland's political history. Gibney also wrote "The Shadow Of A Year: The 1641 Rebellion In Irish History &...

An examination of the cultural role of philosophy, looking indicatively at the ideas of three different materialists: Marx, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. von Eagleton, Terry

A new paperback of Eagleton's classic interrogation of how literature should most constructively be judged, prising apart teachable examples from Shakespeare, Austen, Beckett, Rowling and others. Applies particularly revealing attention...

50th anniversary edition of this masterwork in art education. von Albers, Josef