History of English literature-Michael Alexander

England has a rich literature with a long history. This is an attempt to tell the story of Englishliterature from its beginnings to the present day. The story is written to be read as a whole, though it can be read in parts, and its apparatus and index allow it to be consulted for reference. To be read as a whole with pleasure, a story has to have a companionable aspect,and the number of things discussed cannot be too large.

Eyes of the University: Right to Philosophy 2

Completing the translation of Derrida’s monumental work "Right to Philosophy" (the first part of which has already appeared under the title of "Who’s Afraid of Philosophy?"), "Eyes of the University" brings together many of the philosopher’s most important texts on the university and, more broadly, on the languages and institutions of philosophy.

The Knower and the Known

The seventeenth-century revolution in philosophy stood-and we still stand-under the authority of the 'new science', and this was primarily the science of inorganic nature. 'Bits of matter, qualified by mass, spatial relations, and the change of such relations': such were the bare realities out of which experimental ingenuity and mathematical exactitude built their new universe.

The Player of Games by Iain Banks

The Culture - a human / machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.

Human Pharmacology (Lifelines in Life Science)

This small, condensed book provides an excellent introduction to pharmacology...valuable to new pharmacology students, and also to students and specialists of other disciplines who require a fast understanding of mechanisms and clinical uses of drugs...Its conciseness and clarity is aided by clear, explanatory diagrams...the author's aims was to provide an introduction to the sciences of pharmacology..., to my mind, these aims have been achieved very well.