From the Penguin Books logo to The March of the Penguins, a certain tuxedo-adorned member of the animal kingdom has long captured our hearts and imaginations. Stephen Martin regales us here with the cultural and natural history of the penguin, revealing many fascinating and little-known facts about this beloved bird.
In its original French La Forrnation du Radicalisme Philosophique en Angleterre appeared in three volumes between the years 1900 and 1903 (one volume dealing with the youth of Bentham from 1776 to 1789, another with the growth of the utilitarian doctrine from 1789 to 1815, and a third with the history of philosophic radicalism from 1815 to 1832): in the English translation it was published in 1928.
Redirections in Critical Theory: Truth, Self, Action, History
The essays in Redirections in Critical Theory re-analyse major figures and discussions in critical theory, asking questions often neglected or overlooked by a readership ever in pursuit of new theoretical positions.
Convergence and Divergence of National Financial Systems: Evidence from the Gold Standards, 1871-1971 (Financial History)
Coming out of the Codisyna project which looked at national financial systems during the Gold Standard years of 1871 1971, this collection of essays aims to form a focused, original and constructive approach to examining the question of convergence and divergence in Europe. With contemporary as well as historical relevance, this study will appeal to historians and economists as well as those with a professional or scholarly interest in the world of banking and finance.
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge is a great and satirical audio book about the British history from a different prespective.
