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Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age
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Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age

The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated.

 
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Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction
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Existentialism A Very Short IntroductionExistentialism A Very Short Introduction

Existentialism is commonly associated with Left-Bank Parisian cafes and the 'family' of philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir who gathered there in the years immediately following the liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. One imagines offbeat, avant-garde intellectuals, attached to their cigarettes, listening to jazz as they hotly debate the implications of their new-found political and artistic liberty. The mood is one of enthusiasm, creativity, anguished self-analysis, and freedom – always freedom.

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Nuclear Power
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Nuclear PowerNuclear Power

Though nuclear energy provides much more power than fossils fuels like coal, its use is hotly debated because of the potential for radiation seeping into surrounding areas. Still, it is widely used and has developed immensely in recent years. From its development to its environmental impacts, Nuclear Power discusses the positive and negative implications of this hotly debated source of energy.

 
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Writing the Nation in Reformation England, 1530-1580
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Writing the Nation in Reformation England, 1530-1580Writing the Nation in Reformation England, 1530-1580

A unique study of a neglected, but important, period of English writing, in which English national identity was hotly contested.
 
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