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Joseph Andrews & Shamela
1999 || Paperback || Henry Fielding || Penguin Books Ltd
"Shamela" is a parody of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela", in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. "Joseph Andrews", Fielding's first novel, can also be seen as a response to Richardson, as the lascivious Lady Booby sets out to seduce her comically chaste servant Joseph.
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Homer and His Iliad
2024 || Paperback || Robin Lane Fox || Penguin Books Ltd
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The Power Paradox
How We Gain and Lose Influence
2024 || Paperback || Prof. Dacher Keltner || Penguin Books Ltd
A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power It shapes every interaction we have, whether we're trying to get a two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at work. But how do we really gain and maintain power - through coercion or cooperation? What does it do to our behaviour? And what makes us lose power? In twenty revolutionary 'power principles', renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner turns everything we thought we knew about influence and status upside down,...
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Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
2024 || Paperback || Henry Farrell e.a. || Penguin Books Ltd
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Ceremony for the Nameless
2024 || Paperback || Theresa Lola || Penguin Books Ltd
Heart of Darkness
2012 || Paperback || Joseph Conrad || Penguin Books Ltd
'Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.'Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist.
As his boat labours further upstream...
Orientalism
Western Conceptions of the Orient
2024 || Paperback || Edward W. Said || Penguin Books Ltd
The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. H...
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Europe and the Roma
A History of Fascination and Fear
2024 || Paperback || Klaus-Michael Bogdal || Penguin Books Ltd
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The Politics of Time
Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty
2024 || Paperback || Guy Standing || Penguin Books Ltd
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Seneca
A Life
2024 || Paperback || Emily Wilson || Penguin Books Ltd
Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality.