Philosophy from Diversity Books, IOBA

Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia: Indra Publishing, 2004. 192pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, faintly edge-tanned, small corner crease to several pages at rear. Illustrated card wrapper minimally and softly creased. 'The Real Desire' is a collection of essays, written over the preceeding ten years, by Robyn Ferrell, who is now Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Law,… Read more about this item

London: Fourth Estate, 2009. 376pp. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Backstrip firm. Illustrated boards undamaged. Tiny specks on front endpapers, else textblock unmarked. Attached green ribbon bookmark. Sage, woman-to-woman advice covering subjects such as: Love, Food, Career, Men, Health, Politics and the New Orthodoxy, Philosophy of Life, Dressing and Shopping, Motherhood and Family, Money, Grief,… Read more about this item

London: Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd. , 2015. xx, + 349pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Art-illustrated (Design: Neil Cotterill) card wrapper skilfully covered in clear, adhesive film. Textblock unmarked. Taking a different approach to Heidegger's work, "Sheehan's provocative study is bound to be a 'game-changer', forcing scholars to rethink long-held assumptions about Heidegger's thought and its reach… Read more about this item

York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1996. 200pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper skilfully covered in clear adhesive film, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Edited by Arthur Osborne, this title contains many of the Bhagavan's actual conversations with those who sought his guidance . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. 7 chapters. Index. Book weight… Read more about this item

Koln, Germany: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1998. 363pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Original blue cloth boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. " 'A Vindication of the Rights of Men' is Mary Wollstonecraft's spirited answer to Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790). In 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women', Mary Wollstonecraft… Read more about this item

London: Watkins Publishing, 2011. 272pp. Colour art, and photographc plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly canted. Art-illustrated, flapped card wrapper minimally bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. 'The Art of War' is common sense military and business philosophy as relevant today as when it was written millenia ago . . . Contents include: Prelims., Forwword (B.H. Liddell Hart).… Read more about this item

Bexley, NSW, Australia : Author (Dan Haesler), 2016. xii, + 149pp. Intext, b/white sketch-art illustrations (by Dan Haesler) throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper slightly splayed, else very good. Textblock undamaged. In this collection of "essays, blog posts and random thought bubbles", is a book of modern-day philosophy for modern-day issues . . . Contents… Read more about this item

London: Syndics of the Cambridge University Press , 1968. x, + 125pp. Book clean and square. Brigfht gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock top edge tinted (faded) blue, else leaves unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket faded on spine and foredge folds, dampstain on rear panel, else minimal edgewear. A stand-alone title in the 'Cambridge University… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1951. 254pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Khaki-colour, original cloth boards unmarked. An original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a former owner's name on ffep., a foredge fleck on several leaves, foot untriimed, else random ballpoint pen marks on several pages. Printed dustjacket price-clipped, slightly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear.… Read more about this item

Dorset, England: Element Books, 1988. x, + 180pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly creased and surface indented, mildly edgeworn only. "This is the first book to bring the major aspects of Ahimsa - dynamic harmlessness - into focus for the Western reader. Nathaniel Altman provides a thorough grounding in a philosophy that has been… Read more about this item

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1989. 384pp., b/white figures and illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased. "From coiling, rod-shaped chromosomes to the intricate wing patterns of the peppered moth; from the transformation of farm animals into genetic factories to the search for genetically culled antibodies, this work heralds the promise… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 2000. xvi, + 213pp., b/white illustrations/diagrams. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front and rear panels, negligible edgewear. " . . . makes significant and fundamental improvements to the core discipline of systemic thinking. It establishes crucial developments in this area in the context of… Read more about this item

Hartwell, VIC, Australia: Sid Harta Publishers, 2006. 311pp., including 8 pages of colour-art illustrations, plus b/white illustrations throughout, by Jennifer Talbot. Book clean, square. Handwritten name ('Jenny Talbot') and date ('9-12-07') to title page, private library stamp to same, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Talbot) card wrapper undamaged. "Mythology, environmental destruction, journeys in India, Europe and Australia, spirituality, especially the connection… Read more about this item

Oxford, United Kingdom (and elsewhere): Berg Publishers, 1990. xv, + 208pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over trivially bumped spine. Plain buff boards and text-block pristine. Illustrated dustjacket nominally bumped as spine, else near fine. This collection of essays, edited by Andrew Milner, Philip Thomson and Chris Worth, were originally presented as a series of research seminars organised… Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Cornell University Press, 1986. 278pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, printed title there-on. Mauve cloth boards undamaged. Text-block pristine. Printed dustjacket edgeworn, creased, with closed tears along head, else minimal soiling on rear (text) panel. "This book analyzes the relationship between metaphysics and epistemology in the thought of Rene Descartes (1596-1650). In particular, Peter J.… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1998. xi, + 286pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Illustrated (Alain Pilon) card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, very small corner crease to front panel. Leaves clean, corresponding corner crease to a small section. . A stand-alone volume in the 'Science and Its Conceptual Foundations' series. "In this provocative contribution to the philosophy of mind,… Read more about this item

Great Britain: Element Books, 1990. 231pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease to front panel, else mildly edgeworn and scuffed. "In this fascinating series of essays relating Buddhist philosophy and practice to modern psychological theory, the contributors show how the Buddhist 'wordless view' can broaden our knowledge of the… Read more about this item

St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1993. xiii, + 247pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very mildly edgeworn. "Nietzsche's views on women have long been the most problematic aspects of his thought. Why then has the work of Nietzsche aroused so much interest in recent years from feminist theorists and political philosophers?… Read more about this item

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts [Prentice-Hall International], 1960. v, + 351pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Plain grey cloth boards very good. A stand-alone volume in the 'Century Philosophy Series', edited by Sterling P. Lamprecht. "This book represents an application of general value concepts to the particular problems of ethics. The focus of attention is solely directed… Read more about this item

Crawley, Western Australia: UWA Publishing, 2008. ix, + 274pp., two-page b/white story route map. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, with a soft corner crease. " . . . a vivid chronicle of a journalists heartfelt and determined journey to reconnect with a beloved American classic . . . In following this itinerary over… Read more about this item