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American Credo
OUP Oxford 2007; US$ 98.99American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. The study asks how this occurs; how the sources, traditions... more...
The Age of Absurdity
Simon & Schuster UK 2010; US$ 13.99The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing... more...
The Age of Absurdity
Simon & Schuster UK 2010; Not AvailableThe good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing... more...
Embracing the Ordinary
Simon & Schuster UK 2012; US$ 20.99It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and... more...
Embracing the Ordinary
Simon & Schuster UK 2012; Not AvailableIt has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and... more...
The Age of Absurdity
Simon & Schuster UK 2010; US$ 12.26The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing... more...
Embracing the Ordinary
Simon & Schuster UK 2012; US$ 19.93It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and... more...
London Under Attack
The History Press 2011; US$ 21.86London has been under attack for literally centuries. Michael Foley's book records the dramatic military history of the capital from Roman times until the Second World War and beyond. Throughout its early history London was at the centre of hostilities, not always instigated by foreign enemies, but more often from the city's own inhabitants or those... more...
The Silence of Constitutions
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95First published in 1989, Michael?s Foley?s book deals with the ?abeyances? present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are valuable, therefore, not in... more...
Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday?
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 12.95Presents a guide to the roots of all things Catholic. This book introduces readers to the hidden heritage in many commonplace things that are a part of life. It is useful to those interested Catholics, general readers and historians of religion alike. more...









