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  • HearRational

    by Oliver Davis ...
    "Davis' writing debut is a triumph - utilising razor sharp whit and satire against a well crafted sci-fi world. If you're a fan of Black Mirror then this book is for you." Adam Pearson, BBC actor and TV presenter, star of the Oscar-nominated A Different Man (2024)Conspiracy theorist Theo has a loyal online following, a DIY podcast studio in a pub basement, and a theory that interdimensional ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hatred of Sex

    by Oliver Davis, Tim Dean ...
    Series series Provocations
    Hatred of Sex links Jacques Rancière’s political philosophy of the constitutive disorder of democracy with Jean Laplanche’s identification of a fundamental perturbation at the heart of human sexuality. Sex is hated as well as desired, Oliver Davis and Tim Dean contend, because sexual intensity impedes coherent selfhood and undermines identity, rendering us all a little more deplorable than we ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Celtic Spirituality

    by translated and introduced by Oliver Davies, with the collaboration of Thomas O' Loughlin ...
    This volume offers translations of numerous texts from the Celtic tradition from the 6th through the 13th centuries, in a cross-section of genres and forms, including saints' lives, monastic texts, poetry, devotional texts, liturgical texts, apocrypha, exegetical texts and theological treatises. ... Read more

    $25.55 USD

  • The Naturalist's Manual - Containing Descriptions of the Nests and Eggs of North American Birds (Turdidae - Tanagridae) also, Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Birds, Nests, Eggs and Insects

    by Oliver Davie ...
    This vintage book contains a collection of recipes for making a variety of interesting beverages, with clear and practical directions for mixing all kinds of cocktails, sours, egg nog, sherry cobblers, coolers, absinthe, crustas, fizzes, flips, juleps, fixes, punches, lemonades, and more. This volume is ideal for adventurous hosts, and would make for a fantastic addition to kitchen collections. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jacques Rancière

    by Oliver Davis ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    This book is a critical introduction to contemporary French philosopher Jacques Rancière. It is the first introduction in any language to cover all of his major work and offers an accessible presentation and searching evaluation of his significant contributions to the fields of politics, pedagogy, history, literature, film theory and aesthetics.This book traces the emergence of Rancière’s thought ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Ranciere Now

    by Oliver Davis ...
    Series series Theory Now
    The French philosopher Jacques Rancière is well known across the world for his groundbreaking contributions to aesthetic and political theory and for his radical rethinking of the question of equality. This much-needed new collection situates Rancière's thought in a range of practical and theoretical contexts.These specially commissioned essays cover the complete history of Rancière's work and ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • New Interdisciplinary Perspectives On and Beyond Autonomy

    Edited by Christopher Watkin, Oliver Davis ...
    Series series Warwick Series in the Humanities
    What does ‘autonomy’ mean today? Is the Enlightenment understanding of autonomy still relevant for contemporary challenges? How have the limits and possibilities of autonomy been transformed by recent developments in artificial intelligence and big data, political pressures, intersecting oppressions and the climate emergency? The challenges to autonomy today reach across society with unprecedented ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Tribute: Rod Serling

    by Darren G. Davis ...
    Tribute: Rod Serling — Beyond the Twilight explores the extraordinary life and legacy of the visionary writer who transformed television into a platform for social conscience and imagination. From his childhood in upstate New York to his harrowing experiences as a World War II paratrooper, Rod Serling’s journey shaped a voice that refused to remain silent. As a pioneering television writer in the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • William Burroughs in Context

    Edited by Oliver Harris, Davis Schneiderman, Alex Wermer-Colan ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    William Burroughs in Context offers the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of the iconic author to date and it captures the immense scope of Burroughs' radical vision and cultural influence. Moving far beyond the Beat Generation, this volume brings together 35 original essays that reframe Burroughs through his many identities: novelist, multimedia artist, queer visionary, drug ... Read more

    $114.79 USD

  • Selected Writings

    by Meister Eckhart ...
    Translated by Prof. Oliver Davies ...
    Composed during a critical time in the evolution of European intellectual life, the works of Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) are some of the most powerful medieval attempts to achieve a synthesis between ancient Greek thought and the Christian faith. Writing with great rhetorical brilliance, Eckhart combines the neoplatonic concept of oneness - the idea that the ultimate principle of the universe ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions

    by Oliver Onions, David Stuart Davies ...
    Series series Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural
    With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.Oliver Onions is unique in the realms of ghost story writers in that his tales are so far ranging in their background and substance that they are not easily categorised. His stories are powerfully charged explorations of psychical violence, their effects heightened by detailed character studies graced with a powerful poetic elegance. In simple terms ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love as Common Ground

    Essays on Love in Religion

    by Minlib Dallh, Oliver Davies, Mircea Dumitru, Smilen Markov, Julia T. Meszaros, Louise Nelstrop, Melissa Raphael, Naftali Rothenberg, Paul Weller, Eleanor McLaughlin, Leyla H. Tajer0, H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal1, Paul S. Fiddes2, Werner G. Jeanrond4 ...
    This book explores the way in which the study and practice of love creates a common ground for different faiths and different traditions within the same faith. For the contributors, “common ground” in this context is not a minimal core of belief or a lowest common denominator of faith, but a space or area in which to live together, consider together the meaning of the love to which various faiths ... Read more

    $109.39 USD