Автор: Gray, Alasdair Название: Poor things ISBN: 1526657880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526657886 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 1484.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.) Описание: Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realised when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation . . .
But what does Bella think?
This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.
Автор: Alasdair Gray Название: Poor Things : Now an award-winning major film ISBN: 0747562288 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780747562283 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 1484.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.) Описание: One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's creation.
The hilarious tale of love and scandal that ensues would be "the whole story" in the hands of a lesser author (which in fact it is, for this account is actually written by Dr. McCandless). For Gray, though, this is only half the story, after which Bella (a.k.a. Victoria McCandless) has her own say in the matter. Satirizing the classic Victorian novel, Poor Things is a hilarious political allegory and a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women, from one of Scotland's most accomplished authors.
Описание: The final book from the late Alasdair Gray - the conclusion to his remarkable interpretation of Dante`s Divine Comedy
Автор: Gray, Alasdair Название: Every short story by alasdair gray 1951-2012 ISBN: 0857865617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857865618 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3168.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alasdair MacIntyre Название: After Virtue ISBN: 1780936257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780936253 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Highly controversial when it was first published in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has since established itself as a landmark work in contemporary moral philosophy. In this book, MacIntyre sought to address a crisis in moral language that he traced back to a European Enlightenment that had made the formulation of moral principles increasingly difficult. In the search for a way out of this impasse, MacIntyre returns to an earlier strand of ethical thinking, that of Aristotle, who emphasised the importance of 'virtue' to the ethical life. More than thirty years after its original publication, After Virtue remains a work that is impossible to ignore for anyone interested in our understanding of ethics and morality today.
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: Lanark: A Life in Four Books ISBN: 1838852905 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838852900 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 2970.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 40th anniversary commemorative hardback edition of the modern classic
Автор: Rodge Glass Название: Alasdair Gray ISBN: 0747596239 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780747596233 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 2523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Glass plays Boswell to Gray`s Johnson in this first (and very likely last), imaginative yet rigorous biography of Scotland`s greatest living novelist.
Автор: Alaya, Azzedine Название: Practical rationality and human difference ISBN: 8869774112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788869774119 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4701.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alasdair MacIntyre Название: Whose Justice? Which Rationality? ISBN: 0268019444 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780268019440 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 5146.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, the sequel to After Virtue, is a persuasive argument of there not being rationality that is not the rationality of some tradition. MacIntyre examines the problems presented by the existence of rival traditions of inquiry in the cases of four major philosophers: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Hume.
Автор: Fotheringham Alasdair Название: Reckless ISBN: 1408846020 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408846025 Издательство: Bloomsbury Цена: 2820.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Luis Oca a seemed doomed to live in the shadow of cycling's greatest ever rider, Eddy Merckx-"The Cannibal." Their rivalry defined Oca a's entire career, yet he was the one rider capable of beating the all-conquering Merckx in his prime. After an impoverished upbringing he flourished at the sport he loved and in 1970 secured his biggest victory on home soil, winning the Vuelta a Espa a, and confirming his status as a Grand Tour challenger. But it was in the 1971 Tour de France that the battle between Merckx and Oca a reached its peak when, at the Orci res-Merlette stage, he inflicted on Merckx the worst defeat he would suffer in a major Tour, with an astonishing 120 kilometre solo breakaway through the Alps.
But then came one of most gut-wrenching crashes in Tour de France history when Oca a fell heavily on a Pyrenean descent, losing his leader's jersey, and with it his best chance of destroying Merckx's reputation of invincibility. In the midst of a torrential downpour, with minimal visibility, rider after rider crashed into the injured rider as he lay prone. The following day Merckx refused to wear the leader's jersey out of respect.
It was only when Merckx was missing from the start-line in 1973 that Oca a became Spain's second ever Tour de France winner. If Merckx had been present, Oca a's chances of success would have been far slimmer. Further triumphs amassed before his swansong in 1976, but Oca a's decline in later life reflects the immense struggle he embraced during the height of his career. An enigmatic outsider to both the Spanish and French throughout his career-never truly accepted in either country-he died in mysterious circumstances aged just 48.
A fascinating, complicated character both on and off his bike, Oca a's fierce determination, impetuosity and-some would say-recklessness created some of the most beautiful and gripping episodes in the history of the sport. This is the first ever biography in English of "the Spanish Merckx" who remains one of the most fascinating Tour de France champions.
Автор: Hutton, Alasdair Название: Scotland`s greatest storyteller ISBN: 1999633687 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781999633684 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tells the story of the lives and deaths of those buried at the former church of St. Mary Newington.
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