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  • Why Dante Matters

    An Intelligent Person's Guide

    by Professor John Took ...
    John Took provides an entirely original view of one of the most important poets and thinkers in all of Western literature, Dante Alighieri.The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a poet who, as T. S. Eliot put it, 'divides the world with Shakespeare, there being no third'. His, like ours, was a world of moral uncertainty and political violence, all of which made ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Dante

    by John Took ...
    Narrated by John Took ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 30 min

    For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri(1265–1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante’s writings aretherefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography,which offers a fresh account of the medieval Florentine poet’s life and thought beforeand after his exile in 1302.Beginning with the often violent ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Why Dante Matters

    An Intelligent Person's Guide

    by Professor John Took ...
    Narrated by Victor Vertunni ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 58 min

    Bloomsbury presents Why Dante Matters by John Took, read by Victor Vertunni.John Took provides an entirely original view of one of the most important poets and thinkers in all of Western literature, Dante Alighieri.The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a poet who, as T. S. Eliot put it, ‘divides the world with Shakespeare, there being no third’. His, like ours, ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Clinical Investigation of the Microcirculation

    Proceedings of the Meeting on Clinical Investigation of the Microcirculation held at London, England September, 1985

    Edited by John E. Tooke, L.H. Smaje ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    In 1628 William Harvey published his discovery of the existence of the microcirculation which he deduced from careful anatomical and physiological study. Thirty-three years later, Malpighi confirmed the presence of capillaries through direct microscopical observation. Subsequent scientific advance has been slow, and in view of the fact that microvascular in the genesis and expression of many ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Poetry and Prayer

    The Power of the Word II

    by Francesca Bugliani Knox, John Took ...
    Series series The Power of the Word
    Interdisciplinary and ecumenical in scope, Poetry and Prayer offers theoretical discussion on the profound connection between poetic inspiration and prayer as well as reflection on the work of individual writers and the traditions within which they stand. An international range of established and new scholars in literary studies and theology offer unique contributions to the neglected study of ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

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    Brain Science and the Biology of Belief

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    $15.99 CAD

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  • Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders

    Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Update

    Edited by Paolo Gresele, Neal S. Kleiman, José A. Lopez, Clive P. Page ...
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  • To Be a Machine

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    The mature T and NK cell lymphomas are rare, comprising approximately 10% of all malignant lymphomas. The incidence of T-cell lymphoma is variable around the world, with a higher incidence compared to B-cell lymphomas in the Asian basin. While the overall incidence of B-cell lymphomas has begun to decline in the United States, the incidence of T-cell lymphomas continues to rise. Over the last ... Read more

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