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    Thrills, Spills and Belly Laughs

    by Jon Parkin ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Helen Lloyd ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 41 min

    A riotous peek into the off-beat world of one of football’s most recognisablecharacters, Jon Parkin.The much-travelled journeyman striker played for more than 20 clubs during acareer that stretched over two decades, and he has since become a co-host of thehugely popular Undr The Cosh podcast.Known as ‘The Beast’ due to his height and weight, this gentle giant has amischievous and irrepressible ... Read more

    $15.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taming the Leviathan

    The Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 1640–1700

    by Jon Parkin ...
    Series Book 82 - Ideas in Context
    Thomas Hobbes is widely acknowledged as the most important political philosopher to have written in English. Originally published in 2007, Taming the Leviathan is a wide-ranging study of the English reception of Hobbes's ideas. In the first book-length treatment of the topic for over forty years, Jon Parkin follows the fate of Hobbes's texts (particularly Leviathan) and the development of his ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

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    Feed the Beast

    Pints, pies, poles and a belly full of goals

    by Jon Parkin, David Clayton ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 28 min

    With 19 spells at various clubs in the Football League, Jon Parkin has cut an instantly recognisable figure in English football for the past 20 years. At 6'4 and weighing in as one of football's heavyweights, Parkin has played more than 600 games during his time with Barnsley, Hartlepool, York, Macclesfield Town, Hull City, Stoke City, Preston, Cardiff, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Scunthorpe, ... Read more

    $15.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cycling and Sustainability

    by Stephen Ison, Jon Shaw ...
    Series Book 1 - Transport and Sustainability
    This book explores the reasons for difficulties in making cycling mainstream in many cultures, despite its claims for being one of the most sustainable forms of transport. In conditions of relatively low use, cycle users become more closely identified with their means of transport than users of other modes. Such personality-based considerations led to the need initially for the book to explore the ... Read more

    $147.59 USD

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  • Either/Or

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    In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A ... Read more

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  • An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

    by Roger Scruton ...
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  • A Concise History of Hungary

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  • Gardens of Philosophy

    by Ficino Ficino ...
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    Under the patronage of the Medici family, Marsilio Ficino translated into Latin and commentated on the meaning and implications of key works by Plat-including 25 of Plat's dialogues and 12 letters ascribed to the philosopher. The 40 concise articles in this collection comprise the first English translation of Ficin's works and provide an insightful glimpse into the philosophy that contributed to ... Read more

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