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During the seventeenth century Francisco Suarez was considered one of the greatest philosophers of the age. He was the last great Scholastic thinker and profoundly influenced the thought of his contemporaries within both Catholic and Protestant circles. Suarez contributed to all fields of philosophy[...]

Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Golden Age, was the master of the baroque style known as 'conceptismo', a complex form of expression fueled by elaborate conceits and constant wordplay as well as ethical and philosophical concerns. Although scattered transla[...]

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in San Francisco Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: San Francisco 2017 with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best places to visit in San Francisco, from the Golden [...]

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in San Francisco in 2018.Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide San Francisco with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best places to visit in San Francisco, from the Golden[...]

Discover this iconic city with the most incisive and entertaining travel guide on the market. You can take this handy, pocket-sized book out with you anywhere, any time. Whether you plan to visit Alcatraz, cycle across Golden Gate Bridge or go taco-tasting in The Mission, Pocket Rough Guide San Fran[...]

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring San Francisco and Northern California.Cycle over Golden Gate Bridge, catch a ferry out to the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island or head out to Napa Wine Country t[...]

The Embodied Mind provides a unique, sophisticated treatment of the spontaneous and reflective dimension of human experience. The authors argue that only by having a sense of common ground between mind in Science and mind in experience can our understanding of cognition be more complete. Toward that[...]

The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.
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The personal story of the 1970s disco singer relates his humble origins, his early days as a chorus singer and member of the notorious Cockettes theatrical group, and the flamboyant energy and changing lifestyles that shaped his career. By the author of Freaks Talk Back. Reprint. 10,000 first printi[...]

Interrelated essays by the Nobel Laureate on his adopted home of California, which Lewis Hyde, writing in "The Nation, called "remarkable, morally serious and thought-provoking essays, which strive to lay aside the barren categories by which we have understood and judged our state . . . Their subjec[...]