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Book Cover: The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History
The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History
By John Major Jenkins

From the pioneering author who helped introduce the question of 2012 into the global spiritual community comes an epic exploration of the authentic origins and meaning of this portentous date.

From the pioneering author who helped introduce the question of 2012 into the global spiritual community comes an epic exploration of the authentic origins and meaning of this portentous date.

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Published: 01/12/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781585428236
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: Metaphysics
Metaphysics
By Aristotle
In The Metaphysics , Aristotle laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy. Aristotle was always passionately interested in natural phenomena. Yet when he joined Plato's Academy as a 17-year-old in the mid-360s BC, he was taught the 'idealist' doctrine that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of the true reality. After a sharp reaction against Platonism, he achieved...
In The Metaphysics , Aristotle laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy. Aristotle was always passionately interested in natural phenomena. Yet when he joined Plato's...
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Published: 31/12/2000
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140446197
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: De Anima (On the Soul)
De Anima (On the Soul)
By Aristotle
For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato s student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the emerging sciences of logic and biology. His examination of the huge variety of living organisms the...
For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit...
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Published: 01/06/1987
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140444711
RRP: $9.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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