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    Dot Circle and Frame: The Making of Papunya Tula art

    John Kean

    A startling, vibrant, radical new form of desert art arrived in Papunya Tula in 1971, anchored and inherited in ceremony; stimulated by the twentieth century and painting onto canvas.

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    The Teapots Are Out and Other Eccentric Tales from Ireland

    John Keane

    A winning collection of tales form the Irish literary legend who, says the New York Times, recorded the voice of a disappearing generation

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    The Shortest History of Democracy

    John Keane

    In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals.

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    China’s Galaxy Empire

    John Keane, Baogang He

    In China's Galaxy Empire, John Keane and Baogang He target a development of enormous significance: China's return, after two centuries of decline and subjugation, to a position of prominence in…

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    Autobiography of Captain John Kean of Harrisburg

    John Kean

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

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    Autobiography of Captain John Kean of Harrisburg (1888)

    John Kean

    The Autobiography of Captain John Kean of Harrisburg is a book written by John Kean and edited by Adam Boyd Hamilton. Published in 1888, it is a memoir that tells…

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    Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives

    Berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, several times over. This volume situates…

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    Tom Paine: A Political Life

    John Keane

    The definitive biography of Tom Paine, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his death

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    Reflections on Violence

    John Keane

    This work looks anew at the belief that we are in an era of more intense violence than ever experienced before. It includes a demonstration of how the term violence…

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    Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives

    Due to the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, Berlin re-emerged with renewed vitality. This volume presents a sample of essays on contemporary civil…

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    Pico-solar Electric Systems: The Earthscan Expert Guide to the Technology and Emerging Market

    John Keane

    This book introduces the reader to the world of picosolar-a new category of small solar devices, lanterns and systems which are being used across the world to power the new…

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    The Evolution of Geography: A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Geographical Knowledge from the Earliest Times to the First Circumnavigation of the Globe.

    John Keane

    Title: The Evolution of Geography: a sketch of the rise and progress of geographical knowledge from the earliest times to the first circumnavigation of the globe.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print…

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    The Art of Science: Remarkable Natural History Illustrations from Museum Victoria

    John Kean

    In the contemporary museum, art and science still work hand in glove, from the palaeo-artistry of Peter Trusler to the amazing microscopic world revealed by new imaging technology. The Art…

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    Pico-solar Electric Systems: The Earthscan Expert Guide to the Technology and Emerging Market

    John Keane

    This book introduces the reader to the world of picosolar-a new category of small solar devices, lanterns and systems which are being used across the world to power the new…

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    Tom Paine: A Political Life

    John Keane

    The definitive biography of Tom Paine, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his death

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    Vaclav Havel

    John Keane

    Vaclav Havel is revered as one of the 20th-century’s great playwrights, dissidents, and honest champions of democracy. In this study, John Keane reveals a Havel so far unseen, dramatising the…

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    The Shortest History of Democracy: 4,000 Years of Self-Government–A Retelling for Our Times

    John Keane

    Renowned political theorist John Keane traces the origins of democracy, from assembly democracy in Syria-Mesopotamia and Athens to European-inspired electoral democracy and the birth of representative government to our current…

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    Vaclav Havel

    John Keane

    This authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is not only the first definitive account of one of the modern world’s…

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    The New Despotism

    John Keane

    One day they’ll be like us. That was once the West’s complacent assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial rule, or communism. But many have hardened into something very different…

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    The Shortest History of Democracy

    John Keane

    In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals.

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    Una Breve Historia de la Democracia

    John Keane

    En tiempos de noticias falsas y verdades a medias, el poder radical de la democracia es mas importante que nunca. Este celebre teorico sociopolitico nos revela la fascinante historia de…

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    Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions

    John Keane

    aeo Important new book about civil society by one of the leading scholars in politics and political theory today. aeo Examines the world–wide popularisation of the term a civil societya…

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    Power and Humility: The Future of Monitory Democracy

    John Keane (University of Sydney)

    Leading political thinker John Keane asks why democracies are currently in deep trouble, why the contemporary democratic imagination is failing in its efforts to make sense of the world, and…

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    Global Civil Society?

    John Keane (University of Westminster)

    Amid fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and loose talk of ‘anti-globalisation’, John Keane mounts a defence of global civil society, stressing the need for new democratic ways of…

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    Democracy and Media Decadence

    John Keane (University of Sydney)

    In this revolutionary age of communicative abundance and media innovation, our lives and our politics have been altered in many ways for the better. John Keane targets the troubling countertrends…

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    Democracy and Media Decadence

    John Keane (University of Sydney)

    In this revolutionary age of communicative abundance and media innovation, our lives and our politics have been altered in many ways for the better. John Keane targets the troubling countertrends…

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    Power and Humility: The Future of Monitory Democracy

    John Keane (University of Sydney)

    Leading political thinker John Keane asks why democracies are currently in deep trouble, why the contemporary democratic imagination is failing in its efforts to make sense of the world, and…

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    Global Civil Society?

    John Keane (University of Westminster)

    Amid fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and loose talk of ‘anti-globalisation’, John Keane mounts a defence of global civil society, stressing the need for new democratic ways of…

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    Violence and Democracy

    John Keane (University of Westminster)

    John Keane offers an account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies, and the relationship between violence and democracy. Rejecting the view that ‘human nature’ is…

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    John Keane (University of Westminster)

    John Keane offers an account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies, and the relationship between violence and democracy. Rejecting the view that ‘human nature’ is…

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    The Little Book of John B. Keane

    John B. Keane

    This work features some of the best and most humorous lines in all John B. Keane’s writings, selected by himself and presented in this convenient small format.

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    The Short Stories of John B. Keane

    John B Keane

    Unique pieces which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. This is a collection to prize.

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    The Street: Poems and Ballads of John B. Keane

    John B Keane

    Fascinating collection of many well-known John B Keane poems and, for the first time, his songs, selected and edited by his daughter Joanna. It includes; The Street, My Father, The…

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    When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: Rethinking Democracy In China

    John Keane (Univ Of Sydney, Australia)

    Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace, however this thought-provoking book explores a radically different alternative. China, it argues, is a one-party-dominated political system whose surprising…

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    Best Of John B Keane: Collected Humorous Writings

    John B. Keane

    In this volume are hundreds of short pieces which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life…

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    The Petrol Engine; a Text-book Dealing With the Principles of Design and Construction, With a Special Chapter on the Two-stroke Engine

    Francis John Kean

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Shakespeare’s Play of a Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Charles John Kean

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    Shakespeare’s Play of the Tempest

    Charles John Kean

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    Aeronautical Engines

    Francis John Kean

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    Aeronautical Engines

    Francis John Kean

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    Aeronautical Engines

    Francis John Kean

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    Faust and Marguerite: A Magical Drama (1854)

    Charles John Kean

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    Our Preaching: Characteristics of the Sermon Types and the Church Law on and Ceremonial Preaching

    John Kean Sharp

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    An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Authors Miraculous Escape

    Francis John Kean

    The Petrol Engine;A Text-book dealing with the Principles of Design and Construction, with a Special Chapter on the Two-stroke Engine, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human…

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    Durango

    John B Keane

    A hilarious adventure story about life in rural Ireland during the Second World War.

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    The Contractors

    John B Keane

    A stirring story about Irish building contractors in England in the early 1950s.

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    Sharon’s Grave

    John B Keane

    Sharon’s Grave deals with a man’s ruthless lust for land, which overrides all family loyalties, and can ultimately lead to tragedy.

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    After Full Employment

    John Keane,John Owens

    First published in 1986. This book analyses the four main and competing political interpretations of the cause of unemployment and the future of paid work - social democracy, free market…

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