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      Esther Simpson

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      The thousands of academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered and feted with Nobel Prizes, knighthoods and admiration. But who was the woman who saved them and why…

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      Wittgenstein’s Poker

      David Edmonds,John Eidinow

      Part biography, part social history, part history of philosophy Wittgenstein’s Poker is informative, entertaining and accessible.

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      Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler’s Persecution

      John Eidinow

      Esther Simpson orchestrated the rescue of many thousands of academic refugees, among them 16 future Nobel Prize winners and 74 Fellows of the Royal Society. The cultural and scientific influence…

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      Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine

      David Edmonds,John Eidinow

      The authors of the bestselling Wittgenstein’s Poker offer a riveting account of the legendary 1972 chess match between Boris Spassky, the world champion from the Soviet Union, and the American…

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      Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers

      David Edmonds,John Eidinow

      Wittgenstein’s Poker is an engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection. The hardcover edition was a bestseller, named the No. 1 book on the San Francisco Chronicle and…

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      Bobby Fischer Goes to War: The most famous chess match of all time

      David Edmonds,John Eidinow

      But in 1972 along came the American, Bobby Fischer: insolent, arrogant, abusive, vain, greedy, vulgar, bigoted, paranoid and obsessive - and apparently unstoppable. Against him was Boris Spassky: complex, sensitive…

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      Rousseau’s Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

      David Edmonds (BBC World Service London),John Eidinow

      From the authors of Wittgenstein’s Poker comes a book that examines the explosive falling-out between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume, the most influential thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. 15…

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      Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience

      Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition to better understand the experiences of men and women. Integrates literary, epigraphic, visual…

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      Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience

      Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition to better understand the experiences of men and women. Integrates literary, epigraphic, visual…

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