The subject of this unusual book is best described by the author. "We are going to study a problem that no one has managed to approach objectively, one in which the initial charm of the object is so strong that it still has the power to warp the minds of the clearest thinkers and to keep bringing them back to the poetic fold in which dreams replace thought and poems conceal theorems. This problem is the psychological problem posed by our convictions about fire. It seems to me so definitely psychological in nature that I do not hesitate to speak of a psychoanalysis of fire." Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) was a philosopher whose training in the sciences gave him a unique profile in the world of literary criticism to which he turned. An admirer of Husserl and Jung, he was one of the most original and stimulating thinkers of the twentieth century.

The Psychoanalysis of Fire

Politics & Social Sciences

BACHELARD, Gaston

Philosophy

Quartet Qrime

Quartet Qrime, copyright 1982, stated: First published by Quartet Books Limited 1982, hardback, black boards, Very Good + (sticker scuff mark on fly, rear boarded just a touch of bump at the top corner)/Very Good + dust jacket(minor edgewear), 153 pages, FICTION MYSTERY

Angel Without Mercy

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

ANTHEA COHEN

Thrillers & Suspense

Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what the irreverent, high-flying Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. Morale in this all-male environment is not improved by the arrival of Melissa, a radical feminist lesbian separatist. It is only Amiss sense of humor and the joys of visiting his new love Rachel that keep him sane.

The Saint Valentine's Day Murders

Ruth Dudley Edwards

First UK edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Mild toning to the pages.

Double Negative

CARKEET, David

Grave witness

LEVI, Peter

They're rustling sheep on Mosley's patch - the hill country of the Yorkshire-Lancashire border.  And Reuben Tunnicliffe of Upper Crudshow has committed suicide by hanging himself with his braces in the earth closet at the bottom of his yard.   With a little help from the eager young Sergeant Beamish (how going steady with Deidre Harrison), Inspector Mosley, as imperturbable as ever, sorts matters out, in the process baffling the CIA, the KGB and Special Branch, and reducing his superiors to sates varying from bewilderment to near-apoplexy.       Book Dust Jacket

The Mind of Mr Mosley

John Greenwood

Ministering Angel   by Anthea Cohen Want to Read Rate this book Ministering Angel by Anthea Cohen 3.00 · rating details · 1 rating  · 0 reviews After an unsuccessful package-tour holiday in Italy, Sister Carmichael returns to her work in the casualty department of a large general hospital. One of her young nurses has got into trouble and Carmichael, broods darkly on revenge. Meanwhile, sine has struck up an uneasy friendship with Sister O'Hara and together they dabble in spiritualism, which brings uncanny and unexpected results for Sister Carmichael.

Ministering Angel

Cloth. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. First U.K. edition. A fine copy in a fine dj.

Conspiracy of Strangers

MARTIN, LEE

A Little Learning

Deighton, Barbara

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