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Aldous Huxley
In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his…
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Brave New World predicts - with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision of the future.
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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount’s society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. As they all engage in…
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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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Discover the brave new world of Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance - no matter what the…
"Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody's happy."
In music, counterpoint is the art of writing melodies that play in conjunction with one another, according to a…
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London life just after World War I, devoid of values and moving headlong into chaos at breakneck speed.
Aldous Huxley's Antic Hay, like Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, portrays a…
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Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction.
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A beautiful hardback edition of Huxley's inconic dystopian classic, introduced by Yuval Noah Harari
'A masterpiece of speculation... As vibrant, fresh, and somehow…
Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. His education there, thanks to the contradictory influences of his…
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers…
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel that delves into the consequences of genetic engineering, conditioning, and the use of a drug called Soma. The story follows…
Writings include: Brave New World, Crome Yellow, Eyeless in Gaza. Volume covers the period 1920-1965. Extras: Appendicies list translations and collected works sales.
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The writings of Aldous Huxley studied in this text include: Brave New World , Crome Yellow and Eyeless in Gaza . The volume covers the period 1920-1965.
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Jake Poller
A timely new biography of one of the 20th century’s most provocative intellectuals.
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Aldous Huxley, Fred Fordham
The graphic novel adaptation of the classic dystopian masterpiece.
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For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.
Bringing The Best Of ""Aldous Huxley"" Together. This edition includes, ""Crome Yellow"", ""Mortal Coils"", ""Antic Hay"" & ""Brave New World"".
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Number 10 Of The Outcast Series Of Chapbooks Issued By Oscar Baradinsky At The Alicat Book Shop.
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The Genius of Aldous Huxley is an attempt to make a critical analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novels, essays and plays. The significant results of his stance in terms of his…
This book examines Aldous Huxley's transformation in writing style and themes across his seminal novels. James R. Linn provides insightful analysis of how Huxley's work shifted from one of satire…
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Jerome Meckier
Within the cycle that runs from Erewhon to Island, British literary utopias compete with one another to form the most persuasive picture of what the future might, or should, be…
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First published in 1921, Crome Yellow was Aldous Huxley’s much-acclaimed debut novel. Aldous Huxley’s very funny first novel, Crome Yellow -New York Times
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality offers an analysis of Huxley’s spiritual interests, spanning both mysticism and Western esotericism. With this methodology, Jake Poller generates new insights into Huxley’s work and…
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Can religious belief survive in a scientific era? Aldous Huxley thought so. His early recognition of the significance of twentieth-century science and the need for moral and spiritual direction resulted…
Milton Birnbaum
In the moral vacuum and world of shifting values following World War I, Aldous Huxley was both a sensitive reflector and an articulate catalyst
Nicholas Murray
The son of biologist T. H. Huxley, Aldous Huxley had a privileged background and was educated at Eton and Oxford despite an eye infection that left him nearly blind. Having…
In this fifth of six volumes, covering Huxley’s essays in the period of 1938-1956, Huxley continues to explore the role of science and technology in modern culture, and seeks a…
Documenting a personal quest to improve his challenged vision, Aldous Huxley’s handbook presents a systematic list of exercises developed by W. H. Bates, a proponent of an alternative vision therapy…
A Natural Path to Better Vision
Unlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of…
?Te imaginas un mundo en donde tienes que tomar pastillas para ser feliz y en donde toda tu vida ya esta decidida desde antes de nacer? Pues asi es el…
""Leda"" is a novella by Aldous Huxley, published in 1920. It tells the story of a young man named John Rivers who is on a vacation in Italy when he…
