"The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of the Tanner lectures given at Clare Hall, Cambridge University; Brasenose College, Oxford University; Harvard University; Yale University, the University of California; Stanford University, the University of Michigan; and the University of Utah and other locations. Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the lectureships a ..."
"Lionel Burger probably saw in you the closed circuit of self; for him, such a life
must be in need of a conduit towards meaning ... That's where the tension that
makes it possible to live lay, for him; between selfand others; between thepresent
and ..."
"The word 'May' in pencil on the inside front cover. Some dog-eared pages. Page-turning crease on front and back covers. Tthe book falls open to the midway point. Ships fast from Northern California."
Something Out There(Updated) by NadineGordimer Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1985 by Viking, 1984 Import ISBN-13: 978-0-14-007711-7, ISBN: 0-14-007711-1
"Good reading copy. Some wear from normal use and age."
A World of Strangers(Updated) by NadineGordimer Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1984 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-001704-5, ISBN: 0-14-001704-6
"Toby Hood, a young Englishman, shuns the politics and the causes his liberal parents passionately support. Living in Johannesburg as a representative of his family's publishing company, Toby moves easily, carelessly, between the complacent wealthy white suburbs and the seething, vibrantly alive black townships. His friends include a wide variety of people, from mining directors to black journalists and musicians, and Toby's colonial-sty ..."
Something Out There(1st Edition) by Nadine: Gordimer Hardcover, 203 Pages, Published 1984 by Jonathan Cape ISBN-13: 978-0-224-02189-0, ISBN: 0-224-02189-3
Something out There(1st Edition) by NadineGordimer Hardcover, 203 Pages, Published 1984 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-65660-8, ISBN: 0-670-65660-7
"Originally published in 1979 as part of a collection of short stories, this is about a white couple and two black revolutionaries in Johannesberg. The story is set in a suburb which is in the grip of rumours of a strange creature said to be roaming among them."
The Conservationist(Reprint) by NadineGordimer Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1983 by Penguin Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-004716-5, ISBN: 0-14-004716-6
"Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm.From the Trade Paperback edition."
July's People by NadineGordimer Hardcover, Published 1983 by Chivers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85119-200-0, ISBN: 0-85119-200-9
A Guest of Honour(Reprint) by NadineGordimer Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1983 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-003696-1, ISBN: 0-14-003696-2
"James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his triumph and his undoing."
The Late Bourgeois World(Reprint) by NadineGordimer Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1983 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-005614-3, ISBN: 0-14-005614-9
"When her ex-husband commits suicide after the failure of his anti-government activities, Liz Van Den Sandt struggles to decide whether to become involved in the South African Black nationalist movement"
"René and I want to have a civilized New Year away from the mob, and I said to
him, d'you know, there's only one person ... On Christmas Day they beat a dog
and on the last night of the year their radio is turning out boere musiek, the
sawing, ..."