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Du sköna nya värld
Pocket, 2003
4,1 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (47)
99 kr
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Du sköna nya värld , den kanske mest berömda av alla framtidsskildringar, skrevs redan 1932. I dag har flera av bokens mardrömsscenarier blivit verklighet. Det förefaller som om vi befinner oss närmare romanens dystopi än någonsin. I framtiden har gentekniken utvecklat människan intill perfektion. …
Brave New World
Häftad, 2004
4,4 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (19)
126 kr
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Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian classic Brave New World predicts – with eerie clarity – a terrifying vision of the future, which feels ever closer to our own reality.'The best science fiction book ever, definitely the most prescient…’ Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus ‘A masterpiece …
Brave New World
Inbunden, 2013
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (8)
215 kr
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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. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few …
Brave New World
Häftad, 2007
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
139 kr
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In a future London, governed by genetic engineering , Bernard Marx begins to question a society that has abolished family, privacy, and history in the name of stability.In the World State, citizens are conditioned from birth and kept docile through consumerism and the drug, Soma. But when Bernard …
Doors of Perception
And Heaven and Hell
Häftad, 2004
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
141 kr
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Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades.‘Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece’ Sunday TimesIn 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took …
Island
Häftad, 2005
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
139 kr
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For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with Eastern philosophy to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, arrives to …
Brave New World
Vintage Quarterbound Classics
Inbunden, 2024
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
236 kr
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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 shocking as it was when I first read it' Margaret Atwood'If you have time for just one book, this would be my top choice' Yuval Noah …
Devils of Loudun
Häftad, 2005
159 kr
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A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns. Grandier maintained his …
Du sköna nya värld
E-bok, 2013
3,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
29 kr
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Du sköna nya värld, skriven redan 1932, är en av de stora och världsberömda framtidsskildringarna. Idag är vi nästan där.
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Inbunden, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
245 kr
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Los Angeles, en förmiddag i maj 1953. Den berömde författaren Aldous Huxley, 59 år gammal, intar fyra tiondels gram meskalin för att i sällskap med hustrun och läkaren notera vad som händer. Han får lyssna på Mozart, känna på bokryggarna i biblioteket, betrakta renässansmålningar och blicka ut …
Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Häftad, 2009
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
259 kr
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"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." — New York Times Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books— The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell —in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New …
Crome Yellow
Häftad, 2004
139 kr
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MALCOLM BRADBURYDenis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. His hosts, Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Priscilla, are joined by a party of outlandish guests whose intrigues and opinions …
Brave New World
The classic work of dystopian fiction about control, conformity, and the cost of happiness
E-bok, 2008
102 kr
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In a future London, governed by genetic engineering , Bernard Marx begins to question a society that has abolished family, privacy, and history in the name of stability.In the World State, citizens are conditioned from birth and kept docile through consumerism and the drug, Soma. But when Bernard …
Brave New World
Special 3D Edition
Häftad, 2014
139 kr
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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAWFar 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. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an …
Brave New World: A Graphic Novel
Av Aldous Huxley, Fred Fordham
Inbunden, 2022
239 kr
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The graphic novel adaptation of the classic dystopian masterpiece. From Fred Fordham, graphic novelist behind the sensational TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD graphic novel.Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on …
Brave New World Revisited
Häftad, 2004
4,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
139 kr
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In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later in Brave New World Revisited, Huxley checked the progress of his prophecies against reality and …
Crome Yellow
E-bok, 2021
18 kr
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Crome Yellow is the first novel by British author Aldous Huxley. Though a social satire of its time, in the style of Thomas Love Peacock, it is still appreciated and has been adapted to different media.
The Perennial Philosophy
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
239 kr
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Collected Short Stories
Häftad, 1992
252 kr
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Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the giants of modern English prose and of social commentary in our time is confirmed in this gathering of his distinguished stories into a single volume. Twenty-one pieces are here, including "The Gioconda Smile," "Little Mexican," "Young Archimedes," and …
Island
E-bok, 2009
100 kr
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In his prescient vision of the 21st century, Huxley explores Buddhist ideology, nuclear threat and ‘big oil’ corporate greed.For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has …
The Divine Within
Selected Writings on Enlightenment
Av Aldous Huxley, Huston Smith
Häftad, 2013
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
258 kr
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Point Counter Point
Häftad, 2004
152 kr
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAWThe dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy; Maurice deflowers young …
Brave New World
Häftad, 2025
215 kr
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"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works." Wall Street Journal Now more than ever Aldous Huxley'senduring masterworkmust be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit. This celebrated classic is now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition. …
Words and Their Meanings
Av Aldous Huxley, Jon Budington
Inbunden, 2018
411 kr
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A private printed, limited edition facsimile of Aldous Huxley's 1940 essay on the significance and power of words.An argument as timely as it is timeless, Aldous Huxley's Words and Their Meanings argues the significance and power of words. A less well-known work originally published by The Ward …
Brave New World
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
Ljudbok, 2016
177 kr
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A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Aldous Huxley''s classic dystopian novel It''s 2116, and Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are token rebels in an irretrievably corrupted society where promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science, and morality turned upside down. There …
Genius and the Goddess
A Novel
Av Huxley trusts and heirs, Aldous Huxley
E-bok, 2013
79 kr
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Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of “half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form.” He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens—a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of …
