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Nature and Mortality: Recollections of a Philosopher in Public Life
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Product Description: Mary Warnock, a professional philosopher, gives a frank account of where we stand today on such disturbing matters as human embryology, genetic engineering, euthanasia, and abortion. Governments of both parties have long regarded Warnock as an expert on a wide range of issues on the border between ethics and law and she is considered an ideal person to guide and assist experts...read more
By Mary Warnock
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9780826459404 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, March 1, 2003, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: Mary Warnock is by professional training a philosopher, and she has also been a prominent figure in education, first as Headmistress of Oxford High School and then as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.

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9780826473233 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, July 30, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Mary Warnock, a professional philosopher, gives a frank account of where we stand today on such disturbing matters as human embryology, genetic engineering, euthanasia, and abortion.

Elegy for Iris
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The author describes life with his wife, Iris Murdoch, and her struggle with Alzheimer's disease
By John Bayley
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9780312253820 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, November 1, 1999), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: The author describes life with his wife, Iris Murdoch, and her struggle with Alzheimer's disease
9780783885643 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, May 1, 1999), cover price $29.95
9780756756413 | Diane Pub Co, April 1, 1999, cover price $23.00
9780312198640 | St Martins Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A moving memoir by the husband of the great contemporary writer Dame Iris Murdoch captures the ineffable mystery and fascination that she has exerted on both him and her readers and chronicles her recent sad struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

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9780312421113 | St Martins Pr Special, November 1, 2001, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: The author describes life with his wife, Iris Murdoch, and her struggle with Alzheimer's disease

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780736644723 | Unabridged edition (Books on Tape, July 1, 1999), cover price $29.95

Mary Warnock: A Memoir: People and Places
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Product Description: Mary Warnock reflects on her involvement in the philosophical world of Oxford during its heyday in the fifties and sixties and on her life as a major, yet controversial, player in British politics. When Margaret Thatcher made her Chairman of the highly charged Enquiry into Human Fertilization, Mary entered the public spotlight...read more
By Mary Warnock
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9780715629550 | Duckbacks, May 1, 2001, cover price $36.00 | About this edition: Mary Warnock reflects on her involvement in the philosophical world of Oxford during its heyday in the fifties and sixties and on her life as a major, yet controversial, player in British politics.

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