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No adventurer should be without this essential guide. Titan contains everything you need to know, covering the turbulent history of the Fighting Fantasy world, Titan; from its creation and early civilisations - through the devastating War of the Wizards - to the present day wilderness and anarchy where the delicate balance between good and chaos could at any moment be overturned!

First available in 1689, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government is considered one of the most important works ever written on the foundations of government. Published anonymously, it argues against the popular idea at the time that monarchs have a God-given right to rule. Instead Locke proposes that sovereignty - supreme authority - ultimately resides with the people.

"Common Sense" was published in 1776, at a time when America, then a colony of Great Britain, was teetering on the brink of war. It was an immediate success, a best seller, and was credited with galvanizing the people of America and George Washington's army. Paine's approach followed a path blazed by earlier thinkers such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, though he radicalized both their positions. For Paine, British rule in America amounted to little more than tyranny.

David Hume's book tackling the subject of belief in God is among the most influential in Western philosophy. Published in 1779, three years after Hume's death, without featuring the author's name, the book was deeply controversial in its day. It is now considered a masterpiece and Hume is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers writing in English.

Deep in the woods of Maine, Montgomery the Moose was stuck. And so begins... Tales from the Moosiverse! This weekly series will explore tales of moose, mice, dragons, frogs and an Unpredictable Horse. Ideal for family listening