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A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Since its first publication in 1945, Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject — unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Book Club Hardcover 
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All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert Dreyfus Publisher Comments Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is the length of a kitchen table. . . . Far too young to be a widow, Angelina D’Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette Publisher Comments Not only can the man rant, he can write. From the larger, louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of The Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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I and Thou by Martin Buber Publisher Comments Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Kant (Brief Insight) by Roger Scruton Publisher Comments Immanuel Kant is one of the most influential-and most complex-modern philosophers. His ideas on the subjective nature of reality challenged contemporary beliefs about God, morality, and free will. Roger Scruton, a well-known and controversial philosopher... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Good Book by A C C Grayling Publisher Comments Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History (Rethinking the Western Tradition) by Immanuel Kant Publisher Comments Immanuel Kant’s views on politics, peace, and history have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant’s writings on international relations theory... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $13.49 Sale - Trade Paper
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Tyranny of the Normal by Leslie Fiedler Publisher Comments Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we confront old age and Eros. Controversial, at times infuriating, Fiedler's... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Hardcover
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The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin by Mark Lilla Publisher Comments In the fall of 1998, one year after the death of Isaiah Berlin, the New York Institute for the Humanities organized a conference to consider his intellectual legacy. The scholars who participated devoted much of their attention to the question of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror & the Future of Reason by Sam Harris Publisher Comments This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between by Thomas Cathcart Publisher Comments Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex? A. Because they both scare the pants off us. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford Staff Pick One of the most engaging, thought-provoking books I've read in a long time. Matthew Crawford has delivered an accessible, carefully reasoned examination of work and America's evolving ideas about it, addressing a host of important subjects — for... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Kierkegaard's Writings #3-4: Either/Or Part I by Soren Kierkegaard Review The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.99 Sale - Trade Paper
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Endgame Vol.2 by Derrick Jensen Publisher Comments Whereas Volume 1 of Endgame presents the problem of civilization, Volume 2 of this pivotal work illustrates our means of resistance. Incensed and hopeful, impassioned and lucid, Endgame leap-frogs the environmental movement's deadlock over our... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the College de France 1981-1982 by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments The Hermeneutics of the Subject is the third volume in the collection of Michel Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France, where faculty give public lectures on any topic of their choosing. Attended by thousands, Foucault's lectures were seminal... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mythologies by Roland Barthes Publisher Comments "[Mythologies] illustrates the beautiful generosity of Barthes's progressive interest in the meaning (his word is signification) of practically everything around him, not only the books and paintings of high art, but also the slogans, trivia, toys, food,... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre Publisher Comments The often criticized philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society. This work of power and epic scope provides a vivid analysis for all who would understand one of the most influential... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Kierkegaard's Writings #06: Fear and Trembling/Repetition by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments In Repetition Kierkegaard discusses the most profound implications of the unity of personhood and of identity within change-the repetition that creates the rebirth of God in the heart of man, brings the eternal into the present, and allows the past to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Popper Selections by Karl Raimund Popper Review These pieces taken from Anglo-Austrian philosopher Sir Karl Popper's brilliantly expounded oeuvre of political, social, and scientific thought should stimulate anyone seriously interested in twentieth-century ideas. -- "The Washington Post... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas by Isaiah Berlin Publisher Comments "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."--Immanuel Kant Isaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century--an activist of the intellect who marshaled vast erudition and eloquence in defense... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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