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Little Book of Restorative Jus (Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding) by Howard Zehr Publisher Comments So who has time to prepare food these days We timestarved cooks need recipes that are guaranteed to beQuick to fix Easy for anyone to make whether yoursquo;re a cook or not Delicious and satisfying. The solution FixIt and Forgetit 5Ingredient Favorites... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit Publisher Comments Drawing together many histories — of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores — Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of War (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu Publisher Comments Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aurelius Marcus Publisher Comments Stirring reflections on the human condition from a warrior and emperor provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personality of a highly principled Roman of the 2nd century. Recognizing that suffering is at the core of life, he counsels stoic... (read more) Your price: $3.00 New - 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: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner by Friedrich Nietzsche Publisher Comments The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mother by Aurobindo Ghose Publisher Comments Important small work dealing with the action of the Divine powers in the world and practice of yoga of Sri Aurobindo. Revelatory, inspired writing, frequently called the "Matri Upanishad."... (read more) Your price: $3.95 New - Trade Paper
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Very Short Introductions #99: Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini Publisher Comments Atheism is often considered to be a negative, dark, and pessimistic belief which is characterised by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion. Atheism: A Very Short Introduction sets out to dispel the myths that surround... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Very Short Introductions #34: Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Tanner Publisher Comments The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which ended abruptly in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introduction to Aristotle by Aristotle Publisher Comments Edited, with and Introduction, by Richard McKeon... (read more) List Price $10.65 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Nature of Things (04 Edition) by Lucretius Publisher Comments The Roman philosopher's didactic poem in 6 parts, De Rerum Natura— On the Nature of Things — theorizes that natural causes are the forces behind earthly phenomena and dismisses divine intervention. Derived from the philosophical materialism of... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War (Bantam Classics) by Barbara Miller Publisher Comments The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi,... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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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: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Dialogues Between Hylas & Philonous by George Berkley Publisher Comments 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous'. Edited by Kenneth Winkler.... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Common Faith (Terry Lectures) by John Dewey Publisher Comments One of America's greatest philosophers outlines a faith that is not confined to sect, class, or race. He describes a positive, practical, and dynamic faith, verified and supported by the intellect and evolving with the progress of social and scientific... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Present Age by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments Those who would know Kierkegaard, the intesely religious humorist, the irrepressibly witty critic of his age and ours, can do no better than to begin with this book. In it we find the heart of Kierkagaard. It is not innocuous, not genteel, not... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Search for a Method by Jean Paul Sartre Publisher Comments 'Search for a Method' is a separate and introductory essay published together with 'Critique of Dialectical Reason'. It is the search for a method by which the existentialist Marxist may hope to understand both individual persons and history.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology by Thomas Paine Publisher Comments Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with this, his final work. An attack on revealed religion from the deist point of view — embodied by Paine's credo, "I believe in one God, and no more" &... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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Kant, Taken from Great Philosophers #1: Kant by Karl Jaspers Publisher Comments A masterful exploration of Kants intellectual development, theory of knowledge, politics, and ethics. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph Manheim.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Symposium (Penguin Classics) by Plato Publisher Comments In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts... (read more) List Price $9.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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