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The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto by Tavis Smiley Publisher Comments Record unemployment and rampant corporate avarice, empty houses but homeless families, dwindling opportunities in an increasingly paralyzed nation—these are the realities of 21st-century America, land of the free and home of the new middle class... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper 
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What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel Publisher Comments Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Buddha Nature Now: Discovering Your Buddha Nature by Henry Landry Publisher Comments From the 1950's onward the Buddhist philosophy has grown in our Western world. This philosophy underlies one of the oldest spiritual practices on earth, the faith of compassion and peaceful means. The reason for its existence is to enable all people to... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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America the Philosophical by Carlin Romano Publisher Comments A bold, insightful book that rejects the myth of America the Unphilosophical, arguing that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace of truth and argument that far... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Pursuits of Wisdom by John M. Cooper Publisher Comments This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $31.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life by Hung Ying-ming Publisher Comments At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-seven verses, the author, Hung Ying-ming—a... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Philosophy Skills Book: Exercises in Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking by Stephen J. Finn Publisher Comments The Philosophy Skills Book will help you to master the core skills you need to succeed in your study of Philosophy. Taking you through a series of exercises that will help you practise and perfect your reading and writing of Philosophy, this book covers... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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This I Believe: On Motherhood by Dan Gediman Publisher Comments Praise For This I Believe: On Motherhood "It is a one-of-a-kind connection. The mother-child bond is not necessarily a product of the birth process. It is a product of love and caring, time and commitment, patience and teaching, enjoying the good times... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry by William Irwin Publisher Comments Is Peter Parker to blame for the death of Uncle Ben? What does spider-sense reveal about the nature of perception? Does great power really bring great responsibility? How should Spider-Man fight villains who are former friends? Can Spidey champion... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically by Robert Piercey Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. In this book Robert Piercey asks how it is possible to do philosophy by studying the thinkers of the past. He develops his answer through readings of Martin Heidegger, Richard Rorty, Paul Ricoeur, Alasdair MacIntyre,... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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Starting with Merleau-Ponty (Starting With...) by Katherine J. Morris Publisher Comments Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important European philosophers of the 20th century, whose work made enormous contributions to the development of phenomenology and the concept of the lived-body. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all Merleau-... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Philosophers and Their Critics #1: Danto and His Critics by Mark (edt) Rollins Publisher Comments It has been 30 years since the initial publication of Arthur C. Danto’s influential and award-winning treatise on the philosophy of art, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace. What is the current critical assessment of Danto and his body of work... (read more) Your price: $99.95 New - Hardcover
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Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art by Darren Hudson Hick Publisher Comments Guiding readers through major problems, issues and debates in aesthetics, this is a bias-free introduction for students studying the philosophy of art for the first time. Each chapter of the book begins by considering a particular work of art from... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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What Is Ignostic Judaism?: Thoughts of a Secular, Humanistic, Cultural, Ignostic Jew regarding Science, Religion and Faith by Ed Brody Publisher Comments An atheist does not believe in God. An agnostic is uncertain about the existence of a God. The scientific community agrees that the Universe was formed with the "Big Bang" and that it is impossible to determine where, how or why this took place. Rabbi... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Ecological Thought by Timothy Morton Publisher Comments In this passionate, lucid, and surprising book, Timothy Morton argues that all forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh. This interconnectedness penetrates all dimensions of life. No being, construct, or object can exist independently from... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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An Integrative Habit of Mind: John Henry Newman on the Path to Wisdom by Frederick D. Aquino Publisher Comments Searching for better ways to inspire people to pursue wisdom, Frederick D. Aquino argues that teachers and researchers should focus less on state-of-the-art techniques and learning outcomes and instead pay more attention to the intellectual formation of... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Hardcover
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Derrida: Ethics Under Erasure (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy) by Nicole Anderson Publisher Comments Derrida's work is controversial, it's interpretation hotly contested. Derrida and an Ethics in Practice offers a new way of thinking about ethics from a Derridean perspective, linking the most abstract theoretical implications of his writing on... (read more) Your price: $138.95 New - Hardcover
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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry by William Irwin Publisher Comments Is Peter Parker to blame for the death of Uncle Ben? What does spider-sense reveal about the nature of perception? Does great power really bring great responsibility? How should Spider-Man fight villains who are former friends? Can Spidey champion... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Gadamer and the Legacy of German Idealism (Modern European Philosophy) by Kristin Gjesdal Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. The philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer interests a wide audience that spans the traditional distinction between European (continental) and Anglo-American (analytic) philosophy. Yet one of the most important and... (read more) Your price: $40.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Matter of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience and Reduction by Maurice (edt) Schouten Publisher Comments The Matter of the Mind addresses and illuminates the relationship between psychology and neuroscience by focusing on the topic of reduction.Written by leading philosophers in the fieldDiscusses recent theorizing in the mind-brain sciences and reviews and... (read more) Your price: $33.25 New - Trade Paper
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