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Common Sense, Rights of Man (03 Edition)
by Thomas Paine  Publisher Comments Noted works by one of the most eloquent proponents of democracy are together in this one volume. Paine's 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" is joined by "The Rights of Man, " his defense of the French Revolution, and selections from "The Crisis."...
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Anger : Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (01 Edition)
by Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher Comments Anger. It can not only ruin our health and our spirits, but destroy lives as well. In this timely, compassionate, and important new book, the great spiritual teacher and author of Living Buddha, Living Christ provides real help for transforming the...
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Discipline & Punish and The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his...
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Relax, You're Already Home
by Raymond Barnett Publisher Comments The author shows how focusing on basic daily Taoist habits through activities like going to the park, gardening, or enjoying a cup of tea helps enrich lives in modern America. Complete with exercises and probing questions, this resource is a perfect...
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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...
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The Guide for the Perplexed
by Moses Maimonides Publisher Comments Complete text of crucial medieval work of philosophy: reconciliation of Aristotle and Scripture. Includes "Life of Maimonides," analysis of "The Guide," indexes of quotations from Scripture, Talmud. Maimonides, brilliant forerunner of Aquinas....
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City and Man (78 Edition)
by Leo Strauss Publisher Comments The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Republic, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant attempt to use classical political philosophy as a means of...
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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler Publisher Comments Chapter One Journey into a Lost World: The Beginnings of Civilization Preserved in a cave sanctuary for over twenty thousand years, a female figure speaks to us about the minds of our early Western ancestors. She is small and carved out of stone: one of...
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Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
by Kwame Appiah Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-391) and index....
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The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
by Piero Ferrucci Publisher Comments Piero Ferrucci warns against the dangers of "global cooling." As the pace of living grows faster and the impact of new technologies more insistent, communications become hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit overrides the heart. Warmth and genuine...
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
by Pema Chodron Publisher Comments Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chodron offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help readers cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living....
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Confession (05 Edition)
by Leo Tolstoy Publisher Comments This work marks the author's movement from the pursuit of aesthetic ideals toward matters of religious and philosophical consequence. The poignant text describes Tolstoy's heartfelt reexamination of Christian orthodoxy and subsequent spiritual awakening....
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What Does It All Mean? : a Very Short Introduction To Philosophy (87 Edition)
by Thomas Nagel Publisher Comments Should the hard questions of philosophy matter to ordinary people? In this down-to-earth, nonhistorical guide, Thomas Nagel, the distinguished author of Mortal Questions and The View From Nowhere, brings philosophical problems to life, revealing in vivid,...
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The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell Publisher Comments "The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the...
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Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject
by A C Grayling Publisher Comments This companion to the highly successful Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject, (recently reissued as Philosophy 1) is a lively and authoritative guide through important areas of philosophy that are typically studied in the later parts of an...
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Finite and Infinite Games (87 Edition)
by James P. Carse Publisher Comments An extraordinary book that will dramatically change the way you experience life.<BR>Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life, the games we play in business and politics, in the bedroom and on the battlefied -- games with winners and...
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Politics of Nature P
by Bruno Latour Publisher Comments A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, Politics of Naturedoes nothing less than establish the conceptual context for political ecology--transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents...
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The Arcades Project
by Walter Benjamin Publisher Comments "To great writers," Walter Benjamin once wrote, "finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives." Conceived in Paris in 1927 and still in progress when Benjamin fled the Occupation in 1940, The Arcades Project(in...
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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...
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Zen Guitar
by Philip T Sudo Publisher Comments A student of Eastern philosophy and an avid guitar player, Philip Sudo realized that each of us carries a song inside that makes us unique. In "Zen Guitar", he shows readers how to find--and awaken--the song within. For professional musicians, amateur...
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