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By: Zecharia Sitchin
Genesis Revisited
$9.99Mass Market PaperboundAdd to cartModern Technology . . . or Knowledge of the Ancients?
Space travel . . . Genetic engineering . . . Computer science . . . Astounding achievements as new as tomorrow. But stunning recent evidence pro
- Series: Earth Chronicles
- Author: Sitchin, Zecharia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0380761599
- Language: English
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By: Howard Zinn
A People’s History of the United States
$23.99PaperbackAdd to cartTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A wonderful, splendid book–a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0062397346
- Language: English
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By: Arthur Herman
The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America
Scandinavia has always been a world ap
- Author: Herman, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 31, 2022
- ISBN10: 0358699207
- Language: English
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By: Bruce Lee
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living
$12.95PaperbackAdd to cart“A teacher is never a giver of truth–he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. A good teacher is merely a catalyst.”–Bruce Lee
Within the pages of Striking Thoug- Author: Lee, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 15, 2002
- ISBN10: 0804834717
- Language: English
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Native American Wisdom
$16.00HardcoverRead moreWe recognize the philosophy of the original Americans as coming from the earth we walk on, from those who preceded us. As we read the wisdom of these peoples, it is possible to feel a reconnection wit… [more below]
- Series: Classic Wisdom Collections
- Author: Mengelkoch, Louise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0931432782
- Language: English
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By: Alan Watts
Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and
- Author: Watts, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1622037529
- Language: English
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By: Gideon Defoe
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map.
“Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close.”
C
- Author: Defoe, Gideon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1609457668
- Language: English
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The Social Contract
$11.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains”
These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 30, 1968
- ISBN10: 0140442014
- Language: English
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By: Eltis, David
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
$37.00PaperbackAdd to cartA extraordinary work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave trade
Winner of the Association of American Publishers’ 2010 R.R. Hawkins Award a- Series: The Lewis Walpole Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
- Author: Eltis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 16 2015
- ISBN10: 0300212542
- Language: English
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Being and Time
$79.95HardcoverAdd to cartThe publication in 1927 of Martin Heidegger’s magnum opus, Being and Time, signaled an intellectual event of the first order and had an impact in fields far beyond that of philosophy proper. Being and… [more below]
- Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
- Author: Heidegger, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 482
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1438432755
- Language: English
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By: Wilber, Ken
A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality
$19.95PaperbackRead moreA concise, comprehensive overview of the “M Theory” and its application in today’s world, by a renowned American philosopher
Ken Wilber has long been hailed as one of the most important thinkers of ou- Author: Wilber, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 16 2001
- ISBN10: 1570628556
- Language: English
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The Jesuits: A History
$27.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern world
Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus–more commonl- Author: Friedrich, Markus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 872
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0691226202
- Language: English
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By: Kurtz, Paul
Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism
$13.99PaperbackAdd to cartThis entirely new Humanist Manifesto is designed to address the problems of the twenty-first century and the millennium beyond. Providing a strong defense of scientific naturalism and technology, it i… [more below]
- Author: Kurtz, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 157392783X
- Language: English
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Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink
$16.99PaperbackRead moreA New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town & Country Must-Read Book of 2022 * A Fashionista Summer Read
“Smart, funny, and impressively thorough.”–The C
- Author: Hyland, V?ronique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063050838
- Language: English
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By: Gutting, Gary
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gutting, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198830785
- Language: English
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By: Gurdjieff, G. I.
Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series
$35.00PaperbackAdd to cartA landmark exploration of the human condition with the goal of bringing self-awareness in one’s daily life
With Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to “destroy, mercilessly . .- Series: Compass
- Author: Gurdjieff, G. I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1248
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140194738
- Language: English
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By: Deleuze, Gilles
Bergsonism
$27.95PaperbackAdd to cartWhat is needed for something new to appear? According to Gilles Deleuze, one of the most brilliant of contemporary philosophers, this question of “novelty” is the major problem posed by Bergson’s work
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Deleuze, Gilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0942299078
- Language: English
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By: Pluckrose, Helen
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity–And Why This Harms Everybody
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartWall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller! Times, Sunday Times, and Financial Times Book-of-the-Year Selection! Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexi… [more below]
- Author: Pluckrose, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1634312279
- Language: English
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The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner’s Guide
$15.99PaperbackRead moreAn updated edition of this bestselling introduction to the conflict
The essential guide that allows both sides to be heard Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok presents the Israeli perspective, while Dr D- Series: Beginner’s Guides
- Author: Cohn-Sherbok, Daniel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 086154370X
- Language: English
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By: Wilson, Peter H.
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
$39.95PaperbackAdd to cartAn Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
“Deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus.”
–Tom Holland, The Telegraph “Ambitious…seeks to rehabilitate the Holy Roman Empire’s reputation by re-ex- Author: Wilson, Peter H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0674244869
- Language: English
















