Chronological Period/Modern
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The Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartA foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiration … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Robertson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199591784
- Language: English
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Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed
$24.99 Read moreIn this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed’s groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary
- Author: Doonan, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063259516
- Language: English
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Gnosis Volume I: Study and Commentaries on the Esoteric Tradition of Eastern Orthodoxy
$33.00 Add to cartBoris Mouravieff was an enigmatic ‘third man’, known to Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, who found and learned to practice what he clearly believed to be the complete system of which only ‘fragments’ had been
- Series: Gnosis, Exoteric Cycle
- Author: Mouravieff, Boris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: February 16 2015
- ISBN10: 1872292100
- Language: English
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The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism
$22.00 Add to cartLearn how to be the best journalist you can be with what “could be the world’s most readable textbook” (Time Out New York).
The Art of Fact is a historical treasury tracing literary journalism back to- Author: Kerrane, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 03 1998
- ISBN10: 0684846306
- Language: English
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Brazil: A Biography
$30.99 Add to cartA sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the present
For many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extrao- Author: Schwarcz, Lilia M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0374538484
- Language: English
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Culture and Value
$14.00 Add to cartPeter Winch’s translation of Wittgenstein’s remarks on culture and value presents all entries chronologically, with the German text alongside the English and a subject index for reference.
“It was Wi- Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: May 15 1984
- ISBN10: 0226904350
- Language: English
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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel’s life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #49
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 06 2001
- ISBN10: 019280197X
- Language: English
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The Temptation to Exist
$19.99 Add to cart“A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning”–The Washington Post
This collection of eleven essays, when origin- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1611457386
- Language: English
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Past and Present
$8.94 Add to cartThomas Carlyle’s Past and Present (1843) was a prophetic warning of impending disaster for mid-Victorian Britain that was delivered in what the author described as a ‘miraculous thunder-voice, from ou… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Carlyle, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0198841086
- Language: English
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Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan
$33.99 Add to cartFor over 400 years, Taiwan has suffered at the hands of multiple colonial powers, but it has now entered the decade when its independence will be won or lost. At the heart of Taiwan’s story is the cur… [more below]
- Author: Manthorpe, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0230614248
- Language: English
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
$31.99 Add to cartHere at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for “anyone who believes there are big questions out there… [more below]
- Author: Blackburn, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 1999
- ISBN10: 0192100246
- Language: English
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Heaven in Disorder
$17.95 Add to cartAs we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The
- Author: Zizek, Slavoj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1682192814
- Language: English
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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity–And Why This Harms Everybody
$27.95 Read moreWall 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- Author: Pluckrose, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1634312023
- Language: English
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Ecological Imperialism
$24.99 Add to cartPeople of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world – North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are ea… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Crosby, Alfred W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1107569877
- Language: English
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Movin’ On: The Legacy of Ron West and the Rock Band Missouri
$17.99 Add to cartComing of age during the British Invasion of the early 1960s, Ron West was inspired to pursue a career in music. His interest in bands like the Beatles influenced the formation of the Chesmann and Che
- Author: ?mick, Jeremy Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1960810480
- Language: English
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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
$12.95 Add to cartSeminal work by great modern philosopher and mathematician focuses on certain issues of mathematical logic that Russell believed invalidated much traditional and contemporary philosophy. Topics includ… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 1993
- ISBN10: 0486277240
- Language: English
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What about the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
$17.00 Add to cartA collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched “virtuoso of language and image” (Rebecca Steinit
- Author: McDermott, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849225
- Language: English
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The Greeks: A Global History
$35.00 Read moreA sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today
More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the a- Author: Beaton, Roderick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1541618297
- Language: English
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Basic Writings of Nietzsche
$30.00 Add to cartThis captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality–featuring an in… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: September 05 1992
- ISBN10: 0679600000
- Language: English
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Naming and Necessity
$59.92 Add to cart- Author: Kripke, Saul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0631128018
- Language: English
