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The Bible with and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
$21.99 Add to cartThe editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament show how and why Jews and Christians read many of the same Biblical texts – including passages from the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Psalms – dif
- Author: Levine, Amy-Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0062560166
- Language: English
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The Birth of Tragedy
$10.95 Add to cartIn The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a de… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 1, 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540144
- Language: English
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The Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: Or How to Philosophize with a Hammer
$13.00 Add to cart‘One must be superior to mankind in force, in loftiness of soul–in contempt’
In these two devastating works, Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 15 1990
- ISBN10: 0140445145
- Language: English
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Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
$15.00 Add to cartOne of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century–Nietzsche’s attempt to sum up his philosophy.
In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 17 1989
- ISBN10: 0679724656
- Language: English
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The Accursed Share, Volume I
$27.95 Read moreIn this important work, Georges Bataille uses his novel economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. He introduces here his concept of the accursed share,
- Series: Zone Books #1
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0942299116
- Language: English
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Living a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today’s Families
$22.99 Add to cartThe classic and beloved guide to the cultural and spiritual treasures of Judaism; Living a Jewish Life is a primer on Jewish vocabulary, holidays, life cycle events, as well as a handbook for how to m
- Author: Diamant, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0063255790
- Language: English
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The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1: Volume 1
$27.95 Add to cartVolume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought.
- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 01 1966
- ISBN10: 0486217612
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the United States
$45.00 Add 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0062693018
- Language: English
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The Conquest of Happiness
$16.95 Add to cartIn The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 05 2013
- ISBN10: 087140673X
- Language: English
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Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings
$13.00 Add to cartOne of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy
Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty–even to deny those things that seemed most self-evident. In his Meditations- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Descartes, Ren?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140447016
- Language: English
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Illiberal America: A History
$35.00 Add to cartA storm of illiberalism, building in the United States for years, unleashed its destructive force in the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021. The attack on American democracy and images of mob vio
- Author: Hahn, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 393635929
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the Classic Guitar
$22.99 Add to cartA Concise History of the Classic Guitar by Graham Wade, one of the foremost international writers on the guitar, explores the history of the instrument from the 16th century to the present day.
- Author: Wade, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2001
- ISBN10: 078664978X
- Language: English
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A History of Western Philosophy
$30.00 Add to cartHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
Considered to be one of the most importan- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 895
- Publish Date: October 30, 1967
- ISBN10: 0671201581
- Language: English
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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
$20.00 Add to cartFinalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction One of Time Magazines’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards, Best History & Biography 2020 Longlisted for the 2020 Po
- Author: Mask, Deirdre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 26, 2021
- ISBN10: 125013479X
- Language: English
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Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli a First English Translation
$25.00 Add to cartWestern philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason, and that the path to a good human life is also the path to a happy one. But what if thes
- Author: Purcell, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 29, 2023
- ISBN10: 132402058X
- Language: English
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Gravity & Grace
$24.95 Add to cartSimone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteu
- Author: Weil, Simone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 01, 1997
- ISBN10: 0803298005
- Language: English
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A History of Japan in Manga: Samurai, Shoguns and World War II
$18.99 Add to cartThe entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume!
A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic batt- Author: Shunichiro, Kanaya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: 16-May-23
- ISBN10: 4805316705
- Language: English
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
$18.99 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
“l cried reading
- Author: Vargas, Jose Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0062851349
- Language: English
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The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
$18.99 Add to cart“Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration c… [more below]
- Author: Jaku, Eddie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0063097699
- Language: English
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Being and Time
$23.99 Add to cart“Being and Time changed the course of philosophy.” –Richard Rorty, New York Times Book Review
“Heidegger’s masterwork.” —The Economist
“What is the meaning of being?” This is the central question of M
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Author: Heidegger, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0061575593
- Language: English
