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The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy Seal Leader
$26.99 Add to cartNavy SEAL and author of Overcome Jason Redman’s highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him–if it were not for his grit an
- Author: Redman, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0062278436
- Language: English
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Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History
$34.95 Add to cartCatholic Herald Book Awards 2019 Finalist, Current Affairs
“Auzanneau has created a towering telling of a dark and dangerous addiction.”–Nature
The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, a
- Author: Auzanneau, Matthieu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: January 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1603589783
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
$24.95 Add to cartThe emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and t… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Febvre, Lucien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 1844676331
- Language: English
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Examined Life: Excursions with Contemporary Thinkers
$26.85 Add to cartEight renowned thinkers take philosophy to the streets in interviews drawn from a Toronto International Film Festival premiere
Examined Life boldly takes philosophy out of the dark corners of the acad
- Author: Taylor, Astra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 30 2009
- ISBN10: 1595584471
- Language: English
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Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 2: Short Philosophical Essays
$48.00 Add to cartWith the publication of Parerga and Paralipomena in 1851, there finally came some measure of the fame that Schopenhauer thought was his due. Described by Schopenhauer himself as ‘incomparably more pop… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer
- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 701
- Publish Date: October 19 2017
- ISBN10: 1108436528
- Language: English
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Hegel
$50.00 Add to cartThis is a major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier histor… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 596
- Publish Date: May 12 1977
- ISBN10: 0521291992
- Language: English
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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. G… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #46
- Author: Grayling, A. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 28 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854119
- Language: English
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It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower
$19.99 Add to cart“A fast-paced political thriller…. Wrong’s gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo’s courage and a cautionary tale.” —New York Times Book Review
“On one level, It’s Our Turn
- Author: Wrong, Michela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0061346594
- Language: English
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A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It
$19.99 Add to cartA fascinating, “rich, and generous” (Financial Times) look at the treatment of depression by an award-winning science writer that blends popular science, narrative history, and memoir.Is depression a … [more below]
- Author: Riley, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1501198785
- Language: English
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First and Last Notebooks
$48.00 Add to cartIntroducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil Some of Simone Weil’s most important thinking was done through the medium of her notebooks. She used them in several inter-related ways. First, she used t… [more below]
- Series: Simone Weil: Selected Works
- Author: Weil, Simone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1498239196
- Language: English
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How Are We to Live?: Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest
$23.99 Add to cart“Is there still anything worth living for? Is anything worth pursuing, apart from money, love, and caring for one’s own family?” Internationally known social philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer has … [more below]
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0879759666
- Language: English
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The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real
$29.95 Add to cartThe Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophica… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #3
- Author: Irwin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 28 2002
- ISBN10: 081269502X
- Language: English
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Abnormal: Lectures at the College de France 1974-1975
$26.99 Add to cartFrom 1971 until his death in 1984, Foucault gave public lectures at the world-famous College de France. Attended by thousands, these were seminal events in the world of French letters. Picador is prou
- Series: Lectures at the College de France #4
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0312424051
- Language: English
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The Paris Review Interviews, I: 16 Celebrated Interviews
$34.99 Add to cartA Picador Paperback Original
The Paris Review is one of the few truly essential literary magazines of the twentieth century–and now of the twenty-first. Frequently weird, always wonderful.–Margaret- Series: Paris Review Interviews #1
- Author: Gourevitch, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0312361750
- Language: English
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The War of the Austrian Succession
$32.00 Add to cartReed S. Browning explores the often-changing war aims of the major belligerents-Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and Spain-and links diplomatic and military events to the po… [more below]
- Author: Browning, Reed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0312125615
- Language: English
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China
$44.99 Add to cartThis lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the prese… [more below]
- Series: Oxford Illustrated History
- Author: Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199683751
- Language: English
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The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium
$19.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed sequel to the international bestseller Flow: an intelligent, inspiring guide to unlocking the evolutionary history of our present consciousness, and “becoming at one with the power that
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062842587
- Language: English
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Qatar: A Modern History, Updated Edition
$34.95 Add to cartWhat role does Qatar play in the Middle East, and how does it differ from the other Gulf states? How has the ruling Al-Thani family shaped Qatar from a traditional tribal society and British protector
- Author: Fromherz, Allen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: June 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1626162034
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of the Present
$14.99 Add to cartGeorge Herbert Mead (1863-1931) had a powerful influence on the development of American pragmatism in the twentieth century. He also had a strong impact on the social sciences. This classic book repre… [more below]
- Series: Great Books in Philosophy
- Author: Mead, George Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929484
- Language: English
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Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
$19.95 Add to cartThe Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex th… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #12
- Author: Decker, Kevin S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: March 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695836
- Language: English
