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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
$16.00 Read more“A masterly book” –Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan
An economist explains five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do ru
“A classic” –Simon Kuper, Financial Times- Author: Cipolla, Carlo M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0385546475
- Language: English
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on growing old gracefully from one of ancient Rome’s greatest philosophers
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Wel- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0691167702
- Language: English
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How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
$18.95 Add to cartA splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep an- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0691177198
- Language: English
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How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
$18.95 Add to cartA superb new edition of Epictetus’s famed handbook on Stoicism–translated by one of the world’s leading authorities on Stoic philosophy
Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0691177716
- Language: English
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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience
$32.00 Add to cartA timely guide on how to live–and think–through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century’s foremost opponents o… [more below]
- Author: Stonebridge, Lyndsey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593229738
- Language: English
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Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living
$27.95 Add to cartWhat Thoreau can teach us about working–why we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningful
Henry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of H- Author: Kaag, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691244693
- Language: English
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
$16.99 Add to cart“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New Yorker
The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of
- Series: Perennial Classics
- Author: Hoffer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 19, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060505915
- Language: English
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Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
$19.00 Add to cartAn instant New York Times Bestseller!
“Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning.” —The New Yo- Author: Ellenberg, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 24, 2022
- ISBN10: 1984879073
- Language: English
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How Basketball Can Save the World: 13 Guiding Principles for Reimagining What’s Possible
$27.00 Add to cartA thought-provoking exploration of how basketball–and the values rooted in the game–can solve today’s most pressing issues, from the professor behind the popular New York University course
NBA and W- Author: Hollander, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593234901
- Language: English
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How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome’s greatest orator
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we’re trying to win a trivial- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691164339
- Language: English
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Las 48 Leyes del Poder = The 48 Laws of Power
$32.95 Add to cartAmoral, merciless, ruthless, and above all, instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller combines three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight clear and concise laws… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 6075276912
- Language: Spanish
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Finite and Infinite Games
$19.00 Add to cart“There are at least two kinds of games,” states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning
- Author: Carse, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 05, 2013
- ISBN10: 1476731713
- Language: English
