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Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, the Black Swan, the Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game
$250.00 Add to cartThe landmark five-book series–now in a beautifully designed, cloth-bound deluxe hardcover boxed set
The Incerto is an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and- Series: Incerto
- Author: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1856
- Publish Date: July 30 2019
- ISBN10: 198481981X
- Language: English
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The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The Fbi, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, Usa-1939-1956
$16.95 Add to cartThe first book to document the efforts of the FBI against the most famous American folk singers of the mid-twentieth century, including Woody Guthrie, ‘Sis Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Burl I… [more below]
- Author: Leonard, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1913462005
- Language: English
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Socializing Architecture: Top-Down / Bottom-Up
$54.95 Add to cartWith a focus on deepening inequality across this world, this richly illustrated monograph of social practice in architecture shows how to catalyze productive change in the world’s border regions.
Situ- Author: Cruz, Teddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545187
- Language: English
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Drawn and Quartered
$19.99 Read moreIn this collection of aphorisms and short essays, E.M. Cioran sets about the task of peeling off the layers of false realities with which society masks the truth. For him, real hope lies in this task,… [more below]
- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 1611456967
- Language: English
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Culture
$18.00 Read moreOne of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture a- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270615
- Language: English
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On the Suffering of the World
$19.95 Add to cartOn the Suffering of the World is a collection of the later aphoristic writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, known for their incisive, aphoristic style and dark, pessimistic view of human existence.
Edited- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 191346203X
- Language: English
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
$14.95 Add to cartThe foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral and political thought. Readers familiar with Adam Smith from The Wealth of Nations will find this ea… [more below]
- Series: Dover Philosophical Classics
- Author: Smith, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0486452913
- Language: English
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Confessions of the Flesh: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4
$19.00 Read moreThe fourth and final volume in Michel Foucault’s acclaimed History of Sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the public
One of the most influential thinkers of t- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525565418
- Language: English
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The Modern Gentleman: The Guide to the Best Food, Drinks, and Accessories
$12.95 Read moreA compact volume that introduces modern gentlemen to some of the greatest pleasures in life, from the very best spirits to the most complex hot sauces to the suavest of accessories.
The book is targete
- Author: McCarthy, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1947458809
- Language: English
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Marxism and Politics: Essays on Critical Theory 2006-2024
$39.99 Add to cartCapitalism is a revolutionary situation of the last stage of pre-history, and the potential and possibility for freedom, or else it is just what Hegel said history has always been: the slaughter-bench
- Author: Cutrone, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 760
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990159112
- Language: English
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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality
$17.95 Add to cartAn irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love
Eros, limb-loosening, whirls me about again,
that bittersweet, implacable creature.
—Sappho The idea of sexual fl- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Nooter, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248613
- Language: English
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Make Life Good: A Soul-Stirring Parable about What Really Matters
$19.95 Add to cartMake Life Good is an engaging parable that goes on an inward journey, exploring the true basis of meaning and fulfillment in life.
Set against the backdrop of a chance encounter with a homeless man, t… [more below]
- Author: Ross, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1636983596
- Language: English
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How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving on
$18.95 Add to cartA modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love–a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love
Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691220301
- Language: English
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The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Schreiber, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0063259206
- Language: English
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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
$26.00 Add to cartThe Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a … [more below]
- Series: Incerto #4
- Author: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 30 2010
- ISBN10: 1400069971
- Language: English
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Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better
$17.95 Add to cartThe troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy
Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s ben- Author: Reich, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0691202273
- Language: English
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
$19.95 Read moreThe story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships–and how it influenced modern thought
David Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his l- Author: Rasmussen, Dennis C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192286
- Language: English
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Politically Red
$29.95 Read moreHow reading and writing are collective acts of political pedagogy, and why the struggle for change must begin at the level of the sentence.
“Reading is class struggle,” writes Bertolt Brecht. Politica- Author: Cadava, Eduardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047802
- Language: English
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Grief: A Philosophical Guide
$41.58 Add to cartAn engaging and illuminating exploration of grief–and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us–as universal as- Author: Cholbi, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 069120179X
- Language: English
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Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
$46.58 Add to cartA compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless.- Series: New Forum Books #70
- Author: Storey, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0691211124
- Language: English
