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Here We Go / Escaped Alone: Two Plays
$14.95 Read more“What Churchill has written is a striking memento mori for an age without faith; and although her play is brief, that in itself evokes the idea that we are here for a short time and then are suddenly
- Author: Churchill, Caryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 1559365404
- Language: English
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Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life
$29.95 Add to cart“Here, at last, is a book about what happiness really means, and why it often eludes us in our stressed-out, always-on lives.”
A young philosopher and Guin
–Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive- Author: Sandel, Adam Adatto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0674268644
- Language: English
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Handbook for an Integrated Life: A Practical Guide to Aligning Your Everyday Choices with Your Internal Compass
$24.95 Read moreA guide for anyone who wants to live conscientiously and make a positive impact
Western society makes it challenging for those of us who desire a just world–one of shared prosperity–to live a life t- Author: Schneider, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1626349355
- Language: English
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Vida Contemplativa: Elogio de la Inactividad / Contemplative Life: A Praise to I Dleness
$17.95 Read moreUN PODEROSO LLAMAMIENTO A ABANDONAR LA VIDA HIPERACTIVA PARA RECUPERAR EL SENTIDO, EL EQUILIBRIO Y LA RIQUEZA INTERIOR.
Estamos perdiendo nuestra capacidad de no hacer nada. Nuestra existencia está- Author: Han, Byung-Chul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 6073825056
- Language: Spanish
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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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The Craftsman
$19.95 Add to cartIn his most ambitious book to date, Richard Sennett offers an original perspective on craftsmanship and its close connections to work and ethical values
“[Sennett] compellingly explores the universe- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0300151195
- Language: English
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Socializing Architecture: Top-Down / Bottom-Up
$54.95 Read moreWith 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 Add to cartIn 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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The Complete Gary Lutz
$19.95 Add to cartFor nearly three decades, Gary Lutz has been writing quietly influential, virtuosic short fictions of antic despair. In barbed sentences of startling originality, Lutz gives voice to outcasts from con… [more below]
- Author: Lutz, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: December 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1733535918
- 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 Read moreOn 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 Read moreThe 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
