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The Way of the Samurai

The Way of the Samurai

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Author: Inazo Nitobe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: This classic text by InazoNitobe defining the moral code of the warrior class or Samurai has had a hugeimpact both...
The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

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Author: Karl Marx Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.' Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one...
The Art of Rhetoric

The Art of Rhetoric

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Author: Aristotle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Written around the time that Aristotle (384_322 BCE) established his own school in Athens, this is a guide to what was...
The Art of War

The Art of War

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Author: Sun Tzu Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare...
Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil

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Author: Frederich Nietzsche Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: After kicking open the doors to twentieth-century philosophy in Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche refined his ideal of the superman...
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

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Author: Edith Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead...
Meditations on First Philosophy & Other Metaphysical Writings

Meditations on First Philosophy & Other Metaphysical Writings

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Author: Frank Sewall Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Meditations is considered the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy.
Tibetan Book of the Dead

Tibetan Book of the Dead

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Author: Format: Paperback Number of Pages: One of the greatest works created by any culture and one of the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The...
The Dialogues of Socrates

The Dialogues of Socrates

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Author: Plato Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Socrates' most dedicated student, Plato, offers a detailed and eye-opening account of the Socratic belief in one's own responsibility through Socrates' dialogue with...
The Analects

The Analects

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Author: Confucius Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Analects are a collection of Confucius' sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express...
This Life: Why Mortality Makes Us Free

This Life: Why Mortality Makes Us Free

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Author: Martin Hagglund Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 'It is always lucid, and is at its heart remarkably simple. You could extract its essence and offer it to thirsty...
Friendship & Other Essays

Friendship & Other Essays

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Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most well-known American nature writers, essayists and poets.
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

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Author: Francis Fukuyama Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 0
On Liberty

On Liberty

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Author: John Stuart Mill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the 1859 publication of On Liberty....
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

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Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Ever been struck dumb when speaking in public? You might be suffering from glossophobia. Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania?...
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

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Author: Robert M Pirsig Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of...
Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science

Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science

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Author: Sissela Bok Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 From the acclaimed author of Lying, a brilliant exploration of happiness set in the context of the world's great philosophers, leaders,...
Friendship and Other Essays

Friendship and Other Essays

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Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: In this collection of essays, Emerson reflects on friendship, love, heroism, and the other qualities which represent the nest humanity has...
The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us

The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us

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Author: James Ball Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'A fascinating expose of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author...
Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion

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Author: Sam Harris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Spirituality for atheists. 'An extraordinary book . . . It will shake up your most fundamental beliefs about everyday experience, and...
The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind

The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind

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Author: Noga Arikha Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our...
Staging the People: The Proletarian and His Double

Staging the People: The Proletarian and His Double

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Author: Jacques Ranciere Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 These essays from the 1970s mark the inception of the distinctive project that Jacques Ranci re has pursued across...
Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

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Author: John Lewis, Dr, Ed.D (Virginia Tech) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 180 Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography In turbulent times Americans look to the...
Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy

Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy

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Author: Robert Almeder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 235 Does science have all the answers? The view that it does is known as scientific naturalism or scientism, and is now...
Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation

Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation

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Author: Adel Iskandar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 568 Edward W. Said (1935-2003) ranks as one of the most preeminent public intellectuals of our time. Through his literary criticism, his...
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

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Author: Toby Ord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time. If all...
The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

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Author: Matthew B Crawford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of...
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die

The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die

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Author: Katie Engelhart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? In The Inevitable,...