The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them
By: Paul Rakita Goldin
3.94
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy--the …
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1. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
2. Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
By: Bryan W. Van Norden , Philip J. Ivanhoe
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius),… read more
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3. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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5. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By: Thomas S. Kuhn
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more
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6. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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7. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . In this brilliant work, the mos… read more
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8. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
By: None
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book should be of interest to students of Buddhism, philosophy and Oriental studies. read more
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9. The Idiot
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Joseph Frank , Alan Myers , Anna Brailovsky
4.21
Format: 667 pages, Paperback
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin find… read more
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"I'm drunk but truthful."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"Beauty will save the world."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"The Russian soul is a dark place."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"She is passion embodied, a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
10. The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
By: R.K. Narayan , Pankaj Mishra , John Lee
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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11. The God of Small Things
By: Arundhati Roy
3.96
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with… read more
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"If you're happy in a dream, does that count?"-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"Thirty-one. Not old. Not young. But a viable die-able age."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
12. The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life
By: Christine Gross-Loh , Michael Puett
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
**International Bestseller** For the first time an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildl… read more
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13. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
14. Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy
By: Bryan W. Van Norden
2.35
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an a… read more
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15. The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
By: Nāgārjuna , Jay L. Garfield
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is u… read more
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16. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
17. Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self
By: Jay L. Garfield
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why you don't have a self--and why that's a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a … read more
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18. Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
By: Alex Langlands
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“Hypnotic.… [Langlands] begins to see not just the beauty of an object.… but the deeper purpose for… read more
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19. The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them
By: Paul Rakita Goldin
3.94
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy--the … read more
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20. The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
By: David Stasavage
3.85
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation." —Steven Levitsky, N… read more
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"History suggests that even in a full democracy, the risk that the 5,000 will dominate is much greater than the threat that the 5,000,000 will expropriate the 5,000."-David Stasavage, The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
21. War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
By: Victoria Tin-bor Hui
4.02
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
There is a common belief that the system of sovereign territorial states and the roots of liberal d… read more
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