7 Top nonfiction books like The Star of Redemption by Franz Rosenzweig

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The Star of Redemption

By: Franz Rosenzweig

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

“Franz Rosenzweig’s The Start of Redemption is one of the few lasting books of our century, a work …

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Cover of Der Richter und sein Henker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, John J. Neumaier, William Gillis

1. Der Richter und sein Henker

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt , John J. Neumaier , William Gillis

3.70

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

«Dicevi che è da stupidi compiere un delitto, perché non è possibile muovere gli uomini come figure… read more

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  • german literature
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2. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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3. Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship

By: Lawrence Fine

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the hi… read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • judaica
  • spirituality
Cover of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

4. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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  • german literature
Cover of The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man by Susannah Heschel, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ilya Schor

5. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more

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  • jewish
  • theology
  • judaism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of The Castle by Franz Kafka, Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, None

6. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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  • german literature
  • philosophy

7. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

By: Friedrich Engels , None

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. Fathers and Sons

By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more

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  • philosophy
"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"Death's an old story, but new for each person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

9. The Myth of the Eternal Return or Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade , Willard R. Trask

4.00

Format: None pages,

This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the Nor… read more

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10. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

11. The Essence of Christianity

By: George Eliot , Ludwig Feuerbach , Robert M. Baird , None

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this, one of the most influential works of the post-Hegelian era, Feuerbach captures the synthes… read more

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12. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

By: Immanuel Kant , Christine M. Korsgaard , Mary J. Gregor

4.27

Format: 197 pages, paper

Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristo… read more

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13. History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics

By: György Lukács , Rodney Livingstone

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

This is the first time one of the most important of Lukacs' early theoretical writings, published i… read more

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14. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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15. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

By: Thomas Ligotti , Ray Brassier

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to… read more

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16. The Birth of Tragedy

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside

3.99

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more

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  • german literature
  • philosophy
  • theory
  • nonfiction
"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

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17. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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18. Avicenna and the Aristotelian Left (New Directions in Critical Theory Book 63)

By: Ernst Bloch

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Ernst Bloch was one of the most significant twentieth-century German thinkers, yet he remains overs… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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19. Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It

By: Nancy Fraser

4.04

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism’s insatiable appetite—and a rallying cry for everyone w… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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20. The Star of Redemption

By: Franz Rosenzweig

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

“Franz Rosenzweig’s The Start of Redemption is one of the few lasting books of our century, a work … read more

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  • german literature
  • jewish
  • theory
  • theology
  • judaism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • judaica
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21. The Aeneid

By: Virgil

3.87

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more

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"Death's brother, sleep."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"No help or hope of help existed."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

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Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

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Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor

4.16

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The Castle

Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

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Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev , None , None

3.99

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Michael Parenti

4.41

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Vincent Bevins

4.28

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Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

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Benjamín Labatut

4.14

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