Socrates (The World of Philosophy)
By: Lynn Redgrave
3.80
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Though he left no written works Socrates was the first great philosopher of the West. His conversat…
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1. City of God
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson
3.93
Format: 1186 pages, Paperback
No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
2. Napoleon: A Concise Biography
By: David A. Bell
3.98
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and c… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Buddhism for Beginners
By: Thubten Chodron
3.82
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"This book is written for people wanting to understand basic Buddhist principles and how to integra… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Las causas de nuestros problemas residen, no en el entorno exterior y quienes lo habitan, sino en nuestra propia mente. Las actitudes perturbadoras y las emociones negativas, como el apego excesivo, …"-Thubten Chodron, Buddhism for Beginners
4. What I Believe
By: Bertrand Russell
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
By: Bill Maher
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serve… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Iliad/The Odyssey
By: Homer , Robert Fagles , Bernard Knox
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan Wa… read more
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7. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
8. 20th Century European Philosophy
By: Ed Casey
2.00
Format: 238 pages,
In an age of conflicting intellectual trends, some philosophers have lost faith in the everyday rel… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
9. Stoics and Epicureans
By: Daryl Hale
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Audio CD
Stoics and Epicureans date from the Hellenistic period, but the debate between these two modes of t… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
10. Simone de Beauvoir
By: Lynn Redgrave , Ladelle McWhorter
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Audio CD
Simone de Beauvoir stands as a towering figure in the twentieth century's flowering of thought amon… read more
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- history
- biography
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
4.19
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book showing the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illne… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Bertrand Russel and A. N. Whitehead
By: Lynn Redgrave , Paul Grimley Kuntz
3.73
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Bertrand Russell and A.N. Whitehead coauthored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathemati… read more
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13. Confucius, Lao Tzu and Chinese Philosophy
By: Crispin Sartwell
3.82
Format: None pages,
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14. Voyage of the Beagle
By: Charles Darwin , Janet Browne , Michael Neve
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
s/t: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches When the Beaglesailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
16. The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize ho… read more
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17. Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer
By: Dick Van Dyke
3.79
Format: 223 pages,
Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 90th birthday in December 2015. He's an est… read more
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18. Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy
By: None
4.36
Format: 94 pages, Audio CD
For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world, … read more
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19. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
By: Dan Carlin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
20. How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Epictetus
4.11
Format: 173 pages, Hardcover
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's le… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"A companion's crudeness is bound to rub off on the one he is with, no matter how refined that person may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't we recall that no one does injury or benefit to another, but that the cause of each of these things is a judgement."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't ask for things to happen as you would like them to, but wish them to happen as they actually do, and you will be all right."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"But to myself all predictions are favorable if I wish them to be, since it is up to me to benefit from the outcome, whatever it may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
21. The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more
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"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
22. How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
By: Leil Lowndes
2.81
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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- audiobook
23. Maimonides & Medieval Jewish Philosophy
By: Idit Dobbs-Weinstein
3.40
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The first significant Jewish philosopher is recognized as Philo (ca 13 BC - 45/50 AD), who lived in… read more
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24. William James, Charles Pierce and American Pragmatism
By: James Campbell
3.51
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
C. S. Peirce was an authentic American genius who developed a tough-minded pragmatism and a sweepin… read more
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- biography
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25. Voltaire and Rousseau (The World of Philosophy)
By: Charles Sherover
3.69
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
***SERIES START*** explanations give you a new arsenal of insights toward living a better life! Lyn… read more
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26. Civil Disobedience/The Liberator
By: Henry David Thoreau
3.61
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Civil Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments for civil disobedience: the deliberate violation o… read more
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- history
27. Descartes, Bacon, and Modern Philosophy
By: Jeffrey Tlumak
3.38
Format: None pages, Audio CD
These two great seventeenth-century philosophers aimed to break free of oppressive traditions. Free… read more
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28. The Philosophies of India
By: Douglas Allen
3.55
Format: None pages, Audio CD
India has perhaps the oldest living philosophical tradition in the world. Though both Buddhism and … read more
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29. Socrates (The World of Philosophy)
By: Lynn Redgrave
3.80
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Though he left no written works Socrates was the first great philosopher of the West. His conversat… read more
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30. Duns Scotus and Medieval Christianity
By: Ralph McInerny
3.52
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The Roman Empire became Christian in AD 323; about two centuries later, the rest of Europe began to… read more
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31. Communist Manifesto/Social Contract
By: Ralph Raico
3.28
Format: None pages, Audio CD
This presentation discusses two political documents that have changed history: Karl Marx's Communis… read more
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