Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters
By: Mary-Jane Rubenstein
4.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical--that the creator, sustainer, destroyer,…
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1. The Cultural Politics of Emotion
By: Sara Ahmed
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In The Cultural Politics of the Emotions, Sara Ahmed develops a new methodology for reading "the em… read more
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- philosophy
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2. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
3. The Courage to Be
By: Paul Tillich , Peter J. Gomes
4.09
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of… read more
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- theology
- philosophy
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"Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge."-Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be
"Joy is the emotional expression of the courageous YES to one's own true being."-Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be
"Le courage d'être s'enracine dans le Dieu qui apparaît quand Dieu a disparu dans l'angoisse du doute."-Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be
"Reasoning as a limited cognitive function, detached from the personal center, never could create courage. One cannot remove anxiety by arguing it away."-Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be
4. The Book of Disquiet
By: Fernando Pessoa , Richard Zenith
4.41
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alt… read more
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- philosophy
"My past is everything I failed to be."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
5. Ethics
By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None
4.10
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fu… read more
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- philosophy
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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body"-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
6. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
By: Audre Lorde
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's lit… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Discourses and Selected Writings
By: Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN in… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
8. Man and His Symbols
By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman
4.19
Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more
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- spirituality
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
9. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes"-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
10. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey tow… read more
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11. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
By: Michel Foucault , Richard Howard , José Teixeira Coelho Netto
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Michel Foucault examines the ar… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
12. The Corinthian Body
By: Dale B. Martin
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this intriguing discussion of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, Dale Martin contends that … read more
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- religion
- history
13. Batman: The Black Glove
By: Tony S. Daniel , Grant Morrison , J.H. Williams III , Jonathan Glapion
3.29
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Mysterious Batman impostors begin to appear on the streets of Gotham. One of these impostors begins… read more
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14. White Is for Witching
By: Helen Oyeyemi
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In a vast, mysterious house on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the hole pu… read more
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"But then, maybe “I don’t believe in you"-Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching
"Please tell a story about a girl who gets away."-Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching
"She won't forget or recover, she is inconsolable."-Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching
"The water was so cold on her skin that it felt dry."-Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching
15. The Word for World is Forest
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.36
Format: 189 pages, ebook
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more
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16. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Ph… read more
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17. A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari , Brian Massumi
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key… read more
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18. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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19. Old God's Time
By: Sebastian Barry
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more
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"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
20. Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire (Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe)
By: J. Jack Halberstam
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Wild Things Jack Halberstam offers an alternative history of sexuality by tracing the ways in wh… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"This is the history of un-art—the cultural productions that are not intended to convey beauty, not organized around the notion of singular genius expres- sion, not designed to sooth audiences and to …"-J. Jack Halberstam, Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire (Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe)
21. How Long 'til Black Future Month?
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and dra… read more
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"Still. Marching."-N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?
"I’ll take the dreams,"-N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?
"I need to talk to you,"-N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?
"The monster is amused to be found monstrous"-N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?
22. 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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- nonfiction
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"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
23. Dayswork
By: Chris Bachelder
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In wry, epigrammatic prose, Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the … read more
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24. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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- spirituality
"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
25. Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief
By: David Bentley Hart
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much … read more
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- religion
- history
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26. You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature
By: David Bentley Hart
4.14
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in … read more
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27. Cartomancy in Folk Witchcraft: Playing Cards and Marseille Tarot in Divination, Magic, and Lore
By: Roger J. Horne
4.75
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
In this new and vastly expanded edition, Cartomancy in Folk Witchcraft offers readers a well-source… read more
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28. Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect (Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe)
By: Mel Y. Chen
4.06
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
In Animacies, Mel Y. Chen draws on recent debates about sexuality, race, and affect to examine how … read more
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29. Thinking Being: Introduction to Metaphysics in the Classical Tradition (Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition, 17)
By: Eric D. Perl
4.49
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Eric D. Perl, Loyola Marymount University In Thinking Being, Eric Perl articulates central ideas… read more
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30. Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters
By: Mary-Jane Rubenstein
4.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical--that the creator, sustainer, destroyer,… read more
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31. The Unfinished Land
By: Greg Bear
2.88
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Reynard, a young apprentice, seeks release from the drudgery of working for his fisherman uncle in … read more
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