Truth: Ideas in Profile
By: Simon Blackburn
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Ideas in Small Introductions to Big TopicsTruth has always been a thorny topic. How does it work? W…
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1. Robinson Crusoe
By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more
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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
2. Waiting for the Barbarians
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny fr… read more
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"Nothing is worse than what we can imagine"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"A fool in love is laughed at but in the end always forgiven"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"I am now no more than a pile of blood, bone and meat that is unhappy."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
3. Early Greek Philosophy
By: Various , Jonathan Barnes
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This anthology presents the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Pla… read more
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4. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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5. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
By: Cal Newport
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more
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6. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
7. A Rulebook for Arguments
By: Anthony Weston
3.87
Format: 309 pages, Unknown Binding
Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format s… read more
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8. A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science
By: Barbara Oakley
1.80
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking… read more
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9. Pista nera
By: Antonio Manzini
4.03
Format: 325 pages, ebook
Semisepolto in mezzo a una pista sciistica sopra Champoluc, in Val d'Aosta, viene rinvenuto un cada… read more
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10. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
By: Steve Silberman
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more
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11. Notes from Underground
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None
4.17
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more
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"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
12. Elena Knows
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.08
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individ… read more
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"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
13. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
14. Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information
By: John D. Caputo
4.20
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Is anything ever not an interpretation? Does interpretation go all the way down? Is there such a th… read more
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15. Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
By: Robert Chapman
4.39
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
‘Groundbreaking … [provides] a deep history of the invention of the “normal” mind as one of the mo… read more
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16. Truth: Ideas in Profile
By: Simon Blackburn
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Ideas in Small Introductions to Big TopicsTruth has always been a thorny topic. How does it work? W… read more
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