The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
By: Arthur Herman
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Timesbestseller, How the Scots …
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1. Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
By: Christopher McDougall
3.84
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that … read more
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- history
"Outlaws have to be poised, smart, and independent; they have to cultivate allies, assess risk, and keep their antennae fine-tuned to everyone and everything around them. Outlaws focus on what people …"-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
"We've lulled ourselves into believing that in an emergency, someone else will always come along to rescue us. We've stopped relying on our own wonderfully adaptable bodies; we've forgotten that we ca…"-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
"Because that's the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don't start when you're ready or stop when you're tired. You don't get time-outs, warm-ups, or bathroom breaks. You may have a headache or be we…"-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
"Daredevils aren't the answer; spinal rehab wards are full of daredevils. Fearlessness doesn't really help, either: when your car breaks down, you don't want the mechanic to say, 'I've never done this…"-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
2. Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
By: Will Durant
4.40
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
Volume 3 of the monumental Story of Civilization, CAESAR AND CHRIST depicts the rise of Rome from a… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
"How little you know the age you live in," says a god in Ovid, "if you fancy that honey is sweeter than cash in hand."-Will Durant, Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
"but now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak."-Will Durant, Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
"Contentment is as rare among men as it is natural among animals, and no form of government has ever satisfied its subjects."-Will Durant, Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
"Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die."-Will Durant, Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
3. Alexander the Great
By: Philip Freeman
4.31
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more
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4. I and Thou
By: Martin Buber , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been accl… read more
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- nonfiction
"All real living is meeting."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"True beings are lived in the present, the life of objects is lived in the past."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"Feelings one "has"; love occurs. Feelings dwell in man, but man dwells in his love."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
5. The Case Against Satan (Penguin Classics)
By: Laird Barron , Ray Russell
3.69
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Teenager Susan Garth was “a clean-talking sweet little girl” of high school age before she started … read more
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"A great boob he is to pit himself against a holy Father and a bishop of the Church, with the very House of God next door. The nerve of him!"-Laird Barron, The Case Against Satan (Penguin Classics)
6. The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
By: Susan Wise Bauer
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the worl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Human Condition
By: Hannah Arendt , Margaret Canovan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Conditionis a in many r… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
8. The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
By: Alex Epstein
4.12
Format: None pages,
A sure-to-be-controversial defense of the fossil fuel industry Conventional wisdom says fossil fuel… read more
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- science
9. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
By: Robert D. Putnam
3.77
Format: 67 pages,
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10. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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- history
11. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Drood
By: Dan Simmons
3.50
Format: None pages,
Drood... is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his lif… read more
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13. The Coming of the Third Reich
By: Richard J. Evans
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
14. The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
By: Arthur Herman
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Timesbestseller, How the Scots … read more
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- politics
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- greece
15. The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are
By: Kevin Leman
3.89
Format: 197 pages,
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- nonfiction
16. The Great Courses: Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
By: Mark R. Leary , Mark Leary
3.94
Format: 456 pages,
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- science
17. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
By: Tamim Ansary
3.87
Format: 144 pages,
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civil… read more
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18. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens
By: Alison Weir
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and e… read more
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19. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
20. Clouds
By: Aristophanes , None
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more
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21. The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
By: Ayn Rand , Nathaniel Branden
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Ayn Randhere sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life--… read more
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22. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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23. The Pursuit of Italy
By: David Gilmour
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Visiting a villa built by Lorenzo de Medici outside Pisa, David Gilmour fell into conversation abou… read more
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24. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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- nonfiction
"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
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26. The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
By: Marc Lewis
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned … read more
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27. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
By: Stephen Greenblatt
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more
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28. From Beirut to Jerusalem
By: Thomas L. Friedman
4.07
Format: 154 pages,
This extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about… read more
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29. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- politics
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30. Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less
By: Alex Epstein
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data a… read more
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31. The Shortest History of Greece
By: James Heneage
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers -- our world has been shaped by the products o… read more
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