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The Transhumanist Temptation: How Technology and Ideology Are Reshaping Humanity--And How to Resist

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Report copyright infringementby Grayson Quay (Author)From the dawn of creation, the serpent's whispered lie--"ye shall be as gods"--has echoed through history, and today it manifests itself in the growing transhumanist movement. Our world stands at a crossroads with commercial surrogacy, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and "gender-affirming care" threatening to radically reshape human nature. Will we stand firm on ancient wisdom or risk losing our humanity altogether? Grayson Qu...

The Case for Plant-Based: A Call to Courage, Consciousness, and Compassion

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Report copyright infringementby Suraj S. Shah (Author)Have you ever thought about how your food and dietary choices will affect you and everything around you? What if one simple shift in your diet could improve your health, protect the planet, and help build a more ethical food system? Suraj S. Shah reviews the latest literature on how the choices you make about what you eat can lead us to a healthier, more sustainable future. The Case for Plant-Based will make you question your choices, make...

The White Light Meets the Thin Blue Line: A Spiritualist Medium Inside the LAPD

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Report copyright infringementby Russell Chan (Author) Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 24, 2025

Foundations of Black Epistemology: Knowledge Discourse in Africana Philosophy

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Report copyright infringementby Adebayo Oluwayomi (Author)Foundations of Black Epistemology is Adebayo Oluwayomi's bold endeavor to delineate Black epistemology as a new sub-disciplinary focus in contemporary Africana or Black philosophy. He engages in a rigorous historical study of Black intellectual history to show how seminal Black thinkers have long been interested in and engaged with questions concerning the phenomenon of human knowledge, and questions around human agency, including prac...

The Art of Flourishing: Conversations on Disability

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Bowen (Editor), Joel Michael Reynolds (Editor), Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Editor)Disabled people are experts in innovation and adaptation, experts in building networks of support and knowledge sharing, and experts in navigating a world that is not built for them. This expertise is not a niche form of knowledge, but one that speaks to a fundamental question about how we should live together--and even thrive together--amid the vast landscape of human differe...

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Tobin (Author)From the Author: Food for Thought began with coffee, though I can't really remember precisely when. As long as we were married, my husband brought me coffee in bed each morning. I loved starting my day peacefully, from the cozy comfort of my bed, a strong cup of coffee in hand. I refer to it as my time to become "one with the world." Starting my day on my laptop is what led me to collecting quotes in earnest, I loved many of the quotes so much...

Fact Denounced as a Four-Letter Word: and other accidental thoughts in a world dominated by common nonsense

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Report copyright infringementby Piotr Bardzik (Author) Number of Pages: 72 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 16, 2025

The Dharma of Healing: The Path of Liberation from Stress, Pain, and Trauma

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Report copyright infringementby Justin Michelson (Author), Rodney Smith (Foreword by)"...Both a refuge and a roadmap, this book illuminates the boundless love and wisdom that lies within each of us, waiting to be uncovered and shared."-Tara Brach, author of Radical Compassion A handbook for spiritual freedom in an age of global crisis. The world is in turmoil because of its trauma. Our unhealed psychological wounds block our innate expressions of wisdom and compassion, setting the stage for o...

The Problem with Being a Person: How an Existentialish Philosophy Can Ground Us in Modern Chaos

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Report copyright infringementby Talia Pollock (Author)Escape the race to happiness, build a life of value, and resist the pull of self-help You've heard this story: outwardly, woman was living the dream. Inwardly, woman was drowning in despair. It's what happened next that sets this tale apart. Many of us go through life believing that something about us is not normal enough. So, we devote ourselves to the endless pursuit of self-improvement. That's what Talia Pollock decided to do. In her qu...

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Report copyright infringementby Christoph Schuringa (Author)How a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world. What explains its continued success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. Analytic philosophy tends to think of itself as concerned with eternal questions, transcending the chang...

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Report copyright infringementby Kathleen Lonsdale (Author), Maria Popova (Foreword by)Marginalian Editions presents a trailblazing Quaker scientist's slender masterwork of moral courage, penned at the height of the Cold War, envisioning a transformation of the human spirit and our politics that might enable the triumph of peace. Kathleen Lonsdale was a groundbreaking chemist who was instrumental in developing the science of crystallography. She was also a midlife convert to Quakerism who camp...

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Report copyright infringementby Slavoj Zizek (Author)We are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom. The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think we understand it, but the moment we try and define it we encounter contradictions. In this new philosophical exploration, Slavoj Zizek argues that the experience of true, radical freedom is transient and fragile. Countering the idea of libertarian ind...

Zen at the End of Religion: An Introduction for the Curious, the Skeptical, and the Spiritual But Not Religious

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Report copyright infringementby James Ishmael Ford (Author)Zen as the ideal path for those who have left institutional religion behindDo you feel there is something more to be found in life? Is there something more for your life? Traditionally people turn to religions to find that "more."Today, when cultures are in upheaval and traditional religions are collapsing, a prominent Zen teacher explores the possibility of a spirituality at the heart of all religions.Zen at the End of Religion is a ...

Subtle Wisdom: Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion Through Ch'an Buddhism

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Report copyright infringementby Master Sheng Yen (Author)A renowned teacher of Ch'an Buddhism provides an introduction to this powerful world of thought--an important exploration perfect for those just coming to Buddhism or those already familiar with the Tibetan and Zen schools.Front JacketMaster Sheng-yen, a dharma descendant from the founders of Buddhism in China, considers the concepts of suffering, enlightenment, and compassion; provides a glossary of key terms; and briefly recaps the hi...

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Report copyright infringementby LD Deutsch (Author)What is time? How is consciousness related to the physical world? Why is the simulation hypothesis so popular? These are just some of the questions LD Deutsch tackles in her first collection of essays, Time, Myth and Matter.This book consists of five long essays, including revised and expanded versions of Deutsch's highly esteemed zines published by Sacred Bones Books between 2018-2023, and an exclusive, previously unreleased essay, all of wh...

Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play

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Report copyright infringementby James C. Scott (Author), Tun Myint (Foreword by)"One of the world's most widely read social scientists" (New York Times) offers his most personal and accessible book--a celebration of how ordinary people can resist oppression and injustice James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. Inspired by the core anarchist fa...

Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Lazarus (Author)Karl Marx gave us not just a critique of the political economy of capital but a way of confronting the impoverished ethical quality of life we face under capitalism. Interpreting Marx anew as an ethical thinker, Absolute Ethical Life provides crucial resources for understanding how freedom and rational agency are impacted by a social world formed by value under capitalism, with consequences for philosophy today. Michael Lazarus situates ...

Aristotle's Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Feser (Author)Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's Revenge argues that these concepts are not only compatible with modern science, but are implicitly presupposed by modern science.Author BiographyEdward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, USA. His many boo...

Avoiding the Great Filter: Illuminating Pathways to Humanity's Future in the Cosmos

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan H. Jiang (Author), Philip E. Rosen (Author) Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 23, 2025

The Wonder Effect: An Adventurous Guide for Igniting Your Passions and Pursuing Your Calling

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Haston (Author)Ignite your passions, embrace failure, and set your course for a life full of wonder.What if the secret to unlocking your greatest potential lies in something we all had as children-wonder? The Wonder Effect is a refreshing and transformative guide that invites you to rediscover your innate curiosity and use it to chart a new, exciting course for your life. In a world where fear of failure, societal myths, and self-doubt often hold us back, ...

24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Crary (Author)"A fascinating short book" on the perils of 21st-century capitalism and its near-complete takeover of our everyday lives (New York Times Magazine) 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. The marketplace now operates through every hour of the clock, pushing us into constant activity and eroding forms of community and polit...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan H. Jiang (Author), Philip E. Rosen (Author) Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 23, 2025

Radical Healing: No Wellness Without Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Gruba-McCallister (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.57 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Turl (Author)As western capitalism outlives any sense of social development or progress, culture takes on an increasingly gothic hue. The ruins of our industrial heyday are illuminated by digital billboards. The cyber-utopianism of the early Internet has waned, exposing Silicon Valley's anti-democratic ideologies and economies. As a result, far-right governments and fascist movements replace our meagre democracies. Looking around there are no saviours. Pol...

The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature is Wrong

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Report copyright infringementby Howard Bloom (Author), Marc Gafni (Preface by) Number of Pages: 682 Dimensions: 1.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 21, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Eva Meijer (Author)Animals speak. Plants do too. Seas and mountains are not a mute background to human actions, but have interests and agency. Many more-than-human beings are political actors. All of us are part of a web of relations in which we affect others and are affected by them. To counter the current ecological destruction and find more just ways to co-exist, humans need new ways of doing politics with other earth beings. In this book, Dutch philosopher ...

Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

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Report copyright infringementby Andy Norman (Author)Why do people reject science and believe online conspiracy theories? How are people radicalized online and go on to commit acts of violence? Why is our society so politically polarized?Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy thinking hijacks minds and incites mob violence. Toxic partisanship is cleaving nations, And climate den...

Orient: Two Walks at the Edge of the Human

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Report copyright infringementby David Hinton (Author)Join renowned author David Hinton on two walks into the wild beauty and archaeological ruins of the desert Southwest, where he maps the edges of consciousness and our place in the Cosmos. Walks in the desert and journeys through Ch'an (Zen) enlightenment. Meditations on the nature of perception and on the nature of ruins. Topographies of mind and of space-time. Poetry and prose. This talismanic book is all of these and more. In this poetic ...

Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most

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Report copyright infringementby Jen Tota McGivney (Author)Discover Henry David Thoreau's philosophy of living a good life and learn how to apply it to your own. The hero for our time is someone few people get right. Thoreau wasn't a hermit in the woods. He lived during a time like ours, of rapid technological and economic changes, political division, and a pandemic. Thoreau, like us, reassessed his priorities: What does success really look like? What is my duty as an ethical citizen of a les...

Torah for Mental Health: Jewish Wisdom for Psychological Growth

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Report copyright infringementby Tal Sessler (Author)The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places, observed Ernest Hemingway in his youth.By fixing and integrating ourselves, taught Rabbi Isaac Luria in the 16th century, we also contribute to the grand cosmic endeavor of universal healing and repair. This book offers sustained reflections about what the Torah has to say about seminal emotive states such as anxiety, fear, depression, empathy, resilience, post tr...

The Trump Revolution: A New Order of Great Powers

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Dugin (Author) Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 16, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Theodor W. Adorno (Author), Wieland Hoban (Translator)In autumn 1962 Theodor W. Adorno gave a lecture on fighting antisemitism to the German Coordinating Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation, a lecture that remains as topical and urgent today as it was in the 1960s. After the Second World War, Germany was grappling with a reluctance to admit collective guilt for the horrors of the Holocaust and German society was witnessing the emergence of v...