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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...

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism

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Report copyright infringementby Torkil Lauesen (Prologue by), Communist Working Group (Author), Arghiri Emmanuel (Introduction by) Number of Pages: 238 Dimensions: 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 16, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Rudolf Steiner (Author), William Lindeman (Translator)Riddles of the Soul is the first complete English edition of one of the major books by Rudolf Steiner, Von Seelenrätseln. Dr. Steiner said of the first essay that it is written not with a pen, but with "soul-spades that want to rip away the planks that board up the world, i.e., that want to clear away the limits to knowledge set by natural science, but want to do so with inner work of the soul." In the secon...

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Report copyright infringementby Phillis Levin (Author)Phillis Levin's much-anticipated sixth collection, An Anthology of Rain, is a stunning series of poems immersed in time while acknowledging "How it is / Is not how it is / It keeps changing." Yet the fleeting presence of so much in this lyrical collection is what the reader is gifted. In poem after poem, memories are stirred to become as palpable as the present in this poet's keen imagining. Even a remembered duel of roses between friends ...

Quantisophy(TM): The Hidden Doctrine of the Interconnected, the Awakened, and the Unbreakable

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Report copyright infringementby Sol Ai(tm) (Author) Number of Pages: 326 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 13, 2025 Large Print: Yes

Immortal Gestures: Journeys in the Unspoken

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Report copyright infringementby Damon Young (Author)There is an old Buddhist adage: the teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. To achieve enlightenment, you are not supposed to look at the finger. You are supposed to look to the celestial light. I am asking you to look at the finger. The finger is also the moon. A tilted head. A finger to the lips. A wave that could mean emphasis or dismissal. A raised palm of piety and fellowship. Our gestures do not simply point to our thoughts, ...

Binding Chaos: Mass collaboration on a global scale

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Report copyright infringementby Heather Marsh (Author) Number of Pages: 354 Dimensions: 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 08, 2013

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Dugin (Author)In this monograph, Dugin provides an overview of the primary foreign and Russian sources and schools that influenced the establishment of ethnosociology as an independent and original scientific discipline. Dugin offers a profoundly philosophical approach to the categories of the "ethnos," "narod," "nation" and "society," providing clear definitions of these concepts, and expounding a broader ethnosociological taxonomy. For the first tim...

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Report copyright infringementby Jon Allsop (Author)What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists? Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: economic decline, online disinformation, the rise of AI, authoritarian curbs on freedom of the press, and violence against journalists. In such a climate, it's more urgent than ever to ask what journalism is for. Drawing on his experience as a journalist and media commentator, and on interviews with...

Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin J. Mitchell (Author)An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency--or free will--is an illusion. In Free Agents, leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents a wealth of evidence to the contrary, arguing that we are ...

The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-fascist Life

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Massumi (Author)"I am the Chosen One!" With this exclamation Donald Trump crowns the national exceptionalism his base upholds with a claim of personal exceptionalism. He leaves no doubt as to the emotional note: "I am your vengeance!" He personifies reaction for the masses. Except, in today's microsegmented social media environment the "masses" no longer exist. Fascism's cultural conditions have shifted. In The Personality of Power, Brian Massumi retheori...

The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel J. Mahoney (Author)The Ideological Lie, as Solzhenitsyn calls it, was born when modern revolutionaries replaced the age-old distinction between good and evil with the illusory distinction between progress and reaction. In the name of progress, evil was called goodness, and goodness in the form of wise restraint was labeled evil, backward, racist, colonialist, sexist, etc.Jacobinism, Marxism-Leninism, National Socialism, Progressive Democracy, the New Lef...

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Report copyright infringementby Torkil Lauesen (Prologue by), Communist Working Group (Author), Arghiri Emmanuel (Introduction by) Number of Pages: 238 Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 16, 2025

States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Brown (Author)A landmark work from one of our leading political theorists A sympathetic critique that attempts to free Left politics from its own snares, States of Injury explores how woundedness became a basis for contemporary political identity. Without condemning identity politics, Wendy Brown carefully probes the varied historical forces generating them today and the ways these formative conditions constrain emancipatory desire. Along the way, she adv...

True Conservatism: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Arrogant Age

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony T. Kronman (Author)Drawing on the riches of the Western tradition, Anthony T. Kronman defends a humane conservativism for our enlightened age As the party of the left has grown more strident, its conservative critics have responded in kind. Each year conservatives do a poorer job of defending their position as a citadel of human values without lapsing into an angry assault on ideals that they and progressives share. It becomes harder to see the endurin...

From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey Into the Mystery of Consciousness

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Report copyright infringementby Peter J. Russell (Author)Peter Russell went from being a strict atheist and scientist to discovering a profound personal synthesis of the mystical and the scientific. That transition is the basis of this book. In From Science to God, he blends physics, psychology, and philosophy to reach a new worldview in which consciousness is a fundamental quality of creation. Russell shows how all the ingredients for this worldview are in place; it remains only to put the p...

Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future

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Report copyright infringementby Slavoj Zizek (Author)The "most dangerous philosopher in the West" returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament. Zizek's most urgent and accessible book yet asks us all to imagine that catastrophe is a foregone conclusion--so that we can actually save the world. We hear all the time that we're moments from doomsday. Around us, crises interlock and escalate, threatening our collective survival: Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with ...

The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Ward Farnsworth (Author)"Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn't just a book to read--it's a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity."--The Washington Post See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease--here are the greatest insights of the ...

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

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Report copyright infringementby Marcus Aurelius (Author), James Harris (Translator)Meditations is a profound collection of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor known for his wisdom, humility, and Stoic philosophy. Written as a series of private notes to himself, this timeless work offers readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of history's greatest rulers.In this powerful text, Marcus Aurelius grapples with life's challenges, offering insights on topics suc...

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Report copyright infringementby Brendan Leahy (Author)I invite you, the reader of this book, to imagine you are the one asking the questions and making comments. In this way, you can develop your own personal conversation with Carlo, noting what he is saying, how you are reacting to it, and what it is provoking within you.On a technical note, while what I write is true to Carlo, generally paraphrasing his thoughts and recounting episodes from his life, I've added in a few extra points not dir...

The Generous Exchange: How Attention to Beauty, Goodness and Excellence Restores Us and Our World

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Sirois (Author) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 05, 2000

Zen Ecology: Green and Engaged Living in Response to the Climate Crisis

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Ives (Author)Discover a way of living that can help you slow down and stay grounded--and at the same time reduce your ecological impact and engage more fully with the climate crisis. It may seem as though living ecologically and engaging in activism sacrifices our own enjoyment and happiness on the altar of doing the right thing. In this book, professor, naturalist, and Buddhist author Christopher Ives offers an alternative: a way of living that can...

How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book

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Report copyright infringementby Liel Leibovitz (Author)For numerous centuries, the Talmud--an extraordinary work of Jewish ethics, law, and tradition--has compelled readers to grapple with how to live a good life. Full of folk legends, bawdy tales, and rabbinical repartee, it is inspiring, demanding, confounding, and thousands of pages long. As Liel Leibovitz enthusiastically explores the Talmud, what has sometimes been misunderstood as a dusty and arcane volume becomes humanity's first self-...

The Prophet (Reader's Library Classics) (Illustrated)

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Report copyright infringementby Kahlil Gibran (Author)The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.Through the voice of the prophet AlMustafa, Kahlil Gibran touches on the many intricacies of life and the human condition. Love, marriage, children, friendship, joy and sorrow - just a sample of the wide ranging thoughts that effortlessly touch on the mind and soul.An inspiration to millions of people, The Proph...

Fear and Trembling and the Sickness Unto Death

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Report copyright infringementby Søren Kierkegaard (Author), Walter Lowrie (Translator), Gordon Marino (Introduction by)Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of S ren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of existentialism and have come to define his contribution to philosophy. Lowrie's translation, first published in 1941 and late...

The Art of War: The Classic Guide to Strategy: Essential Pocket Classics

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Report copyright infringementby Sun Tzu (Author), Lionel Giles (Translator)Sun Tzu's The Art of War offers the wisdom of ancient China for the modern reader Originally written in the 5th century, The Art of War is a masterpiece of military strategy and Chinese philosophy that has influenced countless leaders, both on the battlefield and in the boardroom. The exhortations and advice from The Art of War have echoed throughout the centuries as pieces of timeless wisdom, no matter the foe you ma...

Ashtavakra Gita - The Heart of Awareness: A bilingual edition in Sanskrit and English

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Report copyright infringementby Ashtavakra (Author), John Richards (Translator), Michael Everson (Editor)The Ashtavakra Gita, or the Ashtavakra Samhita as it is sometimes called, is a very ancient Sanskrit text. Nothing seems to be known about the author, though tradition ascribes it to the sage Ashtavakra; hence the name.There is little doubt though that it is very old, probably dating back to the days of the classic Vedanta period. The Sanskrit style and the doctrine expressed would seem to...

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Report copyright infringementby Swami Vivekananda (Author)Patanjali's yoga sutras, written almost two millennia ago, is a comprehensive text on the theory and practice of yoga. From concentration, its spiritual uses and practice, to manifestation and the process of attaining liberation, the aphorisms state the path to self-realization. One of the key texts of classical yoga, this edition of Patanjali's yoga sutras is a translation by Swami Vivekananda. It includes the Sanskrit text, its trans...

Calvary and the Mass: Two Summits of Grace

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Report copyright infringementby Fulton J. Sheen (Author), Allan Smith (Editor)CALVARY AND THE MASSFulton J. Sheen will present a collection of his writings that will encourage the reader to better understand the transformative power of the Eucharist and the beauty of the Mass.We were there then during that Crucifixion. The drama was already completed as far as the vision of Christ was concerned, but it had not yet been unfolded to all men and all places and all times. If a motion picture reel...

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Toshio Sudo (Author)Unleash the song of your soul with Zen Guitar, a contemplative handbook that draws on ancient Eastern wisdom and applies it to music and performance. Each of us carries a song inside us, the song that makes us human. Zen Guitar provides the key to unlocking this song--a series of life lessons presented through the metaphor of music. Philip Sudo offers his own experiences with music to enable us to rediscover the harmony in each of our...

The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses

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Report copyright infringementby Søren Kierkegaard (Author), Bruce H. Kirmmse (Translator), Bruce H. Kirmmse (Introduction by)A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging works In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. S ren Kierkegaard's short masterpiece on this famous gospel passage draws out its vital lessons for readers in a rapidly modernizing and secularizing w...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Taylor (Author)In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch has called the culture of narcissism. To Taylor, self-fulfillment, although often expressed in self-centered ways, isn't necessarily a rejection of traditional values and social commitment; it also reflects something authentic and valuable in modern culture. Only by distinguishing w...