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The Origins of Religion in the Paleolithic
G J Wightman · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 293
Format: Print book
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How did religion emerge - and why? What are the links between behavior, environment, and religiosity? Diving millions of years into the past, to a time when human ancestors began grappling with issues of safety, worth, identity, loss, power, and meaning in complex and difficult environments,... |
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Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom
Ariel Burger · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted protégé and friend of one of the world's great thinkers takes us into the sacred space of the classroom, showing Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel not only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master... |
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The Neo-Platonists: A Study in the History of Hellenism
Thomas Whittaker · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback
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First published in 1918, as the second edition of a 1901 original, this book presents a study regarding the development of Neoplatonism, with information on the historical and religious contexts of its development. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in classical philosophy... |
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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement
Rich Karlgaard · Currency
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with early... |
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Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It
Terry Allen Kupers · University of California Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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"When I testify in court, I am often asked: 'What is the damage of long-term solitary confinement?' . . . Many prisoners emerge from prison after years in solitary with very serious psychiatric symptoms even though outwardly they may appear emotionally stable. The damage from... |
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The Frighteners: A Journey Through our Cultural Fascination with the Macabre
Peter Laws · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Stiff by Mary Roach and Ghostland by Colin Dickey, this illuminating journey written by an ordained minister seeks to uncover the reasons we are drawn to the morbid side of life.The Firghteners is a bizarrely compelling, laugh-out-loud exploration of society's fascination... |
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On purpose
Michael Ruse · Princeton University Press
Pages: 294
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A brief, accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the present Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with purpose, and even Darwin's theory of natural selection, which profoundly shook the idea,... |
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Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
John J Kaag · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys -- one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later, in radically... |
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Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
JOHN MEDINA · Pear Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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How come I can never find my keys? Why don?t I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts?and... |
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