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To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and Humanism
ROB RIEMAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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"This is a book for people who want the West to regain its moral high ground, and who want to think hard about how to help achieve that." -- Anne ApplebaumAn international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about... |
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford · Penguin Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A philosopher mechanic destroys the pretensions of the high- prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with ones hands Shop Class as Soulcraft brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society-the experience of making and fixing... |
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
JORDAN PETERSON · Random House Canada
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative,... |
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Hurry Down Sunshine
Michael Greenberg · Other Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE TELLS THE STORY OF THE extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world... |
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
Maria Konnikova · Viking; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? |
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Finite and Infinite Games
James P Carse · Free Press
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
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"There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite." Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end.... |
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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism
Temple Grandin · Vintage books
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism--because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible... |
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Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
Lance M. M.D. Dodes · Harper Collins Publishers India; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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Finally a road map to recovery from the nation's most original thinker on addiction In his revolutionary book The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes examined the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors whether drinking, gambling, sex, or eating. Now, in Breaking Addiction,... |
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Depression in Later Life: An Essential Guide
Deborah Serani · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of the aging process in human beings, has brought insights about the physical, emotional, and social needs of this population, little attention... |
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Philosophy Bites
David Edmonds · Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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What does Anthony Grayling think about atheism? Adrian Moore about infinity? For the last three years, some of the world's leading philosophers have held forth on their favorite topics on the immensely popular website philosophybites.com. The site now features more than one hundred... |
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F*ck Love: One Shrink's Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship
Michael M D Bennett · Touchstone
Pages: 253
Format: Print book
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From the brilliant New York Times bestselling authors of the "refreshingly blunt" (Harper's Bazaar) F*ck Feelings - this seriously irreverent roadmap reveals the essentials to look for when you're done being suckered by the promise of true love and want help seeking a real,... |
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