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On Truth
Simon Blackburn · Oxford University Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Truth is not just a recent topic of contention. Arguments about it have gone on for centuries. Why is the truth important? Who decides what the truth is? Is there such a thing as objective, eternal truth, or is truth simply a matter of perspective, of linguistic or cultural vantage point?In... |
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The Evolution of Imagination
Stephen T Asma · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Consider Miles Davis, horn held high, sculpting a powerful musical statement full of tonal patterns, inside jokes, and thrilling climactic phrases - all on the fly. Or think of a comedy troupe riffing on a couple of cues from the audience until the whole room is erupting with laughter.... |
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I am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Markus Gabriel · Polity
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
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Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's... |
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Wages of Rebellion
Chris Hedges · Nation Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges - who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society... |
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Atheism For Dummies
Dale McGowan · John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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The easy way to understand atheism and secular philosophy For people seeking a non-religious philosophy of life, as well as believers with atheist friends, Atheism For Dummies offers an intelligent exploration of the historical and moral case for atheism. Often wildly misunderstood, atheism... |
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge... |
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Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
Heather Widdows · Princeton University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today's worldThe demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves good... |
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The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World
Michaela Chung · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Learn the tools to shed your mask of extroversion, develop your own magnetism, and reveal the true you.One third to one half of Americans are introverts in a culture that celebrates - even enforces - an ideal of extroversion and a cult of personality. Political leaders are charismatic,... |
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The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
Warren Farrell · BenBella Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women. It's a crisis... |
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Thriving in Retirement: Lessons from Baby Boomer Women
Anne C Coon · Praeger
Pages: 155
Format: Hardcover
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This important book shares insights derived from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with a diverse group of first-wave Baby Boomer female professionals (born 1946-1956) . These individuals changed the workplace in the 1970s and are now changing views of retirement.* Provides... |
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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism
NAOKI HIGASHIDA · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the bestselling The Reason I Jump, an extraordinary self-portrait of life as a young adult with autism Naoki Higashida was only thirteen when he wrote The Reason I Jump, a revelatory account of autism from the inside by a nonverbal Japanese child, which became an international... |
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The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul
LAURA VAN DERNOOT LIPSKY · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Whether we are overwhelmed by work or school; our families or communities; caretaking for others or ourselves; or engagement in social justice, environmental advocacy, or civil service, just a few subtle shifts can help us sustain. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, bestselling author of Trauma... |
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Living the Hero's Journey: Exploring Your Role in the Action-Adventure of a Lifetime
Will Craig · Live and Learn Publishing
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
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UNCOVER YOUR LIFE PATH "Every now and then a book comes along that takes you places you've never been before. Living the Hero's Journey is one of those books!"~ Marshall Goldsmith, Author of #1 New York Times bestseller - Triggers Experience how to use movies and mythology... |
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