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American Junkie
Tom Hansen · Soft Skull Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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In American Junkie, Tom Hansen takes us non-stop into a land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame, selling drugs during the Seattle grunge years. It's a story that maps his heroin addiction, from the promise of a young life to the prison of a mattress,... |
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Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
Jennifer O'toole · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick.Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome,... |
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Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower
Gary W Moon · IVP Books
Pages: 289
Format: Hardcover
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Dallas Willard was a personal mentor and inspiration to hundreds of pastors, philosophers, and average churchgoers. His presence and ideas rippled through the lives of many prominent leaders and authors, such as John Ortberg, Richard Foster, James Bryan Smith, Paula Huston, and J. P. Moreland.... |
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Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes
Richard S Hallam · Routledge
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover
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In Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes, Richard Hallam takes aim at the very concept of mental illness, and explores new ways of thinking about and responding to psychological distress. Though the concept of mental illness has infiltrated everyday... |
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The Philosophical Parent: Asking the Hard Questions About Having and Raising Children
JEAN KAZEZ · Oxford University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Becoming parents draws us into philosophical quandaries before our children have even been born. Why do most of us want to have children? Should we make new people, despite life's travails and our crowded world? Is adoptive parenthood just the same as biological parenthood? Once children... |
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The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Emily Esfahani Smith · Crown
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit - that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life's... |
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Organ Grinder: A Classical Education Gone Astray
Alan Fishbone · FSG Originals
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
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A freewheeling essay on mortality and freedom at the intersection of ancient philosophy and biker cultureAfter my accident, I thought I was done with bikes. Until a few years ago -- I was lying in bed having trouble sleeping when I heard a voice say to me, "Alan, get a Harley and ride... |
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Socrates: The Best of Socrates: The Founding Philosophies of Ethics, Virtues & Life
William Hackett · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
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Learn the Fundamental Philosophies from Socrates, the Famous Ancient Greek Philosopher Update: 3rd Edition on Sept 19, 2016 - With Added Content! Get it Now Before the Price Increases! ~BONUS RIGHT AFTER THE CONCLUSION - ACT NOW BEFORE GONE! You've come to the right place to learn... |
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True Detective and Philosophy: A Deeper Kind of Darkness
Jacob Graham · Wiley-Blackwell
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Investigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO's chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust's anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the 'flat circle'. The first book dedicated to exploring... |
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Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People
Anne Bishop · Fernwood Publishing; 3rd Revised edition edition
Format: Print book
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Becoming an Ally is a book for men who want to end sexism, white people who want to end racism, straight people who want to end heterosexism, able-bodied people who want to end ableism for all people who recognize their privilege and want to move toward a more just world by learning to act as allies.... |
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Autism Breakthrough: The Groundbreaking Method That Has Helped Families All Over the World
Raun K. Kaufman · St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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As a boy Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic with an IQ below and destined to spend his life in an institution Years later Raun graduated with a degree in Biomedical Ethics from Brown University and has become a passionate and articulate autism expert and educator... |
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The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
ARUN GANDHI · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Discover ten vital and extraordinary life lessons from one of the most important and influential philosophers and peace activists of the twentieth century - Mahatma Gandhi - in this poignant and timely exploration of the true path from anger to peace, as recounted by Gandhi's grandson,... |
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The Origin of Others
TONI MORRISON · Harvard University Press
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct... |
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The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities
Eric Berkowitz · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex are in constant flux. Switch a decade, cross a border, or traverse class lines and the harmless pleasures of one group become the gravest crimes in another.Combining meticulous research... |
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