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Notebooks 1951-1959

2 reviews
Albert Camus

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008

A 'must' for any college-level collection strong in Camus
College-level collections strong on Camus will find this a special acquisition presenting the notebooks withheld in France for some 29 years after his death, appearing for the first time in English. The first two volumes of his notebooks began simply but this concluding volume was written over the last nine years that he lived, and reads more intimately, like a diary. From his travels to his ...

Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (Indiana Jones)

21 reviews
Max McCoy

Bantam, 1995

Pure Indy!!!
After the 2 dissapointing books by Caidin,Mccoy made one hell of an Indy adventure!Mccoy is the best writer for Indy-adventures,he captures the spirit of indy perfectly(in all of his novels).Expect action,humor,adventure and the elements that made Indy movies great,all in this book!Only 2 words to describe it:Pure Indy!!!

Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

26 reviews
Leonard Koren

Stone Bridge Press, 1994

Articulates the essence
This book has been very important for me in its ability to explain something that is hardly explainable - more to suggest the essence of Wabi Sabi and let the reader take it the rest of the way. Particularly in the second half of this slender book does the nature of Wabi Sabi come to life. It is a book I will continue to read on occasion, and it sits next to my Tao te Ching ready to be accessed ...

Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?: 23 Questions from Great Philosophers

6 reviews
Leszek Kolakowski

Basic Books, 2007

Windows into Philosophy
Most of us would probably pick up a book like this because we are looking for answers about the meaning of life, or something like that. But instead of answers, Professor Kolakowski offers more questions. He introduces us to one thought or concept from each of 23 philosophers and then, in Socratic style, gives the reader some questions to answer. This little book is both challenging and ...

There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind

49 reviews
Antony Flew, Roy Abraham Varghese

HarperOne, 2007

Interesting
This was a very interesting book, depicting the journey of a confirmed atheist as he searched for evidence of the existence of God. He doesn't confess to having become a Christian, but finding evidence which he believes proves there is a God. Highly philosophical this book is sometimes a bit hard to understand, but it worth the effort. It is a great book to share with other atheists as ...

Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
Neil Gross

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

On his death in 2007, Richard Rorty was heralded by the New York Times as “one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers.” Controversial on the left and the right for his critiques of objectivity and political radicalism, Rorty experienced a renown denied to all but a handful of living philosophers. In this masterly biography, Neil Gross explores the path of Rorty’s thought over the decades in order to trace ...

Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)

48 reviews
Bill Bryson

Eminent Lives, 2007

Shake it Up!
Bryson is funny - so there is no better choice of writers to explore a rather dull topic. I was hoping for some new bits of information. Basically, Bryson sifts through other historian's theories & research. Bryson avoids speculation, but doesn't present any new possibilities. The end result is what you'd expect: we really don't know much about England's most celebrated writer. Irony, the ...

Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Latin Edition)

22 reviews
J.K. Rowling

Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003

Great Gift!
My son has had a few years of Latin. He is just starting to be able to understand more complicated pieces. This is a great book because he is already familiar with the story, and can figure out some of the chapters even when he doesn't know all the words. And he has found it fun to see how some modern words are "created" following the Latin rules.

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
Alexander Mccall Smith

Pantheon, 2008

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers [7th Edition]

72 reviews
Robert L. Heilbroner

Touchstone, 1999

A marvelous introduction to the world of economics
It's a bit easy to typecast economics as nothing more than mindless pencil pushing, terminal curve shifting, and painful comparative advantage calculating. As far as the social sciences go, it's something of a black sheep, lacking the excitement of political science or the drama of history. The average Joe would probably rank it somewhere between communication studies and linguistics as the ...

Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy

3 reviews
Douglas J. Soccio

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Philosophy Quite Clear
For those familiar with the elusive jargon of most philosophy manuals, this masterful text will come as a pleasant and shocking surprise. It highlights complex thoughts without lapsing into confusing or vague terminology. It also ventures beyond the philosophical triumvirate of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle by introducing the reader to other philosophers frequently over-looked in traditional ...

The Philosopher's Apprentice: A Novel

12 reviews
James Morrow

William Morrow, 2008

Morrow's brilliance continues
James Morrow continues to poke Western society in its most sensitive spots, never resorting to the cudgel, and always making us laugh, chortle, or smirk even as we wince. The Philosopher's Apprentice continues the grand Morrow tradition, slaughtering the sacred cows of cloning, abortion, the value of philosophy, and even the place of ethics (if any?!?) in our overclocked, corporatized world. ...

Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity

30 reviews
Rebecca Goldstein

Schocken, 2006

This Book Is the Reason Why Books Exist
This book is the reason why books exist. So many books are either light reading with little reward, or too dense with endless little facts that leaves one feeling overwhelmed. Not so this book. I could tell by reading it what a fantastic philosophy professor this author must be. I learned so much by reading this book. It brought together so much of who I am as well as my interests, such ...

Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers

12 reviews
S.E. Frost

Anchor, 1962

Great!
Let's face it: For most of us understanding what ancient philosophers had to say has the same curiosity value as what was life was like in ancient Sumeria or just how do they manage to get all that white stuff inside a twinkie. In this regard this book on great philosophers is...well...great! In a short, accessible 274 pages Frost manages to take you all the way from the pre Socratics all ...

The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life

28 reviews
Jean-Francois Revel, Matthieu Ricard, ...

Schocken, 2000

Fantastic
I really enjoyed this book at various levels. First of all, as an intellectual exchange of views between father and son, both of whom are obviously very knowledgeable in their fields of expertise. Most of the conversations between them took place in Nepal, and some in northern France. Secondly, I enjoyed it as a means to elucidate some points of Buddhist epistemology and metaphysics. Matthieu did ...

Story of Philosophy (Touchstone Books)

79 reviews
Will Durant

Simon & Schuster, 1967

Adore this, but wish for the hardcover rare edition
This is the most sensitive look at philosophy I've ever read. Will Durant is brilliant-- and who wasn't touched by his heartfelt dedication to his wife at the beginning? I think what really set this book apart is Durant's inclusion of just enough biographical information of the philosophers to remind you that they were just people like you and me who happened to think deep, amazing things about ...

7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness: Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher

16 reviews
Jim Rohn

Three Rivers Press, 1996

Jim Rohn is a blooming genius!
I have read so many self-help books that are okay and even good, but they're all just pep-talks. This little book is absolutely riveting! After 6 pages, I was shocked, blown away, and had to stop reading and walk around to digest the simplicity and truthfulness of Mr. Rohn's ideas. This is not just another pep-talk. This book tells EXACTLY what to do to acheive your goals; broken all the way ...

Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (The University Center for Human Values Series)

12 reviews
Frans de Waal

Princeton University Press, 2006

Wonderful read; very well written.
This book was lent to me by a friend, and after reading I felt it necessary to purchase my own copy. I would have never made this choice, this text is completely outside my normal reading genres, but I'm very glad I did. Frans de Waal provides and extremely well written thesis on his views of morality in humans, his views are then analyzed by others, and closes with his response. I haven't read ...

William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism

15 reviews
Robert D. Richardson

Mariner Books, 2007

Don't Read This In Public.
Richardson's biographies of Thoreau and Emerson are two of the best books I've encountered in my life of voracious reading and this is one is just as wondrous. I cannot read any of these books in public, because they all make me want to weep and clutch my chest and shout, "At last! Everything has been revealed!" I wish I could explain why Richardson's biographies are different from anyone ...

All too Human

273 reviews
George Stephanopoulos

Back Bay Books, 2000

MY political education
The subtitle of this wonderful memoir taught me more about politics in 400 pages than I'd learned in 40 years. A diehard liberal and a political fanatic, someone whose views would normally make me sneer and scoff, Stephanopolous paints a picture of the stresses, ins-and-outs, spin, activities and the vital scope of the world inside the Oval Office. Every newsworthy event or program is canvassed ...

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