The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions25 reviews Huston Smith HarperOne, 1995 A Beautiful Book! + The Illus. World's Religions Guide to Our Wisdom Tradition + Excellent This is an excellent overview of the world's major religions, well researched and clearly written so that even a novice can understand. Lush photographs, color and black & white, appear on almost every page, illustrating interesting and unique specifics of each religion - i.e., gods, body ...             Basic Writings of Kant (Modern Library Classics)5 reviews Immanuel Kant Modern Library, 2001 Kant the philosophical revolutionary + An effective compilation, with all of the essays necessary for a basic understanding of Kant. + An Easy to Read Selection of Kant Writings + Good anthology.             American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. (Library of America)4 reviews Various Library of America, 1999 A review of American religious writing. + American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. + A useful and thought-provoking reference work. I bought this book with an interest in the literary form of the sermon and I was also interested in religion, although I may not call myself particularly religious. I was impressed with the degree of thought that the writers of these sermons gave to their subjects. If you are even slightly ...             Europe: A History100 reviews Norman Davies Harper Perennial, 1998 The WAR AND PEACE of histories + Pleasure to read, pleasure to disagree! + europe This is a huge, lovely chunk of a book. It's the best distillation of the truly overwhelming scope of European history written to date, rendered in a fluid narrative style that keeps your attention the way a Tolstoy novel does. Keep this in mind: It takes an enormous amount of time, skill, ego ...             The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics)11 reviews Aristotle Modern Library, 2001 Good collection of Aristotle + Excellent + "Basic" and enough for a solid reference and good overview After Plato, Aristotle is by far the greatest Athenian Greek Philosopher. A polymathic genius whose interests ranged from poetry to theology to astronomy, physics and biology, Aristotle systematized Western thought and laid down many of the basic rules for argument and rationality which still ...             The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Package 1: Volumes A and B2 reviews W. W. Norton, 2007 Cheaper than the University Bookstore + Jolly Good I havent even taken this book from it's packaging, but all I know for sure is that I paid far less on Amazon than I would have at the University Bookstore and that's all that needs to be said. I give this book 5 stars for that reason alone.             The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century ...9 reviews W. W. Norton, 2005 Wonderful... + Thanks + It's Required Needed item for school. 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These thinkers, arranged chronologically from past to present, include those who were involved in one of the following six fields: (1) philosophy (2) physical ...             On The Shoulders Of Giants16 reviews Stephen Hawking Running Press, 2003 A Promethean Bible + Now We Know why Geometry is Called the Queen of the Sciences + A Great Summary of Natural Philosophy "On the Shoulders of Giants" is a powerful book. It contains the seminal works of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein (translated into English) and thus, is an exhaustive account of their Promethean quest to see beyond the veil of appearance and into the hidden laws of the ...             God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History25 reviews Stephen Hawking Running Press, 2007 Forget the flaws. Enjoy it. + Great compendium + My son liked his Christmas gift + God Created the Integers             The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Package 2 (Volumes D, E, F): 1650 to the Present3 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 The Norton Anthology of World Literature Package 2 Vol D, E, F + Good Price + Good set of books...... My product was shipped fast and efficiently. Product was exactly as described and arrived in good condition.             Compton's Encyclopedia & Fact Index, 2002 (Compton's Encyclopedia, 2002)2 reviews Encyclopedia Britannica, Incorporated, 2002 VERY FINE, BUT AN INCH BELOW "BRITANNICA" With a total of eleven thousand pages, this set "Compton's Encyclopedia" has reached maturity. It is a versatile well-organized reference tool, which is getting better with each new edition. It is highly dependable, as well. 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Norton, 2001 Nice, broad, relevant, contemporary survey + Typically Norton--Mostly Good + Just some technical issues... + Incredulous Omissions + An essential textbook for literary theorists             The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition31 reviews William Shakespeare Heinle, 1996 great as a textbook, wonderful for personal use + Complete collection + The Riverside Shakespeare + Pleasantly Pleased + Great purchase!             The Norton Anthology of African American Literature15 reviews W. W. Norton, 2003 Excellent Canon + Excellent!! + great + Good Price and No Delays             From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The ...21 reviews Charles Darwin W. W. Norton, 2005 One of the books that changed my life. + Great collection, giant volume. + Fabolous + great book             The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud (Psychopathology of Everyday Life, the Interpretation of Dreams, and ...7 reviews Sigmund Freud Modern Library, 1995 Basic Writings of Freud by Brill + Book lives upto it's notariaty + A Good Introduction and Reference + Sigmund and soul. A myth to dream by.... + Review of Freud by an electrical engineer             The Marx-Engels Reader, Second Edition15 reviews Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels W. W. Norton, 1978 a pleasure to read + Caveat: + Great ebook: Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels + If you can only have one book on Marx + The Marxist Legacy: Not a Theory, but a set of tools