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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems 9 reviews
Fritjof Capra
Macmillan Audio, 1996
It is obne of the best ones
+ Truly Amazing!
+ Remarkable.
+ The Web of Life
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The Dhammapada 13 reviews
Parallax Press, 1995
Definitely one for the collection!
+ A Nice Translation
+ A wonderful, life changing book
+ The Dhammapada
+ Clear, Concise, Lovingly Translated
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Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death65 reviews
Raymond Moody
HarperOne, 2001
Very Interesting, a must read for everyone
+ Insightful
+ We Don't Die!
+ Good content
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life11 reviews
Erving Goffman
Anchor, 1959
A sociological classic
+ What happens when you appear in front of others
+ A justifiable classic - though not without its flaws
+ The Arts of Impression Management
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Freedom from the Known 45 reviews
Jiddu Krishnamurti
HarperOne, 1975
I thought I was open minded....
+ Eye Opening
+ Stunning in its freedom from conventional thought
+ True Living
+ Thought Provoking and Deep
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Einstein's Dreams208 reviews
Alan Lightman
Vintage, 2004
Einstein's Dreams
+ The poetry of time
+ How do you view time?
+ Thoughtful, Deep, Easy to Read
+ Mr. Physicist, meet Mr. Novelist ...
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The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics)28 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
A Good Source of English Bible History
+ A reasonably good choice for one's library
This reviewer got this surprisingly low priced edition of the King James Bible (KJV) because of historical interest and to win a friendly wager. A young lady who is Protestant and this reviewer discussed the KJV, and we agreed that based on the Epistle Dedacatory,dedicated to King James I of ...
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The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man13 reviews
Marshall McLuhan
University of Toronto Press, 1962
The orality/literacy debate and McLuhan's media theory
+ McLuhan's Most Difficult Book
+ 45 years ahead of its time!
+ Shooting probes
+ An Academic Read
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Cosmic Consciousness (A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind)1 review
Edited by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke
Book Jungle, 2007
Pioneer study of consciousness & spirituality
This book was one of the first to consider religious illumination from a psychological perspective. It differs from William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience in that many of Bucke's opinions (e.g. his views on socialism) have been refuted by history. In order to judge it objectively, ...
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Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science (Penguin Science)
Werner Heisenberg
Penguin Books Ltd, 1990
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Don Quixote82 reviews
Miguel De Cervantes
Harper Perennial, 2005
Purchase Audio CD for Guidall's Performance
+ GREAT!
+ Without discretion there can be no humor
+ Beyond windmills
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Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / ...14 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Library of America, 1983
The Most American Book of the Collection
+ Wonderful
+ A complete work of art
+ Poverty with Dignity
+ The philosopher of America
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The Brothers Karamazov107 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Dostoevsky's final major work...a masterpiece
+ Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ What a messed up family!
+ Understanding the Russian
+ Absolutely Stunning!
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The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United ...15 reviews
Octavio Paz
Grove Press, 1994
Well Done, Octavio Paz!
+ A beautiful book that belied by the truth
+ A man of electric intelligence
Looking at this book through a young American male, undergraduate student, double-majoring in Integrated Social Studies (Education) and History's eyes, this book was challenging to read. However, as I once read recently in an education text, "if anything is odd, inappropriate, confusing, or boring, ...
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)76 reviews
Christopher Alexander
Oxford University Press, USA, 1977
Not just for architects - good for software engineers too
+ Healing Our Industrial Age
+ Wonderful!
+ A Pattern Language
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Orality and Literacy (New Accents)9 reviews
Walter J. Ong
Routledge, 2002
Stop reading and listen to this!
+ Thought provoking, Challenging, Insightful
+ Understand how writing changes everything
+ Brilliant
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The Power of Myth129 reviews
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
Anchor, 1991
Resonates with the song of the universe deep inside us.
+ Thought-provoking
+ Outstanding
+ A fitting Introduction
+ "A Revolutionary Impact"
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind197 reviews
Dr Joseph Murphy
Wilder Publications, 2008
Exceptional Read
+ Power of the subconscious Mind
+ Always informative
+ Simply life changing
+ The Best Edition!
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The Iliad of Homer63 reviews
Homer
University Of Chicago Press, 1961
the iliad
+ Western literature starts here
+ The BEST Iliad
+ One of our first war novels
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The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events (A Seth Book)6 reviews
Seth, Jane Roberts
Amber-Allen Publishing, 1995
New to Seth? This book may perplex.
+ Stunning
+ why do things happen?
+ Enlightening, insightful and provocative.
+ The Individual Component of Mass Events
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