The Examined Life

Reducere. When Theodore Dalrymple wrote The Examined Life, poking fun at modern man's excessive concern for his own health, he little thought that Covid-19 w...

James Harpur entered a boy's boarding school in the 1970s and survived to tell the tale. Powerful, poignant and humorous, the poems in The Examined...

Reducere. One of this century's most original philosophical thinkers, Nozick brilliantly renews Socrates's quest to uncover the life that is worth living. In...

Reducere. Award NameGuardian First Book AwardAward categoryFirst BookWe are all storytellers--we create stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not eno...

In these beautifully told cases we find compulsive liars, deceived spouses, violent children and delusional adults but we also find ourselves and i...

"Know thyself, " is inscribed in stone at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. For Socrates, "The unexamined life is not worth living." ...

DescriptionWhere the Horse Takes Wing, Madeline DeFrees' uncollected poems, published in her centennial year, afford a reader the unique opportunit...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Adam PhillipsIn a style that is writerly and audacious, Adam Phillips takes up a variety of seemingly ordinary subjects und...

Reducere. ``The unexamined life is not worth living, `` according to Socrates, but pursuing the examined life strikes many as daunting, unappealing and even ...

Reducere. Now published by Oxford University Press, the fifth edition of The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation teaches students how to...

The purpose of The Corporeal Turn is to document in a single text the impressive array of investigations possible with respect to the body and bodi...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription fr...

Revised expanded edition of a best-selling exposition of the cross of Christ

Reducere. The faith and character of Theodore Roosevelt are examined in context with his life and achievements in this biography.

The faith and character of Theodore Roosevelt are examined in context with his life and achievements in this biography.

Biography of England's most famous queen, viewed through the eyes of the women who influenced her life. Beginning with her mother and governesses, ...

George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century, here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people, places, and events...

Reducere. The first of two volumes on Christian life issues, Volume 1 focuses on subjects related to the beginning of the Christian life. It contains an expo...

Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017 Reinforce students' geographical unders...

Reducere. In The Romantic Movement, Alain de Botton explores the progress of a love affair from first meeting to breaking up, intercut with musings on the na...

Herbert von Karajan was one of the twentieth century's most prodigiously gifted performing artists. These, however, were only the starting point fo...

Reducere. DescriptionKoren. In the Wild. A collection of cartoons from The New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren, on country life, exurbanites, locals, and the ...

Reducere. Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclai...

Reducere. The ultimate destinies of our race - concerning also the nature of other worlds and states of existence differing from those of our present life - ...

Reducere. Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclai...

Reducere. The Spiritual Exercises often seem irrelevant or even destructive to many women's spirituality. This groundbreaking work reclaims the heart of the ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Art of Cross-Examination by Francis L. Wellman. Cross-Examination Handbook. Includes practical real life cross examination examples ...

A }Sunday Times{ bestseller and a Radio 4 Book of the Week, this reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding an...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen I was born, I weighed two pounds, three ounces. The doctor who examined me told my mother, "Congratulations, Mrs. Pryor, you have a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. D. Barker"Scary as hell " Editorial Review, Horror After Dark "Incredibly written, supremely creepy. I don't say this li...

Reducere. An introduction for students of astrology, this work covers the signs of the zodiac and uses key words in describing them. For example, with Gemini...

Life is one of our most basic concepts, and yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broade...

Reducere. DescriptionHonestly confronting your own life story requires the emotional maturity to discover a radical acceptance of yourself as you really are....

Reducere. DescriptionA visual biography of the great patron and collectorThis book offers a thorough visual biography of the life of Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1...

DescriptionA collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examin...

Reducere. MOUNTAIN MAFIA IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLACK HAND AND MAFIA in the Rocky Mountain region. It brings to life some of the more colorful leaders in ...

Reducere. MOUNTAIN MAFIA IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLACK HAND AND MAFIA in the Rocky Mountain region. It brings to life some of the more colorful leaders in ...

Reducere. The life and work of Sigmund Freud continue to fascinate general and professional readers alike. Joel Whitebook here presents the first major biogr...

Reducere. African Cosmology, Kemetic Science, Psychology Spirituality, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Social Thought/ What is the MerKaBa Energy Body of Light and ...

Reducere. Though mainly a prolific personal essayist, Naomi Beth Wakan admits that poetry in the form of haiku, tanka, and free verse has occupied a large pe...

Reducere. Yes, the bathtub! Don't let the title fool you though, this isn't a book about religion. It's about an all-American girl, living a life of self-ful...

Reducere. Embrace Each DayWe all want to live authentic, self-aware, and successful lives. How do we go about it? Where do we begin? In a daily map full of w...

Reducere. Thirty-five years after his death in Paris at age twenty-seven, Jim Morrison's iconic legend remains as powerful as ever, swathed in the mists of m...

Drawing on a wealth of archeological evidence, author Jon Manchip White presents a remarkably accurate picture of Egyptian life throughout dynastic...

Reducere. Charles Goodnight was a pioneer of the early range cattle industry--an opinionated and profane but energetic and well-liked rancher.Goodnight's sto...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat does prayer look like in contemporary America? With a welcoming tone and plainspoken diction, the forty poems in Hansen's collectio...

Reducere. An intimate portrait of Baldwin's mythic life. James Baldwin was one of the most incisive and influential American writers of the twentieth century...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ian StevensonCan anyone speak a language he or she has not learned normally, in childhood or later? Claims to have accompli...

Reducere. Happy, Joyous, and Free is the intensely personal, deeply intimate story of Juris S's journey from spiritual death to abundant life. Dr. S takes th...

Reducere. This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, ...

Reducere. DescriptionIs monotheism humankind's second worst idea? Would you really want to meet your dharmic partner? Does free will exist? Is the too much e...

Reducere. BRUCE LEE: MANDARIN SUPERSTAR In over 400 pages, this softback edition uncovers the life of the martial art icon between the years 1969 to 1971. Hi...

Reducere. George Matheson, a Scottish minister who spent decades in God's service, discusses how Jesus set an example for all Christians, and what living a g...

Reducere. Leonie Martin (1863-1941) was one of the five daughters of Zelie and Louis Martin, recently canonized saints by Pope Francis, and a sister of St. T...

How the French invented the barricade, and its symbolic impact on popular protests throughout historyIn the history of European revolutions, the ba...

Reducere. The life and music of the Malian music legend are examined through the eyes of those who knew him best. Compiled from both interviews and first han...

Reducere. Ministry is often examined in terms of who the minister is, not what the minister does. But the vocation to ministry must be understood as a call t...

DescriptionFrom popular TV correspondent and writer Mo Rocca, a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead peopl...

Reducere. DescriptionTim O'Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir, Dust to Dust bril...

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including syno...

DescriptionWhat can architects learn from anthropologists? This is the central question examined in Anthropology for Architects - a survey and expl...

Da Vinci's source of genius - Sigmund Freud examined Leonardo da Vinci. Sigmund Freud was the first to apply psychoanalysis to art. He choose for h...

Reducere. "I was not prone to drastic actions. I did not rush into the unknown. After fifteen years as a more or less effective lawyer, I approached decision...

From one of America's greatest men of letters, our sublime master of manners, comes his novel, Her Infinite Variety. Louis Auchincloss has been cal...

Reducere. The book starts with two monks secretly observing a group of tribal people in a forested mountain. It appeared that the jungle dwellers were talkin...

Reducere. DescriptionThis study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American women's community. Beginning with a reconstructive history o...

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Reducere. Most assumed Jason Carter lived a wonderful life. Remarkable wife. Amazing kids. And an oversized house close to the country club. But something re...

Reducere. Most assumed Jason Carter lived a wonderful life. Remarkable wife. Amazing kids. And an oversized house close to the country club. But something re...

Reducere. Ten percent of book profits will go to the Susan Angeline Collins Scholarship at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. Get ready to delve into a ...