The Old Philosopher

Three men whose paths cross in the dark, who have come face to face with death, all have a journey in the history of religions. Will the questions ...

The Roman stoic philosopher and statesman's manifesto for a happy life based on old-age wisdom from the classical age.Publisher: Brolga Publishing ...

Pierre Emile Cornillier (1862 - 1933) was a French artist who had an interest in psychical research. One day in 1912, he noticed that Reine, an 18-...

Reducere. Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), philosopher, novelist, educator, and social activist had an imagination unlike that of any other figure in modernist li...

Reducere. In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues. His compelling ...

Reducere. The great Danish philosopher and religious thinker, Soren Kierkegaard, once wrote, "It is the sign of a good book when the book reads you." You hol...

Reducere. The Little Philosophers and The Hoo's of Truth is the second book in The Little Philosophers series. In this book, we meet up again with our two ki...

Reducere. Tom Tibbets takes a job at a small weekly newspaper in Portage, New Hampshire, and an apartment in the old Cooper Building, where the residents for...

Reducere. Select poems from the work of journalist, analyst and digital street philosopher Caitlin Johnstone. Show Me An Old RebelDo not show me a young rebe...

A critical history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict Eminent historian Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders, and shifting geopolitical ...

Reducere. Oftentimes the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by searching for them at the smallest scales. In Book of Days, beloved nature write...

Reducere. The Book of Wisdom is a short Greek magical text that survives in eight manuscripts, the earliest of which date to the 15th century. Although spuri...

Reducere. We've all heard the old adage: When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. But no one ever says how. Finally, with the inspiration of Plato and the ...

Reducere. Oftentimes the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by searching for them at the smallest scales. In Book of Days, beloved nature write...

New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formationAt the end of World War II, Albert Einstein was invited to write h...

Reducere. In this Book, though so very old, is contained more true knowledge of God and Nature, than in all the Books in the World besides, except only Sacre...

Reducere. Elle the Humanist is a beautifully illustrated book by nine-year-old Elle Harris, presenting humanist ideas and ethics in a way that's warm, welcom...

GENIUS MINDS: Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking - 2 Books in 1 Featuring*Albert Einstein*Stephen Hawking2 Great Books In 1 Albert EinsteinAlbert ...

Reducere. The present volume contains two curious documents concerning Dr. Dee, the eminent philosopher of Mortlake, now for the first time published from th...

Reducere. As a student of philosophy, I took interest in it. History was also a favorite study. I was an A student in English. I liked to read and write. Cre...

Reducere. With remarkable tenderness, John Bayley recreates his passionate love affair with Iris Murdoch--world-renowned writer and philosopher, and his wife...

Reducere. The award-winning author of Lens of the World "concludes what may be one of the best fantasy series of the decade" with her now elderly hero Nazhur...

Satish Kumar and his friend E.P. Menon embarked on an 8, 000-mile peace pilgrimage from India to Washington, from the grave of Mahatma Gandhi to th...

Pragmatism was America's first major contribution to philosophy, and it is an ideal rooted in the American ethos of no-nonsense solutions to real p...

Reducere. Tom Tibbets takes a job at a small weekly newspaper in Portage, New Hampshire, and an apartment in the old Cooper Building, where the residents for...

Reducere. In this Book, though so very old, is contained more true knowledge of God and Nature, than in all the Books in the World besides, except only Sacre...

Reducere. Young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, creates an intelligent but grotesque living creature in a fantastic scientific experiment. Written by 18 year...

DescriptionRenowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a...

Reducere. DescriptionTHE GREATEST BOXING COACH IN HISTORY'The Cus D'Amato Mind' teaches the principles and philosophies of the great trainer D'Amato, which t...

Reducere. National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson reflects on the joys of being a grandparent in this warm, inspiring collecti...

Her father was a man cloaked in mystery, a man of contradiction. James M. Eichelberger was a writer, philosopher, decorated WWII intelligence offic...

Reducere. "In a work that is both imaginative and ambitious, Belinda exploits very well the spiritual potential of the Old Testament. Her specialist knowledg...

A deeply informed, yet playful and ironic look at how the internet has changed human experience, memory, and our sense of self, and that belongs on...

Description"While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of history will do harm to the...

A bright star of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano was an internationally-sought-after astrologer, physician, and natural philosopher, a cr...

Reducere. DescriptionArun Gandhi was only twelve years old when his parents left him in the care of his grandfather. For Arun, the man was just another famil...

Reducere. Are there "natural laws" that govern the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves, just as there are physical laws that govern the motio...

Reducere. We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers or the cans on our shelves, but behind the story of food preservation is the history of c...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the second volume of his commentary on the gospel of Matthew, Peter Leithart presents a close study of Matthew 13 through 28, undersc...

Reducere. DescriptionPrincipal Doctrines & Letter to Menoeceus by Epicurus and translated by Robert Drew Hicks. Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who...

Reducere. We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.--Ralph Waldo Emerson, ""The American Scholar, "" 1837 F...

Reducere. The meaning of poetry and the sociological and political significance of art are dealt with in these letters. Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882-28...

Reducere. A side-splitting skewering of the sober world of STEMNo one is safe when humorist and cartoonist Tom Gauld directs his hilarious gaze to your profe...

"Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs, " declared Friedrich Nietzsche in this 1889 polemic. Forceful in his language ...

Reducere. Herein are contained the sardonic definitions published by Ambrose Bierce as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906; augmented, edited and republished by th...

Reducere. London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. Instead, he is shocked ...

Reducere. DescriptionIvan Ilyich, a high court judge, becomes seriously ill and faces a long and gruelling battle with death. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is mor...

Reducere. As human beings, we have one thing in common: we search all our lives for lasting happiness. YOUR WERE BORN FOR A REASON tells us that happiness ca...

Reducere. ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 9Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably cu...

The great 20th century Indian sage, Ramana Maharshi, has often been described as the very incarnation of non-dualism, or advaita, even though the H...

Reducere. DescriptionUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality b...

Reducere. DescriptionThus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel which mostly deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable ...

DescriptionThe Mountains of California is John Muir's tribute to the beauties of the Sierra, in the book form. When he came to California and final...

Reducere. What does Palpatine have to do with British philosopher Thomas Hobbes? Was the rise of the Empire a historical necessity? How much Nietzsche can yo...

Reducere. Discover the real sources of many of the traditions, beliefs, and techniques of modern Witchcraft And what author Raven Grimassi reveals in Heredit...

Reducere. DescriptionPlato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republ...

Reducere. Almost every hour of every day, people will try to change your mind -- and they don't want you to notice, because none of it consists in giving you...

Reducere. Description"Every family can have a garden." -Liberty Hyde BaileyFinally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influent...

DescriptionAn introduction to Welsh deities through traditional myths and practical exercises. Written by a practising witch, living in the heart o...

Reducere. "The Sages of Old Live Again in Us." With the aim of making the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius approachable for a contemporary reader, author M ric ...

DescriptionA Belletrist Book Club Pick When Nick Beron and Hannah Rampe decide to move from New York City to the tiny upstate town of Hibernia, the...

America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place...

Reducere. Written between 1873 and 1876, The "Untimely Meditations, " or "Thoughts out of Season" is a collection of four essays by famed philosopher Friedri...

Feuerbach's departure from the traditional philosophy of Hegel opened the door for generations of radical philosophical thought. His philosophy has...

Reducere. DescriptionAll the extant fragments of Herakleitos and a collection of Diogenes' words from various sources. Herakleitos' words, 2500 years old, us...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joe Nick PatoskiWillie Nelson has spent the last 30 years on that higher plane of celebrity where he signifies many things ...

'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher ...

Reducere. If you were looking for a philosopher likely to appeal to Americans, Friedrich Nietzsche would be far from your first choice. After all, in his bla...

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep ...

Tao Te Ching is the 2, 500 years old source to Taoism, written by the legendary Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu. In 81 short chapters, he presented the ...