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  • Four Thousand Weeks

    Time Management for Mortals

    by Oliver Burkeman ...
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street JournalThe average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    by Matt Ridley ...
    “A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change—what Ridley calls ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • The Gulag Archipelago

    The Authorized Abridgement

    by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...
    “BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    50th Anniversary Edition

    by Shunryu Suzuki ...
    Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century (Spirituality & Practice)A 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity."In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition

    The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

    by Ryan Holiday ...
    An updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Obstacle Is the Way presents an infinitely elastic formula for turning our toughest trials into our greatest triumphs.Since bestselling author Ryan Holiday introduced Stoicism to the world with The Obstacle Is the Way in 2014, this simple but powerful philosophy for life has taken the world by storm. This brilliant ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Optimism over Despair

    On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change

    by Noam Chomsky, C. J. Polychroniou ...
    “From meditations on human nature to strategic advice for the Trump era, Chomsky remains the thinker who shaped a generation, a beacon of hope” (Sarah Jaffe, host of Belabored)This volume offers readers a concise and accessible introduction to the ideas of Noam Chomsky, described by the New York Time as “arguably the most important intellectual alive.”In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meditations

    A New Translation

    by Marcus Aurelius ...
    Translated by Gregory Hays ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.”—James Clear, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits“To me, this is the greatest book ever written. . . . It is the definitive text on self-discipline, personal ethics, humility, self ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • On Zen Practice

    Body, Breath, and Mind

    by Wendy Egyoku Nakao, John Daishin Buksbazen ...
    This updated landmark volume makes available for the first time in decades the teachings that were formative to a whole generation of American Zen teachers and students. Conceived as an overarching primer on the practice of Zen, chapters in this volume address every aspect of practice: beginning practice, shikantaza, chanting, sesshin, working with Mu, and the nature of koans.In the intervening ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Happiness Hypothesis

    Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

    by Jonathan Haidt ...
    The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our livesThe Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations—to question it in light of what we now know from scientific ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Hope in the Dark

    Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

    by Rebecca Solnit ...
    “[A] landmark book . . . Solnit illustrates how the uprisings that begin on the streets can upend the status quo and topple authoritarian regimes” (Vice).A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of activists at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us

    by Simon Critchley ...
    From the moderator of The New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone," a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go back to theater, to the stage of our livesTragedy presents a world of conflict and troubling emotion, a world where private and public lives collide and collapse. A world where morality is ambiguous and the powerful humiliate and destroy the powerless. A ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • Camping with Kierkegaard

    by J. Aaron Simmons ...
    In this book, Aaron Simmons takes us on a trip to the mountains to reflect on themeaning of life. In a world too often defined by a quest for "success" that leaves usempty, alone, and anxious, Simmons seeks "faithfulness" outdoors with thinkersand artists from Aristotle to Kierkegaard, Sartre to Anne Lamott, and KendrickLamar to Donovan Woods. Simmons invites us to rethink what it means to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Science

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Samir Okasha ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully 'objective'? What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science, and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these. Starting at the very ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Delphi Collected Works of Karl Marx (Illustrated)

    by Karl Marx, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 23 - Delphi Series Seven
    The revolutionary sociologist, Karl Marx worked in collaboration with Friedrich Engels, publishing various groundbreaking works, including the 1848 pamphlet ‘The Communist Manifesto’ — the most celebrated pamphlet in the history of the socialist movement. Their work has since influenced subsequent intellectual, economic and political history. This comprehensive eBook presents Marx’s collected ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Zwerge: Begegnungen und Erlebnisse mit dem Kleinen Volk

    by Annekatrin Puhle ...
    Seit Jahrtausenden hält sich in Märchen, Sagen und Überlieferungen das Wissen um die Existenz jener Naturgeister, die im Volksmund als das „Kleine Volk“ bezeichnet werden. Immer wieder gibt es Menschen, denen sie begegnen und die voller Erstaunen über ihr verborgenes Wirken berichten.Annekatrin Puhle hat dieses Wissen aus vielen Jahrhunderten zusammengetragen und damit die vollständigste Studie ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Zen Is Right Now

    More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    by Shunryu Suzuki ...
    **Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award WinnerIn this new collection of quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and stories from his students, the presence, wisdom, and humor of a great Zen teacher come alive once more.**The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Solidarity

    The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

    by Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Astra Taylor ...
    A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity—not just as a rallying cry, but as potent political movement with potential to effect lasting change.“A window into what is possible when we reject the politics of division, trade individualism for interconnectedness and prioritize coming together ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Zen Teaching of Huang Po

    On the Transmission of Mind

    by P'ei Hsiu, Huang Po ...
    Translated by John Blofeld ...
    This complete collection of teachings by the 9th century Zen Master has been an essential text in the study of Zen for centuries—now available in English.This translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang Po, the illustrious Chinese master of the Tang Dynasty, allows the Western reader to gain an understanding of Zen from the original source, one of the key ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psychedelics and the Soul

    A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair

    by Simon Yugler ...
    A mythological journey through 10 archetypes of psychedelic healing: ancient stories, tangible tools, and depth psychology insightsDesigned for a new generation of psychedelic facilitators and seekers, ***Psychedelics and the Soul***invokes the traditions of Jungian depth psychology, mythology, and Indigenous cultural wisdom to meet a critical question of our times: How can the emerging field of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists

    The Presocratics and Sophists

    Edited by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    These first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. This is a unique and invaluable collection of the works of the Presocratics and the Sophists. Waterfield brings together the works of these early thinkers with brilliant new translation and exceptional commentary. This is the ideal anthology for the student of this increasingly ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Dispersion of Power

    A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy

    by Samuel Ely Bagg ...
    The Dispersion of Power is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better. Drawing from history, social science, psychology, and critical theory, it explains why elections do not and cannot realize the classic ideal of popular rule, and why prevailing strategies of democratic reform often make things worse. Instead, ... Read more

    $103.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • The Paranormal Ranger

    A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained

    by Stanley Milford, Jr. ...
    *A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!*A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in NavajolandAs a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo, where shapeshifters roamed, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • How Not to Be Wrong

    The Power of Mathematical Thinking

    by Jordan Ellenberg ...
    **“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Imminent

    Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

    by Luis Elizondo ...
    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERINSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden secrets with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe.Luis “Lue” ... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD