Putting Philosophy to Work
Inquiry and Its Place in Culture -- Essays on Science, Religion, Law, Literature, and Life (Expanded Edition)
Written by Susan Haack

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99

This engaging and wide-ranging collection of essays is informed and unified by the conviction that philosophy can, and should, engage with real-world issues. Susan Haack's keen analytical skills and well-chosen illustrations illuminate a diverse range of cultural questions; and her direct style and wry sense of humor make complex ideas and... Read more >

Understanding a Course in Miracles
The History, Message, and Legacy of a Spiritual Path for Today
Written by D. Patrick Miller
Foreword by Iyanla Vanzant

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2011
Price: $11.99

This comprehensive introduction to the grassroots phenomenon A Course in Miracles covers the book's role in America's changing spiritual landscape, investigates its origins and history, and explains its principal tenets and philosophies. Weaving together extensive research and student perspectives, journalist D. Patrick Miller sheds light on the provocative and oft-misunderstood text... Read more >

Irrational Man
A Study in Existential Philosophy
Written by William Barrett

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $11.99

Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist Philosophy, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett discusses the views of 19th and 20th century existentialists Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre and interprets the impact of their thinking on literature, art, and philosophy.


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The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2
The Use of Pleasure
Written by Michel Foucault

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2012
Price: $11.99

In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis of how the ancient Greeks perceived sexuality.

Throughout The Uses of Pleasure Foucault analyzes an irresistible array of ancient Greek texts on eroticism as he tries to answer... Read more >

Crooked Cucumber
The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
Written by David Chadwick

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2011
Price: $16.99

Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.  This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West.  To make up his intimate and engrossing narrative, David... Read more >

Yoga: Discipline of Freedom
The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali
Written by Barbara Miller

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $13.99

Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms. It is the core text for any study of meditative practice, revered for centuries for its brilliant analysis of mental states and of... Read more >

Bullspotting
Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation
Written by Loren Collins

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $11.99

At a time when average citizens are bombarded with false information every day, this entertaining book will prove to be not only a great read but also an indispensable resource. Birthers. Truthers. Moon hoaxers. Antivaxxers. Holocaust deniers. Young Earth creationists. These are just a few of the purveyors of misinformation who... Read more >

All the World an Icon
Henry Corbin and the Angelic Function of Beings
Written by Tom Cheetham

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $14.95

All the World an Icon is the fourth book in an informal "quartet" of works by Tom Cheetham on the spirituality of Henry Corbin, a major twentieth-century scholar of Sufism and colleague of C. G. Jung, whose influence on contemporary religion and the humanities is beginning to become clear. Cheetham's books... Read more >

Grace Unfolding
Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching
Written by Greg Johanson and Ronald S. Kurtz

Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $9.99

A sensible and compassionate book that will help those involved in any form of therapy make the best possible use of their time, effort, and money. "A fascinating blend of Eastern spirituality, Western psychotherapy, feminist consciousness, and real caring."--Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade 35 black-and-white photographs.


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Quintessential Dzogchen
Confusion Dawns as Wisdom
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $17.99

This hands-on guidebook adapts the Dzogchen path for the modern student while adhering to traditional principles. The book is based on the direct, accessible style of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and offers a thorough grounding in how to study, contemplate, and meditate in this rich spiritual environment. Guided by an introductory teaching... Read more >