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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 >
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The Republic
The Republic
Written by Plato
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ISBN: 9780345803696
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The Republic
The Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation
Written by Plato


Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $5.99

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote The Republic, his discussion of the nature and meaning of justice and of the ideal state and its ruler. All subsequent... Read more >
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Restoring Your Life Energy
Restoring Your Life Energy
Written by Waysun Liao
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ISBN: 9781590309964
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Restoring Your Life Energy
Simple Chi Gung Practices to Reduce Stress and Enhance Well-Being
Written by Waysun Liao


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $16.95

Poor diet, pollution, and the stresses of daily life all have a negative impact on our health and well-being; this program of simple movements and meditations taught by Master Waysun Liao, a renowned teacher of the Chinese movement arts of t’ai chi and chi gung, will restore both your body and... Read more >
The Spell of the Sensuous
The Spell of the Sensuous
Written by David Abram
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ISBN: 9780307830555
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $11.99

Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles... Read more >
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Bullspotting
Bullspotting
Written by Loren Collins
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ISBN: 9781616146344
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Bullspotting
Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation
Written by Loren Collins


Format: Trade Paperback, 267 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $19.00

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 >
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Perfect Clarity
Perfect Clarity
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang, Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9789627341697
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Perfect Clarity
A Tibetan Buddhist Anthology of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang
Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $18.95

Perfect Clarity is an anthology of essential writings on Mahamudra and Dzogchen for the student of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahamudra, a meditation practice focusing on the nature of mind, and Dzogchen, a body of teachings aimed at realizing the "great perfection" or natural, primordial state, are central to Vajrayana practitioners today.

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Perfect Clarity
A Tibetan Buddhist Anthology of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang
Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed


Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $18.95

Perfect Clarity is an anthology of essential writings on Mahamudra and Dzogchen for the student of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahamudra, a meditation practice focusing on the nature of mind, and Dzogchen, a body of teachings aimed at realizing the "great perfection" or natural, primordial state, are central to Vajrayana practitioners today.

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The Ecstasy of Influence
The Ecstasy of Influence
Written by Jonathan Lethem
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ISBN: 9780307744500
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The Ecstasy of Influence
Nonfictions, Etc.
Written by Jonathan Lethem


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.95

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year —Austin American-Statesman

Includes a new, previously uncollected piece: "My Internet"
 
In The Ecstasy of Influence, the incomparable Jonathan Lethem has compiled a career-spanning collection of occasional pieces—essays, memoir, liner notes, fiction, and criticism—which also doubles as a novelist’s...

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A Profound Mind
A Profound Mind
Written by H. H. the Dalai Lama, Afterword by Richard Gere, Edited by Nicholas Vreeland
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ISBN: 9780385514682
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A Profound Mind
Cultivating Wisdom in Everyday Life
Written by H. H. the Dalai Lama
Afterword by Richard Gere
Edited by Nicholas Vreeland


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $13.00

For the first time for general readers, the Dalai Lama presents a comprehensive overview of the most important teaching of Buddhism.
 
Perhaps the main difference between Buddhism and other religions is its understanding of our core identity.  The existence of the soul or self, which is central in different ways to Hinduism... Read more >
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The Rebel
The Rebel
Written by Albert Camus
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307827838
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The Rebel
An Essay on Man in Revolt
Written by Albert Camus


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $9.99

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the... Read more >
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Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness
Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness
Edited by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan
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ISBN: 9781583944882
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Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness
Liminal Zones, Psychic Science, and the Hidden Dimensions of the Mind
Edited by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $18.95

A diverse group of authors journey into the fringes of human consciousness, tackling psychic and paranormal phenomena, lucid dreaming, synchronistic encounters, and more. Collected from the online magazine Reality Sandwich, these essays explore regions of the mind often traversed by shamans, mystics, and visionary artists; adjacent and contiguous to our normal... Read more >
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Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness
Liminal Zones, Psychic Science, and the Hidden Dimensions of the Mind
Edited by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95

A diverse group of authors journey into the fringes of human consciousness, tackling psychic and paranormal phenomena, lucid dreaming, synchronistic encounters, and more. Collected from the online magazine Reality Sandwich, these essays explore regions of the mind often traversed by shamans, mystics, and visionary artists; adjacent and contiguous to our normal... Read more >
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Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
Written by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Translated by James Gentry and Erik Pema Kunsang
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9789627341680
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Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
The Treatise Entitled The Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita
Written by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
Translated by James Gentry and Erik Pema Kunsang


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $17.95

The Gateway to Knowledge is a condensation of the Tripitaka (the traditional term used to describe Buddhist canons of scriptures) and its accompanying commentaries by the Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche.

Consolidating the intent of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of textbooks, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche elucidates the... Read more >
The Essential Crazy Wisdom
The Essential Crazy Wisdom
Written by Wes Nisker
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ISBN: 9780307820426
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The Essential Crazy Wisdom

Written by Wes Nisker


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2012
Price: $9.99

Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover the madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers in the abridged, better-than-ever version of our best-selling cult classic. THE ESSENTIAL CRAZY WISDOM delivers the most significant, most lunatic, and most compelling insights of the ages. Scoop... Read more >
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Social and Political Philosophy
Social and Political Philosophy
Written by John Somerville and Ronald Santoni
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ISBN: 9780307826350
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Social and Political Philosophy
Readings From Plato to Gandhi
Written by John Somerville and Ronald Santoni


Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2012
Price: $11.99

An anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, Marx and Engels, Hitler, Gandhi, and others. Read more >
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El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)
El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)
Written by Sun Tzu, Translated by Thomas Cleary
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ISBN: 9781611800227
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El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)

Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary


Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95

Recopilado más de dos mil años atrás por un misterioso guerrero filósofo, El arte de la guerra sigue siendo, quizás, hoy en día, el libro de estrategia más prestigioso e influyente del mundo, estudiado en Asia por políticos modernos y ejecutivos con el mismo entusiasmo con el que fuera consultado en... Read more >
Breve historia de todas las cosas (A Brief History of Everything)
Breve historia de todas las cosas (A Brief History of Everything)
Written by Ken Wilber
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ISBN: 9781611800234
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Breve historia de todas las cosas (A Brief History of Everything)

Written by Ken Wilber


Format: Trade Paperback, 456 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $22.95

Breve historia de todas las cosas es una excursión extraordinaria a través del Kosmos. En un viaje para cortar el aliento, desde el Big Bang hasta el mundo postmoderno en que vivimos, Ken Wilber analiza el universo y nuestro lugar en él –y nos brinda una crónica accesible y entretenida de... Read more >
One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Written by Herbert Marcuse


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $21.00

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.


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Political Evil
Political Evil
Written by Alan Wolfe
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ISBN: 9780307473011
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Political Evil
What It Is and How to Combat It
Written by Alan Wolfe


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00

A timely, eye-opening examination of political evil, a concept widely misunderstood and desperately in need of clarification in our ever more chaotic world.

In an age of genocide, terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and torture, evil threatens us in ways radically different from tsunamis and financial panics. Nature unleashes its wrath and people rush... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two
Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two
Written by Richard Grossinger, Foreword by John Friedlander and Kenneth Warren
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583944844
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two
Consciousness in Psychospiritual and Psychic Ranges
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by John Friedlander and Kenneth Warren


Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $16.95

In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two
Consciousness in Psychospiritual and Psychic Ranges
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by John Friedlander and Kenneth Warren


Format: eBook, 472 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $13.95

In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
Written by Richard Grossinger, Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583944349
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $16.95

In books like Embryogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert


Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $13.95

In books like Embryogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based... Read more >
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Man's Place in Nature
Man's Place in Nature
Written by Thomas H. Huxley, Series edited by Stephen Jay Gould
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307824059
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Man's Place in Nature

Written by Thomas H. Huxley
Series edited by Stephen Jay Gould


Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2012
Price: $11.99

Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after Darwin’s The Origin... Read more >
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Empowering Public Wisdom
Empowering Public Wisdom
Written by Tom Atlee
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583945001
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Empowering Public Wisdom
A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics
Written by Tom Atlee


Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $14.95

Lifelong activist Tom Atlee proposes innovative ways to distill the wisdom of ordinary people in order to better guide public policy. In Empowering Public Wisdom, Atlee recognizes currently popular forms of progressive democracy advocates, such as citizen participation and voter education, but suggests that what is really needed is a re-thinking of the... Read more >
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