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An Archaeology of Human Sciences
Written by Michel Foucault
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 18, 2012
Price: $12.99
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Inversions of Apocalypse
Written by Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $19.95
A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjévic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in fresh ways using the tools of Hegelian... Read more >
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Inversions of Apocalypse
Written by Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $19.95
A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjevic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in fresh ways using the tools of Hegelian... Read more >
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Montaigne and Being in Touch with Life
Written by Saul Frampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $15.95
A celebration of Montaigne, the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers.
In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his château to brood on the deaths of his best friend, his father, his brother, and...
The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
Edited by Richard Whelan
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2012
Price: $9.99
A finely honed abridgement of Emerson's principal essays with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers. Read more >
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Letters of Zen Master Hakuin
Written by Haukin
Translated by Norman Waddell
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1769) is one of the most influential figures in Zen Buddhism. He revitalized the Rinzai Zen tradition (which emphasizes the use of koans, or unanswerable questions, in meditation practice), and all masters of that school today trace their lineage back through him. He is responsible for the most famous... Read more >
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Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
His...
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Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $11.99
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
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What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive
Written by Brian Christian
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $15.00
Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to determine if a computer can “think.” The machine that most often fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there is also a prize, strange and intriguing...
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A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $26.95
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important...
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A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $11.99
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important...
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Constructing the Conscious Brain
Written by Antonio Damasio
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $15.95
A leading neuroscientist explores with authority, with imagination, and with unparalleled mastery how the brain constructs the mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious.
Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years researching and and revealing how the brain works. Here, in his most ambitious and stunning work yet, he...
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Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book...
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Written by Simone de Beauvoir
Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier
Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2012
Price: $15.99
Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir’s masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of “woman,” and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness. This long-awaited new edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English...
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Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
Written by Bettany Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $17.95
From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling élan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of classical Athens.
We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did; in his unwavering commitment to truth and... Read more >
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Edited by Thomas Cleary
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $14.00
Founded by Bodhidharma centuries ago in China, Zen and its teachings have since spread widely, exerting a tremendous cultural influence not only across Asia, but also the modern West. To this day, Zen inspires young and old, from all walks of life, to see the world with fresh eyes—beyond our usual... Read more >
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Written by J. Q. Kansil
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $18.00
"Where did everything come from, Opa? I mean the stars, the planets, and life on Earth. What are the origins of the Universe?"
So begins this charming cross-generational dialogue featuring Quintana, a curious young girl, and Albert, her wise and worldly octogenarian godfather, whom she calls Opa (Grandfather). In an engaging give-and-take... Read more >
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A Treatise Hegel Never Wrote
Written by Clark Butler
Format: Trade Paperback, 276 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $39.00
Most people, if they have heard anything about Hegel, associate him with the "dialectical method" he claimed to use. The associated "Hegelian dialectic" is often cavalierly explained as thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. Yet, in fact, Hegel never wrote any substantial account of dialectical logic or dialectical method. This book reopens the... Read more >
Lamp of Mahamudra and The Heart of the Matter
Written by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $17.95
Tsele Natsok Rangdröl is renowned in the Kagyü and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism for his brilliant scholarship, profound exposition, and meditative accomplishment. Comprised of two of his most important texts, this collection presents four essential Buddhist strands of philosophical viewpoint and meditation technique: the teachings of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of... Read more >
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 >
A Collection of Miscellaneous Aspects of Development and Completion
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
Foreword by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $20.00
Saturated with direct, pithy instructions, Rainbow Painting presents the very quintessence of the Buddhist Spiritual approach through the authentic personal experience of one of the greatest living meditation masters.Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche expresses what he himself has undergone, instructing us in a complete manner of training. To attain enlightenment we must experience... Read more >
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
Foreword by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Format: eBook, 168 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $14.00
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche spent many years in retreat, assimilating the teachings within his experience. He spoke with humor and true understanding, expressing plainly and simply what he himself had undergone. Consequently, his teachings are uniquely accessible, with a powerfully beneficial impact on those who hear or read his words. This book... Read more >
The Path of the Compassionate Warrior
Written by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $16.95
From 2005 to 2007, teacher Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche gave classes on Buddhist scholar Shantideva’s The Way of the Boddhisattva at a noted retreat center in Northern California. His commentaries revealed such a deep understanding that practitioner Marcia Binder Schmidt decided to collect them for other students of Buddhism as an independent... Read more >
Written by URGYEN, TULKU, RINPOCHE
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 6, 2011
Price: $20.00
The teachings presented in As It Is, Volume I are primarily selected from talks given by the Dzogchen master, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, in 1994 and 1995, during the last two years of his life. The unambiguous Buddhist perception of reality is transmitted in profound, simple language by one of the foremost... Read more >
Written by URGYEN, TULKU, RINPOCHE
Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 6, 2011
Price: $22.95
The teachings presented in As It Is, Volume II are primarily selected from talks given by the Dzogchen master, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, in 1994 and 1995, during the last two years of his life. The unambiguous Buddhist perception of reality is transmitted in profound, simple language by one of the foremost... Read more >
