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Up from slavery: an autobiography
Par Booker T Washington. 1965
The pocket Aristotle: selections from psychology, physics, politics, Nicomachean ethics, metaphysics and poetics
Par Aristotle, Justin D Kaplan. 1958
Selections from the writings and lectures of the Greek philosopher and scientist, pupil of Plato, and teacher of Alexander the…
Great. The thoughts that Aristotle expounded more than three centuries B.C. continue to be considered a wellspring from which great minds draw wisdom. 1958.Tottering in my garden: a gardener's memoir with notes for the novice
Par Midge Ellis Keeble. 1988
The second sex
Par Simone De Beauvoir, H. M Parshley. 1952
The "Tao Te Ching" is one of two books which set forth the beliefs of Taoism, a philosophy that began…
in China in the 3rd century. The extended introduction which accompanies this translation reveals what the book meant when it was first written. 1958. Uniform title: Tao te ching.The way of Zen
Par Alan Watts. 1957
The prince: a revised translation, backgrounds, interpretations, marginalia
Par Niccolò Machiavelli, Robert M Adams. 1977
A sixteenth-century minor politician wrote this guide to the acquisition, use, and maintenance of political power. "Backgrounds" draws on the…
author's other writings to put this noted Italian in historical perspective. "Interpretations" is a selection of eight scholarly essays on The Prince. "Marginalia" consists of eight diverse selections related to both the author and the work. 1992, c1977.The European philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche
Par Monroe C Beardsley. 1988
Presents the major ideas of twelve Western philosophers, beginning with Descartes in the early seventeenth century. Beardsley, acting as something…
like a chairman of this panel of thinkers, excerpts substantial portions from their major writings, as well as appropriate shorter passages for amplification, to show the participants' unique approach to problems. 1988, 1960.The hero's journey: the world of Joseph Campbell : Joseph Campbell on his life and work
Par Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, Stuart L Brown. 1990
Follows Campbell's life, from his Catholic childhood to his years in Paris and Munich and teaching at Sarah Lawrence College…
in New York, while tracing his lifelong interest in the similarities between art, religion, mythology, psychology and literature. Companion volume to the film "Hero with a thousand faces". 1990.The new world (A history of the English-speaking peoples ; #2)
Par Winston Churchill. 1956
Covers the reign of King Henry VIII and his break with Rome, the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, the victory…
of Cromwell and the Revolution of 1688. Sequel to "The Birth of Britain" (DC07574). Followed by "The age of revolution" (DC07692). c1956. (A history of the English-speaking peoples ; 2)The Birth of Britain (A history of the English-speaking peoples ; #1)
Par Winston Churchill. 1956
Traces the history of England from its subjugation as a Roman province through the invasions by Vikings and Normans to…
the War of the Roses and the founding of the powerful Tudor monarchy in 1485. 1956. (A history of the English-speaking peoples ; 1)The lessons of history
Par Will Durant, Ariel Durant. 1968
A brief postscript to the authors' monumental ten-volume "Story of civilization." They conclude that the phenomenon of human progress is…
real, in the sense that each generation is born to a heritage richer than that received by its predecessors. 1968.The essays, or, Counsels, civil and moral, and Wisdom of the ancients
Par Francis Bacon. 1883
The Communist manifesto (Crofts classics)
Par Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx. 1955
Political and economic theory of social organization, first published in 1848 as the platform of the Communist League. Anticapitalist work…
based on collective government ownership and democratic management of production and distribution of goods. 1955. (Crofts classics) Uniform title: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei.The birds
Par Aristophanes. 1961
A Greek comedy featuring two fugitives from Athenian taxation and litigation, who persuade the birds to found a city in…
the clouds, Cloud-Cuckoo Land. In time, utopia under bird rule exists. First performed in 414 BCE. 1961.Shared values for a troubled world: conversations with men and women of conscience
Par Rushworth M Kidder. 1994
The author interviewed twenty-four distinguished individuals from diverse backgrounds, asking each to respond to a question about global ethics. From…
all the interviews, eight common values emerge: love, truthfulness, fairness, freedom, unity, tolerance, responsibility, and respect for life. 1994.Roughing it in the bush: or, Forest life in Canada
Par Susanna Moodie. 1962
Quick & easy indoor topiary: crafting and decorating with nature
Par Chris Jones. 1998
A guide to growing and shaping plants into beautiful indoor sculptures. Covers the mechanics of "nonplant backbone," plant basics, and…
techniques for making the suggested designs or developing one's own creations. 1998.Political philosophy: a very short introduction
Par David Miller. 2003
Introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality.…
Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about the leading political questions of our time. 2003.Plato's Republic
Par Plato. 1974
The ten books making up The Republic, though ostensibly about justice, actually contain the bulk of Plato's philosophies. He expounds…
his theories using a Socratic dialogue, with each new question acting as a springboard to the further investigation of ideas. Textbook format. Originally written in 360 B.C.E. 1974. Uniform title: Republic.