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The Imitation of Christ

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas a. Kempis

Prose: non-fiction; Christianity; Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals

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Demonstrates the individual's reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of a life without faith, as well... [more]

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Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity

Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity

Leonidas Donskis, Zygmunt Bauman

Ethics & moral philosophy; Society & Social Sciences; Ethical issues & debates

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Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently... [more]

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The Freud Scenario

The Freud Scenario

Jean-Paul Sartre

Autobiography: general; Plays & playscripts; History: specific events & topics; Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)

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In 1958, John Huston asked Jean-Paul Sartre to write a script for a movie about Sigmund Freud. The Freud Scenario, found among... [more]

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European Aesthetics: A Critical Introduction from Kant to Derrida

European Aesthetics: A Critical Introduction from Kant to Derrida

Robert L. Wicks

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: aesthetics

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The definitive introduction to this key area of philosophy [more]

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Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary

Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary

Marina Warner

Biography: religious & spiritual; Literary studies: general; Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; The historical Jesus; Christian theology; Cultural studies; Popular culture; Feminism & feminist theory

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A polemical study about the most powerful divine woman in the history of the world. [more]

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What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present

What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present

Joanna Bourke

Social & cultural history; Philosophy; History of ideas

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* Always intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal [more]

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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape...

Jenna Miscavige Hill

Biography; Biography: general; Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects

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With unprecedented insider access into its inner world, the niece of the Church of Scientology's commander-in-chief tells... [more]

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Really Dangerous Ideas: What Does and Does Not Matter

Really Dangerous Ideas: What Does and Does Not Matter

Gary Johns

Religion & beliefs

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Inspired by Gerard Henderson's Media Watch, a book about “Really” Dangerous Ideas.
 
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Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George

Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George

Joseph McCullough

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends

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With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption... [more]

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Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

Neil Smith

Myth & legend told as fiction; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends

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Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a crew of legendary heroes, including Hercules, Orpheus,... [more]

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The Boxer and The Goal Keeper: Sartre versus Camus

The Boxer and The Goal Keeper: Sartre versus Camus

Andy Martin

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

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Existentialism meets the philosophy of the Absurd. They should have been a dream-team. It turned into a duel to the death.... [more]

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Signs Given That We Might Believe

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature

Richard Eldridge

Literary theory; Philosophy: aesthetics

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This volume contains twenty-three newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature... [more]

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Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

Elaine Pagels

Religion & beliefs; Christian theology; Politics & government

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A world-renowned scholar of religion and bestselling author of The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief, and Reading Judas explores... [more]

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Providence Provides: Brigidine Sisters in the NSW Province

Providence Provides: Brigidine Sisters in the NSW Province

Janice Garaty

History; Church history; Christian institutions & organisations

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Since the arrival of the first six Irish-born nuns in Coonamble in central west New South Wales in 1883, generations of Brigidine... [more]

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Pope Francis in His Own Words

Pope Francis in His Own Words

Julie Schwietert Collazo, Lisa Rogak

Religion & beliefs; Christian Churches & denominations

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How to Read a Graveyard: Journeys in the Company of the Dead

How to Read a Graveyard: Journeys in the Company of the Dead

Peter Stanford

Social & cultural history; Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; History of religion; Sociology: death & dying

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Death is the one certainty in life, yet, with the decline of religion in the West, we have become collectively reluctant to... [more]

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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind

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From the simplest forms (a single word, category, or phrase) to infinitely complex constructions (an idiom, or proverb, or... [more]

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Word and Object

Word and Object

Willard Van Orman Quine

Philosophy; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism

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Willard Van Orman Quine begins this influential work by declaring, Language is a social art. In acquiring it we have to depend... [more]

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Plato for Everyone

Plato for Everyone

Aviezer Tucker

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Popular philosophy

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Five of Plato's most famous dialogues rewritten as accessible and entertaining short stories with a modern setting. How do... [more]

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Aristotle's Politics

Aristotle's Politics

Aristotle

Anthologies (non-poetry); Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

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Presents an account of the author's life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his writings... [more]

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Modes of Creativity: Philosophical Perspectives

Modes of Creativity: Philosophical Perspectives

Irving Singer

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

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Philosophical reflections on creativity in science, humanities, and human experience as a whole. [more]

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Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

Daniel C. Dennett, Matthew M. Hurley, Reginald B. Adams

Social & political philosophy; Psychology; Drug-induced states

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An evolutionary and cognitive account of the addictive mind candy that is humor. [more]

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The New Science of the Mind: From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology

The New Science of the Mind: From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology...

Mark Rowlands

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Drug-induced states

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An investigation into the conceptual foundations of a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate all cognition... [more]

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Being Protestant in Reformation Britain

Being Protestant in Reformation Britain

Alec Ryrie

History; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Protestantism & Protestant Churches

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The first comprehensive account of what it actually meant to live a Protestant life in England and Scotland between c. 1530-1640.... [more]

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