Philosophy + Religion
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (NOTES): SWEET EVERYTHINGS FOR ALL THE LOVES IN YOUR LIFE
Written by Tabis, John
A parcel of personal, sweet moments told through the intimacy of real bouquet notes from real senders, delivered with The Bouqs Co.'s signature warmth and humor. When receiving flowers, one instantly reaches for the note tucked gently among the petals. Who is it from? What does it say? This anticipation is invariably met with joy.
ON BELONGING: FINDING CONNECTION IN AN AGE OF ISOLATION
Written by Samuel, Kim
In an age of social isolation, what does it mean to belong? Humanity is at an inflection point. Stress, disconnection, and increasing environmental degradation have people yearning for more than just material progress, personal freedom, or political stability. We are searching for deeper connection. We are longing to belong.
SICKNESS UNTO DEATH: A NEW TRANSLATION
Written by Kierkegaard, Søren
The "greatest psychologist of the spirit since St. Augustine" (Gregory R. Beabout), Soren Kierkegaard is renowned for such richly imagined philosophical works as Fear and Trembling and The Concept of Anxiety. Yet only The Sickness unto Death condenses his most essential ideas--on aesthetics, ethics, and religion--into a single volume.
DAODEJING
Written by Laozi
Grounded in a lifetime of research and interpretive work and informed by careful study of recent archeological discoveries of alternate versions of the text, Brook Ziporyn, one of the preeminent explicators of Eastern religions in English, brings us a revelatory new translation--and a radical reinterpretation--of the central text of Taoist thought.
YOU HAVE MORE INFLUENCE THAN YOU THINK: HOW WE UNDERESTIMATE OUR POWERS OF PERSUASION, AND WHY IT MATTERS
Written by Bohns, Vanessa
If you've ever felt ineffective, invisible, or inarticulate, chances are you weren't actually any of those things. Those feelings may instead have been the result of a lack of awareness we all seem to have for how our words, actions, and even our mere presence affect other people.
EVIL: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
Written by Russell, Luke
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes even the cynical and world-weary amongst us are taken aback. Sometimes we confront a crime so terrible, so horrendous, so deeply wrong, that we reach for the word 'evil'.
BUDDHIST MYTHS: COSMOLOGY, TALES AND LEGENDS
Written by Dougherty, Martin J
Buddhist Myths is an accessible, engaging, and highly informative exploration of the fascinating mythology underlying one of the world's oldest and most influential religions. Practiced today by more than 500 million adherents, Buddhism emerged from India between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ON DEATH AND DYING
Written by Lingpa, Karma
The classic text describing Tibetan Buddhist beliefs about death and the afterlife, presented in a high-quality, Chinese-bound format. First revealed by a Tibetan monk in the fourteeenth century, Bardo Thodol--known more commonly as The Tibetan Book of the Dead--describes the experience of human consciousness in the bardo, the interval between death and the next rebirth.
ART OF WAR
Written by Tzu, Sun
The Art of War, by the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written. This hardcover edition is packaged distinctively with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre.
ART OF LOGICAL THINKING: OR THE LAWS OF REASONING
Written by Atkinson, William Walker
The processes of Reasoning may be said to comprise four general stages or steps, as follows: I. Abstraction, by which is meant the process of drawing off and setting aside from an object, person or thing, a quality or attribute, and making of it a distinct object of thought. II. Generalization, by which is meant the process of forming Concepts or General Idea.