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  • The Ethics of Business

    A Concise Introduction

    by Al Gini, Alexei Marcoux ...
    Series series Elements of Philosophy
    In a field dominated by books that focus exclusively on the perspective of business in large corporations or that assume that business has a moral deficiency in need of reform, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux offers students and business people alike a concise guide to what everyone ought to do when doing business. Where other books are organized topically, Gini and Marcoux look at the moral features ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Seeking the Truth of Things

    by Al Gini ...
    Far too many people think philosophy is an intellectual exercise that is beyond them, over their heads, or an intellectual waste of time. In Seeking the Truth of Things, Gini attempts to reestablish philosophy at the center and not the periphery of the public square by relating bits of wisdom that are both manageable yet imaginative and flavorful enough to entice and satisfy readers without ever ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Job, My Self

    Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual

    by Al Gini ...
    In My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers and employees, and his own experiences and memories, to explore why we work, how our work affects us, and what we will become as a nation of workers. My Job, My Self speaks to every employed person who has yet to understand the costs and challenges of a lifetime of labor. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Importance of Being Lazy

    In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation

    by Al Gini ...
    Drawing upon in-depth case studies of vacation habits and the observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists such as Aristotle, Mark Twain and Thorstein Veblen, Al Gini argues why vacations are so venerated and why 'doing nothing' is a fundamental human necessity.From shopping sprees and extreme sports to the ultimate vacation - retirement - The Importance of Being lazy demonstrates that ... Read more

    Was $52.99 USD Now $46.99 USD

  • The Value of Time and Leisure in a World of Work

    by Al Gini, Charles Guignon, Annette Holba, Marcia Homiak, Mike W. Martin, Valerie Tiberius, Kevin Aho, Robert Audi, Peter A. French ...
    It is a platitude that most people, as they say, 'work to live' rather than 'live to work.' And in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, work weeks have expanded and the divide between work time and personal time has significantly blurred due to innovations in such things as electronic communications. Concerns over the value of work in our lives, as well as with the balance or use ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The Sanity of Satire

    Surviving Politics One Joke at a Time

    by Al Gini, Abraham Singer ...
    Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and our collective sense of self. Satire is confrontational. It’s about pushback, dissent, discord, disappointment, and demonstrating the absurdity of the status quo. This book is an attempt to explore how these aspects of satire help secure our sanity.Aristotle famously said that humans are ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • 10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders

    Leadership and Character

    by Al Gini, Ronald M. Green ...
    Series Book 5 - Foundations of Business Ethics
    What makes a good leader? Ten leaders, ten key virtuesThis readable distillation of the core common features of successful leaders shows how an individual's character, and especially their virtue, is the defining factor. Without these ten vital virtues, leadership becomes "misleadership." The authors, both renowned business ethicists, combine theory with fascinating biographical detail on ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

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    What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

    by William Strauss, Neil Howe ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe.“One of the best efforts to give us an integrated vision of where we are going.”—The Wall Street JournalFirst ... Read more

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  • Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated

    The Collapse and Revival of American Community

    by Robert D. Putnam ...
    Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Excellent Sheep

    The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

    by William Deresiewicz ...
    A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People).As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Vanishing American Adult

    Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

    by Ben Sasse ...
    A Clarion Call to Save America's Future by Empowering the Next GenerationIn The Vanishing American Adult, Senator Ben Sasse warns of an existential threat facing America. A generation of young people, raised by overprotective parents and coddled by misguided government programs, is ill-equipped to survive in today's highly-competitive global economy.Core coming-of-age experiences like learning the ... Read more

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  • In Defense of a Liberal Education

    by Fareed Zakaria ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition.**The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While ... Read more

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