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  • Existentialism For Beginners

    Series series For Beginners
    An illustrated overview of the philosophical movement, its influence on culture, and the key figures who lead the way.Existentialism For Beginners is an entertaining romp through the history of a philosophical movement that has had a broad and enduring influence on Western culture. From the middle of the Nineteenth Century through the late Twentieth Century, existentialism informed our politics ... Read more

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  • Dante For Beginners

    by Joe Lee ...
    Dante For Beginners takes the reader on a trip starting in hell and ending in heaven. The reader gets a quick introduction to Dante and his times. Next the reader meets a sweet lass named Beatrice and samples a bit of his other literary offerings such as the great feast the Convivio. But then it's on to the big one the Commedia and a canto by canto description of the entire work. Characters ideas ... Read more

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  • Greek Mythology For Beginners

    by Joe Lee ...
    Would there be a Western civilization without the Greek myths? Would we be able to define our civilization and ourselves without some reference to the grand violent and venal doings of those denizens of Mount Olympus?Greek Mythology For Beginners presents the pantheon – that immortal collection of rogues and heroes misfits and tyrants - and the stories about these deities and their dealings with ... Read more

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  • Climate Change For Beginners

    by Dean Goodwin ...
    Year after year science continually proves that global climate change is real. But what does it all really mean and what can or should we do about it?Climate Change For Beginners is a clear fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator who takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining the history of global climate monitoring and change and the whos hows whats whens wheres and whys of ... Read more

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  • C.S. Lewis For Beginners

    by Louis Markos ...
    C.S. Lewis For Beginners is a thorough examination of C. S. Lewis the greatest Christian apologist of the twentieth century throughout his career as an author and as a professor at Oxford University. A Christian apologist defends Christianity as a consistent and coherent worldview that squares with human reason history and desire. It offers answers to every facet of our lives on earth as well as ... Read more

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  • Zinn For Beginners

    Zinn For Beginners describes the life and work of the most vital historian of our time. Howard Zinn led a revolution in the writing of history by telling the story not from the standpoint of conquerors and rulers but from the side of the ordinary people who always bear the brunt of the ambitions of tyrants.Zinn tells the story of Columbus' discovery of America from the standpoint of the native ... Read more

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  • Shakespeare For Beginners

    Despite the reshifting of values that has affected every aspect of life in the 21st century William Shakespeare still stands as the greatest writer the English language has ever produced. Even so many people have never read him. If you have never read "the Bard"—or if you've tried and given up in frustration—you need Shakespeare For Beginners.Author Brandon Toropov opens with the observation that ... Read more

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  • Eastern Philosophy For Beginners

    by Jim Powell ...
    The spiritual rewards and intellectual challenges of Eastern Philosophy are revealed in this visually stunning book illustrated by Joe Lee and with 19th Century engravings.Eastern Philosophy is not an intellectual pursuit but one that involves one's entire being. Much of it is so deeply entwined with the non-intellectual art of meditation that the two are impossible to separate. In this accessible ... Read more

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  • Dada and Surrealism For Beginner

    What kind of artists put a mustache on the Mona Lisa? Enter a urinal in an art competition? Declare their own independent republic? Hijack a ship?Dadas!And what happens in such a movement? With Dada many of the artists declared their own "Pope" and continued their journey (with no destination) into Surrealism creating burning giraffes "amoebic" dogs and lobster telephones – some of the most ... Read more

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  • Postmodernism For Beginners

    by Jim Powell ...
    If you are like most people you're not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject it probably wouldn't tell you.Besides what a few grumpy critics claim Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crisis of our time – the failure of the Enlightenment.Jim Powell ... Read more

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  • Kerry's Fighting Story 1916 - 1921

    Told By The Men Who Made It With A Unique Pictorial Record of the Period

    Series series The Fighting Stories
    Almost a century ago a small body of men engaged in combat with the armed forces of an Empire. Militarily they were weak. Their strength lay in their faith in their cause and in the unflinching support of a civilian population which refused to be cowed by threats or by violence.This new edition of Kerry's Fighting Stories features stories and reports from every aspect of the conflict, from the ... Read more

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  • Deconstruction For Beginners

    by Jim Powell ...
    Deconstruction is so labyrinthine (and rumored to be fatal) that it's become the monster that murdered philosophy. When Jacques Derrida the father of deconstruction uses buzz-words such as "phallogocentrism" and "transcendental signified" humanities students and aspiring philosophers may get weak in the knees.Following up on the success of Derrida For Beginners Jim Powell's Deconstruction For ... Read more

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