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Atomic Habits
by James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change,... Read more about this item
If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change,... Read more about this item
12 Rules For Life
by Jordan B Peterson
Jordan Peterson has become one of the world’s most electrifying and influential public thinkers, with his lectures on topics ranging from the Bible to mythology to romantic relationships capturing audiences of tens of millions. His startling message about the value of personal responsibility and the search for meaning has resonated powerfully around the world.
In this book, he combines the hard-won truths of ancient wisdom with decades of clinical experience to provide twelve profound and practical... Read more about this item
In this book, he combines the hard-won truths of ancient wisdom with decades of clinical experience to provide twelve profound and practical... Read more about this item
Peace Is Every Step
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace....
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The Teachings Of Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his master’s thesis in the school of anthropology. It reportedly documents the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1965.
Your Body Knows the Answer
by David I Rome
DAVID I. ROME is a certified Focusing Trainer who has brought Focusing together with Buddhist mindfulness-awareness practices in workshops in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He began practicing Buddhism in 1971 and served for nine years as private secretary to the Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. David played a leadership role in the early development of Shambhala International and Naropa University and was one of the first teachers in the Shambhala Training program. He has...
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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R Covey
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. It has sold over 15 million copies in 38 languages since first publication, which was marked by the release of a 15th anniversary edition in 2004. The book lists seven principles that, if established as habits, are supposed to help a person achieve true interdependent effectiveness.
Modern Philosophy Books & Ephemera
STRAIGHT and CROOKED THINKING
by THOULESS, ROBERT
All pages tanned uniformly. A small but very important book. Covered in adhesive plastic.
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£8.48
Mathematics for Human Flourishing
by Su, Francis
No significant wear to book or jacket. A philosophical look at life as it relates to math and math as it relates to life. With puzzles! A rather scarce book.
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£20.24
Spinoza's Critique of Religion
by Leo Strauss
Paperback / softback. New. In this text Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza's scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible.
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£34.79
The Need for Roots
by Weil, Simone
Very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased, although faded. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. What appears to be price sticker residue on the center of the rear cover. Owner's name embossed on the title page. Originally published in Paris in 1949. This edition is fairly scarce.
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£15.99
Parapolitics
by Iyer, Raghavan
Little wear. Blue fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A former library book, so there is some sticker residue in places and a few sharpie-covered library stamps.
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£21.45
Totemism
by Claude Levi-Strauss; (Rodney Needham, trans.)
Boston: Beacon Press, 1963. Paperback. Very Good. First English translation, by Rodney Needham. Softcover 8vo, 116pp. A nice, tight copy with some shelfwear soil to the rear wrap. Bookseller's pencil on the first blank; else unmarked.
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£4.86
WALK WITH A WHITE BUSHMAN
by VAN DER POST, LAURENCE
All pages yellowing uniformly; unmarked.
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£8.48
MINORITY REPORT
by MENCKEN, H L
Book has had top edge re-coloured; pages slightly yellowed. 432 observations on life, morals and man. Covered in plastic.
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£13.78
Philosophy and Living
by Blumenau, Ralph
Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic. 2003. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 630 pages. Brings out the bearing that thinkers of the past have had on the way we live now and the social and ethical problems that we face. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£21.16
THE TREASURED WRITINGS of KAHLIL GIBRAN,
by GIBRAN, KAHLIL
Dj is faded on spine. Appears unread. Please expect extra postage out of S Africa
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£15.90
ADVENTURE CAPITALIST
by ROGERS, JIM
18 pp b&w photog plates plus numerous b&w text photos. Much more than a travel book.
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£8.99
QUESTIONING the MILLENNIUM
by GOULD, STEPHEN JAY
A previous owner's name has been lifted off. B&w prints in text. Covered in plastic.
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£8.48
ALGORITHMS
by CORMEN, THOMAS H. , Leiserson, Charles E., Rivest, Ronald
Corners slightly bent. Diagrams, Tables, Mathematical Formulae. If you are able to collect the book, a discount will be negotiated. Please expect extra postage out of S Africa.
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£21.20
Outline of Philosophy, Part II
by Shaw, Charles Gray
If you have part of this series, here's a chance to add to it. Or start a new collection. This is Volume six of ten of Funk & Wagnall's Pocket Library of the World's Essential Knowledge. Red fabric cover shows minimal wear at the corners and edges, and the gilt on the spine still shines. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. I have other volumes of this set, so buy more and save postage.
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£4.45
SOUTH AFRICA : THE NEW REVOLUTION
by CALDWELL, DON
Clean and well bound. No annotations or markings. Might have been read but very carefully; pages slightly yellowing. A compelling read.
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£8.48
Teddy Bear Philosophy
by Schwartz, Susan E
Book shows very little wear. The dust jacket, which is some sort of velour-like paper (the teddy bears you see in the photos are printed on the book covers and show through the dust jacket), has a few wrinkles and a tiny tear in the top left quadrant of the front cover. A collection of thoughts and vignettes accompanied by many photographs of people with teddy bears. (It seems that the author can hear her teddy bears talk.)
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£4.65
Process and Reality
by Whitehead, Alfred North
Large trade paperback. A little wear at the corners and not much else. The spine is square and creaseless, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally pubished in 1929. Edited by David Ray Griffin and Donald W. Sherburne. Consists of a series of lectures.
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£13.76
THIS MEANS THIS,THIS MEANS THAT:
by HALL, SEAN
London.: King Publishers., 2007. Front lower cnr & lower edge bumped. 176pp, b&w and some col photos, charts. Semiotics is the theory of signs. Signs are amazingly diverse: from simple road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns us of fire, to the culturally-conditioned symbols buried within art and literature. A book to make you think about meaning. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good/None. 260x16p8mm.
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£9.96
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 3. Third quarter, 1975.
by Angelo Biondi (ed.); George Prince; Robert Hohn; Stan Bennett; Susan Stievater, et al
Softcover 8vo, 221pp. 1" loss to the spine tail, some discoloration to wrappers. Contents clean and unmarked. Unstated, but from the library of space art pioneer Lowry Burgess.
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£14.57
HANDBOOK FOR PRECLEARS
by HUBBARD, L RON
The dj has suffered insect damage - 5 pieces nibbled - largest 10x3mm, smallest 1x0.5mm now repaired on verso. The book likewise has 3 nibbles but largest 2x2 and smallest 0.5x0.5mm. The book is unread; 423pp incl index; 1p ads, fold-out chart; Appendix and Glossaries: 3 dentelles. Please expect possible extra postage. This is a large book with large type.
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£7.25
![An Appeal to Matter of Fact & Common Sense: Or a Rational Demonstration of Man's Corrupt and Lost Estate [with] "To Such As Inquire, What Must We Do to Be Saved?"](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/605/811/1427811605.0.b.jpg)
An Appeal to Matter of Fact & Common Sense: Or a Rational Demonstration of Man's Corrupt and Lost Estate [with] "To Such As Inquire, What Must We Do to Be Saved?"
by Fletcher, John
New York: Mason & Lane, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good +. Full leather tree calf binding with red gilt spine label, 214pp + 74pp "To Such As Inquire, What Must We Do to Be Saved?" Very Good+ with darkening to front board and light scuffing to the exterior. Interior lightly foxed but remains bright and crisp.
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£48.57
Critique of Pure Reason
by Kant, Immanuel
Large trade paperback. Little wear. The front right corners are bent a little, as are the first few pages that follow. The spine is square and creaseless. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This is the "unified edition", "with all variants from the 1781 and 1787 editions". This hefty book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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£25.90
UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHERS
by HAWORTH, ALAN
Highlighting and Underlining. Ink blots on the fore-edge.
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£10.43
DIE GROOT GEDAGTE
by JOUBERT, GIDEON
Front corners very slightly bent. Vorige einaar se van verwyderd.
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£12.72
