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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House
Random House
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The...
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
Ron Paul
Grand Central Publishing
Grand Central Publishing
This Much Is True: You Have Been Lied To. The government is expanding. Taxes are increasing. More senseless wars are being planned. Inflation is ballooning. Our basic freedoms are disappearing. The Founding Fathers didn't want any...
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The Art Of War
Sun Tzu
Filiquarian
Filiquarian
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and cilivzation have adapted...
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Penguin (Non-Classics)
This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born...
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Basic Books
Basic Books
Douglas Hofstadter’s book is concerned directly with the nature of “maps” or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can...
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The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Christopher Hitchens
Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great , a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi...
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The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
Jack Kornfield
Bantam
Bantam
You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom—and here is how to awaken them. In The Wise Heart , one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and...
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Thich Nhat Hanh
Bantam
Bantam
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure...
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The Power of Intention
Wayne W. Dyer
Hay House
Hay House
Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the...
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