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John Oakes

The Fast

"An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting-an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today-perfect f…

Vienna Blood Season 2 (UK Import)

1900s Vienna, a hotbed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas collide in the city's grand cafes and opera houses. Max Liebermann is a brilliant young English doctor and studen…

Stephen Mulhall

The Ascetic Ideal

Stephen Mulhall traces the development of an ideal of asceticism through Western culture. He shows how influential this self-denying attitude to life has been not just in religion and morality but in aest…

Jerry Goldsmith

Star Trek (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

Stefana Garello

The Enigma of Metaphor

This book deals with the complicated realm of metaphor, an enigma deeply embedded in language and cognition. There has been much discussion of metaphor in the past, but it was characterized by a certain f…

Histories of Science

Spreading the news of scientific breakthroughs in the eighteenth century Histories of Science shows how different forms of media communicated scientific breakthroughs during the long eighteenth century, b…

Marcus P Adams

Hobbes's Two Sciences

Is politics a science ? Hobbes's Two Sciences explores how Seventeenth Century Philosopher Thomas Hobbes answered this question in the affirmative by developing a novel theory of knowledge and by finding …

Nietzsche's Philosophy of Life Affirmation

"Guided by the idea of experimenting with art and science in order to transfigure humankind, this is an inciting fresh look at the theme of the affirmation of life in Nietzsche."-João Constâncio…

Kurt P. Heinking, Rebecca E. Giusti, Kendi L. Hensel

Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine

"Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine (FOM) is considered the authoritative text on consensus-based practice in osteopathic medicine and in particular the practice of osteopathic manipulative medicine…

Benjamin B. Bargetzi

The End of Emptiness

The right words at the right time will change your lifeIn an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, this book offers 42 timeless phrases from philosophy that bring clarity, understanding, and gu…

Proceedings of the Acadamie International de Philosphie des sciences. Comptes Rendu de l'Académie Internationale de Philosphie des Sciences. Tome III. Models and Representations in Science

This is the third volume of the book series Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences whose volumes are freely available online. It contains papers presented at the AIPS conf…

S. Sayyid,

Islamism as Philosophy

Islamism as Philosophyexplores some of the philosophical assumptions that frame the way in which the rise of Muslim political identity throughout the planet presents challenges which are not only cultural…

Amy E Black, Douglas L Koopman

Civil Religion and the Renewal of American Politics

"Integrating insights from political science, history, religious studies, and sociology, this book traces the role of religion in American politics and culture, assesses the current religious and pol…

Jason A Springs

Restorative Justice and Lived Religion

"This book examines how restorative justice practices and initiatives can challenge and transform the structurally racist features of the U.S. mass incarceration, and explores the ways that practitio…

Tim Alberta

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

InstantNew York TimesBestsellerOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the YearAn Economist and Air Mail Best Book of the Year"Brave and absorbing." -- New York Times"Alberta is not just a …

Liz Bucar

Stealing My Religion

Liz Bucar navigates the thorny terrain of religious appropriation, from yoga classes to non-Muslims who signal allyship by donning hijabs. Exploring the ethics of alleged appropriations, Bucar argues that…

Sacred Laughter

This anthology explores the intersection of humor and laughter with various faith, religious, and mythic traditions.Each chapter covers a unique case where humor and laughter have intersected with some pa…

Gotham Chopra, Joe Levin

Religion of Sports

From the sports documentarian and executive producer of "The Religion of Sports," a memoir-meets-manifesto about how sports provide meaning and purpose in people's lives all over the world.

Vasilis Kostakis

Beyond the Final Whistle

Can soccer become a force for liberation or is it just another 'opium of the masses'?