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    Laws of Freedom is Mary J. Gregor's rigorous and illuminating study of Immanuel Kant's ethical framework, focusing on how the categorical imperative is applied in his Metaphysik der Sitten ( Metaphysics of Morals). In clear and precise prose, Gregor examines Kant's method for translating abstract moral principles into concrete laws governing human freedom. Her work bridges the gap between ... Read more

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    John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac’s life they were—in Holmes’s words—“Brother Souls.” Both were neophyte novelists, hungry for literary fame but just as hungry to find a new way of responding to their experiences in a postwar American society that for them had lost its direction. Late one night as they sat talking, Kerouac ... Read more

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  • The Poetry of the Blues

    Series series Dover Books On Music: Folk Songs
    "A signal event in the history of the music." — Ted Gioia, author of The Delta BluesMusicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929–2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could connect all people who love poetry. A pioneer in the exploration of world music, Charters conducted research that brought obscure musicians of the American South and Appalachia into the mainstream. ... Read more

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    Brother-Souls

    John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation

    Narrated by Brian Holden ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 45 min

    John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac's life they were—in Holmes's words—"Brother Souls." Late one night as they sat talking, Kerouac spontaneously created the term "Beat Generation" to describe this new attitude they felt stirring around them. Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation is the ... Read more

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