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  • A Reference Guide to Stoicism

    A Compilation of the Principle Stoic Writings on Various Topics

    de John L. Bowman ...
    Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your failings; on death Marcus Aurelius advised be content with your allocation of time; on happiness ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Socialism in America

    de John L. Bowman ...
    In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a " species of oppression [with] which democratic nations are menaced unlike anything which ever before existed in the world " It was a despotism that " would be more extensive and would degrade men without tormenting them." It would be a force that " compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each is reduced to be nothing better than ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Stoicism, Enkrasia and Happiness

    How Stoic Philosophy Can Bring Happiness

    de John L. Bowman ...
    This book is about the philosophy of Stoicism and how it can help people achieve greater personal happiness. There are many ways of living and thinking that lead to unhappiness. These ways are paradigms for unhappiness that can cause people to pursue false gods. Some struggle trying to make reality adjust to them rather than adjusting themselves to reality; some invest their happiness in ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Provocative and Contemplative Quotations

    With Author Comments and Observations

    de John L. Bowman ...
    Emerson wrote that thinking is hard to do, which is why so few do it. Socrates asserted the unexamined life is not worth living, Franklin pondered prudentiality, Sartre examined the existentialist void, Bothius described the wheel of fortune, Cicero mused on old age, Shakespeare dramatized revenge, La Rochefoucauld unveiled vices tribute to virtue, Montaigne said no wind works for those with no ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • On Law

    de John L. Bowman ...
    This is a book about the nature of law and its proposition is law should embody justice-but it does not. It does not because there exists a jurisprudential tug of war today between natural and normative law based on morality and non-natural and descriptive law that claims law is simply a social fact. American jurisprudence, perhaps for the first time in human history was founded on natural law. ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Nobody's Perfect

    Reflections of a Man Who Is Not Perfect

    de John L. Bowman ...
    Apparently many people find me amusing It is not my intention to be amusing but in dealing with the opposite sex dignity pride boredom and humility I have found that I am not perfect This book includes short vignettes that others might identify with and thus help them look at their life ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • God's Lecture

    On the Way Things Are and How Man Screwed It Up

    de John L. Bowman ...
    God is pissed. In the beginning, God created heaven, earth, and all the animals. They were part of a grand and perfect design. It worked well, and God was pleased. Then one of the animals, man, started altering the design, irritating God.God gave man, unlike the other animals, a little cleverness, which has caused him to jump the tracks. Using this cleverness, man has conceived, created, and ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Selected Topics in Philosophy

    de John L. Bowman ...
    Selected Topics in Philosophy is an eclectic mix of various topics in philosophy including the nature of language, epistemology, ethics, the nature of religion and literature, metaphysics, existentialism and transcendentalism.Some particularly interesting issues discussed in the book include George Berkeley and John Locke's theories on the difference between language and reality (most confusion ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • A Reader's Companion Ii

    3,500 Words and Phrases Avid Readers Should Know

    de John L. Bowman ...
    A Readers Companion II offers a look at 3,500 uncommon words for avid readers. The Readers Companion series contains thousands of words and their definitions, helping to expand vocabulary, improve comprehension and increase reading speed. This is the second book in the series, and it includes literary, Latin, historic and philosophic words and phrases that advanced readers will commonly encounter. ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Ireland: The Autobiography

    One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People

    de John Bowman ...
    Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • An Ocean of Wonder

    The Fantastic in the Pacific

    de Māhealani Ahia, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Sarahina Sabrina Birk, Elizabeth Ua Ceallaigh Bowman, Marie Alohalani Brown, Alexander Casey, Ra’i Chaze, Laura De La Vega, Sosthène Desanges, Joy Lehuanani Enomoto, Solomon Enos, Pono Fernandez, Nicole Ku‘uleinapuananioliko‘awapuhimelemeleolani Furtado, Sofia Kaleomālie Furtado, Patricia Grace, Andrea Nicole Grajek, Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Kahala Johnson, Robyn Kahukiwa, Emelihter Kihleng, Aaron Ki‘ilau, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, Sloane Leong, Caryn Lesuma, Nai‘a-Ulumaimalu Lewis, Tina Makereti, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Mahinatea Shea McCallum, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Kapili‘ula Naehu-Ramos, Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng, Lehua Parker, Craig Santos Perez, John Pule, Peter Rawlingson, Marama Salsano, Lyz Soto, Terisa Siagatonu, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Tiare Ribeaux, Robert Sullivan, Nicholas Thomas, Kristina R. Togafau, Briana Koani U‘u, Albert Wendt, Steven Winduo, Brittany Winland, Qianqian Ye ...
    An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiākea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditional wonder tales to creative writing as well as visual artwork and scholarly essays. Collectively, this anthology features the fantastic as present-day Indigenous Pacific world-building that looks to the ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Deliberative Global Governance

    de John S. Dryzek, Quinlan Bowman, Jonathan Kuyper, Jonathan Pickering, Jensen Sass, Hayley Stevenson ...
    Series series Elements in Earth System Governance
    Global institutions are afflicted by severe democratic deficits, while many of the major problems facing the world remain intractable. Against this backdrop, we develop a deliberative approach that puts effective, inclusive, and transformative communication at the heart of global governance. Multilateral negotiations, international organizations and regimes, governance networks, and scientific ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD