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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Hardcover)

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Hardcover)

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Hardcover)

By: David Foster Wallace

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Paperback)

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Paperback)

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Paperback)

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)

By: Sarah Bakewell

Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People (Hardcover)

Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People (Hardcover)

Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People (Hardcover)

By: Stephen Wolfram

Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists (Paperback)

Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists (Paperback)

Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists (Paperback)

By: Ken Wilber

We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)

We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)

We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)

Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)

Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)

By: Rebecca Solnit

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays (Paperback)

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays (Paperback)

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays (Paperback)

By: Willard Van Orman Quine

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)

By: Anne Fadiman

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Paperback)

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Paperback)

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Paperback)

By: Erwin Schrödinger

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Paperback)

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Paperback)

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Paperback)

By: Richard P. Feynman

Why I Write (Paperback)

Why I Write (Paperback)

Why I Write (Paperback)

By: George Orwell

Thinking about Gödel and Turing: Essays on Complexity, 1970-2007 (Hardcover)

Thinking about Gödel and Turing: Essays on Complexity, 1970-2007 (Hardcover)

Thinking about Gödel and Turing: Essays on Complexity, 1970-2007 (Hardcover)

By: Gregory Chaitin

Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia (Paperback)

Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia (Paperback)

Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia (Paperback)

By: Maurice Glasman

A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered (Hardcover)

A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered (Hardcover)

A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered (Hardcover)

By: Mark Burstein

Best of the Realist: The 60s' Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine (Hardcover)

Best of the Realist: The 60s' Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine (Hardcover)

Best of the Realist: The 60s' Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine (Hardcover)

By: Paul Krassner

Managing the Commons (Paperback)

Managing the Commons (Paperback)

Managing the Commons (Paperback)

By: Garrett Hardin

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (Paperback)

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (Paperback)

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (Paperback)

By: Audre Lorde

Essays in Computing Science (Prentice-hall International Series in Computer Science)

Essays in Computing Science (Prentice-hall International Series in Computer Science)

Essays in Computing Science (Prentice-hall International Series in Computer Science)

By: C.A.R. Hoare

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800 (Kindle Edition)

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800 (Kindle Edition)

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800 (Kindle Edition)

By: François-René de Chateaubriand

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters (Hardcover)

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters (Hardcover)

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters (Hardcover)

By: Thomas Piketty

Against Progress (Žižek's Essays)

Against Progress (Žižek's Essays)

Against Progress (Žižek's Essays)

By: Slavoj Žižek

How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Plato

A Realist Philosophy of Economics (Kindle Edition)

A Realist Philosophy of Economics (Kindle Edition)

A Realist Philosophy of Economics (Kindle Edition)

By: Karl Mittermaier

The "Grass-Eaters" Manifesto: “A lesson of the past, present and future ways of eating plant-based and telling animals goodbye.” (Paperback)

The "Grass-Eaters" Manifesto: “A lesson of the past, present and future ways of eating plant-based and telling animals goodbye.” (Paperback)

The "Grass-Eaters" Manifesto: “A lesson of the past, present and future ways of eating plant-based and telling animals goodbye.” (Paperback)

By: Jasia Robinson

Process Philosophy: A Synthesis (Kindle Edition)

Process Philosophy: A Synthesis (Kindle Edition)

Process Philosophy: A Synthesis (Kindle Edition)

By: Bart Nooteboom

The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order (Hardcover)

The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order (Hardcover)

The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order (Hardcover)

By: Hal Brands

A Philosophical Framework for Rethinking Theoretical Economics and Philosophy of Economics (Paperback)

A Philosophical Framework for Rethinking Theoretical Economics and Philosophy of Economics (Paperback)

A Philosophical Framework for Rethinking Theoretical Economics and Philosophy of Economics (Paperback)

By: Gustavo Marqués

The Briefest History Of Time: The History Of Histories Of Time And The Misconstrued Association Between Entropy And Time (Paperback)

The Briefest History Of Time: The History Of Histories Of Time And The Misconstrued Association Between Entropy And Time (Paperback)

The Briefest History Of Time: The History Of Histories Of Time And The Misconstrued Association Between Entropy And Time (Paperback)

By: Arieh Ben-Naim

The Philosophy of Debt (Economics as Social Theory)

The Philosophy of Debt (Economics as Social Theory)

The Philosophy of Debt (Economics as Social Theory)

By: Alexander X. Douglas

An Ecology of Happiness (Hardcover)

An Ecology of Happiness (Hardcover)

An Ecology of Happiness (Hardcover)

By: Eric Lambin

Never Pure (Paperback)

Never Pure (Paperback)

Never Pure (Paperback)

By: Steven Shapin

Roman Law in Context (Key Themes in Ancient History)

Roman Law in Context (Key Themes in Ancient History)

Roman Law in Context (Key Themes in Ancient History)

By: David Johnston

The Middle Path: Avoiding Environmental Catastrophe (Hardcover)

The Middle Path: Avoiding Environmental Catastrophe (Hardcover)

The Middle Path: Avoiding Environmental Catastrophe (Hardcover)

By: M.B. DeBevoise

A vindication of natural diet: Being one in a series of notes to Queen Mab (a philosophical poem)

A vindication of natural diet: Being one in a series of notes to Queen Mab (a philosophical poem)

A vindication of natural diet: Being one in a series of notes to Queen Mab (a philosophical poem)

By: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Letters of Two Brothers: Passages from the Correspondence of General and Senator Sherman (Nook)

Letters of Two Brothers: Passages from the Correspondence of General and Senator Sherman (Nook)

Letters of Two Brothers: Passages from the Correspondence of General and Senator Sherman (Nook)

By: William T. Sherman

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics (Hardcover)

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics (Hardcover)

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics (Hardcover)

By: Steven E. Landsburg

Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground (Lonely Planet )

Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground (Lonely Planet )

Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground (Lonely Planet )

By: Tony Wheeler

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Hardcover)

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Hardcover)

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Hardcover)

By: Larry Bossidy

From Nothing to Zero: Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres (Paperback)

From Nothing to Zero: Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres (Paperback)

From Nothing to Zero: Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres (Paperback)

By: Janet Austin

Micronations: the Lonely Planet guide to self-proclaimed nations (Paperback)

Micronations: the Lonely Planet guide to self-proclaimed nations (Paperback)

Micronations: the Lonely Planet guide to self-proclaimed nations (Paperback)

By: John Ryan

A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age (Hardcover)

A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age (Hardcover)

A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age (Hardcover)

By: João Magueijo

Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself (Paperback)

Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself (Paperback)

Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself (Paperback)

By: Ernest G. McClain

In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (Paperback)

In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (Paperback)

In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (Paperback)

By: Virginia Hamilton

Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the RG Veda to Plato (Paperback)

Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the RG Veda to Plato (Paperback)

Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the RG Veda to Plato (Paperback)

By: Ernest G. McClain

Bible as Theatre (Paperback)

Bible as Theatre (Paperback)

Bible as Theatre (Paperback)

By: Shimon Levy

Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama: The Sensitive Chaos (Hardcover)

Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama: The Sensitive Chaos (Hardcover)

Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama: The Sensitive Chaos (Hardcover)

By: Shimon Levy

Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality (Paperback)

Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality (Paperback)

Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality (Paperback)

By: Fritjof Capra