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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Paperback)

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Paperback)

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Paperback)

By: Julian Jaynes

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Hardcover)

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Hardcover)

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Hardcover)

By: Massimo Pigliucci

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)

By: Stephen Greenblatt

The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans (Hardcover)

The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans (Hardcover)

The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans (Hardcover)

By: Michael Tomasello

City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University (Hardcover)

City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University (Hardcover)

City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University (Hardcover)

By: Nicholas B. Dirks

Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)

Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)

Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)

By: Henry David Thoreau

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality (Hardcover)

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality (Hardcover)

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality (Hardcover)

By: William Egginton

Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication (Paperback)

Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication (Paperback)

Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication (Paperback)

By: John Durham Peters

Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki (Paperback)

Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki (Paperback)

Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki (Paperback)

By: Yoshida Kenkō

The Heart of the Humanities: Reading, Writing, Teaching (Paperback)

The Heart of the Humanities: Reading, Writing, Teaching (Paperback)

The Heart of the Humanities: Reading, Writing, Teaching (Paperback)

By: Mark Edmundson

Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare (Paperback)

Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare (Paperback)

Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare (Paperback)

By: Stephen Greenblatt

Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in Twentieth-Century English Painting (Hardcover)

Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in Twentieth-Century English Painting (Hardcover)

Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in Twentieth-Century English Painting (Hardcover)

By: Christopher Neve

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program (Tuttle Classics)

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program (Tuttle Classics)

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program (Tuttle Classics)

By: Hal Gold

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (Paperback)

Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (Paperback)

Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (Paperback)

By: Karen Barad

Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality; With a New Preface (Kindle Edition)

Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality; With a New Preface (Kindle Edition)

Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality; With a New Preface (Kindle Edition)

By: Paul Barber

History of Modern Art (Paperback)

History of Modern Art (Paperback)

History of Modern Art (Paperback)

By: H. Harvard Arnason

Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (Paperback)

Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (Paperback)

Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (Paperback)

By: Harold Bloom

Eros and Magic in the Renaissance (Chicago Original Paperback)

Eros and Magic in the Renaissance (Chicago Original Paperback)

Eros and Magic in the Renaissance (Chicago Original Paperback)

By: Ioan Petru Culianu

A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Paperback)

A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Paperback)

A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Paperback)

By: Plato

The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)

The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)

The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)

By: Aristotle

Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDS (Paperback)

Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDS (Paperback)

Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDS (Paperback)

By: Kathryn Hume

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (Hardcover)

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (Hardcover)

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (Hardcover)

By: Jeffrey Rosen

You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World (Hardcover)

You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World (Hardcover)

You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World (Hardcover)

By: Alan Noble

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper (Kindle Edition)

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper (Kindle Edition)

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper (Kindle Edition)

By: Roland Allen

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PhD into a Job (Paperback)

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PhD into a Job (Paperback)

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PhD into a Job (Paperback)

By: Karen Kelsky

Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities (Paperback)

Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities (Paperback)

Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities (Paperback)

By: Gregory M. Colon Semenza

After Virtue (Paperback)

After Virtue (Paperback)

After Virtue (Paperback)

By: Alasdair MacIntyre

Gravity and Grace (Paperback)

Gravity and Grace (Paperback)

Gravity and Grace (Paperback)

By: Simone Weil

The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education (Hardcover)

The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education (Hardcover)

The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education (Hardcover)

By: Leanne M. Horinko

The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It (Hardcover)

The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It (Hardcover)

The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It (Hardcover)

By: Leonard Cassuto

All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life (Hardcover)

All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life (Hardcover)

All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life (Hardcover)

By: David Bentley Hart

The Book of J (Paperback)

The Book of J (Paperback)

The Book of J (Paperback)

By: Harold Bloom

The Lives of the Great Composers (Hardcover)

The Lives of the Great Composers (Hardcover)

The Lives of the Great Composers (Hardcover)

By: Harold C. Schonberg

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Hardcover)

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Hardcover)

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Hardcover)

By: Alan Jacobs

Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature (Paperback)

Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature (Paperback)

Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature (Paperback)

By: Dan Sinykin

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary (3 Volumes)

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary (3 Volumes)

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary (3 Volumes)

By: Robert Alter

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo (Paperback)

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo (Paperback)

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo (Paperback)

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain (New York Review Books Classics)

Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain (New York Review Books Classics)

Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain (New York Review Books Classics)

By: Dwight Macdonald

Dummy (Paperback)

Dummy (Paperback)

Dummy (Paperback)

By: R.J. Wheaton

Mythologies (Paperback)

Mythologies (Paperback)

Mythologies (Paperback)

By: Roland Barthes

The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible (Hardcover)

The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible (Hardcover)

The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible (Hardcover)

By: Harold Bloom

The Crisis of the European Mind (Paperback)

The Crisis of the European Mind (Paperback)

The Crisis of the European Mind (Paperback)

By: Paul Hazard

Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists (Paperback)

Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists (Paperback)

Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists (Paperback)

By: Robert Hughes

History of Beauty (Paperback)

History of Beauty (Paperback)

History of Beauty (Paperback)

By: Umberto Eco

Interaction of Color (Paperback)

Interaction of Color (Paperback)

Interaction of Color (Paperback)

By: Josef Albers

The Captive Mind (Paperback)

The Captive Mind (Paperback)

The Captive Mind (Paperback)

By: Czesław Miłosz

Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (Paperback)

Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (Paperback)

Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (Paperback)

By: Giordano Bruno