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The Joy of Reading
Культурология

The Joy of Reading

Автор: Doren Charles Van
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
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"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible." --Mortimer J. Adler This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world--from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to...
The Lotus Lovers
Культурология

The Lotus Lovers

Автор: Levy Howard C.
Язык: английский
Год: 1992
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Footbinding for women on China was a curious, painful custom that deformed the foot and kept it from growing more than a few inches in length. This practice may have begun in the tenth century as a whim of the Imperial court; by the twelfth century,...
The Meaning of Happiness
Культурология

The Meaning of Happiness

Автор: Watts Alan , Уотс Алан
Язык: английский
Год: 1940
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Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts's groundbreaking second book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as...
The News: A User's Manual
Культурология

The News: A User's Manual

Автор: Де Боттон Ален
Язык: английский
Год: 2014
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The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton...
The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering
История, Культурология

The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering

Автор: Ранкур-Лаферьер Даниэль
Язык: английский
Год: 1995
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Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th...
The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo
Биографии и мемуары, Культурология

The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo

Автор: Ходоровский Алехандро
Язык: английский
Год: 2008
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Jodorowsky’s memoirs of his experiences with Master Takata and the group of wisewomen-magiciennes-who influenced his spiritual growth • Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own...
The Story of the Bible
Культурология

The Story of the Bible

Автор: Hurlbut Jesse Lyman
Язык: английский
Год: 1904
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Hurlburt's classic retelling of most of the famous stories from the Bible has been a popular favorite, in print continuously since it was first published in 1904. There are numerous versions and all are beautifully...