The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner

eBook | 240 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Philosophy - Ethics & Moral Philosophy
978-0-307-43298-8 (0-307-43298-X)

November 17, 2010 | $15.00



The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded...

Dao De Jing

eBook | 256 pages | Ballantine Books | Philosophy - Eastern; Religion - Philosophy; Religion - Eastern
978-0-307-75530-8 (0-307-75530-4)

November 17, 2010 | $21.00



In 1993, archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient bamboo scrolls that contained the earliest known version of the Dao de jing. Composed more than two thousand years ago, this life-changing document offers a regimen of self-cultivation to attain personal excellence and revitalize moral behavior. Now in this luminous new translation, renowned...

The Gay Science

eBook | 416 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Philosophy
978-0-307-43417-3 (0-307-43417-6)

November 17, 2010 | $15.95



Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God -- to which a large part of the book is devoted -- and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence.

Walter Kaufmann's commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated...

On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

eBook | 384 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Philosophy
978-0-307-43448-7 (0-307-43448-6)

November 17, 2010 | $15.95



The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare

eBook | 336 pages | Ballantine Books | Philosophy - Ancient; Philosophy - Eastern; Philosophy - Political
978-0-307-47780-4 (0-307-47780-0)

November 17, 2010 | $34.95



The most widely read military classic in human history, newly translated and revised in accordance with newly discovered materials of unprecedented historical significance. Fluid, crisp and rigorously faithful to the original, this new text is destined to stand as the definitive version of this cornerstone work of Classical Chinese. Of compelling...

The Will to Power

eBook | 608 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Philosophy
978-0-307-43474-6 (0-307-43474-5)

November 17, 2010 | $22.00



Represents a selection from Nietzche's notebooks to find out what he wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, and the theory of knowledge, among others.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Zen in the Martial Arts

eBook | 144 pages | Bantam | Philosophy
978-0-307-75550-6 (0-307-75550-9)

November 17, 2010 | $10.99



"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."--Samurai Maximum.

Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals...

The Art of Peace

Package | 192 pages | Shambhala | Philosophy - Eastern
978-1-59030-892-9 (1-59030-892-1)

November 2, 2010 | $21.00

The Book of Five Rings

Package | 208 pages | Shambhala | Philosophy - Eastern
978-1-59030-891-2 (1-59030-891-3)

November 2, 2010 | $21.00

Walden

Hardcover | 240 pages | Shambhala | Literary Criticism & Collections; Philosophy
978-1-59030-745-8 (1-59030-745-3)

November 2, 2010 | $21.00

Endless Path

Trade Paperback | 208 pages | North Atlantic Books | Religion - Buddhism; Body, Mind & Spirit - Personal Transformation; Philosophy - Zen
978-1-55643-932-2 (1-55643-932-6)

September 14, 2010 | $19.95



The jataka tales—stories of the Buddha’s past lives (in both human and animal form)—were first said to have been told by the Buddha himself 2,500 years ago. In print since the 5th century BCE, 550 jataka tales comprise part of the oldest Buddhist text, the Pali Canon. From this wealth of...

The Life You Can Save

Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Philosophy - Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Social Science - Philanthropy & Charity
978-0-8129-8156-8 (0-8129-8156-1)

September 14, 2010 | $17.00



This is the right time to ask yourself: “What should I be doing to help?”

For the first time in history, it is now within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many...

The Case for God

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Religion - History; Religion - Sociology of Religion; Philosophy - Religious
978-0-307-39744-7 (0-307-39744-0)

September 7, 2010 | $22.00



From the bestselling author of A History of God and The Great Transformation comes a balanced, nuanced understanding of the role religion plays in human life and the trajectory of faith in modern times.

Why has God become incredible? Why is it that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about...

Becoming Animal

Hardcover | 320 pages | Pantheon | Nature - Ecology; Philosophy - Epistemology
978-0-375-42171-6 (0-375-42171-8)

August 24, 2010 | $32.00



David Abram’s first book, The Spell of the Sensuous—hailed as “revolutionary” by the Los Angeles Times, as “daring and truly original” by Science—has become a classic of environmental literature. Now Abram returns with a startling exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature.
 
As the climate veers toward catastrophe...

Becoming Animal

eBook | 320 pages | Pantheon | Nature - Ecology; Philosophy - Epistemology
978-0-307-37931-3 (0-307-37931-0)

August 24, 2010 | $32.00



David Abram’s first book, The Spell of the Sensuous—hailed as “revolutionary” by the Los Angeles Times, as “daring and truly original” by Science—has become a classic of environmental literature. Now Abram returns with a startling exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature.
 
As the climate veers toward catastrophe...