Author: Hyatt Carter
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452091366
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Critical Praise for Hyatt Carter's previous book Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel Hyatt Carter has now shared stations along the way of his intellectual experiences in his Thinking is the Best Way to Travel: Essays along the Journey. Carter is that rare creature, an independent polymath, the scarcity of which in the epoch of specialization has severely scarred contemporary life. There are dabblers aplenty, but the polymath in full flow is an exciting phenomenon. David Spooner, author of The Metaphysics of Insects and Other Essays Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel was not just any journey, it was the best kind of vacation, a vacation from myself and the usual ways I see and know myself and the world around me. I am intrigued by life-development transitions and how they facilitate new structures of reasoning and the freedom to find new mutualities of self-other knowing. This book is a wonderful way of making that journey without purposefully intending to do any of this. Dr. William Kent Larkin, author of Growing The Positive Mind and Director of The Applied Neuroscience Institute The best thing about the book is that it is enjoyable to read. It proceeds at a measured pace, without tight, convoluted thinking that one has to fight his way through. I like the cadence; it has a nice pace and rhythm. This is an interesting book that gives one the sense of a life spent in thoughtful reading and reflection. W. K. Maples, mathematician, Marshall Space Flight Center Hyatt Carter has a skillful way of making philosophical concepts easy to comprehend. I find myself taking notes while reading, looking up some of cited authors on the Internet, and ordering their books. Ramón Barayón, author of A Planetary Sojourn and A Death in Zamora
New Rules
Author: Bill Maher
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9781594862953
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The comedian host of Politically Incorrect draws on previously written material and the "New Rules" segments of his popular cable show, Real Time, to consider such topics as cell phones, fast food, and the agendas of conservative government figures. 250,000 first printing.
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9781594862953
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The comedian host of Politically Incorrect draws on previously written material and the "New Rules" segments of his popular cable show, Real Time, to consider such topics as cell phones, fast food, and the agendas of conservative government figures. 250,000 first printing.
We Learn Nothing
Author: Tim Kreider
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439198713
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A "New York Times" political cartoonist and writer presents a collection of his most popular essays and drawings about life and government hypocrisy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439198713
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A "New York Times" political cartoonist and writer presents a collection of his most popular essays and drawings about life and government hypocrisy.
A Man's Late Night Thoughts
Author: J. Richman
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781645301301
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
"A Man's Late Night Thoughts is a cross-genre reveal of single-line thoughts covering all topics of the human condition called life. Most are amazingly insightful observations in which all readers, to some degree have experienced, albeit perhaps never have articulated - unitil now. Most are inherent with humor, some showing anger, others remorse; all of the 342 thoughts are totally original and each bringing incredibly relatable thoughts to the readers. Aside from being a great gift book to a loved one - including oneself - A Man's Late Night Thoughts is different things to different people. To those readers suffering a loss, these thoughts will help heal and comfort their emotions; to those yearning wisdom through experiences, this will enlighten and illuminate so many of life's situations; or for those readers confused, these thoughts will guide them onto a course or direction worthy of the wisdom within. Good advice, well taken, is the sign of an intelligent person. Good advice, given in such succinct sentences, is the sign of a brilliant mind; timeless in it's philosophical content and psychological understanding of human behavior, unabashed in revealing his own personal incidents of love, loss, and the celebration of life. When reading this book for the second time, so much more was revealed, so I recommend going back to this time and time again." - Beth Adams
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781645301301
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
"A Man's Late Night Thoughts is a cross-genre reveal of single-line thoughts covering all topics of the human condition called life. Most are amazingly insightful observations in which all readers, to some degree have experienced, albeit perhaps never have articulated - unitil now. Most are inherent with humor, some showing anger, others remorse; all of the 342 thoughts are totally original and each bringing incredibly relatable thoughts to the readers. Aside from being a great gift book to a loved one - including oneself - A Man's Late Night Thoughts is different things to different people. To those readers suffering a loss, these thoughts will help heal and comfort their emotions; to those yearning wisdom through experiences, this will enlighten and illuminate so many of life's situations; or for those readers confused, these thoughts will guide them onto a course or direction worthy of the wisdom within. Good advice, well taken, is the sign of an intelligent person. Good advice, given in such succinct sentences, is the sign of a brilliant mind; timeless in it's philosophical content and psychological understanding of human behavior, unabashed in revealing his own personal incidents of love, loss, and the celebration of life. When reading this book for the second time, so much more was revealed, so I recommend going back to this time and time again." - Beth Adams
Some Little Night Musings
Author: Hyatt Carter
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452091366
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Critical Praise for Hyatt Carter's previous book Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel Hyatt Carter has now shared stations along the way of his intellectual experiences in his Thinking is the Best Way to Travel: Essays along the Journey. Carter is that rare creature, an independent polymath, the scarcity of which in the epoch of specialization has severely scarred contemporary life. There are dabblers aplenty, but the polymath in full flow is an exciting phenomenon. David Spooner, author of The Metaphysics of Insects and Other Essays Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel was not just any journey, it was the best kind of vacation, a vacation from myself and the usual ways I see and know myself and the world around me. I am intrigued by life-development transitions and how they facilitate new structures of reasoning and the freedom to find new mutualities of self-other knowing. This book is a wonderful way of making that journey without purposefully intending to do any of this. Dr. William Kent Larkin, author of Growing The Positive Mind and Director of The Applied Neuroscience Institute The best thing about the book is that it is enjoyable to read. It proceeds at a measured pace, without tight, convoluted thinking that one has to fight his way through. I like the cadence; it has a nice pace and rhythm. This is an interesting book that gives one the sense of a life spent in thoughtful reading and reflection. W. K. Maples, mathematician, Marshall Space Flight Center Hyatt Carter has a skillful way of making philosophical concepts easy to comprehend. I find myself taking notes while reading, looking up some of cited authors on the Internet, and ordering their books. Ramón Barayón, author of A Planetary Sojourn and A Death in Zamora
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452091366
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Critical Praise for Hyatt Carter's previous book Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel Hyatt Carter has now shared stations along the way of his intellectual experiences in his Thinking is the Best Way to Travel: Essays along the Journey. Carter is that rare creature, an independent polymath, the scarcity of which in the epoch of specialization has severely scarred contemporary life. There are dabblers aplenty, but the polymath in full flow is an exciting phenomenon. David Spooner, author of The Metaphysics of Insects and Other Essays Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel was not just any journey, it was the best kind of vacation, a vacation from myself and the usual ways I see and know myself and the world around me. I am intrigued by life-development transitions and how they facilitate new structures of reasoning and the freedom to find new mutualities of self-other knowing. This book is a wonderful way of making that journey without purposefully intending to do any of this. Dr. William Kent Larkin, author of Growing The Positive Mind and Director of The Applied Neuroscience Institute The best thing about the book is that it is enjoyable to read. It proceeds at a measured pace, without tight, convoluted thinking that one has to fight his way through. I like the cadence; it has a nice pace and rhythm. This is an interesting book that gives one the sense of a life spent in thoughtful reading and reflection. W. K. Maples, mathematician, Marshall Space Flight Center Hyatt Carter has a skillful way of making philosophical concepts easy to comprehend. I find myself taking notes while reading, looking up some of cited authors on the Internet, and ordering their books. Ramón Barayón, author of A Planetary Sojourn and A Death in Zamora
The Opposite of Fate
Author: Amy Tan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399150746
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The author reflects on her family's Chinese American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, and her struggle to manage three family members afflicted with brain disease.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399150746
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The author reflects on her family's Chinese American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, and her struggle to manage three family members afflicted with brain disease.
Why Liberalism Failed
Author: Patrick J. Deneen
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300240023
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
"One of the most important political books of 2018."—Rod Dreher, American Conservative Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history. Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300240023
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
"One of the most important political books of 2018."—Rod Dreher, American Conservative Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history. Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.
Bequeath
Author: Melora Wolff
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
What should we do with the things we inherit? In ten intimate essays as vivid as fiction and as varied as music, Melora Wolff’s Bequeath presents a flawed, funny, impressionable narrator who tries to solve the mysteries of bequeathed artifacts, family myths, and haunting mistakes—while also figuring out how to grow up in dangerous, glamorous 1970s New York City. With a wide range of voices—comic, lyric, collective, personal, joyful, and deeply elegiac—Wolff pays homage to her musician father and family as she roams a past rich with cultural touchstones and indelible characters, from West Side Story and Lost in Space to Leonard Bernstein and Gloria Steinem. Bequeath explores the legacies we impose and bestow on one another.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
What should we do with the things we inherit? In ten intimate essays as vivid as fiction and as varied as music, Melora Wolff’s Bequeath presents a flawed, funny, impressionable narrator who tries to solve the mysteries of bequeathed artifacts, family myths, and haunting mistakes—while also figuring out how to grow up in dangerous, glamorous 1970s New York City. With a wide range of voices—comic, lyric, collective, personal, joyful, and deeply elegiac—Wolff pays homage to her musician father and family as she roams a past rich with cultural touchstones and indelible characters, from West Side Story and Lost in Space to Leonard Bernstein and Gloria Steinem. Bequeath explores the legacies we impose and bestow on one another.
A Maverick's Musings
Author: Ashokan Srinivasan
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The book provides the essence of the extensive travel undertaken by the author over a period of 20 years and how these voyages and exploration brought about the transformation in his personality and general perspective about life.
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The book provides the essence of the extensive travel undertaken by the author over a period of 20 years and how these voyages and exploration brought about the transformation in his personality and general perspective about life.
The Idea of Fraternity in America
Author: Wilson Carey McWilliams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780268205348
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A complex, intellectually jarring, and valuable book, one which reveals how early America became her true self as we now know her." --Kirkus Reviews The United States is currently experiencing a crisis of citizenship and democracy. For many of us, there is a sense of forlornness caused by losing sight of human connectedness and the bonds of community. Originally published in 1973, and long out of print, The Idea of Fraternity in America is a resonant call to reclaim and restore the communal bonds of democracy by one of the most important political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. This sprawling and majestic book offers a comprehensive and original interpretation of the whole range of American historical and political thought, from seventeenth-century White Puritanism to twentieth-century Black American political thought. In one sense, it is a long and sustained reflection on the American political tradition, with side glances at other cultures and other traditions; in another sense, it is an impressive beginning to an original and comprehensive theory of politics, rooted in a new reading of a vast array of relevant sources. Speaking with a prescience unmatched by his contemporaries, McWilliams argues that in order to address the malaise of our modern democracy we must return to an ideal of our past: fraternity, a relation of affection founded on shared values and goals. This 50th anniversary edition, which offers a critique of the liberal tradition and a new social philosophy for the future, contains a new introduction from McWilliams's daughter, Susan McWilliams Barndt. She writes, "At a time when many Americans are wondering how we got to where we are today . . . this book demonstrates that there is in fact a lot of precedent for what feels so unprecedented in contemporary American politics."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780268205348
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A complex, intellectually jarring, and valuable book, one which reveals how early America became her true self as we now know her." --Kirkus Reviews The United States is currently experiencing a crisis of citizenship and democracy. For many of us, there is a sense of forlornness caused by losing sight of human connectedness and the bonds of community. Originally published in 1973, and long out of print, The Idea of Fraternity in America is a resonant call to reclaim and restore the communal bonds of democracy by one of the most important political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. This sprawling and majestic book offers a comprehensive and original interpretation of the whole range of American historical and political thought, from seventeenth-century White Puritanism to twentieth-century Black American political thought. In one sense, it is a long and sustained reflection on the American political tradition, with side glances at other cultures and other traditions; in another sense, it is an impressive beginning to an original and comprehensive theory of politics, rooted in a new reading of a vast array of relevant sources. Speaking with a prescience unmatched by his contemporaries, McWilliams argues that in order to address the malaise of our modern democracy we must return to an ideal of our past: fraternity, a relation of affection founded on shared values and goals. This 50th anniversary edition, which offers a critique of the liberal tradition and a new social philosophy for the future, contains a new introduction from McWilliams's daughter, Susan McWilliams Barndt. She writes, "At a time when many Americans are wondering how we got to where we are today . . . this book demonstrates that there is in fact a lot of precedent for what feels so unprecedented in contemporary American politics."
Author:
Publisher: Flairs and Glairs
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Flairs and Glairs
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description