Philosophy

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so... More

IT'S NOT JUST A GAME, IT'S YOUR FUTURE. HERE'S HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT!College. Career. Marriage. Kids, Retirement and beyond-your future success and happiness depends on how you play the game of life, the REAL game of life. There are exciting choices to be made and new paths to explore. How will... More

Some play with power and lose it all by a fatal mistake. Some go too far or not far enough. And yet others make all the right moves and are able to draw power unto themselves with an almost superhuman dexterity. Throughout the ages, writers and philosophers have asked themselves: What are the lesson... More

ISBN: 1405456248Title: Books Plus - Boxset (Tin & Paper) : MeditationGenre: ADULT REFERENCE & GENERAL INTERESTPublisher: Parragon PublishingAuthor: Editors... More

Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell,... More

A world-renowned teacher outlines a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual. 300 photos/illustrations.... More

THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual enviornments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew... More

Even if you love your work, you probably have days when almost nothing goes right. Bestselling author Dale Carnegie shows you how to make every day more exciting and rewarding---how you can get more done, and have more fun doing it. Dale Carnegie's time-tested advice will help you to: Make other peo... More

A masterful translation of the Bhagavad Gita, along with the Sanskrit original A faithful rendition of the 2000-year-old ‘Song Celestial’, Bibek Debroy’s translation resonates with the spirit of the original while using modern idiom and language. He captures, verse by verse, the essence of thi... More

In this best-selling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work. Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries this philosopher... More

If you had only a year to live, what would you do differently? This question is at the heart of Stephen Levine’s beautiful, transformative book. The bestselling author of Who Dies? Teaches how to deal with unfinished business, re-examine priorities and enter into a new, vibrant relationship with l... More

The yoga philosophy was first described in the Yoga Sutras, a collection of aphorism offered more than 2000 years ago by the Indian sage, Patanjali.The Sutras were the earliest, and still the most profound and enlightening, study of the human psyche. In them, Patanjali describes the enigma of human ... More

"Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, "and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence--and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with y... More