An Outline of Philosophy
8 best books like An Outline of Philosophy (Bertrand Russell): The Essential Rumi, The Myth of Sisyphus, Letters from a Stoic, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Culture and Value, After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam, The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad, Intemperie
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.
Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range...
| Author | Albert Camus |
| ISBN | 0141182008 |
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now Penguin...
| Author | Seneca |
| ISBN | 0140442103 |
The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were in conflict with his Stoic beliefs. Nevertheless he was the outstanding figure of his age. The Stoic philosophy which Seneca professed in his writings, later supported by Marcus Aurelius, provided Rome...
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Let's get one thing straight, Seymour Glass was not a sex offender. He never asked Sybil to look at 'his bananafish' as some ignorant reviewer posted.
This is a story about desperation, about a man who was exhausted of trying to fit into a society where he was not welcomed. In the beginning, with...
| Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| ISBN | 0226904350 |
Peter Winch's translation of Wittgenstein's remarks on culture & value presents all entries chronologically, with the German text alongside the English & a subject index for reference.
"It was Wittgenstein's habit to record his thoughts in sequences of more or less closely related...
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
| Author | Lesley Hazleton |
| ISBN | 0385523939 |
In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever.
Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic...
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
| Author | Lesley Hazleton |
| ISBN | 1594487286 |
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade.
Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known....
Un niño escapado de casa escucha, agazapado en el fondo de su escondrijo, los gritos de los hombres que lo buscan. Cuando la partida pasa, lo que queda ante él es una llanura infinita y árida que deberá atravesar si quiere alejarse definitivamente de aquello que le ha hecho huir. Una noche, sus pasos...
