Fives and Twenty-Fives

7 best books like Fives and Twenty-Fives (Michael Pitre): Headlong, The Basic Works of Aristotle, Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying, After Man: A Zoology of the Future, Basic Writings of Existentialism, Basic Writings, Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style

Headlong

Author	Michael Frayn
ISBN	0571225586

The combined smell of mildew, old food and wet dog was about to make me heave undigested pot roast, when our host had finally gotten around to telling us why he invited us to dinner.

“I heard you were something of a comic book aficionado and wanted your opinion on something.”

I eyed...

The Basic Works of Aristotle

Author	Aristotle
ISBN	0375757996

Edited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve

Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle's works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon's The Basic Works of Aristotle--constituted...

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

Author

Sallie Tisdale

As the title of her current book makes clear, Sallie Tisdale is a provocative writer who likes to address uncomfortable (even taboo) subjects that many prefer to avoid. If you can get past the blunt, weirdly funny, and challenging title of this book, you’ll be okay with the contents: an interesting...

After Man: A Zoology of the Future

Author	Dougal Dixon
ISBN	0312194331

Speculative...Non-Fiction? 50 million years in the future, mankind is long extinct and the planet's fauna has evolved into some spectacular new shapes, often with way, way too many teeth.

The animals range from adorable (extra-long weasel) to nightmarish (ostrichbat) and the full color...

Basic Writings of Existentialism

Author	Gordon Daniel Marino
ISBN	0375759891

Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino

Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must...

Basic Writings

Author	Immanuel Kant
ISBN	0375757333

Introduction by Allen W. Wood
With translations by F. Max Müller and Thomas K. Abbott

The writings of Immanuel Kant became the cornerstone of all subsequent philosophical inquiry. They articulate the relationship between the human mind and all that it encounters and remain the most...

Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style

Author	Tim Gunn
ISBN	0810992841

"There seems to be no one more qualified or equipped to ponder or even, dare I say, dictate 'quality, taste, and style' than Tim." -Sarah Jessica Parker, actor/producer

Television has introduced the world to a new fashion authority: Tim Gunn. As Bravo's style mentor and Chair of the Fashion...