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]]> 750676 144 Alexander Hislop 188131636X Joshua 0 myticism, kabbalah, torah 4.04 1916
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]]> 1892702 224 Akiva Tatz 1568710801 Joshua 0 torah, kabbalah, myticism 4.46 1995
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]]> 24113 777 Douglas R. Hofstadter 0465026567 Joshua 5 4.29 1979
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]]> 126144 627 Franz Werfel 0553079158 Joshua 0 to-read 3.88 1946
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]]> 34196216 368 Warren Farrell 1942952716 Joshua 0 to-read 3.88 2019
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]]> 27996 256 Christina Hoff Sommers 0684849577 Joshua 0 to-read 3.89 2000
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]]> 174954
Given the universality of patriarchy in recorded history, this vision is understandably appealing for many women. But does it have any basis in fact? And as a myth, does it work for the good of women? Cynthia Eller traces the emergence of the feminist matriarchal myth, explicates its functions, and examines the evidence for and against a matriarchal prehistory. Finally, she explains why this vision of peaceful, woman-centered prehistory is something feminists should be wary of.]]> 276 Cynthia Eller 0807067938 Joshua 0 to-read 3.67 2000
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]]> 30858 265 Merlin Stone 0880295333 Joshua 0 to-read 3.95 1976
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]]> 13166589 176 Harvey Pekar 0809094827 Joshua 0 to-read 3.65 2012
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]]> 44767458
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.]]> 658 Frank Herbert 059309932X Joshua 0 4.33 1965
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not much need be said here. Great book!
]]> 164154 334 Walter M. Miller Jr. 0060892994 Joshua 0 to-read 3.99 1959
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]]> 33047268 258 Jack Black 1515406318 Joshua 0 4.28 1926
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great book that chronicles an uncharted era of America- the time between the Civil War and WWI.
]]> 9682709 330 Valerio Evangelisti 880458338X Joshua 0 to-read 3.53 2008
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]]> 15852 An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself

According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, The General Theory of Relativity—which provided a brand-new theory of gravity and promised a new perspective on the cosmos as a whole—he set out at once to share his excitement with as wide a public as possible in this popular and accessible book.

Here published for the first time as a Penguin Classic, this edition of Relativity features a new introduction by bestselling science author Nigel Calder.]]> 130 Albert Einstein 0143039822 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.21 1916
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]]> 18877603 I was amazed how few people believed in the UFO phenomenon, considering that our sun and solar system is only one of billions of suns and solar systems in the Milky Way galaxy, our galactic neighborhood. Nevertheless, many people do believe we are alone, unique in all the billions of star systems, not to mention the endless billions of galaxies all harboring billions of stars and planets inside this gargantuan universe. Some people believe there are intelligent life forms out there in this vast universe, but because of the distances between stars, "none could possibly make the journey to Earth", the skeptics' mantra. However wrong that belief is, that is a fair assumption when considering present day physics. Understandably, I got into difficulty with the skeptics, when I mentioned I had physical contact with such beings while in the military, and continued to have contact after my military service.
I have put into book form my discussions, questions, and answers, from my threads on the ATS conspiracy site, into this book, and other books. I edited the questions and answers for clarity and punctuation, and removed most of the offensive posts that were generated by a few people who attempted to stop the spreading of this material. Those interested in reading the unabridged version can go to the ATS site: "I'm coming clean on Extraterrestrials"

The segment in this book begins on January 12, 2007 and ends on March 18, 2007.]]> 335 Lou Baldin Joshua 0 3.74 2011
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]]> 259680 750 Sean Carroll 0805387323 Joshua 3 currently-reading
I found the first chapter less than inspiring. Seems to want to concentrate on secondary ideas such as Dual Vectors where they don't seem appropriate at that level. Relativity is a complex subject and there is no right way to teach it, so I respect Carrols contribution. I can't really think of any other text I might recommend for someone who wants to understand GR.]]> 4.33 2003
author: Sean Carroll
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I recently read the first chapter. Carroll is a talented writer that much is clear(although I understand his wife plays the role of editor). There are many instances of colorful yet entirely appropriate phrasing that are rarely found in physics texts. This adds to the entertainment aspect.

I found the first chapter less than inspiring. Seems to want to concentrate on secondary ideas such as Dual Vectors where they don't seem appropriate at that level. Relativity is a complex subject and there is no right way to teach it, so I respect Carrols contribution. I can't really think of any other text I might recommend for someone who wants to understand GR.
]]> 26150770
In short chapters filled with intriguing historical anecdotes, personal asides, and rigorous exposition, readers learn the difference between how the world works at the quantum level, the cosmic level, and the human level--and then how each connects to the other.  Carroll's presentation of the principles that have guided the scientific revolution from Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness, and the universe is dazzlingly unique.

Carroll shows how an avalanche of discoveries in the past few hundred years has changed our world and what really matters to us. Our lives are dwarfed like never before by the immensity of space and time, but they are redeemed by our capacity to comprehend it and give it meaning.

The Big Picture is an unprecedented scientific worldview, a tour de force that will sit on shelves alongside the works of Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, Daniel Dennett, and E. O. Wilson for years to come.]]> 480 Sean Carroll 0525954821 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.18 2016
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]]> 568236 Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.]]> 714 Barbara W. Tuchman 0345349571 Joshua 0 to-read 4.04 1978
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]]> 7632659 Signed books 232 Chan Thomas 1884600018 Joshua 0 to-read 3.72 1993
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]]> 23792693 218 Lou Baldin Joshua 5 4.09 2014
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Very weird and bizarre glimpse into something quite rich and otherworldly. True? Only the ETs know for sure.
]]> 4416930 298 Daniel Amneus 0961086440 Joshua 5 4.18 1990
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This book is absolutely brilliant and anyone who is interested in the real effects and origin of Feminist ideas should read it first.
]]> 3824609 686 Joseph Yahuda 0728900130 Joshua 1 3.88 1982
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]]> 230363 273 Karen Silvia de Leon-Jones 0803266464 Joshua 4 to-read 4.09 1997
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]]> 20736618
â€� Reveals the striking similarities between the visions of the Hebrew prophets and the DMT state described by Strassman’s research volunteers

� Explains how prophetic and psychedelic states may share biological mechanisms

â€� Presents a new top-down “theoneurologicalâ€� model of spiritual experience

After completing his groundbreaking research chronicled in The Spirit Molecule , Rick Strassman was left with one fundamental What does it mean that DMT, a simple chemical naturally found in all of our bodies, instantaneously opens us to an interactive spirit world that feels more real than our own world?

When his decades of clinical psychiatric research and Buddhist practice were unable to provide answers to this question, Strassman began searching for a more resonant spiritual model. He found that the visions of the Hebrew prophets--such as Ezekiel, Moses, Adam, and Daniel--were strikingly similar to those of the volunteers in his DMT studies. Carefully examining the concept of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, he characterizes a “prophetic state of consciousnessâ€� and explains how it may share biological and metaphysical mechanisms with the DMT effect.

Examining medieval commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, Strassman reveals how Jewish metaphysics provides a top-down model for both the prophetic and DMT states, a model he calls “theoneurology.â€� Theoneurology bridges biology and spirituality by proposing that the Divine communicates with us using the brain, and DMT--whether naturally produced or ingested--is a critical factor in such visionary experience. This model provides a counterpoint to “neurotheology,â€� which proposes that altered brain function simply generates the impression of a Divine-human encounter.

Theoneurology addresses issues critical to the full flowering of the psychedelic drug experience. Perhaps even more important, it points the way to a renewal of classical prophetic consciousness, the soul of Hebrew Bible prophecy, as well as unexpected directions for the evolution of contemporary spiritual practice.]]> 352 Rick Strassman 1594773424 Joshua 4 to-read 3.69 2014
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]]> 552775
Picture those early days when the new nation of Israel was being formed in the region of Palestine European Jews had just endured history's ultimate holocaust. Allied governments such as Great Britain had refused to take action to block the trains from carrying thousands of them to certain death. In those final days before the end of the war, the epicenter of the Nazi extermination effort was Hungary. Jews had fled there from Germany and Poland, but they could not outrun the shadow of death. That is the obvious truth, but was there more? Was there collaboration with the enemy that resulted in these murderous acts?


As Edmund Burke declared, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." But what happens when those who are trusted as good join forces with evil?

Underlying this story is a bizarre tapestry of deception at the highest levels of government with the lives of many innocents in the balance. The libel trial of Kastner establishes the outline of that hidden past, protected by the political interests of some of Israel's early leaders. Rudolf Kastner was a prominent journalist representing this new government and supported by its Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. Ben Gurion desperately wanted to exonerate those British and Jewish men who had collaborated with Nazis, supposedly to save the lives of others.

Another man, Malchiel Greenwald, accused Kastner of testifying on behalf of SS Lieutenant General Kurt Becher and thus saving him from punishment for his war crimes. Greenwald further accused Kastner of collaborating with the Nazis and contributing to the death of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews during WWII when Kastner served as a major leader of the Jewish Agency Rescue Committee in Hungary.

Kastner sued Greenwald for libel. The unfolding courtroom drama becomes intense as Kastner loses the case. When faced with the possibility of being convicted under Israel's anti-collaboration law (the one Eichmann was convicted under), he was convenient "assassinated." The appeals are followed by the mysterious death of Kastner, relieving the government of political embarrassment and scandal. As a reader, you will be the final judge of this case and all its horrible details. But first, you must read the book and weigh the evidence for yourself.]]> 288 Ben Hecht 0964688638 Joshua 0 to-read 4.37 1997
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]]> 10467446
[Read by Cary Hite]

The life of Peter Tosh, ''rude boy,'' founding member of The Wailers , and a compelling recording artist in his own right, is one of reggae's most extraordinary stories. Tosh was an abrasive man who would eventually fall victim to his own uncompromising personality, ultra-radical politics, and a fearsome gangster reputation. In this first ever biography, Tosh's personal musical odyssey is explored in detail as he strove to emerge from the shadow of Bob Marley. Tosh's darker side is also revealed, including a notorious standoff with Keith Richards. Here are the women, the drugs, and the story behind Legalise It , Tosh's famous early music plea for the decriminalization of marijuana. One year after Tosh was murdered in a gunfight at his own home in 1987, his album, No Nuclear War , won the Grammy award for best reggae album.]]> John Masouri 144175251X Joshua 3 to-read 4.00 2013
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]]> 32307349 112 Nick Land Joshua 0 3.35 2012
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]]> 29280776 466 Jason Reza Jorjani 1910524611 Joshua 2 Dr. Faustus' Grad Thesis.

Where do I start?

On the outer surface this book reads like a SUNY Philosophy Graduate Thesis. The style is difficult and the prose is hard to chew. I remember images of those white ceiling tiles with brown stains came to mind as I was reading this(a common sight in NYS public buildings). I found large tracts of this material to be utterly stale and boring, thus if you're looking for the sort of read that's going to inspire your imagination you need to find a different title.

As for the subject I have a bit more to say. Jorjani attempts to rewrite the biographies of several major philosophers(eg. Descartes) as occultists. After he establishes this, he goes on to recast the history of modernity as the departure from the supernatural. He does supply ample proofs however I have not verified these proofs(they did appear in Jorjani's thesis thus were reviewed by a SUNY professor). I found some of his claims to be specious and idiotic, especially those relating to Descartes. Jorjani is careful not to cross the line into "occult" literature, almost avoids the use of the term completely via use of a euphemism "Spectral"("lucifer" does appear in the first few paragraphs).

Jorjani's ideas need some work. They aren't fully cooked. I was disappointed that he failed to access and build bridges to existing movements such as Dark Enlightenment and Neoreaction to which he owes a lot. This also adds to his childish solipsistic reputation. Nick Land stands out here in particular as a forerunner to Jorjani's ideas. The connections of these quadrants of occultism to Nazism are well charted which may cast some light on recent controversies regarding Jorjani. Jorjani also exhibits a childish aversion to "Abrahamic" religions which show, despite his scholarly aire, a lack of understanding of these historical/religious threads.

Jorjani also would appear to be a practitioner of occultism, not only a researcher.

I would suggest reading "Hellboy" instead of this book.]]> 4.02 2016
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Dr. Faustus' Grad Thesis.

Where do I start?

On the outer surface this book reads like a SUNY Philosophy Graduate Thesis. The style is difficult and the prose is hard to chew. I remember images of those white ceiling tiles with brown stains came to mind as I was reading this(a common sight in NYS public buildings). I found large tracts of this material to be utterly stale and boring, thus if you're looking for the sort of read that's going to inspire your imagination you need to find a different title.

As for the subject I have a bit more to say. Jorjani attempts to rewrite the biographies of several major philosophers(eg. Descartes) as occultists. After he establishes this, he goes on to recast the history of modernity as the departure from the supernatural. He does supply ample proofs however I have not verified these proofs(they did appear in Jorjani's thesis thus were reviewed by a SUNY professor). I found some of his claims to be specious and idiotic, especially those relating to Descartes. Jorjani is careful not to cross the line into "occult" literature, almost avoids the use of the term completely via use of a euphemism "Spectral"("lucifer" does appear in the first few paragraphs).

Jorjani's ideas need some work. They aren't fully cooked. I was disappointed that he failed to access and build bridges to existing movements such as Dark Enlightenment and Neoreaction to which he owes a lot. This also adds to his childish solipsistic reputation. Nick Land stands out here in particular as a forerunner to Jorjani's ideas. The connections of these quadrants of occultism to Nazism are well charted which may cast some light on recent controversies regarding Jorjani. Jorjani also exhibits a childish aversion to "Abrahamic" religions which show, despite his scholarly aire, a lack of understanding of these historical/religious threads.

Jorjani also would appear to be a practitioner of occultism, not only a researcher.

I would suggest reading "Hellboy" instead of this book.
]]> 7066181
Feral House also published Farrell’s Philosopher’s Stone: Alchemy and the Secret Research for Exotic Matter.]]> 340 Joseph P. Farrell 1932595791 Joshua 0 to-read 3.99 2010
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]]> 169479
In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible—the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts.

Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.]]> 385 Israel Finkelstein 0684869136 Joshua 0 to-read 4.10 2001
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]]> 31142820 272 Sara R. Farris 0822369745 Joshua 0 to-read 4.31 2017
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]]> 1233488
Set in a polluted and apocalyptic zone of the Algerian desert in a time of civil warfare, this delirious, lacerating novel brings scenes of brutal carnage into intimate collision with relentless acts of prostitutional sex and humiliation.]]> 163 Pierre Guyotat 187159247X Joshua 0 to-read 3.83 1970
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]]> 566802 "Islam is the meeting between God as such and man as such.... Islam confronts what is immutable in God with what is permanent in man."

These are the opening words of what has become a classic work on Islam, perhaps the most misunderstood of the great Revelations. And yet the purpose of this book "is not so much to give a description of Islam as to explain . . . why Moslems believe in it." Both Westerners unfamiliar with Islam and Moslems seeking a deeper understanding of the basis of faith will be struck by Schuon's masterful elucidation of the spiritual world of Islam.

Schuon's foundation is always the intrinsic nature of things rather than any confessional point of view. This perspective opens up new avenues of approach and surprising insights into the "five pillars" of faith, the Quran, the Sunna, the Prophet and the esoteric dimension which is the kernel of Moslem spirituality. A hallmark of the author's perspective is an intellectual universality, which in examining a given religious framework readily draws upon parallels and concepts from other traditions, especially that of the Vedanta. For "what is needed in our time, and indeed in every age remote from the origins of Revelation, is . . . to rediscover the truths written in an eternal script in the very substance of man's spirit."]]> 204 Frithjof Schuon 0941532240 Joshua 0 to-read 4.10 1961
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]]> 349650 260 Herbert Marcuse 0807014176 Joshua 0 to-read 3.99 1964
author: Herbert Marcuse
name: Joshua
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]]> 31177518
If so, this comprehensive guide is your treasure chest of wisdom for developing better relationships, commanding more attention, and flourishing loyalty in friendships, family, and followers.

You'll also pick up key tips on how to become a better leader in both your work and personal lives.

This book is a step by step guide to help you analyze people instantly and be an amazing person to them. To quench our thirst to be loved, we must position ourselves in a position that will make us loveable and attractive. Standard confidence, a warm smile and a firm handshake is enough to start you off but keeping the ball rolling might be a whole new journey up hill.

Here Is A Preview Of What Inside The ]]> 58 Byron Francis Joshua 4 4.00
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]]> 56269 144 Alejandro Jodorowsky 1569711364 Joshua 3
the story is by Jodorwosky and seems to be somewhat of a reflection of how he sees himself, in an ideal universe and how one can reach some kind of spiritual satisfaction.]]> 3.45 1992
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not the most impressive illustration work by Girard.

the story is by Jodorwosky and seems to be somewhat of a reflection of how he sees himself, in an ideal universe and how one can reach some kind of spiritual satisfaction.
]]> 8534527 Emmanuel Goldstein Joshua 0 to-read 4.25 1984
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]]> 154329 130 Gilles Deleuze 0872862186 Joshua 0 to-read 4.26 1970
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]]> 22913 Kafka Deleuze and Guattari free their subject from his (mis)interpreters. In contrast to traditional readings that see in Kafka's work a case of Oedipalized neurosis or a flight into transcendence, guilt, and subjectivity, Deleuze and Guattari make a case for Kafka as a man of joy, a promoter of radical politics who resisted at every turn submission to frozen hierarchies.]]> 136 Gilles Deleuze 0816615152 Joshua 0 to-read 4.17 1975
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]]> 118319 What Is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's career.

Deleuze and Guattari differentiate between philosophy, science, and the arts, seeing as means of confronting chaos, and challenge the common view that philosophy is an extension of logic. The authors also discuss the similarities and distinctions between creative and philosophical writing. Fresh anecdotes from the history of philosophy illuminate the book, along with engaging discussions of composers, painters, writers, and architects.

A milestone in Deleuze's collaboration with Guattari, What Is Philosophy? brings a new perspective to Deleuze's studies of cinema, painting, and music, while setting a brilliant capstone upon his work.]]> 253 Gilles Deleuze 0231079893 Joshua 0 to-read 4.18 1991
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]]> 765337 350 Gilles Deleuze 0231081596 Joshua 0 to-read 4.27 1968
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]]> 83271
In Nietzsche and Philosophy , Deleuze identifies and explores three crucial concepts in Nietzschean thought-multiplicity, becoming, and affirmation-and clarifies Nietzsche's views regarding the will to power, eternal return, nihilism, and difference. For Deleuze, Nietzsche challenged conventional philosophical ideas and provided a means of escape from Hegel's dialectical thinking, which had come to dominate French philosophy. He also offered a path toward a politics of difference. In this new edition, Michael Hardt's foreword examines the profound influence of Deleuze's provocative interpretations on the study of Nietzsche, which opened a whole new avenue in postwar thought.]]> 231 Gilles Deleuze 0231138776 Joshua 0 to-read 4.22 1962
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]]> 118317 400 Gilles Deleuze 0816612250 Joshua 5 4.16 1972
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A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social phenomena and offers fresh alternatives for thinking about philosophy and culture. Its radical perspective provides a toolbox for nomadic thought and has had a galvanizing influence on today's anti-capitalist movement.

Translated by Brian Massumi]]> 632 Gilles Deleuze 0816614024 Joshua 5 4.32 1980
author: Gilles Deleuze
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]]> 16041352 128 P.D. Ouspensky Joshua 5 4.05 1951
author: P.D. Ouspensky
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]]> 9574246 219 Patrick Laude 1438429568 Joshua 0 to-read 0.0 2010
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]]> 424125 For example, the belief in a never-ending ‘progressâ€�, which until recently was held as a sort of inviolable and indisputable dogma, is no longer so widespread; there are those who perceive, though in a vague and confused manner, that the civilization of the West may not always go on developing in the same direction, but may some day reach a point where it will stop, or even be plunged in its entirety into some cataclysm. Such persons may not see clearly where the danger liesâ€� the fantastic or puerile fears they sometimes express being proof enough that their minds still harbor many errorsâ€� but it is already something that they realize there is a danger, even if it is felt rather than understood; and it is also something that they can conceive that this civilization, with which the moderns are so infatuated, holds no privileged position in the history of the world, and may easily encounter the same fate as has befallen many others that have already disappeared at more or less remote periods, some of them having left traces so slight as to be hardly noticeable, let alone recognizable.]]> 136 RenĂ© GuĂ©non 0900588241 Joshua 0 to-read 4.14 1927
author: René Guénon
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]]> 17847856
In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds―remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia―drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China.

Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. Central Asians achieved signal breakthroughs in astronomy, mathematics, geology, medicine, chemistry, music, social science, philosophy, and theology, among other subjects. They gave algebra its name, calculated the earth's diameter with unprecedented precision, wrote the books that later defined European medicine, and penned some of the world's greatest poetry. One scholar, working in Afghanistan, even predicted the existence of North and South America―five centuries before Columbus. Rarely in history has a more impressive group of polymaths appeared at one place and time. No wonder that their writings influenced European culture from the time of St. Thomas Aquinas down to the scientific revolution, and had a similarly deep impact in India and much of Asia.

Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise. Informed by the latest scholarship yet written in a lively and accessible style, this is a book that will surprise general readers and specialists alike.]]> 634 S. Frederick Starr 0691157731 Joshua 0 to-read 4.24 2013
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]]> 18705369 166 Kenneth Avery 1438451792 Joshua 0 to-read 3.50 2014
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]]> 22922247 233 Joshua 5 4.68 2004
author: Ù…Ű­Ù…ŰŻ Ù…ÙˆÙ„ÙˆŰŻ ŰšÙ† ŰŁŰ­Ù…ŰŻ ÙŰ§Ù„ Ű§Ù„ÙŠŰčÙ‚ÙˆŰšÙŠ Ű§Ù„Ù…ÙˆŰłÙˆÙŠ
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.68
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]]> 272724
This exploration of Islamic spirituality delves into the psychological diseases and cures of the heart. Diseases examined include miserliness, envy, hatred, treachery, rancour, malice, ostentation, arrogance, covetousness, lust, and other afflictions that assail people and often control them. The causes and practical cures of these diseases are discussed, offering a penetrating glimpse into how Islam deals with spiritual and psychological problems and demonstrating how all people can benefit from these teachings.]]> 220 Hamza Yusuf 1929694156 Joshua 5 4.53 2004
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excellent book. practical advice rooted in ancient wisdom.
]]> 683372 ]]> 1164 Muhammad Asad 1904510000 Joshua 0 to-read 4.48
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]]> 12913012 138 Ibn ÊżArabi Joshua 0 to-read 4.60 2001
author: Ibn ÊżArabi
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]]> 6240926 Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized—had somehow hijacked destiny.]]> Tamim Ansary 1433272261 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.36 2009
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]]> 12597079 author clarifies the term saadah, the Islamic term for happiness, in this monograph.

He explains the relation between happiness and true faith, righteous deeds, remembrance of God,
stability and peaceful calmness of heart and certainty of the truth. The human being's relation to
virtue and vice are clarified and the author's original thesis of tragedy (rooted in the religious
tradition of the West).]]> 50 Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Joshua 0 to-read 4.53 1976
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]]> 11394709 274 Guillaume Faye 1907166181 Joshua 0 to-read 3.92 2001
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> 9436017 252 Guillaume Faye 1907166092 Joshua 0 to-read 3.66 1998
author: Guillaume Faye
name: Joshua
average rating: 3.66
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]]> 5266659 282 Daniel Gruber 0966925319 Joshua 0 to-read 4.31 1999
author: Daniel Gruber
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.31
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]]> 4381 158 Ray Bradbury 0307347974 Joshua 5 3.96 1953
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Joshua
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]]> 26533235 196 Savitri Devi 069237194X Joshua 0 to-read 4.20 1946
author: Savitri Devi
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 2749148 Last and First Men. This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (1886�1950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years. Together with its follow-up, Star Maker, it is regarded as the standard by which all earlier and later future histories are measured.

The protagonist of this compelling novel is humanity itself, stripped down to sheer intelligence. It evolves through the ages: rising to pinnacles of civilization, teetering on the brink of extinction, surviving onslaughts from other planets and a decline in solar energy, and constantly developing new forms, new senses, and new intellectual abilities. From the present to five billion years into the future, this romance of humanity abounds in profound and imaginative thought.]]> 246 Olaf Stapledon 0486466825 Joshua 5 3.81 1930
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]]> 343903
The twentieth century produced a galaxy of extraordinary Jewish historians. Gershom Scholem stands out among them for the richness and power of his historical imagination. Born in Berlin in 1897, Scholem became a Zionist as a young student in a revolt against his family's bourgeois and assimilated life. He learned Hebrew and studied Kabbalah, the world of mystical teachings that had become marginalized--indeed stigmatized--within the mainstream rationalist Jewish tradition. In 1923, Scholem emigrated to Palestine and eventually joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, publishing groundbreaking studies in the field of Jewish mysticism.

In the 1930s, Scholem's scholarship turned to an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey, Sabbatai ?evi, who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when ?evi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A Bollingen Foundation grant enabled Scholem to complete the original Hebrew edition of his biography in 1957. Bollingen also supported R. J. Zwi Werblowsky's masterful English translation. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, "Sabbatai ?evi" stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and for its passion. It is widely esteemed as one of Scholem's masterworks. The author himself always regarded the Princeton/Bollingen edition as a highlight of his scholarship.]]> 1030 Gershom Scholem 069101809X Joshua 0 to-read 4.35 1957
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]]> 15889835 458 Benton L. Bradberry 147723182X Joshua 0 to-read 4.44 2012
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]]> 350 NAME: Valentine Michael Smith
ANCESTRY: Human
ORIGIN: Mars

Valentine Michael Smith is a human being raised on Mars, newly returned to Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while teaching them his own fundamental beliefs in grokking, watersharing, and love.]]> 525 Robert A. Heinlein Joshua 4 3.93 1961
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Joshua
average rating: 3.93
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]]> 345784 The Thirst for Annihilation is the first book in English to respond to Bataille's writings. In no way, though, is Nick Land's book an attempt to appropriate Bataille's writings to a secular intelligibility or to compromise with the aridity of academic discourse - rather, it is written as a communion. Theoretical issues in philosophy, sociology, psychodynamics, politics and poetry are discussed, but only as stepping stones into the deep water of textual sacrifice where words pass over into the broken voice of death. Cultural modernity is diagnosed down to its Kantian bedrock with its transcendental philosophy of the object, but Bataille's writings cut violently across this tightly disciplined reading to reveal the strong underlying currents that bear us towards chaos and dissolution - the violent impulse to escape, the thirst for annihilation.]]> 248 Nick Land 0415056071 Joshua 0 to-read 3.96 1992
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]]> 10838202
Can what is playing you make it to Level 2?

Fanged Noumena assembles for the first time the writings of Nick Land, variously described as 'rabid nihilism', 'Deleuzian Thatcherism', 'accelerationism', and 'cybergothic'. Wielding weaponised, machinically-recombined versions of Deleuze and Guattari, Reich and Freud, in the company of fellow 'werewolves' such as Nietzsche, Bataille, Artaud, Trakl, and Cioran, to a cut-up soundtrack of Bladerunner, Terminator, and Apocalypse Now, Land plotted a rigorously schizophrenic escape route out of academic philosophy, and declared all-out war on the Human Security System. Despite his 'disappearance', Land's output has been a crucial underground influence both on recent Speculative Realist thought, and on artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers invigorated by his uncompromising and abrasive philosophical vision.

Beginning with Land's radical rereadings of Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Kant, and ending with Professor Barker's cosmic theory of geo-trauma and neo-qabbalistic attempts to formulate a numerical anti-language, Fanged Noumena rescues from obscurity papers, talks and articles some of which have never previously appeared in print. Long the subject of rumour and vague legend, Land's turbulent post-genre theory-fictions of cybercapitalist meltdown smear cyberpunk, philosophy, arithmetic, poetics, cryptography, anthropology, grammatology, and the occult into unrecognisable and gripping hybrids.

Fanged Noumena is a dizzying trip through Land's rigorous, incisive, and provocative work, establishing it as an indispensable resource for radically inhuman thought in the twenty-first century.]]> 666 Nick Land 095530878X Joshua 0 to-read 3.89 2011
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]]> 11812541 Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day, and demonstrating how cultural agents were inadvertently instrumental in the mid-17th-century mass-movement Sabbateanism that led to the conviction that Sabbatai Tzevi was the Messiah.
Exploring how the tragic misperception of the Jewish Sabbath by the non-Jewish world led to a linkage of Jews with sorcery in 14th and 15th-century Europe, associating their holy day with the witches' 'Sabbat' gathering, Idel brings this wide-ranging study into the present day with an analysis of 20th-century scholarship and thought influenced by Saturnism, particularly lingering themes related to melancholy in the works of Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin.]]> 216 Moshe Idel 0826444539 Joshua 4 4.00 2011
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an interesting premise, but it's far from a full thesis. Somewhat disjointed collection of ideas.
]]> 3048734 120 0404069061 Joshua 0 to-read 4.25 1952
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]]> 76171 The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia

Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, We is the classic dystopian novel and was the forerunner of works such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. It was suppressed for many years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom, yet is also a powerful, exciting and vivid work of science fiction. Clarence Brown's brilliant translation is based on the corrected text of the novel, first published in Russia in 1988 after more than sixty years' suppression.]]> 256 Yevgeny Zamyatin 0140185852 Joshua 4 3.91 1924
author: Yevgeny Zamyatin
name: Joshua
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 51654 A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death & Mystical Experiences.
A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT: A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research.

From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted US DEA-approved clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected 60 volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical that is also manufactured by the human brain, consistently produced near-death and mystical experiences. Many volunteers reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences, especially "aliens." Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives.

Strassman's research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus to be the site of the seventh chakra and by René Descartes to be the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states of meditation and even sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes that alien abduction experiences are brought on by accidental releases of DMT. If used wisely, DMT could trigger a period of remarkable progress in the scientific exploration of the most mystical regions of the human mind and soul.]]> 363 Rick Strassman 0892819278 Joshua 4 4.15 2000
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name: Joshua
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]]> 28768 276 StanisƂaw Lem 0156278065 Joshua 5 3.92 1959
author: StanisƂaw Lem
name: Joshua
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]]> 12321 Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics.

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the world.

This edition includes a commentary on the text by the translator and Michael Tanner's introduction, which explains some of the more abstract passages in Beyond Good and Evil.

Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. A powerfully original thinker, Nietzsche's influence on subsequent writers, such as George Bernard Shaw, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann and Jean-Paul Sartre, was considerable.

If you enjoyed Beyond Good and Evil you might like Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, also available in Penguin Classics.

"One of the greatest books of a very great thinker." —Michael Tanner]]> 240 Friedrich Nietzsche 014044923X Joshua 5 4.05 1886
author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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]]> 227463 A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?"

This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."]]> 192 Anthony Burgess Joshua 5 3.98 1962
author: Anthony Burgess
name: Joshua
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]]> 11510916
Siddhartha goes from asceticism, to a very worldly life as a trader with a lover, and back to asceticism as he attempts to achieve this goal.

The story takes place in ancient India around the time of Gotama Buddha (likely between the fourth and seventh centuries BCE[3]).

Experience is the aggregate of conscious events experienced by a human in life â€� it connotes participation, learning and knowledge. Understanding is comprehension and internalization. In Hesse’s novel Siddhartha, experience is shown as the best way to approach understanding of reality and attain enlightenment â€� Hesse’s crafting of Siddhartha’s journey shows that understanding is attained not through scholastic, mind-dependent methods, nor through immersing oneself in the carnal pleasures of the world and the accompanying pain of samsara; however, it is the totality of these experiences that allow Siddhartha to attain understanding.

Thus, the individual events are meaningless when considered by themselves—Siddhartha’s stay with the samanas and his immersion in the worlds of love and business do not lead to nirvana, yet they cannot be considered distractions, for every action and event that is undertaken and happens to Siddhartha helps him to achieve understanding. The sum of these events is thus experience]]> Hermann Hesse Joshua 5 4.17 1922
author: Hermann Hesse
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]]> 588508
The Fourth Way is one of the most comprehensive texts published of the ideas taught by the late P.D. Ouspensky. Consisting of verbatim records of his oral teaching from 1921 to 1946, it gives a lucid explanation of the practical side of G. I. Gurdjieff's teachings, which Gurdjieff presented in the form of raw materials, Ouspensky's specific task having been to put them together as a systematic whole. Just as Tertium Organum deals with a new mode of thinking, so The Fourth Way is concerned with a new way of living. It shows a way of inner development to be followed under the ordinary conditions of life -- as distinct from the three traditional ways that call for retirement from the those of the fakir, the monk, and the yogi.]]> 446 P.D. Ouspensky 0394716728 Joshua 5 4.22 1957
author: P.D. Ouspensky
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]]> 258064 2030 Maurice Nicoll 0877289107 Joshua 4 4.48 1975
author: Maurice Nicoll
name: Joshua
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]]> 752125 144 Kathleen Riordan Speeth 0874774926 Joshua 5 3.75 1976
author: Kathleen Riordan Speeth
name: Joshua
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]]> 455880 All and Everything, is a primary source for Gurdjieff's ideas, methods, and biography. Gurdjieff offers guidance to his "community of seekers," through a selection of talks given in 1930, autobiographical material crucial to understanding his ideas, and the incomplete essay "The Outer and Inner World of Man." Available for the first time in paperback, this is the ultimate piece of Gurdjieff's work that his numerous followers have been waiting for.]]> 192 G.I. Gurdjieff 0140195858 Joshua 4 4.16 1975
author: G.I. Gurdjieff
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]]> 56230
� Shows how psychological realizations can cause true transformation when manifested by concrete poetic acts

� Includes many examples of the surreal but successful actions Jodorowsky has prescribed to those seeking his help

While living in Mexico, Alejandro Jodorowsky became familiar with the colorful and effective cures provided by folk healers. He realized that it is easier for the unconscious to understand the language of dreams than that of rationality. Illness can even be seen as a physical dream that reveals unresolved emotional and psychological problems.

Psychomagic presents the shamanic and genealogical principles Jodorowsky discovered to create a healing therapy that could use the powers of dreams, art, and theater to empower individuals to heal wounds that in some cases had traveled through generations. The concrete and often surreal poetic actions Jodorowsky employs are part of an elaborate strategy intended to break apart the dysfunctional persona with whom the patient identifies in order to connect with a deeper self. That is when true transformation can manifest.

For a young man who complained that he lived only in his head and was unable to grab hold of reality and advance toward the financial autonomy he desired, Jodorowsky gave the prescription to paste two gold coins to the soles of his shoes so that all day he would be walking on gold. A judge whose vanity was ruling his every move was given the task of dressing like a tramp and begging outside one of the fashionable restaurants he loved to frequent while pulling glass doll eyes out of his pockets. The lesson for him was that if a tramp can fill his pockets with eyeballs, then they must be of no value, and thus the eyes of others should have no bearing on who you are and what you do. Taking his patients directly at their words, Jodorowsky takes the same elements associated with a negative emotional charge and recasts them in an action that will make them positive and enable them to pay the psychological debts hindering their lives.]]> 360 Alejandro Jodorowsky 0307347869 Joshua 0 to-read 3.95 1995
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]]> 3064956 303 G.I. Gurdjieff 0710070322 Joshua 5 4.18 1960
author: G.I. Gurdjieff
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]]> 530903
Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the Work, a combination of Eastern philosophies that had for centuries been passed on orally from teacher to student. Gurdjieff's goal, to introduce the Work to the West, attracted many students, among them Ouspensky, an established mathematician, journalist, and, with the publication of In Search of the Miraculous, an eloquent and persuasive proselyte.

Ouspensky describes Gurdjieff's teachings in fascinating and accessible detail, providing what has proven to be a stellar introduction to the universal view of both student and teacher. It goes without saying that In Search of the Miraculous has inspired great thinkers and writers of ensuing spiritual movements, including Marianne Williamson, the highly acclaimed author of A Return to Love and Illuminata. In a new and never-before-published foreword, Williamson shares the influence of Ouspensky's book and Gurdjieff's teachings on the New Thought movement and her own life, providing a contemporary look at an already timeless classic.]]> 399 P.D. Ouspensky 0156007460 Joshua 5 4.05 1947
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]]> 37530 280 Georges Bataille 0872861902 Joshua 0 to-read 4.11 1957
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]]> 8637532 Book by Huntford, Roland Roland Huntford Joshua 5 4.14 1971
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Priča koja govori o zakopanom blagu ubrzo prerasta u pravu detektivsku avanturu istorijskih razmera. Ova savremena potraga za Gralom donosi nam uvid u ĆĄifrovane poruke na pergamentima, saznajemo mnogo o tajnim udruĆŸenjima, templarima, jereticima iz 12. veka, kao i o mračnim franačkim kraljevima koji su vladali pre viĆĄe od 1.300 godina. Autori zaključuju da nije najvaĆŸnije sticanje materijalnih dobara i bogatstva već upravo razotkrivanje prastare tajne koja baca novu svetlost na savremenu politiku i osnove hriơćanstva. Kakve se to misterije provlače kroz vekove? Knjiga koja intrigira i uznemirava javnost od kada se prvi put pojavila.]]> 496 Richard Leigh Joshua 5 3.48 1982
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]]> 424270 First published in 1931 in Italian. This is the first English translation.

Draws from a host of sources in the Western esoteric tradition--works on theurgy, magic, and gnosticism from neoplatonic, Arab, and medieval sources.]]> 240 Julius Evola 0892814519 Joshua 0 to-read 4.19 1931
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]]> 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.â€�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Joshua 5 4.10 1969
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]]> 5129 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machineâ€� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune]]> 268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Joshua 5 3.99 1932
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]]> 7654320 552 Alex Kurtagic 0956183506 Joshua 5 3.94 2009
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]]> 5470 328 George Orwell Joshua 5 myshelf, top 4.15 1949
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]]> 154091 Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date... The Mona Lisa Overdrive. Enter Gibson's unique world - lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting - where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled... or even known. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes... or so they think.

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A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering to get a defecting chief of R&D—and the biochip he’s perfected—out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties—some of whom aren’t remotely human....]]> 256 William Gibson Joshua 2 4.15 1986
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]]> 1064121 247 Anatoliy Golitsyn 189979803X Joshua 5 3.58 1998
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]]> 26895183 210 Lou Baldin 1105603989 Joshua 5 5.00 2012
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