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Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern Worldby David F. WellsISBN 1844741060 (1-84474-106-0)
Hardcover, W.B. Eerdmans Pub Co
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Against Christianityby Peter J. LeithartISBN 1591280060 (1-59128-006-0)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Against Christianity'Book summary:How could a conservative Christianan ordained minister with a beard, no lessbe against not only Christianity, but theology, sacraments, and ethics as well? Yet that is the stance Peter Leithart takes in this provocative "theological bricolage."
Seeking to rethink evangelical notions of culture, church, and state, Leithart offers a series of short essays, aphorisms, and parables that challenge the current dichotomies that govern both Christian and non-Christian thinking about church and state, the secular and the religious.
But his argument isn't limited to being merely "against." Leithart reveals a much larger vision of Christian society, defined by the stories, symbols, rituals, and rules of a renewed communitythe city of God. [via]More editions of Against Christianity:
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The Age of Consent: The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Cultureby Robert H. KnightISBN 1890626058 (1-890626-05-8)
Hardcover, Spence Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Consent: The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Culture'Book summary:The vise-grip of moral relativism on American popular culture was not suddenly achieved in the 1960s. An incisive new book of unequaled historical scope studies this alluring but poisonous philosophy's hundred-year conquest of the institutions that shape the popular mind: art, music, architecture, film, and, of course, television.
Knight begins with a reminder of the imperfect but healthy society we inhabited before the ideology of self-gratification released the host of social pathologies from which we now suffer. He then guides the reader on a historical tour of the organs of modern popular culture, documenting the nearly unhindered march of relativism-led by a vanguard of decadent lites-through television, Hollywood, art, music, and architecture. This sustained assault on objective truth has brought us to the "Age of Consent," a morally obtuse world in which any act is validated by the mere consent of those immediately involved. Yet the Age of Consent's denial of truth, Knight argues, is unsustainable, and he concludes with a survey of the signs of incipient reaction that give hope for the future.
The Age of Consent opens with a foreword by Gary L. Bauer, president of the Family Research Council, whom the Weekly Standard has called "the most influential social conservative in Washington." As a study of moral relativism, The Age of Consent is unique in its broad historical treatment of the full array of transmitters of popular culture. [via]
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All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians & Popular Cultureby Kenneth A. MyersISBN 0891075380 (0-89107-538-0)
Softcover, Crossway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians & Popular Culture'Book summary:Where did popular culture come from? Why is it the way it is? How does it influence Americans in general and Christians in particular? Ken Myers provides fascinating answers to these questions. He sees pop culture as a culture of diversion, preventing people from asking questions about their origin and destiny and about the meaning of life. Two aspects stand outa quest for novelty and a desire for instant gratification. In addition, this culture offers something very appealingthe illusion that you set your own standards, you can choose, you are the master of your fate, you deserve a break, you're worth it.
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The American Hour: A Time of Reckoning and the Once and Future Role of Faithby OS GuinnessISBN 0029131731 (0-02-913173-1)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Hour: A Time of Reckoning and the Once and Future Role of Faith'Book summary:"In "The American Hour", Guinness examines the growing crisis in America's moral and cultural order. In particular, he explores its impact on three areas which he considers vital to the health of America: on identity, as in the currently contested notion of what it means to be an American; on American public philosophy, including the now controversial relationship of religion and public life; and on American republican character, including the distinctive emphasis on the importance of the "habits of the heart". Guinness goes on to set forth a vision of a reforged public philosophy, one through which we can solve the practical questions of living with our deepest differences. He also sees the possibility of a new, vital and constructive role for religion in American public life. [via]
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The American Religionby Harold BloomISBN 0978721004 (0-9787210-0-4)
Softcover, Atlasbooks Dist Serv
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The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nationby Harold BloomISBN 0671867377 (0-671-86737-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Businessby Neil PostmanISBN 014303653X (0-14-303653-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Angels in the Architecture: A Protestant Vision for Middle Earthby Douglas Wilson, Douglas JonesISBN 1885767404 (1-885767-40-4)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels in the Architecture: A Protestant Vision for Middle Earth'Book summary:Christianity presents a glorious vision for culture, a vision overflowing with truth, beauty, and goodness. It's a vision that stands in stark conflict with the anemic modern (and postmodern) perspectives that dominate contemporary life. Medieval Christianity began telling a beautiful story about the good life, but it was silenced in mid-sentence. The Reformation rescued truth, but its modern grandchildren have often ignored the importance of a medieval grasp of the good life. This book sketches a vision of "Medieval Protestantism," a personal and cultural vision that embraces the fullness of Christian truth, beauty, and goodness. [via]
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Angry Womenby Andrea JunoISBN 1890451053 (1-890451-05-3)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Beyond Culture Warsby Michael S. HortonISBN 0802408931 (0-8024-0893-1)
Hardcover, Moody Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Culture Wars'Book summary:Horton take aim at shallow fads and misspent political energy. He calls Christians back to the biblical mission, insisting that modern Christians' should follow the example of those first Christians by arguing their case. [via]
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Beyond Good And Evilby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 1599869934 (1-59986-993-4)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good And Evil'Book summary:He's one of the most debated writers of the 19th century: Nietzsche and his works have been by turns vilified, lauded, and subjected to numerous contradictory interpretations, and yet he remains a figure of profound import, and his works a necessary component of a well-rounded education. This 1885 book serves as both vital introduction to and valuable summation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole. Here, broken down into bite-size segments are the great thinker's outlook on philosophical bias, religion, morality, virtue, nationalism, free-spiritedness, scholarship, gender relations, and other weighty topics. German psychologist and philosopher FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) was appointed special professor of classical philology at the University of Basel at the precocious age of 24, but soon found himself dissatisfied with academic life and created an alternative intellectual society for himself among friends including composer Richard Wagner, historian Jakob Burckhardt, and theologian Franz Overbeck. Among his philosophical works are Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and Ecce Homo. ______________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO Nietzsche's The Use and Abuse of History, Thus Spake Zarathustra, and The Anti-Christ [via]
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Christ and Cultureby H. Richard NiebuhrISBN 0061300039 (0-06-130003-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christ and Culture'Book summary:Being fully God and fully human, Jesus raised an enduring question for his followers: what exactly was His place in this world? In the classic Christ and Culture, H. Richard Niebuhr crafted a magisterial survey of the many ways of answering that question--and the related question of how Christ's followers understand their own place in the world. Niebuhr called the subject of this book "the double wrestle of the church with its Lord and with the cultural society with which it lives in symbiosis." And he described various understandings of Christ "against," "of," and "above" culture, as well as Christ "transforming" culture, and Christ in "paradoxical" relation to it. This 50th anniversary edition of Christ and Culture, with a foreword by theologian Martin E. Marty, is not easy reading. But it remains among the most gripping articulations of what is arguably the most basic ethical question of the Christian faith: how is Christ relevant to the world in which we live now? --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Closing of the American Mindby Allan BloomISBN 0671657151 (0-671-65715-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites.
Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Blooms argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today. [via]
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The Closing of the American Mind/How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Studentsby Allan BloomISBN 0671479903 (0-671-47990-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closing of the American Mind/How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students'Book summary:THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind , an appraisal of contemporary America that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" ( The New York Times ) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom's argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today. [via]
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The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to the Authority of Scripture and the Gospelby John H. Armstrong, R. Kent Hughes, John MacArthur, Michael Scott Horton, R.C. Sproul, Albert MohlerISBN 0802477380 (0-8024-7738-0)
Softcover, Moody Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to the Authority of Scripture and the Gospel'Book summary:Go with the flow. Times change. Nothing ever stays the same. So proclaims the voice of our age. But is this wisdom of the world congruous with the wisdom of God? Is the church really too old-fashioned, or has it turned a blind eye as the world crept in and redefined God's commands and His power? In fifteen clearly defined essays, John H. Armstrong and fourteen other evangelical leaders examine exactly what the sufficiency of Scripture and the authority of the Gospel entail theologically and what that means to us as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. What does the name 'evangelical' mean historically, and how has its definition been altered? Is theology really important to the modern church? What about 'seeker-sensitive' churches? Should we manipulate the gospel to reach those it would otherwise offend? All sorts of people are claiming they've had 'revelations from God.' Does God still speak to us apart from the Bible? Can Scripture really heal hurting people? Isn't that the job of 'trained professionals?'Examine the answers to these and other tough questions with some of the leading theologians of our time, as they respond to the challenges brought by neoevangelicalism to the authority of the Living Word.[via]More editions of The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to the Authority of Scripture and the Gospel:
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Comments on the Society of the Spectacleby Guy DebordISBN 1859841694 (1-85984-169-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comments on the Society of the Spectacle'Book summary:"Their general headquarters is secret but I think that it is somewhere in London. They are not students, but are what is known as situationists; they travel everywhere and exploit the discontents of students."News of the World.
First published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle, has since acquired a cult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideas generated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord's pitiless attack on commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everyday life continues to btirn brightly in today's age of satellite television and the soundbite In Comments on the Society of the Spectacle published twenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previous analysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in a period when the 'integrated spectacle' was dominant. Resolutely refusing to be reconciled to the system, Debord trenchantly slices through the doxa and mystification offered tip by journalists and pundits to show how aspects of reality as diverse as terrorism and the environment, the Mafia and the media, were caught in the logic of the spectacular society. Pointing the finger clearly at those who benefit from the logic of domination, Debord's Comments convey the revolutionary impulse at the heart of situationism. [via]More editions of Comments on the Society of the Spectacle:
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The Complete Works of Hans R. Rookmaakerby H. R. RookmaakerISBN 190368904X (1-903689-04-X)
Hardcover, Piquant
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works of Hans R. Rookmaaker'Book summary:Lecture, articles, book reviews, published books, PhD thesis, sermons: around two-thirds of the material in these volumes are here available in English for the first time. Published in 2001-2002 to coincide with the commemoration of 25 years since the death of Hans R. Rookmaaker. The Complete Works are available as a 6-volume hardcover set of books. It is also available on CD-Rom as a searchable PDF. [via]
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The Compromised Church: The Present Evangelical Crisisby John H. ArmstrongISBN 1581340060 (1-58134-006-0)
Hardcover, Good News Pub
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A Confessing Theology for Postmodern Timesby Michael S. HortonISBN 1581341024 (1-58134-102-4)
Hardcover, Good News Pub
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Death in the Cityby Francisa Schaeffer, Udo W. MiddelmannISBN 1581344023 (1-58134-402-3)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escapeby Andrei CodrescuISBN 188691348X (1-886913-48-X)
Softcover, Ruminator Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape'Book summary:This cultural-literary-social critique examines why, when a society moves from a repressive system of government wrought with censorship and oppression to a free state representing unlimited possibilities, the art once created and treasured by that population is taken for granted. Taking into account his own exile from Stalinist Romania, as well as the plights of such greats as Garcia Marquez, Breton, the Dadaists, Kundera, and Milosz, Codrescu issues a call for those living in a free society to reach beyond a benign reality founded in technology and commercialism by tapping into their imaginations and striving for a better, evolutionary existence.
";One day I had a revelation. There had been hints for some time that certain books had better not be discussed. Our next-door neighbor had a German Bible hidden at the bottom of an old sea chest. Her son Peter, who was a year older than me, showed it to me in secret one afternoon after making me swear that I would never reveal its existence to anyone. . . . It emitted a dark, pungent odor of darkness, monks, time, Gutenberg, sea journeys, incense, and last rites. Peter told me there were other books like this, some old, some new, all of them containing secrets so awesome we would be put in prison for merely mentioning them."; From this point in his Romanian childhood, Codrescu became acutely attuned to the meaning of literature in the progress and movement of societies, both free and oppressed. ";The police have arrived everywhere: in [Eastern Europe] they are uniformed police. In the West they are the invisible police of image manipulation."
Andrei Codrescu, an essayist, poet, All Things Considered commentator, and MSNBC columnist, has published numerous books, including Road Scholar and The Devil Never Sleeps. Born in Romania, he came to the U.S. in 1966, and currently teaches at Louisana State University. [via]
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Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminismby F. Carolyn GragliaISBN 1890626090 (1-890626-09-0)
Softcover, Spence Pub
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The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generationsby Dan KimballISBN 0310245648 (0-310-24564-8)
Softcover, Youth Specialties
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations'Book summary:Includes -Samples and photos of emerging church worship gatherings -Recommended resources for the emerging church The seeker-sensitive movement revolutionized the way we did church and introduced countless baby boomers to Jesus. Yet trends show that today's post-Christian generations are not responding like the generations before them. As we enter a new cultural era, what do worship services look like that are connecting with the hearts of emerging generations? How do preaching, leadership, evangelism, spiritual formation, and, most of all, how we even think of 'church' need to change? The Emerging Church goes beyond just theory and gets into very practical ways of assisting you in your local church circumstances. There is no one right way, no model for us all to emulate. But there is something better. Dan Kimball calls it 'Vintage Christianity': a refreshing return to an unapologetically sacred, raw, historical, and Jesus-focused missional ministry. Vintage Christianity connects with emerging post-seeker generations who are very open spiritually but are not interested in church. For pastors, leaders, and every concerned Christian, Kimball offers a riveting and easy-to-grasp exploration of today's changing culture and gives insight into the new kind of churches that are emerging in its midst. Included is running commentary by Rick Warren, Brian McLaren, Howard Hendricks, and others. [via]
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End of Faith: Religion, Terror, And the Future of Reasonby Sam HarrisISBN 0393327655 (0-393-32765-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End of Faith: Religion, Terror, And the Future of Reason'Book summary:Sam Harris cranks out blunt, hard-hitting chapters to make his case for why faith itself is the most dangerous element of modern life. And if the devil's in the details, then you'll find Satan waiting at the back of the book in the very substantial notes section where Harris saves his more esoteric discussions to avoid sidetracking the urgency of his message.
Interestingly, Harris is not just focused on debunking religious faith, though he makes his compelling arguments with verve and intellectual clarity. The End of Faith is also a bit of a philosophical Swiss Army knife. Once he has presented his arguments on why, in an age of Weapons of Mass Destruction, belief is now a hazard of great proportions, he focuses on proposing alternate approaches to the mysteries of life. Harris recognizes the truth of the human condition, that we fear death, and we often crave "something more" we cannot easily define, and which is not met by accumulating more material possessions. But by attempting to provide the cure for the ills it defines, the book bites off a bit more than it can comfortably chew in its modest page count (however the rich Bibliography provides more than enough background for an intrigued reader to follow up for months on any particular strand of the author' musings.)
Harris' heart is not as much in the latter chapters, though, but in presenting his main premise. Simply stated, any belief system that speaks with assurance about the hereafter has the potential to place far less value on the here and now. And thus the corollary -- when death is simply a door translating us from one existence to another, it loses its sting and finality. Harris pointedly asks us to consider that those who do not fear death for themselves, and who also revere ancient scriptures instructing them to mete it out generously to others, may soon have these weapons in their own hands. If thoughts along the same line haunt you, this is your book.--Ed Dobeas [via]
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Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches For Conservative Christianityby Dave ShiflettISBN 1595230076 (1-59523-007-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fasterby James GleickISBN 067977548X (0-679-77548-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faster'Book summary:From the bestselling, national book award-nominated auhtor of genius and chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world.most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon [via]
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Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everythingby James GleickISBN 0679408371 (0-679-40837-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everything'Book summary:Never in the history of the human race have so many had so much to do in so little time. That, anyway, is the impression most of us have of civilized life at the end of the millennium, and Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything only sharpens it. Elegantly composed and insightfully researched, Faster delivers a brisk volley of observations on how microchips, media, and economics, among other things, have accelerated the pace of everyday experience over the course of the manic 20th century.
Author of the pop-science triumph, Chaos, James Gleick brings his formidable writing skills to bear here, creating an almost poetic flow of ideas from what in other hands might have been just a mass of interesting facts and anecdotes. Whether tracing the modern history of chronometry (from Louis-François Cartier's invention of the wristwatch to the staggeringly precise atomic clocks of today's standards bureaus) or revealing the ways the camera has sped up our subjective sense of pace (from the freeze frames of Eadweard Muybridge's early photographic experiments to the jump cuts of MTV's latest videos), Gleick manages to weave in slyly perceptive or occasionally profound points about our increasingly hopped-up relationship to time. The result is the kind of thing only an accelerated culture like ours could have come up with: an instant classic. --Julian Dibbell [via]
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Fool's Gold?: Discerning Truth In An Age Of Errorby John MacArthur, Phil Johnson, Scott Lang, Nathan BusenitzISBN 158134726X (1-58134-726-X)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Lifeby Jacques BarzunISBN 0060928832 (0-06-092883-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life'Book summary:At the outset of Jacques Barzun's colossal book From Dawn to Decadence 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, the author admits that when asked by friends how long he has been writing his book, he can only answer--a lifetime. The book is worth the wait for its extraordinary energy and intellectual range. Barzun begins by arguing that "by tracing in broad outline the evolution of art, science, religion, philosophy and social though during the last 500 years, I hope to show that during this span the peoples of the West offered the world a set of ideas and institutions not found earlier elsewhere." In the process Barzun adroitly guides the reader from Luther's Ninety-five Theses and the religious revolution of the 16th century, through what he calls "the monarchical, liberal and social" revolutions of the subsequent 400 years that have shaped the culture of the modern Western world. All of Western life and thought can be found somewhere in From Dawn to Decadence. Portraits of Martin Luther, Shakespeare, Descartes, Florence Nightingale and James Joyce jostle alongside snapshots of cities at turning points in history--"The View from Venice Around 1650", "The View from Paris Around 1830", and finally "A View from New York Around 1995". Barzun's central argument is that "after a time, the Western mind was set upon by a blight: it was Boredom." This does lead Barzun to some more curmudgeonly comments towards the end of the book, where he deals with the cultural exhaustion of the last decades of the 20th century, but over 800 pages he offers more than enough insight into an incredible sweep of history to make this a riveting and rewarding book. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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From Dawn to Decadence : 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Presentby Jacques BarzunISBN 0060175869 (0-06-017586-9)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Dawn to Decadence : 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present'Book summary:In the last half-millennium, as the noted cultural critic and historian Jacques Barzun observes, great revolutions have swept the Western world. Each has brought profound change--for instance, the remaking of the commercial and social worlds wrought by the rise of Protestantism and by the decline of hereditary monarchies. And each, Barzun hints, is too little studied or appreciated today, in a time he does not hesitate to label as decadent.
To leaf through Barzun's sweeping, densely detailed but lightly written survey of the last 500 years is to ride a whirlwind of world-changing events. Barzun ponders, for instance, the tumultuous political climate of Renaissance Italy, which yielded mayhem and chaos, but also the work of Michelangelo and Leonardo--and, he adds, the scientific foundations for today's consumer culture of boom boxes and rollerblades. He considers the 16th-century varieties of religious experimentation that arose in the wake of Martin Luther's 95 theses, some of which led to the repression of individual personality, others of which might easily have come from the "Me Decade." Along the way, he offers a miniature history of the detective novel, defends Surrealism from its detractors, and derides the rise of professional sports, packing in a wealth of learned and often barbed asides.
Never shy of controversy, Barzun writes from a generally conservative position; he insists on the importance of moral values, celebrates the historical contributions of Christopher Columbus, and twits the academic practitioners of political correctness. Whether accepting of those views or not, even the most casual reader will find much that is new or little-explored in this attractive venture into cultural history. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreamsby David F. WellsISBN 0802841791 (0-8028-4179-1)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams'Book summary:In this sequel to the widely praised No Place for Truth, David Wells calls for the restoration of the church based on a fresh encounter with the transcendent God. By looking anew at the way God's transcendence and immanence have been taken captive by modern appetites, Wells argues convincingly for a reform of the evangelical world. [via]
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How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The Worldby Francis WheenISBN 158648348X (1-58648-348-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World'Book summary:In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.[via]
What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusionsby Francis WheenISBN 0007140967 (0-00-714096-7)
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How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Cultureby Francis SchaefferISBN 1581345364 (1-58134-536-4)
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Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Senseby Francis WheenISBN 1586482475 (1-58648-247-5)
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What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
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An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Cultureby Roger ScrutonISBN 1890318477 (1-890318-47-7)
Hardcover, St Augustine Pr Inc
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Lectures on Calvinismby Abraham KuyperISBN 1589600568 (1-58960-056-8)
Hardcover, Sovereign Grace Pub
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Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover It's Moral Visionby David F. WellsISBN 0802846726 (0-8028-4672-6)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Made in America: The Shaping of Modern American Evangelicalismby Michael Scott HortonISBN 0801044022 (0-8010-4402-2)
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Made in Our Image: What Shall We Do With a "User-friendly" God?by Steven J. LawsonISBN 1590529057 (1-59052-905-7)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Man's Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklISBN 1416524282 (1-4165-2428-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man's Search for Meaning'Book summary:Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, by contrast, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. Therefore, Frankl's logotherapy is much more compatible with western religions than Freudian psychotherapy. This is a fascinating, sophisticated and very human book. At times, Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is", Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips." --Christine Buttery [via]
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Man's Search for Ultimate Meaningby Viktor E. FranklISBN 0738203548 (0-7382-0354-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning'Book summary:Viktor Frankl, author of the smash bestseller Man's Search for Meaning, offers a more straightforward alternative to traditional Freudian psychoanalysis: one's problems may be rooted in a failure to find a meaning in life beyond one's interior world. The basis for his interpretation, however, is not so straightforward. It lies in Frankl's existential analysis, plumbing for the reasons that people have repressed their consciences, their love, their creativity. By legitimizing a spiritual aspect of the human mind, Frankl has separated us definitively from the animal kingdom, but it is still up to each of us to rise to our human potential. [via]
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Mas Alla Del Bien Y Del Malby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 8471666146 (84-7166-614-6)
Softcover, Edaf Antillas
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Ministers Service Book: For Pulpit and Parishby Jesse Jai McNeilISBN 0802806503 (0-8028-0650-3)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ministers Service Book: For Pulpit and Parish'Book summary:How are we to explain the fragmentation of evangelical faith today and the current turmoil in the churches? According to David Wells, the answer lies in seeing how modernity is reshaping the whole of Western culture, including that part of it which is religious. This book provides a compelling critique of the modern world and the state of evangelical theology. Wells's sweeping analysis explores the collapse of theology in the church, the academy, and modern culture. The new environment in which we live, with its huge cities, triumphant capitalism, invasive technology, and incessant amusements, is homogenizing daily experience, bringing about a world cliche culture. While the modern world has produced astonishing abundance, it has also taken a dreadful toll on the human spirit, emptying it of meaning, depth, and morality. Seeking respite from the acids of modernity, people today have increasingly turned to religions and therapies centered on the self. And, whether consciously or not, evangelicals have taken the same path, refashioning their faith into a religion of the self. Because the modern churchgoer is so often a consumer, pastors are redefining their roles in terms of their own marketability. Evangelicals, argues Wells, have largely lost the truth that God also stands outside all human experience, that he still summons sinners to repentance and belief regardless of their self-image, and that he calls his church to stand fast in his truth against the blandishments of the modern world. Written expressly to encourage renewal in evangelical theology, No Place for Truth explores the interface between Christian faith and the modern world in entirely new ways and with uncommon rigor. Itraises profound questions about the future of conservative Protestant faith. Here is provocative reading for scholars, ministers, Christian leaders, seminary students, and all theologically concerned people. [via]
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The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianityby Philip JenkinsISBN 019518307X (0-19-518307-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity'Book summary:By the year 2,050 only one Christian in five will be non-Latino and white, and the center of gravity of the Christian world will have shifted firmly to the Southern Hemisphere.
The Next Christendom is the first book to take the full measure of the changing face of the Christian faith. Philip Jenkins shows that the churches that have grown most rapidly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are often more morally conservative and apocalyptic than their northern counterparts. Mysticism, puritanism, faith-healing, exorcism, and dream-visions--concepts which more liberal western churches have traded in for progressive political and social concerns--are basic to these newer churches. And the effects of such beliefs on global politics, Jenkins argues, will be enormous, as religious identification begins to take precedence over allegiance to secular nation-states. Indeed, as Christianity grows in regions where Islam is also expected to increase we may even see a return to the religious wars of the past, fought out with renewed intensity and high-tech weapons far surpassing the swords and spears of the middle ages. [via]More editions of The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity:
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No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?by David F. WellsISBN 080280747X (0-8028-0747-X)
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Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technologyby Albert BorgmannISBN 1587430584 (1-58743-058-4)
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The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valuedby Ann CrittendenISBN 0805066195 (0-8050-6619-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued'Book summary:Many mothers have long suspected that they're getting the short end of the deal--and finally, a highly respected economics journalist proves they're not just griping. Despite all the lip service given to the importance of motherhood, American mothers are not only not paid for all the work they do, but also penalized for it. "The gift of care can be both selfless and exploited," writes Ann Crittenden in this intrepid and groundbreaking work. Motherhood is dangerously undervalued--it's now the single biggest risk factor for poverty in old age. Mothers lose out in forgone income if they stay at home, an inflexible job market makes part-time work scarce or inadequately paid, and in the case of divorce, they're refused family assets by divorce laws that don't count their unpaid work.
Crittenden is fond of pointing out the hypocrisies plaguing America, and one is the belief in a welfare state enabling single mothers. The true welfare state, she says, protects paid workers from unforeseen risks through social security, unemployment insurance, and workman's compensation. Mothers who work part-time or not at all have no such safety net and typically take a nosedive into poverty, along with their children, after divorce or the death of their spouse. Married working moms are also punished--they pay the highest taxes on earned income in America. Crittenden's impassioned argument is based on research in a variety of fields, from economics to child development to demography. She shows how mothers were demoted from an economic asset to dependents, why welfare for only a certain group of mothers bred bitterness among the rest, and why there is currently an exodus of highly trained women from the work force.
Crittenden also travels far and wide for solutions. She finds them not only in such European nations as Sweden--which has abolished child poverty by giving mothers a year's paid leave, cash subsidies, and flexible work schedules--but in the U.S. military, which runs the best subsidized child-care program in the country and knows the value of providing special benefits to those who selflessly serve their country. Ultimately, Crittenden insists, the equality women have been fighting for will only be achieved when mothers are recognized as productive citizens creating a much-needed public good--human capital, or in layman's terms, well-raised children who grow into productive, law abiding citizens (and who pay into social security). This is an admirable--and charged--defense of motherhood, reminding us that unpaid female labor is "the priceless, invisible heart of the economy," and those who engage in this labor deserve the same rights, and the same respect, as other workers. --Lesley Reed [via]
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Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtueby Wendy ShalitISBN 0684863170 (0-684-86317-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue'Book summary:Where once a young woman had to be ashamed of her sexual experience, today she is ashamed of her sexual inexperience. Where not long ago an unmarried woman was ashamed to give public evidence of sexual desire by living with someone, today she must be ashamed to give evidence of romantic desire. From sex education in grade school to coed bathrooms in college, today's young woman is being pressured relentlessly to overcome her embarrassment, her "hang-ups," and especially her romantic hopes.
Meanwhile, the problems young women struggle with grow steadily more extreme: from sexual harassment, stalking, and date rape to anorexia and self-mutilation. Both men and women endlessly lament the loss of privacy and of real intimacy. What is it all about?
Beholden neither to conservatives who discount as exaggeration the dangers facing young women, nor to feminists who steadfastly affix blame on the patriarchy, Wendy Shalit proposes that, in fact, we have lost our respect for an important classical virtue -- that of sexual modesty. "A Return to Modesty is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration. From seventeenth-century manners guides to Antonio Canova's sculpture, "Venus Italico," to Frank Loesser's 1948 tune, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "A Return to Modesty unfolds like a detective's search for a lost idea as Shalit uncovers opinions about this lost virtue's importance, from Balzac to Simone de Beauvoir, that have not been aired for decades. Then she knocks down the accompanying myths one by one. Female modesty is not about a "sexual double standard," as is often thought, but is related to male virtue and honor. Modesty is not a social construct,but a natural response. And modesty is not prudery, but a way to preserve a sense of the erotic in our lives.
With humor and piercing insight, Shalit invites us to look beyond the blush and consider the new power to be found in an old ideal. She maintains that the sex education curriculum forced on those of her generation from an early age is fundamentally flawed, centered as it is on overcoming reticence -- what we today call "hang-ups." Shalit surprisingly and persuasively argues that without these misnamed hang-ups there can be no true surrender, no richness and depth to relations between the sexes. The natural inclination toward modesty is not a hang-up that we should set out to cure, but rather a wonderful instinct that, if rediscovered and given the right social support, has the power to transform society. [via]
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Reviving Opheliaby Mary Bray PipherISBN 1594481881 (1-59448-188-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reviving Ophelia'Book summary:At adolescence, says Mary Pipher, "girls become 'female impersonators' who fit their whole selves into small, crowded spaces." Many lose spark, interest, and even IQ points as a "girl-poisoning" society forces a choice between being shunned for staying true to oneself and struggling to stay within a narrow definition of female. Pipher's alarming tales of a generation swamped by pain may be partly informed by her role as a therapist who sees troubled children and teens, but her sketch of a tougher, more menacing world for girls often hits the mark. She offers some prescriptions for changing society and helping girls resist. [via]
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The Scandal of the Evangelical Mindby Mark A. NollISBN 0802841805 (0-8028-4180-5)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Spirit Wars: Pagan Revival in Christian Americaby Peter JonesISBN 1883893747 (1-883893-74-7)
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technologyby Neil PostmanISBN 0679745408 (0-679-74540-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Television and the Teaching of Englishby Neil PostmanISBN 0891974458 (0-89197-445-8)
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The Theory of the Leisure Classby Thorstein VeblenISBN 1905432038 (1-905432-03-8)
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Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spinby OS GuinnessISBN 0801064031 (0-8010-6403-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spin'Book summary:One word of truth outweighs the entire world. So said Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the former Soviet Unions one-man dissident movement whose courageous stand for truth helped topple his countrys machinery of propaganda, deception, and terror.
But in the West today it appears that truth in any objective form is dead. At best it is relative and at worst it is created. Where does this leave us?
In Time for Truth Os Guinness argues that truth is far from deadnot only is it alive and well, but it is undeniable and far from inconsequential. Truth matters supremely, he says, because without truth there is no freedom. In fact, truth is freedom, and the only way to live a free life is to become a person of truth.
Guinness examines the crisis of truth and explores the personal, practical, and public considerations of becoming people of truth. Living in truth has consequences on many areas of life, including politics, scholarship, and business. But it begins and ends with the personalwith each of us as who we really are. [via]
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity form its Cultural Captivityby Nancy Pearcey, Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 1581347464 (1-58134-746-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Total Truth: Liberating Christianity form its Cultural Captivity'Book summary:Does God belong in the public arena of politics, business, law, and education? Or is religion a private matter only--personally comforting but publicly irrelevant? In today's cultural etiquette, it is not considered polite to mix public and private, or sacred and secular. This division is the single most potent force keeping Christianity contained in the private sphere--stripping it of its power to challenge and redeem the whole of culture.
In Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey offers a razor-sharp analysis of the public/private split, explaining how it hamstrings our efforts at both personal and cultural renewal. Ultimately it reflects a division in the concept of truth itself, which functions as a gatekeeper, ruling Christian principles out of bounds in the public arena.
How can we unify our fragmented lives and recover spiritual power? With examples from the lives of real people, past and present, Pearcey teaches readers how to liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity. She walks readers through practical, hands-on steps for crafting a full-orbed Christian worldview.
Finally, she makes a passionate case that Christianity is not just religious truth but truth about total reality. It is total truth. [via]
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Why Buffy Matters: The Art Of Buffy the Vampire Slayerby Rhonda WilcoxISBN 1845110293 (1-84511-029-3)
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Blink Inteligencia Intuitiva?/blink.: Por Que Sabemos La Verdad En Dos Segundos/ the Power of Thinking Without Thinkingby Malcolm GladwellISBN 1598200879 (1-59820-087-9)
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La Conspiracion Del Mar Muerto / Dead Sea Scrolls Deceptionby Richard Leigh, Michael BaigentISBN 8427032412 (84-270-3241-2)
Softcover, Martinez Roca S A Ediciones
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Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afectaby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 8466625127 (84-666-2512-7)
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Mas Alla Del Bien Y Del Malby Friedrich Nietzsche, Andres Sanchez PascualISBN 8420633208 (84-206-3320-8)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Jenseits Von Gut Und Boeseby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 3895080381 (3-89508-038-1)
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Jenseits Von Gut Und Bose: Vorspiel Einer Philosophie Der Zukunftby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Peter PutzISBN 3442075300 (3-442-07530-0)
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