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Include books by the same authorPedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire · 186 pages
"First published in Portuguese in 1968, [this book] was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and continues to possess a special urgency as the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in urban centers around the world continues. The 50th anniversary edition includes a new intr
The Closing of the American Mind
Allan Bloom · 400 pages
A discourse on late 20th century American students' mind and soul, and the damage done by the elite universities' turn from the eternal verities as outlined by Socrates-Plato-Aristotle, Shakespeare and Rousseau.
The Abolition of Man
C.S. Lewis · 116 pages
C. S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft · 207 pages
The Republic
Plato · 392 pages
The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf · 129 pages
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the m
Emile or On Education
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Allan Bloom, Michael Wu · 642 pages
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell · 114 pages
In the following pages I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely negative criticism seemed out of place. For this reason, theory of knowledge occupies a larger space than metaphysics in the present volume, and some topics much discussed by philosophers are treated very briefly
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker · 368 pages
" A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steve
The Idea of a University
John Henry Newman · 527 pages
A series of lectures about the purpose of Universities in society.
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education
John Taylor Gatto · 104 pages
The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Neal Stephenson · 499 pages
The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device.
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
Antonin Sertillanges · 266 pages
First published in 1920, The Intellectual Life has been repeatedly reprinted and continues to inspire and instruct young scholars.
Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Martha C. Nussbaum · 184 pages
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
Wayne A. Grudem · 1,264 pages
The Fallacy Detective
Nathaniel Bluedorn, Hans Bluedorn · 233 pages
A fallacy is an error in logic -- a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.
A Concise Introduction to Logic [with CD-ROM]
Patrick J. Hurley · 672 pages
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise · 864 pages
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Culler · 152 pages
Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
Francis D.K. Ching · 446 pages
A Rulebook for Arguments
Anthony Weston · 88 pages
A Rulebook for Arguments is a succinct introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organized around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. This widely popular primer - translated into eight languages - remains the first choice in all disciplines for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct the
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley · 212 pages
Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
A.S. Neill · 392 pages
**Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing** is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill. It is known for introducing his ideas to the American public. It was published in America on November 7, 1960, by the Hart Publishing Company and later revised as **Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood** in 1993. Its contents are a repackaged collec