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Ubik
Philip K. Dick · 220 pages
Named one of Time's 100 Best Books, Ubik is a mind-bending, classic novel about the perception of reality from Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle. “From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you’ll never be sure you’ve woken up from.”—Lev Grossman, Time Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business — deploy
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The Farthest Shore
Ursula K. Le Guin · 218 pages
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the caus
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Chuck Klosterman · 272 pages
"We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions inv
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Sarah Bakewell · 400 pages
Pooh and the Philosophers: In Which It Is Shown That All of Western Philosophy Is Merely a Preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh
John Tyerman Williams · 201 pages
In this witty and entertaining excursion through previously uncharted areas of the world of Pooh, John Tyerman Williams sets out to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the whole of Western philosophy--from the cosmologists of ancient Greece to existentialism in this century--may be found in Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Reminding us of Nietzsche's doctrine of Great Recurrence, W
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Kathryn Schulz · 405 pages
Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. Being Wrong looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us, what happens when this conviction is shaken
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
Daniel Klein · 224 pages
Do Dead People Watch You Shower?: And Other Questions You've Been All but Dying to Ask a Medium
Concetta Bertoldi · 284 pages
Medium Concetta Bertoldi answers all your questions about life after life...from the irreverent: (If the dead are always with us, do they have a XXX view of my bedroom?)...to the poignant: (Will my deceased father be with me when I walk down the aisle on my wedding day?)...to the heartfelt: (When loved ones leave this life too early or under tragic circumstances, are they eternally heartbroken or
The Te of Piglet
Benjamin Hoff · 257 pages
The author and the characters from the Pooh books engage in dialogue elucidating the Taoist principle of Te, the Way of the Small.
Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope
Mark Manson · 288 pages
We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to techn
The Shack
William Paul Young · 252 pages
This book is a life changing in the way you think about a higher power and who,what,and why, He makes the decisions He does. It will make you think of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in a whole new way. An excellent read.