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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

by Terry Winograd

This volume is a theoretical and practical approach to the design of computer technology.

Theaetetus , the Sophist , and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful , these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy. Each includes an introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive commentary that examines the trilogy's... (more)

Goethe's Faust

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, J. W. VonGoethe

The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.

Bedienungsanleitung für ein menschliches Gehirn.

Bedienungsanleitung für ein menschliches Gehirn.

by Gerald Huther

In der modernen Hirnforschung wurden bahnbrechende Entdeckungen gemacht. Die sogenannte Plastizitat des menschlichen Gehirns bedeutet, dass es lebenslang veranderbar, ausbaubar, anpassungsfahig ist. Sogar die Masse der Gehirnzellen ist, entgegengesetzt der fruheren Auffassung der Wissenschaftler, nicht endgultig festgelegt, sondern kann im Verlauf des Lebens noch zunehmen. Nach den neuesten Erkenntnissen der... (more)

Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins

Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins

by Milan Kundera

The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness

The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness

by Richard M. Moss

Many people obstruct their innate potential through repeated patterns of emotional struggle and suffering. This practical, hands-on guide explains why and how people habitually fall into this trap and provides a program, easily incorporated into everyday life, that frees them from this destructive behavior. Using a simple mandala, the book illustrates the four places humans go when they feel threatened,... (more)

A Teacher's Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics (Ncte Teacher's Introduction Series)

A Teacher's Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics (Ncte Teacher's Introduction Series)

by Timothy W. Crusius

Bibliothek Suhrkamp, Bd.87, Homo faber

by Max Frisch

Visions Unseen: Aspects of the Natural Realm

Visions Unseen: Aspects of the Natural Realm

by Frances Ripley

Both a collection of beautiful illustrations and the story of the author's trance-like drawing techniques, this book depicts the invisible realm of devas (a Sanskrit term for angels connected to the world of nature) and elementals (beings that represent earth, air, fire, and water). Readers may develop the insight and intuition to experience the nature spirits and devas through a variety of meditation methods,... (more)

The Science of Being and the Art of Living: Transcendental MeditationMaharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Science of Being and the Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation

by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Milton's Secret: An Adventure of Discovery through Then, When, and The Power of Now

Milton's Secret: An Adventure of Discovery through Then, When, and The Power of Now

by Eckhart Tolle

For the first time ever, bestselling author Eckhart Tolle brings the core of his teachings to children, ages 7 to 100. Beautifully illustrated and artfully expressed, this charming story will bring joy to children and their parents for decades to come. Milton, who is about eight years old, is experiencing bullying on the school playground at the hands of a boy named Carter. Because he is being picked on, Milton... (more)

Guardians of Being

by Eckhart Tolle

This wonderfully unique collaboration brings together two masters of their fields, joining original words of wisdom by Eckhart Tolle with the delightful illustrations they prompted from Patrick McDonnell. Inhabited by beloved MUTTS characters, each heartwarming page provokes thought, insight, and smiling reverence for every moment. This charming book by two modern masters inspires readers of all stripes to... (more)

Der Kontrabass

by Patrick Suskind

Wallenstein;: A historical drama in three partsFriedrich Schiller

Wallenstein;: A historical drama in three parts

by Friedrich Schiller

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

The Power of Now

A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces... (more)

The Alchemist

A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. What starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasures found within. Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is an eternal testament... (more)

Embraced by the Light

by Betty J. Eadie

In this phenomenal, word-of-mouth, New York Times bestseller, Betty Eadie recounts the people she met, the truths she learned, and the magnificent realities of the spirit world which she encountered, when she "died" in a hospital at the age of 31, after undergoing surgery. (Gold Leaf Press)

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by Sherab Chodzin, Hermann Hesse

by Terry Winograd

by Plato

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, J. W. VonGoethe

by Gerald Huther

by Milan Kundera

by Richard M. Moss

by Timothy W. Crusius

by Max Frisch

by Frances Ripley

by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

by Eckhart Tolle

by Eckhart Tolle

by Patrick Suskind

by Friedrich Schiller

by John Steinbeck

by Albert Camus

A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

by Betty J. Eadie