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Faces of Revolution – Vintage Books trade paperback, 1st printing, 1992 – Vintage Books trade paperback, 1st printing, September 1992 – Personalities and themes in the struggle for American independence – a collection of essays presenting portraits of participants in the American Revolution and explorations of the ideas that moved them, the circumstances that shaped them, and their goals, fears and aspirations. [NF] $9.99 | |
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Christian Existentialism – Harper Torchbook trade paperback #TB130M, 1965 – A Berdyaev synthesis selected and translated by Donald A. Lowrie – “...an anthology of chosen passages under carefully selected headings... The anthology touches nearly every theme that may interest epistemologist, metaphysician, theologian, missionary, mystic, or even the politician who studies Marxist economic theory.” – London Literary Supplement [VG+] $19.99 | |
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Aha! – Falcon Press trade paperback, 2nd printing, 1983 [ISBN 0941404293] – Crowley described AHA! as “an exposition in poetic language of the ways of attainment and the results obtained.” This profoundly esoteric work particularly highlights the two central experiences of the Thelemic Path of Initiation, the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel and the Crossing of the Abyss. Includes introduction by I. Regardie. [G] $19.99 | |
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The Book of Lies – Samuel Weiser, Inc. hardcover in dust jacket, 5th printing, 1975 [ISBN 0877280185] – The Book of Lies (Liber 333) is a masterpiece of Qabalistic mysticism in the guise of a collection of 93 paradoxical vignettes and prose-poems, each accompanied by a commentary. The entire system of Freemasonry and cognate traditions is said to be included in this enigmatic spiritual classic. [G] $39.99 | |
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Pedaling the Ends of the Earth – Simon & Schuster trade paperback, 1985 [ISBN 0671628054] – a record of what four young men saw, suffered and learned in a bicycle journey that lasted 13 months, covered 14,000 miles, and brought them to 19 countries on four continents. It is also the personal record of a young man’s coming of age. Duncan writes with a fresh, gritty and unsentimental voice. [NF] $4.99 | |
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Early Greece: The Bronze and Archaic Ages – Norton trade paperback #N541, 1970 – the author reconstructs the “preliterary” background to Greek civilization by an examination of recent archeological discoveries and a critical reappraisal of older archeological evidence; then he traces the rise and development of distinctive Greek institutions and culture, concluding with a discussion of the agon or contest. [G] $3.99 | |
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Freedom of Simplicity – Harper & Row trade paperback, 1989 [ISBN 0060628251] – Foster points the way for Christians to make their lives “models of simplicity,” providing a way to rethink our priorities and to “seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness.” He shows us how to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life while stressing the relation of simplicity to prayer, solitude, and all the Christian Disciplines. [VG+] $2.99 | |
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The History of Feudalism – Harper & Row trade paperback #HR1506, 1970 – an anthology of source materials from the early and central Middle Ages to about 1300, focusing especially on the 12th and 13th centuries, including legal commentaries, private charters and administrative records, selections from chronicles, saints’ lives, sermons, liturgical works, and imaginative literature. [G] $3.99 | |
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Way to Wisdom – Yale University Press trade paperback, 1960 – One of the founders of existentialism, Karl Jaspers presents for the general reader a lucid summary of his great philosophical works and an approach to deeper self-understanding. He believes that the heart of all philosophical thinking is the quest for “true being” and that “the man who attains true awareness of his freedom gains certainty of God.” [VG] $3.99 | |
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A Language Older than Words – Chelsea Green trade paperback, 2004 [ISBN 1931498555] – This book explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and all aspects of life on Earth. A poetic memoir of a young man’s drive to transcend domestic abuse, this book offers a challenging look at our worldwide sense of community and suggestions on how we can make things better. [NF] $9.99 | |
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The Christ of the Indian Road – Abingdon Press hardcover, 1928 – A Christian missionary discusses the challenges of interfacing with the religion and culture of India. Chapters include: The Messenger and the Message; The Motive and End of Christian Missions; Growing Moral and Spiritual Supremacy of Jesus; Jesus Comes Through Irregular Channels, Mahatma Gandhi's Part; Christ and the Other Faiths. [VG] $9.99 | |
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Creative Community Organizing – Berrett-Koehler trade paperback, 2010 [ISBN 9781605094441] – A guide for rabble-rousers, activists, and quiet lovers of justice, by the founder of the progressive organization Grassroots Leadership. An accomplished singer-songwriter, his 15th CD of original songs, Courage, about the quiet heroism of everyday people, is being released concurrently with this book. [NF] $9.99 | |
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The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I – J. P. Lippincott trade paperback, 1st ed., 1965 – How this relatively minor clash eventually developed into intractable and cataclysmic war makes an absorbing story, which Mr. Lafore tells with great style and skill and with complete command of his materials. The Long Fuse is a work of distinction, an important addition to the Critical Periods of History series. [VG] $3.99 | |
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The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Vol. I – Jason Aronson hardcover in dust jacket, 1st ed., 1973 [ISBN 0876681046] – topics included: the therapist’s initial contact with the patient; the theoretical framework of psychotherapy; understanding the patient’s communications, verbal and non-verbal; and the nature, means, timing, indications, and pitfalls of therapeutic intervention. [NF/VG] $29.99 | |
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Going Home – Popular Library paperback, 1968 – Doris Lessing’s knowledge of Africa goes back to her childhood in Southern Rhodesia, and her love of Africa is as strong as her hatred of the “white supremacy” rule that has haunted its past. This memoir reflects both the love and the hate, for it is not a report or a tract but a gifted novelist’s experience of the people – black and white – who have shaped Africa’s past and will create its future. [VG] $4.99 | |
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The Abolition of Man – Touchstone trade paperback, 1st printing, 1996 (first published in 1944) [ISBN 0684823713] – subtitle: Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools – including three essays: Men Without Chests, The Way, and The Abolition of Man. The author (1898-1963) was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge. [VG+] $4.99 | |
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Essays Presented to Charles Williams – Eerdmans trade paperback, 1st printing, 1966 – an anthology of literary essays by Dorothy Sayers, J.R.R.Tolkien, A.O.Marsfield, Gervase Matthew, W.H.Lewis, and C.S.Lewis, edited and introduced by the latter. All were members of the literary circle that included Charles Williams (1886-1945) to whom the volume is dedicated. [VG] $9.99 | |
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Mere Christianity – Touchstone trade paperback, 1996 [ISBN 0684823780] – In 1943 Great Britain, an Oxford don was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. Over half a century after the original lectures, the topic retains it urgency. Expanded into book form, Mere Christianity never flinches as it sets out a rational basis for Christianity and builds an edifice of compassionate morality atop this foundation. [F] $6.99 | |
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Mere Christianity – Macmillan paperback, 1978 [ISBN 0020868308] – a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction, of the three books The Case for Christianity (1943), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1945). “As Mr. Lewis clearly demonstrates, Christianity is not a religion of flitting angels and blind faith, but of free will, an innate sense of justice and the grace of God.” – Amazon [G+] $2.99 | |
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Readings for Meditation and Reflection – HarperCollins trade paperback, 1st US edition, 1st printing, 1996 [ISBN 0060652853] – Gathered from the mass of his published works – including The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, The Four Loves, and God in the Dock – as well as from letters, essays, and less familiar writings, this compendium contains a cross section of Lewis's finest work. [VG+] $4.99 | |
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The Weight of Glory – Collier paperback, 1980 [ISBN 002095980X] – Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses offer guidance and inspiration in a time of great doubt. These are ardent and lucid sermons that provide a compassionate vision of Christianity. “Lewis combines a novelist's insights into motives with a profound religious understanding.” – New York Times [NF] $5.99 | |
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Classical India (Readings in World History, Vol. 4) edited by William H. McNeill and Jean W. Sedlar – Oxford University Press, 1969 – selections from the Atharva Veda, the Arthashastra of Kautilya, the Panchatantra, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Ramayana, the Laws of Manu, the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Khuddaka Nikaya, the Digha Nikaya, the Questions of King Malinda, and more. [VG] $5.99 | |
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Who Live in Shadow (with Sarah Harris) – Belmont paperback #205, 1959 – a sensational exposé of drug addiction in America in the 1950s, by Judge Murtagh, Chief Justice of Special Sessions, New York City, and Sara Harris, popular “true crime” author. “The lives of those hooked by drugs. Slashing, provocative...” – Newark News; “Probably the most important book published to date on the subject.” – Saturday Review [VG] $9.99 | |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran – Random House trade paperback, 2003 [ISBN 081297106X] – a memoir about teaching Western literature in revolutionary Iran by a bold and inspired young woman who gathered a small group of female students to secretly read and discuss forbidden Western classics by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. [VG] $3.99 | |
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The Road to Wigan Pier – Berkley Medallion paperback #S1535, 1967 – “Orwell’s socialist convictions and general sense of fairness led him to hate his country’s deeply ingrained class structure. That perspective permeates this first-person account of the lives of coal miners and others in the poor north of England.... Orwell brings his unparalleled powers of observation to portray the wretched conditions of the working class.” – Amazon [G] $4.99 | |
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A Collection of Essays – Doubleday Anchor paperback #A29, 1954 – a compilation of essays discussing such diverse subjects as Orwell’s boyhood schooling, the Spanish Civil War, Henry Miller, British imperialism, and the profession of writing. Essays include Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Shooting an Elephant, Reflections on Gandhi, Looking Back on the Spanish War, Inside the Whale, Politics and the English Language, and 7 more. [G–] $2.99 | |
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Dangerous River – Chelsea Green trade paperback, 1989 [ISBN 0773723080] – This Oxford educated author chucked his staid life as London banker for the extreme conditions of the 1920s Canadian far north, traversing barely navigable rivers and wintering in 40 below conditions far from the nearest supply post. His accounts are highly colorful, occasionally humorous and truly amazing as real life survivor tales. [VG+] $4.99 | |
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Sources of Our Liberties – McGraw-Hill trade paperback, 1st printing, 1964 – an anthology of English and American documents from the Magna Carta to the Bill of Rights. Freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution derive from a long and exciting legal tradition. This volume provides 36 unabridged and annotated documents. An introduction to each one explains its historical setting and significance. [VG+] $7.49 | |
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The Death of the Past – Houghton Mifflin trade paperback (Sentry Edition #69), 1970 – In this essay the author of Sir Robert Walpole and The Origins of British Stability investigates the way men have, since the beginning of recorded time, molded their conception of the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structures, and their morality; and it examines the birth of true history in the modern age. [G] $3.99 | |
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Three Ways of Asian Wisdom – Simon & Schuster Clarion trade paperback #20066, 1st printing, 1968 – Hinduism, Buddhism, and Zen, and their significance for the west: a clear, undistorted and interesting introduction to Oriental philosophy, with more than 124 captioned plates reproducing works of art that are both extraordinary in themselves and illuminative of the religious concepts which inspired them. [VG] $5.99 | |
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Beyond Freedom and Dignity – Bantam paperback #Y7549, 1st printing, September 1972 – In this controversial 1971 treatise Skinner argues that our traditional concepts of freedom and dignity must be sharply revised. They have played an important historical role in our struggle against many kinds of tyranny, but they are perpetuating our use of punishment and blocking the development of more effective cultural practices. [NF] $4.99 | |
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Party Politics in the Age of Caesar – University of California Press trade paperback, 3rd printing, 1964 – The mechanics of Roman politics at the time of Cicero are explained in detail – the relations of nobles and their clients, the manipulations of the state religion (always regarded in the best Roman theory as a political agency), and the practical issue of delivering the vote as and when wanted. [VG] $5.99 | |
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The Healing of America – Simon & Schuster hardcover in dust jacket, 1st printing, 1997 [ISBN 068484270X] – Noting a spiritually motivated political activism now emerging in America, Williamson claims that political activists increasingly look to spiritual wisdom for inspiration while spiritual contemplatives are increasingly eager to extend their service to the world into political realms. The convergence of the two impulses forms what Williamson calls a “holistic politics.” [NF/VG] $4.99 | |
