Philosophy:

The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $27.00

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was... Read more >

The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Written by Leonard Mlodinow

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $24.95

In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in... Read more >

The Art of War

Written by Sun Tzu

Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $6.99

Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most... Read more >

The Power of Myth

Written by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1991
Price: $14.95

Finally available in a popularly priced,  non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal  for the college market and general reader alike,  this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant  evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology. Read more >

Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Written by Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann
Introduction by Peter Gay

Format: Trade Paperback, 896 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $18.00

One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of... Read more >

The Myth of Sisyphus
And Other Essays
Written by Albert Camus

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1991
Price: $12.95

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The Sunflower
On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
Written by Simon Wiesenthal

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 7, 1998
Price: $14.95

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between... Read more >

The Art of War
Complete Text and Commentaries
Written by Thomas Cleary

Format: Trade Paperback, 474 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2003
Price: $24.95

Sun Tzu's Art of War , compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict. It is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today. Now, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of Sun Tzu's text... Read more >

The Architecture of Happiness

Written by Alain De Botton

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95

The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.

One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs... Read more >

Buddhism Plain and Simple

Written by Steve Hagen

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $10.95

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