Biography: philosophy and social sciences

The matriarch of Australia's most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.

Seven shots ring out in the silence of Victoria's rolling Barrabool Hills.

On her seventy-fifth birthday, the author's mother confessed to an affair more than three decades past.

Albert Camus called her "e;the only great spirit of our time.

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A licensed psychologist and trauma expert shares the story of how she met life's challenges and achieved personal fulfillment through faith.

At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him.

Michael Ratner (1943-2016) was one of America's leading human rights lawyers.

Far too often, the God of the philosophers, those who for the most part had no appointment at a university, are the primary sources relied upon by many authors nowadays in their approach to the problem of evil.

El plural es una lata es la vida de un hombre que revolucionó la literatura en los años sesenta del pasado siglo, pero que no logró vivir de ella; vivió de su profesión: ingeniero de caminos, canales y puertos.

The Society for Textual Scholarship Richard J.

Twenty-five years ago, Ilan Stavans published his first book, Imagining Columbus: The Literary Voyage (1993).

Wheat Songsis a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeysan actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos.

';Highly engaging .

A USA Today Must Read New BookFrom the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave, he escaped a brutal system and through sheer force of will educated himself and became an abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer.

Four or five years ago, at the insistence of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written.

In My Larger Education, Booker T.

A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thoughtJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics.

Four or five years ago, at the instance of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography.

Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography.

In Frederick Douglass' autobiography 'My Bondage and My Freedom' we can see the power of literacy and belief.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography.

Most studies of Abraham Joshua Heschel approach him as a theologian, whereas this book peers behind the theologian and honors Heschel as the original philosopher that he was.

Newtons heretical yet equation-incisive writings on theology, spirituality, alchemy, and prophecy, written in secret alongside his Principia Mathematica Shows how Newtons brilliance extended far beyond math and science into alchemy, spirituality, prophecy, and the search for lost continents such as Atlantis Explains how he was seeking to rediscover the one true religion that existed prior to the Flood of Noah, when science and spirituality were one Examines Newtons alternate timeline of prehistory and his study of prophecy through the Book of Revelations, including his prediction of Apocalypse in the year 2060 Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is still regarded by the world as the greatest scientist who ever lived.

From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "e;Is Life Worth Living?

Born in Paris in 1905 to a German-Jewish family from Frankfurt and dying a century later in Montreal, Raymond Klibansky lived a life indelibly coloured by the history of the twentieth century.

Although considered a figure of great importance and influence by his contemporaries, Edmond Holmes has been consigned to relative obscurity in the progressive educational tradition.

A hungry ghost in old Beijing meets his match in a crafty boy.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

Als die westliche Welt in Dunkelheit versank, wagte sie, das Licht zu verteidigen.

Quando o mundo ocidental caiu na escuridão, ela ousou defender a luz.

This is a study of the relationship between Cardinal Newman and William Froude.

This work tracks Carl Jung's life and spiritual development as the embodiment of the way of the Tao.

Princess Margaret's former Lady in Waiting shares everything she's learned from her extraordinary and unexpected life.

'One of the best written works on self-awareness.

The Sunday Times bestsellerFull of hilarious and shocking stories, The Secret Barrister's memoir Nothing But The Truth tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.

Now a major BBC drama, Waiting for the Out.

'Fascinating and richly documented .

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was a British physician.

This fascinating 1906 treatise explores the seminal work of Francis Bacon with particular reference to cryptic rhymes and their possible connections to the occult.

Wilhelm Stekel was a pioneering psychoanalyst whose prodigious intuition and medical skill, permitted him to compile, study, and interpret the case histories of thousands of patients.

This vintage book contains Friedrich Nietzsche's 1889 treatise, "e;An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism"e;.

The 'Discourse on the Method' is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Rene Descartes in 1637.

The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Rene Descartes in 1637.

Nietzsche left no systematic exposition of his philosophy, and so it remains the subject of intense scholarly dispute and interpretation.

Four or five years ago, at the insistence of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography.

Confessions (401) is the work of Saint Augustine, a Roman theologian and bishop responsible for some of the core doctrines of today's Catholic church.