Robertson, Ritchie
Summary: A magisterial history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness. One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the press, of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 190.9 ROBSummary: Part 4 covers the period during the 17th and 18th centuries that saw widespread questioning of religious and other traditional authorities, growing faith in science, and early responses to the budding industrial revolution. This period marks the intellectual flowering that led to the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREMoore, Peter
Summary: "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: How do we learn to believe in ourselves and not just rely on our spiritual teachers? This question was answered in August 2009 when over a thousand people came to Colorado to spend a week with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, only to find he was in the hospital and wouldn’t be able to lead the retreat. The result of this event is One Buddha Is Not Enough, a book on how to become your own teacher and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 NHAGray, John
Summary: Turning his back on neoliberalism, voicing 'the end of history' and the unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe, Gray's was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised would lead to the invasion of Iraq. Today, its folly might seem obvious, but Gray has been trying to warn us for years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 GRASummary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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Commager, Henry Steele
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. Braziller 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 COMBodanis, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BODBstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
Summary: The renowned spiritual leader outlines an accessible approach to the pursuit of enlightenment that draws on traditional Buddhist meditative practices, in a guide that covers such topics as embracing a positive attitude and overcoming suffering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.34 DALDalai Lama XIV
Summary: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader and Nobel laureate, dissects the Buddhist principle of enlightenment, advising listeners on how to achieve Buddhist edification. He also provides exercises for expanding one's potential for spiritual growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sound Ideas 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 294.3 DALPorter, Roy
Summary: "How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? ... Roy Porter charts how, through figures as diverse as Locke, Swift, Johnson, and Gibbon, ideas about medicine, politics, and religion fundamentally changed notions of self"--p. [2] of jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 PORFoster, Charles
Summary: "A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet be"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.7 FOSDe Bellaigue, Christopher
Summary: A revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world. With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Flying in the face of everything we thought we knew, The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956 DEBChittister, Joan.
Summary: "Through stories and wisdom literature from the major religious traditions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--Chittister highlights practical, universal truths and deftly shows how each spiritual tradition brings a special gift to the art of living a meaningful, spiritually aware life"--Jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William B. Eerdmans 2007
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Summary: Who is Jesus Christ? Spiritual leader Chopra provides an answer that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, but three. First, the historical Jesus, who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian thought. Next there is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 232 ChoHyman, Teresa L.
Summary: Discusses Egyptian pyramids, how and why they were built, who was buried in them, and what architects are learning from them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 932 HYMLyons, Martyn.
Summary: From the first scribbling on papyrus to the emergence of the e-book, this wide-ranging overview of the history of the book provides a fascinating look at one of the most efficient, versatile, and enduring technologies ever developed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Paul Getty Museum 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 002.09 LYONeiman, Susan.
Summary: Provides a framework for moral clarity to tackle today's social and political questions, drawing on key Enlightenment virtues--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--as well as on literature and other contemporary disciplines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 NEIHarkup, Kathryn
Summary: The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HARPhillips, Charles.
Summary: An introduction to myths of ancient India features commentary on tales about the divinities, the ten incarnations of Vishnu, and female figures prevalent in the legends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 294.5 PHIGraeber, David
Summary: "The final book from David Graeber, the iconic intellectual, activist, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 GRADalai Lama XIV
Summary: His Holiness provides step-by-step exercises to help readers shatter their false assumptions and ideas of the self and see the world as it actually exists, which is a prelude to right action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.342 DALTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In this fifth volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In this third volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2006