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Five Dialogues
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.95The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube?s distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. more...
Libertarianism
Free Press 2010; US$ 21.95Tens of millions of Americans, from Generation X-ers to baby boomers and beyond, are rediscovering libertarianism, a visionary alternative to the tired party orthodoxies of left and right. In 1995 a Gallup poll found that 52 percent of Americans said "the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the... more...
Man's Search for Meaning
Beacon Press 2006; US$ 14.00Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of... more...
The Life of Milarepa
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 16.00A new translation of the classic biography of the most renowned saint in Tibetan Buddhist history The Life of Milarepa is one of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people and a great literary example of the contemplative life. This biography, a dramatic tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels. A personal and moving... more...
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand
Wisdom Publications 2006; US$ 28.95A seminal text for the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, this book clearly and powerfully presents the stages of the path to enlightenment ( lamrim ). Based on a teaching given by Pabongka Rinpoche in 1921 that was recorded by Trijang Rinpoche, a tutor of the current Dalai Lama, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand is an entertaining, colloquial-style... more...
Leviathan
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1994; US$ 14.95Designed to meet the needs of both student and scholar, this edition of Leviathan offers a brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary... more...
Gorgias
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1986; US$ 7.95?This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination when it comes to such a master of prose and philosophical argument as Plato. Because of this the book is suitable for courses at all levels in philosophy, from introductory courses on Plato, or problems... more...
In Defense of Pure Reason
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 44.00A comprehensive defence of the rationalist view that insight independent of experience is a genuine basis for knowledge. more...
Nietzsche's Postmoralism
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 20.00An important collection of essays offering a full assessment of Nietzsche's contribution to philosophy. more...
Designing Public Policies
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 45.95This textbook provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. Howlett seeks to examine in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments select specific tools expected to resolve policy problems. ... more...









