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  • Caleb's Storyby Patricia MacLachlan

    HarperCollins 2013; Not Available

    Anna has done something terrible. She has given me her journal to fill. In Anna's journal the words walk across the page like bird prints in the mud. But it is hard for me. It is hard for me to find things to write about. "It's your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob,... more...

  • Caleb's Storyby Patricia MacLachlan

    HarperCollins 2013; US$ 5.99

    Anna has done something terrible. She has given me her journal to fill. In Anna's journal the words walk across the page like bird prints in the mud. But it is hard for me. It is hard for me to find things to write about. "It's your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob,... more...

  • Art and Truth after Platoby Tom Rockmore

    University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 44.00

    Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato’s famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato’s challenge was resolved long ago. In Art and Truth after Plato , Tom Rockmore argues that Plato has in fact never been... more...

  • Securityby John T. Hamilton

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 39.50

    From national security and social security to homeland and cyber-security, "security" has become one of the most overused words in culture and politics today. Yet it also remains one of the most undefined. What exactly are we talking about when we talk about security? In this original and timely book, John Hamilton examines the discursive versatility... more...

  • The Bloomsbury Companion to Heideggerby Francois Raffoul; Eric S. Nelson

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 154.99

    Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. His ground-breaking works have had a hugely significant impact on contemporary thought through their reception, appropriation and critique. His thought has influenced philosophers as diverse as Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Arendt, Adorno, Gadamer, Levinas, Derrida and Foucault,... more...

  • The Good Wife and Philosophyby Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray; Robert Arp

    Open Court 2013;

    In The Good Wife and Philosophy , fifteen philosophers look at the deeper issues raised by this stirring TV drama. The Good Wife gives us courtroom battles in the tradition of Perry Mason , with the added dimension of a political intrigue and a tormented personal story. We witness the interplay between common morality and legal correctness;... more...

  • Psych and Philosophyby Robert Arp

    Open Court 2013;

    ?I?m getting something,? says Shawn, assuming a look of intense concentration and pressing his fingertips to the sides of his head. Shawn Spencer uses lies, pretense, and distraction to get at the truth. But can pseudoscience and fakery really be so helpful? And if they can be, is it ethical to employ them? Psych and Philosophy takes an entertaining... more...

  • Writing Scienceby Markus Asper; Anna-Maria Kanthak

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 168.00

    Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This collection, focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts from ancient Greece, aims at approaching ancient Greek science from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among the questions addressed are: How does scientific writing differ... more...

  • Ten Breaths to Happinessby Glen Schneider; Jason DeAntonis; Thich Nhat Hanh

    Parallax Press 2013; US$ 9.99

    Simple practices to help us cultivate happiness and fulfillment in the course of our daily lives. Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes, happiness is wired into the physiology of our brains. It is a skill we can all develop through cultivating mindfulness and concentration. In Ten Breaths to Happiness Schneider presents... more...

  • Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophyby Sandra Laugier; Daniela Ginsburg

    University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00

    Sandra Laugier has long been a key liaison between American and European philosophical thought, responsible for bringing American philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Stanley Cavell to French readers—but until now her books have never been published in English. Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy rights that... more...