Philosophy from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

Quote from back DJ cover: "Brian Burrell's lucid and cheerful writing style makes his subject accessible, understandable, and fun. He led me smoothly through the history of Neuroscience. I learned painlessly about neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. I came away impressed by Burrell's research and scholarship and in awe of his ability to make these heady topics so readable and compelling." -… Read more about this item

From back cover: From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collape… Read more about this item

From front DJ flap: "It has long been Sloane's opinion that the American of today is not just the early American grown older, but a different person entirely. The Spirits of '76 deals with this belief, and Sloane lists ten of the original spirits of early America, comparing them with the changed spirits of today." Book - Very Good- condition. White… Read more about this item

From Back Cover: "We all long to experience a sense of inner wholeness and guidance, to live a life of meaning, purpose, and grace. But how can we live up to this ideal? In this luminous, inspiring book, Wayne Muller shows how - by exploring these four simple questions - we can grow beyond our confusions and limitations and find… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "What did 'freedom of the press' really mean to the framers of the First Amendment and their contemporaries? This book "...answers that question." "Mr Levy argues that the First Amendment was not designed to be the bulwark of a free press as many thought, nor had the amendment's framers intended to overturn the common law of… Read more about this item

From the Foreword: "The Thomas Hart Benton mural is painted on the four walls of the House Lounge, a large meeting room on the third floor in the West Wing of the Missouri State Capitol. Many newspaper and magazine articles have been written about these murals, both commending and condemning them. Mr. Benton himself wrote and said a great deal… Read more about this item

From the front dust jacket flap: "More than 440 illustrations = 362 in full color - enrich this vivid account of the American Indian's beliefs, customs, crafts, and accomplishments." Book - Near Fine condition. Bright, colorful, clean Indian print cloth over boards w black leather? spine. Gold gilt text on spine. Orange end papers. One end paper has an imprint seal… Read more about this item

From the Introduction: "...The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong; it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than any other single factor, for the arrested moral development of mankind. In popular usage, the word 'selfishness' is a synonym of evil...Yet the exact meaning and dictionary definition of the word 'selfishness' is:… Read more about this item

Per front dust jacket flap: "In these essays, Ayn Rand reveals the hidden philosophic premises at work in the human soul. Her powerful mind ranges to every corner of the culture; her brilliant pen writes with the dispassionate clarity and passionate eloquence that are her literary trademarks." Book - Fair condition. Green paper covered boards w gold gilt on spine. Very… Read more about this item

"Mr. Ross has successfully sought to modernize and mainstream the teaching methods used to transmit the ancient mind-body disciplines to contemporary students without losing the essence of those arts." Very Good condition. Light rubbing to front cover and almost a soft crease near top. Small, light stain on closed book page edges. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Spine not cracked. Clean and… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "Schopenhauer as Educator was written in Basel in 1847 and published as the third of the Thoughts out of Season. Nietzsche himself said of this essay in Ecce homo: 'In Schopenhauer as Educator...my most intimate history is told, my becoming. Above all, my promise.' In a letter to Georg M. Brandes, Danish literary critic and… Read more about this item

From back cover: "In Fighting Back! A Manual for Freethinkers, leading secular humanists, agnostics, atheists, rationalists, and freethinkers describe how they deal with the challenges of living in a society where most people simply assume that one is religious." Good condition. Cover has some soiling and a partial crease at the bottom that extends throughout the book - as if… Read more about this item

From back cover: "In the book the author...makes an important contribution to our understanding of man's place in the natural world. No man, he shows, is fit to control nature unless he feels himself to be a part of it, fully aware that seemingly individual things, including himself, are in fact inseparably related to events. Hostility to nature is… Read more about this item

Reveries of a Bachelor contains a series of essays, on the themes of boyhood, life, and dreams. By American author Donald Grant Mitchell pseudonym IK. Marvel. Preface by the author is dated New York, November 1850 Includes newspaper clipping with a photo of the author and a story about his recovery from a dangerous illness. Good condition for a book of… Read more about this item

From front Dust Jacket flap:"...an enlightening and illuminating look at why we like the things we like, why we hate the things we hate, and what our preferences reveal about us." "With a voracious curiosity, Vanderbilt stalks the elusive beast of taste, probing research in psychology, marketing, and neuroscience to answer myriad complex and fascinating questions. Comprehensively researched and singularly… Read more about this item

From front Dust Jacket flap:"...an enlightening and illuminating look at why we like the things we like, why we hate the things we hate, and what our preferences reveal about us." "With a voracious curiosity, Vanderbilt stalks the elusive beast of taste, probing research in psychology, marketing, and neuroscience to answer myriad complex and fascinating questions. Comprehensively researched and singularly… Read more about this item

From title page: "More than 100 forays, advances, skirmishes, ambushes, victories, cop-outs, standoffs and outflankings in the funny business of living." Fair condition. Good reading copy. Text is free of marks. Cover and spine show wear. Inside cover has bookplate: Robert Uhlmann Medical Library Donor Kansas City Star. Front endpaper has glue residue, stamp, and black… Read more about this item

"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of three essays, concerned with education and ideal conduct. One essay also covers the role of women, their rights, duties in education, and compassion. John Ruskin was an art critic in Victorian England and an influential figure in the art world. This book includes: Preface, Preface to First Edition, Of Kings' Treasuries,… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Before you know it, your present organization may become obsolete, unless it is being recreated for the future. Managing your present organization while you're creating a world-class future - that's your mission..." Book - Near Fine condition. Book has slight lean. Clean. Tight. No wear. Like new. Includes Ken Blanchard's Situational Leadership cards. Dust Jacket - Very Good… Read more about this item

From front cover: New Chapters Added Including Guerrilla Guide for Working Women. From back cover: "The last time I used the philosophy explained here was when I was brought in to run Avis, the INternational Rent-a-Car Company. Avis had never made a profit in its 13 years of life. The three years after I arrived it earned 9 million dollars." "This book… Read more about this item