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  • Nausea

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Richard Howard ...
    Sartre's greatest novel — and existentialism's key text — now introduced by James Wood.Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which “spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • THE MEANDERS OF DESIRE

    by Jean Paul Mbarga Mbarga ...
    And what if the greatest journey of your life did not lead you toward a city, but toward a heart?It is said that destiny sometimes writes the most beautiful stories. Yet, certain encounters seem to defy time, distances and wounds of the past. They overturn certainties, awaken forgotten dreams and force to choose between reason and impulses of the heart.*Les Méandres du Désir* is the story of an ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not Everybody Lives the Same Way

    A Novel

    by Jean-Paul Dubois ...
    Translated by David Homel ...
    International bestseller Not Everybody Lives the Same Way is a powerfully original and unusual novel. Masterfully translated by David Homel and brilliantly animated by Jean-Paul Dubois’s keen feeling for humanity and intense revolt against all forms of injustice, it asks the question: What does it takes to live a dignified life?Winner of the Prix Goncourt for FictionPaul Hansen is in prison. He’s ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Being and Nothingness

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Sarah Richmond ...
    Revisit one of the most important pillars in modern philosophy with this new English translation—the first in more than 60 years—of Jean-Paul Sartre’s seminal treatise on existentialism. “This is a philosophy to be reckoned with, both for its own intrinsic power and as a profound symptom of our time” (The New York Times).In 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre published his masterpiece, Being and Nothingness, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Emotions

    Outline of a Theory

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Bernard Frechtman ...
    One of the leading twentieth-century French existentialist philosophers examines how human emotions shape our existence.In The Emotions: Outline of a Theory, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre attempts to understand the role emotions play in the human psyche. Sartre analyzes fear, lust, anguish, and melancholy while asserting that human beings begin to develop emotional capabilities from a very ... Read more

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  • Essays in Aesthetics

    by Jean-Paul Sartre, Susan Braudy ...
    Translated by Wade Baskin ...
    R enowned French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre references artists such as Tintoretto, Calder, Lapoujade, Titian, Raphael, and Michaelangelo in discussing how great art of the past relates to the challenges of his eraEssays in Aesthetics is a provocative collection that considers the nature of art and its meaning. Sartre considers the artist's "function," and the relation of art and the artist to ... Read more

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  • Existentialism Is a Humanism

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Carol Macomber ...
    A new translation of two seminal works of existentialismIt was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Jean-Paul Sartre, the most dominent European intellectual of the post-World War II decades, accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture (“Existentialism Is a Humanism”) was to expound his philosophy as ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Wretched of the Earth

    by Frantz Fanon, Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Richard Philcox ...
    “This century’s most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism.”—Angela DavisThe sixtieth anniversary edition of Frantz Fanon’s landmark text, now with a new introduction by Cornel WestFirst published in 1961, and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth is a masterful and timeless interrogation of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Reader on the 6.27

    A Heartwarming and Uplifting Love Story that Celebrates the Power of Reading

    by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent ...
    Translated by Ros Schwartz ...
    The beloved French bestseller by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, The Reader on the 6.27, shows how books truly are the answer to all life’s problems.Parisian book pulping plant worker Guylain struggles to get the most out of his days, growing tired of the monotony of his life. His only joy comes from the spontaneity of his performances aboard the 6.27 metro, where he transforms his daily commute into a ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • No Exit and Three Other Plays

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century.An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism. ... Read more

    $17.85 CAD

  • The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection

    Hasidism, Essays in Metaphysics, and The Emotions

    by Martin Buber, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Explore the work of three great existential philosophers together in this collection.Hasidism: Zionist philosopher Martin Buber shares the results of forty years of study and introduces the philosophies of Hasidism to a Western audience. In this modern masterpiece, Buber interprets the ideas and motives that underlie the great Jewish religious movement of Hasidism and its creator, Baal Shem.Essays ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories

    (Intimacy) and Other Stories

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Lloyd Alexander ...
    One of Sartre’s greatest existentialist works of fiction, The Wall contains the only five short stories he ever wrote. Set during the Spanish Civil War, the title story crystallizes the famous philosopher’s existentialism.'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor—seemingly there ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD