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“john j callanan”

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  • Man-Devil

    The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe

    by John J. Callanan ...
    A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries—and made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth centuryIn 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy and licentious bees trade their vices for virtues and ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Kant and Animals

    Edited by John J. Callanan, Lucy Allais ...
    This is the first edited collection devoted entirely to the question of the role of animals in the thought of Immanuel Kant. Though the topic is not one treated systematically in his work, mentions of animals occur throughout his corpus in relation to many of his central concerns. In this volume, a team of leading scholars address issues ranging over Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy, ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

  • Finding Fire With Tony De Mello

    by John Callanan ...
    This book is an attempt to bring the vitality and energy of Anthony de Mello to as wide an audience as possible. Its themes include: Who was Tony de Mello? Why did his work create a stir among Christians? What is meditation? Callanan examines different types of meditation and fantasy prayer; styles of reflection that de Mello used with his audiences; getting life into focus; pain and failure in ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power of Collective Wisdom

    And the Trap of Collective Folly

    by Alan Briskin, Sheryl Erikson, John Ott, Tom Callanan ...
    "An exceptional work challenging leaders to question their assumptions about how to achieve organizational excellence . . . a new narrative for leading." —Carol Pearson, author of The Hero WithinIf we are to disentangle the extraordinary challenges that we face today in organizations, communities, and nations we must transcend our divisions and develop solutions together. But what enables us to ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Modernization of the Western World

    by John McGrath, Kathleen Callanan Martin ...
    Covering Western history from the ancient world to the current era of globalization, The Modernization of the Western World describes the forces of social change and what they have meant to the lives of the people caught up in them.The volume presents the history of Western civilization from a historical sociology perspective, introducing readers to the analyses of thinkers like Émile Durkheim, ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

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    Father Thomas Keating is the founder of the Centering Prayer movement, based on the retreat into the inner room mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 6:6, where the individual is able to meet God. From the book Manifesting God, Father Keating explains the process of divine therapy and the process of purification in contemplative prayer. ... Read more

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  • Presence

    An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society

    by Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers ...
    Presence is an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a half, organizational learning pioneers Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers explored the nature of transformational change—how it arises, and the fresh possibilities it offers a world dangerously out of balance. The book ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Age of Revolutions

    Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

    by Fareed Zakaria ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2024The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.**Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the twenty-first century may be ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

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  • Hobbes

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard Tuck ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy and dispels these myths, revealing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Joy in Loving

    A Guide to Daily Living

    by Mother Teresa, Jaya Chaliha, Edward Le Joly ...
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    A year of daily inspiration from the renowned spiritual leader, Mother Teresa.The provocative ideas and touching insights found in The Joy in Loving spring from incidents in Mother Teresa's own remarkable life. She speaks of men and women who have lived and died uncomplainingly, even in the midst of great poverty and deprivation; of wealthy businessmen whose indifference has been transformed into ... Read more

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  • Locke

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Dunn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Complete Kabbalah Course

    by Paul Roland ...
    Kabbalah seeks to accomplish an enormous task - to reveal what lies behind the chaos, injustice and random cruelty of our world and the meaning of life and our personal destiny ... Read more

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