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  • Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

    How William James Can Save Your Life

    by John Kaag ...
    From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Henry at Work

    Thoreau on Making a Living

    by John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle ...
    What Thoreau can teach us about working—why we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningfulHenry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker. John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornful of work ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Thinking through Writing

    A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and Thinker

    by John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle ...
    Series series Skills for Scholars
    A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandemFor college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorized separately: writing guides and critical thinking handbooks. This book is different, offering a manual for developing reading, writing, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • American Bloods

    The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation

    by John J. Kaag ...
    "American Bloods is an unflinching history of our nation . . . This is a breakout book for John Kaag—the natural extension of his genre-defining writing.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Leadership: In Turbulent Times"Kaag has a knack of stumbling upon treasures . . . The result is a thrilling and illuminating tale." —John Banville, The New StatesmanA history of a family ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Hiking with Nietzsche

    On Becoming Who You Are

    by John J. Kaag ...
    "A stimulating book about combating despair and complacency with searching reflection." --Heller McAlpin, NPR.orgNamed a Best Book of 2018 by NPR. One of Lit Hub's 15 Books You Should Read in September and one of Outside's Best Books of FallA revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tal... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Philosophy

    A Love Story

    by John Kaag ...
    The epic wisdom contained in a lost library helps the author turn his life aroundJohn Kaag is a dispirited young philosopher at sea in his marriage and his career when he stumbles upon West Wind, a ruin of an estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that belonged to the eminent Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking. Hocking was one of the last true giants of American philosophy and a direct ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Thinking Through the Imagination

    Aesthetics in Human Cognition

    by John Kaag ...
    Series series American Philosophy
    Use your imagination! The demand is as important as it is confusing. What is the imagination? What is its value? Where does it come from? And where is it going in a time when even the obscene mseems overdone and passé?This book takes up these questions and argues for the centrality of imagination in humanmcognition. It traces the development of the imagination in Kant’s critical philosophy ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Drone Warfare

    by John Kaag, Sarah Kreps ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015One of the most significant and controversial developments in contemporary warfare is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as drones. In the last decade, US drone strikes have more than doubled and their deployment is transforming the way wars are fought across the globe. But how did drones claim such an important role in modern ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

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    Hiking with Nietzsche

    On Becoming Who You Are

    by John Kaag ...
    Narrated by Josh Bloomberg ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 27 min

    A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker, Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche is a tale of two philosophical journeys—one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later and in quite different circumstances: as a husband and father. His wife and small child in tow, Kaag sets off for the Swiss peaks above Sils-Maria, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

    How William James Can Save Your Life

    by John Kaag ...
    Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism

    The Philosophy of Ella Lyman Cabot

    by John J. Kaag ...
    Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism provides an account of the life and writings of Ella Lyman Cabot (1866-1934), a woman who received formal training, but not formal recognition, in the field of classical American philosophy. It highlights the themes of idealism, pragmatism and feminism as they emerged in the course of career as an educational reformer and ethicist that spanned nearly four decades ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Henry at Work

    Thoreau on Making a Living

    by John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 26 min

    What Thoreau can teach us about working—why we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningfulHenry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker. John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornfulof work ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook