Gary Cox: 17 books
Deep Thought
42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to question, 'What is the meaning of life?', '42' is as good or bad an answer as any other. Indeed, 42 quotes might be even better! Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the...
Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialismus und Exzess
Language: German
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Jean-Paul Sartre ist einer der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Durch seine Schriften wurde die Philosophie des Existentialismus auf der ganzen Welt bekannt und seine öffentlichen Skandale und zahlreichen Liebesaffären machten aus ihm schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende....
by Gary Cox
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game.
Gary Cox tells us the life story of the ball in its many guises: new ball, old ball, live ball, dead ball, no-ball,...
42 Zitate großer Philosophen
Über das Leben, das Universum und den ganzen Rest
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2016
»Gott ist tot«, »Der Mensch ist das Maß aller Dinge« oder »Ich denke, also bin ich« - all dies sind Zitate großer Philosophen, die im täglichen Sprachgebrauch häufig fallen. Doch was sie eigentlich bedeuten, ist nur den wenigsten bekannt. In einem ebenso unterhaltsamen wie aufschlussreichen...
by Gary Cox
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness is an entertaining philosophical guide to life, love, hate, freedom, sex, anxiety, God and death; a guide to everything and nothing. Gary Cox, bestselling author of How to Be an Existentialist and How to Be a Philosopher, takes us on...
The God Confusion
Why Nobody Knows the Answer to the Ultimate Question
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
What is God? Does he exist? Can we know?
The God Confusion offers a down-to-earth beginner's guide for anyone interested in these questions. It does not evangelize for God and religion or, indeed, for atheism, secularism and science. Instead, it explores in a witty yet objective and balanced...
by Gary Cox
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Jean-Paul Sartre is an undisputed giant of twentieth-century philosophy. His intellectual writings popularizing existentialism combined with his creative and artistic flair have made him a legend of French thought. His tumultuous personal life - so inextricably bound up with his philosophical thinking...
How to Be an Existentialist
or How to Get Real, Get a Grip and Stop Making Excuses
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
H**ow to Be an Existentialist is a witty and entertaining book about the philosophy of existentialism. It is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and the other great existentialist philosophers....
Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context
Taiwan, Japan, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Reformers have promoted mixed-member electoral systems as the “best of both worlds.” In this volume, internationally recognized political scientists evaluate the ways in which the introduction of a mixed-member electoral system affects the configuration of political parties. The contributors examine...
How To Be A Philosopher
or How to Be Almost Certain that Almost Nothing is Certain
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Do life's big questions perplex you? This book, now available in paperback, will give you answers to some of them while revealing that others have no answer. A humorous but informed instruction manual to questions philosophers have been asking and attempting to answer for centuries, How to Be A...
Wie werde ich Philosoph?
oder Wie man fast sicher sein kann, dass fast nichts sicher ist
Language: German
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Sind Sie mit den großen Fragen des Lebens auch oft überfordert? Seien Sie beruhigt: Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen. Es liefert Antworten, zeigt aber auch, dass manche Fragen überhaupt nicht gelöst werden können. Informativ und gleichzeitig humorvoll gibt diese Gebrauchsanweisung zum Philosophieren Auskunft...
Marketing Sovereign Promises
Monopoly Brokerage and the Growth of the English State
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
How did England, once a minor regional power, become a global hegemon between 1689 and 1815? Why, over the same period, did she become the world's first industrial nation? Gary W. Cox addresses these questions in Marketing Sovereign Promises. The book examines two central issues: the origins of the...
by Zimbell House Publishing, Jeannie Alderdice, Jon Alston
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In this collection of twenty-two short stories by twenty emerging writers, Zimbell House has brought together a unique experience all relating to a lost door.
From whimsical to tragic, from science-fiction to tales of fairies, these writers have stretched their imaginations to deliver stories set to intrigue you.
by Catherine Clinton, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Karen L. Cox
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Nine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the debate rolls on. How should we contend with our troubled history as a nation? What is the best way forward?
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