Thomas Klein: 18 books
Moving Boxes by Air
The Economics of International Air Cargo
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Air cargo is a key element of the global supply chain. It allows outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries and links production in both multinational and smaller enterprises. It has also been the most important driver of certain export industries in countries such as South Africa, Kenya and...
Pflanzenkraft für die Frau
Wechselbeschwerden, Prämenstruelles Syndrom, Harnwegsinfekte, schwache Blase & Co.
Language: German
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Die Behandlung mit pflanzlichen Mitteln hat in den letzten Jahren wieder an Bedeutung gewonnen, zumal wissenschaftliche Studien immer häufiger die traditionellen Erkenntnisse der Volksmedizin bestätigen konnten. Vor allem in der Frauenheilkunde hat die Phytotherapie bei leichten bis mittelgradigen...
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex?
A. Because they both scare the pants off us.
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar.... Now...
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school
Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick...
Llewellyn's Complete Book of Mindful Living
Awareness & Meditation Practices for Living in the Present Moment
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Enhance your awareness, achieve higher focus and happiness, and improve all levels of your health with the supportive practices in this guide to mindful living. Featuring over twenty-five leading meditation and mindfulness experts, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Mindful Living shows you how to boost...
I Think, Therefore I Draw
Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
A hilarious new exploration of philosophy through cartoons from the duo who brought you the New York Times bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar...
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien have been thinking deep thoughts and writing jokes for decades, and now they are here to help us understand...
Das ist ja wohl der Horror!
Angst- und Bangegeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Gruseliger geht's gar nicht Lange moderte sie ziemlich ausgetrocknet vor sich hin; doch in letzter Zeit scheint sie von den Toten zu erwachen: Die Schauergeschichte. Die Zeiten sind eben hart, da lässt man sich gerne durch ein bisschen wohligen Grusel ablenken. Wobei in diesem Band weniger Gespenster...
How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind
The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. Its home was the human sciences—psychology,...
James Madison, le père de la Constitution américaine
Quand un théoricien devient président
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur James Madison en moins d’une heure !Considéré comme l'un des pères fondateurs des États-Unis d'Amérique, dont il est le quatrième président, James Madison est pourtant moins connu que ses illustres prédécesseurs. Grand artisan et défenseur...
Die Welt der Hebräischen Bibel
Umfeld - Inhalte - Grundthemen
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Eine umfassende, zuverlässige und wissenschaftlich aktuelle Einführung in die Welt der Hebräischen Bibel: ihr kulturelles Umfeld, ihre literarische Gestalt, ihre gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe, ihre kultische Prägung, ihre Bilder vom Menschen und von Gott. Die 32 Paragraphen sind von ausgesuchten...
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Here’s a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It’s Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler...
On Jean Améry
Philosophy of Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Améry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's...
by Thomas W. Cathcart, Daniel M. Klein
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
An uproariously funny daily inspirational guide for manly men. Ralph and Reggie—two regular, blue-collar buds from Boston—offer one-a-day mcnuggets of affirmation, inspiration, manly wisdom and earth-shaking epiphanies from the end of the bar on the inner issues that truly matter—everything from sex to sports to sex to imported vs. domestic to sex to the meaning of life.
Bisexual and Gay Husbands
Their Stories, Their Words
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
What happens when married men face their gay/bisexual needs?
This astonishing volume offers an intimate look into the lives and thoughts of bisexual men. Already married to women, these men are undeniably attracted to other men. Their struggle with conflicting needs, desires, and loyalties...
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