Watts: 576 books
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915–1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings....
Mr Playboy
Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon
"Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."-Newark Star Ledger
"Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography."-Chicago...
Bedside Manners
One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters Between Patient and He aler
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In beautifully crafted vignettes, physician and NPR commentator David Watts explores the world of modern-day medicine and reveals the emotional truths and practical realities at the heart of the doctor-patient relationship. Bedside Manners is an engaging, often surprising investigation into what happens...
In My Own Way
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
In this new edition of his acclaimed autobiography — long out of print and rare until now — Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution. A child of religious conservatives in rural England, he went on to become a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy...
Eastern Wisdom Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960–1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Alan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies. But he is also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas and lifestyle of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of...
Heroism and the Black Intellectual
Ralph Ellison, Politics, and Afro-American Intellectual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Before and after writing Invisible Man, novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison fought to secure a place as a black intellectual in a white-dominated society. In this sophisticated analysis of Ellison's cultural politics, Jerry Watts examines the ways in which black artists and thinkers attempt to establish...
by Theodore Watts-Dunton
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
6 works of Theodore Watts-Dunton English critic and poet (1832-1914)
This ebook presents a collection of 6 works of Theodore Watts-Dunton. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: - Aylwin - Lavengro - Old Familiar Faces - Philip Bourke Marston - The Romany Rye - Wild Wales
Messing with the Enemy
Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
A former FBI Special Agent and leading cyber-security expert offers a devastating and essential look at the misinformation campaigns, fake news, and electronic espionage operations that have become the cutting edge of modern warfare—and how we can protect ourselves and our country against them.
Clint...
Packaging Post/Coloniality
The Manufacture of Literary Identity in the Francophone World
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
In Packaging Post/Coloniality, Richard Watts breaks from convention and reads Francophone books by their covers, focusing on the package over the content. Watts looks at the ways that the 'paratext'—the covers, illustrations, promotional summaries, epigraphs, dedications, and prefaces or forewords...
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and...
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
A fervent, lifelong student of Zen, Alan Watts shows us that it is both an experience — a singular, powerful moment of realization — and a simple way of life, with an awareness that affects every moment of every day. Adopted by mainstream America in a way that carries only a vague association...
by Isaac Watts
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
4 works of Isaac Watts English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)
This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Isaac Watts. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: - A Short Essay Toward the Improvement of Psalmody - Divine Songs - Hymns and Spiritual Songs - The Psalms of David
by Richard Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Imagine private jets ready for an afternoon flight to New York City for a transcontinental shopping trip . . . luxury yachts circling the globe awaiting their owners arrival . . . fully staffed but rarely visited vacation homes throughout the world. The rich live trouble free lives of graceful ease....
The Meaning of Happiness
The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts’s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes,...