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  • Labyrinths

    by Jorge Luis Borges, André Maurois ...
    The classic by Latin America's finest writer of the twentieth century—a true literary sensation—with an introduction by cyber-author William Gibson.The classic by Latin America's finest writer of the twentieth century—a true literary sensation—with an introduction by cyber-author William Gibson.The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • Everything and Nothing

    by Jorge Luis Borges ...
    Translated by Donald A. Yates, John M. Fein, Eliot Weinberger, James Irby ...
    Series series New Directions Pearls
    A pocket-sized Pearls edition of some of Borges’ best fictions and essays.Everything and Nothing collects the best of Borges’ highly influential work—written in the 1930s and ‘40s—that foresaw the internet (“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”), quantum mechanics (“The Garden of Forking Paths”), and cloning (“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote”). David Foster Wallace described Borges as “scalp-crinkling ... Read more

    $14.09 CAD

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  • Ficciones

    by Jorge Luis Borges ...
    Translated by Anthony Bonner ...
    “These brief Ficciones have to be read one at a time, and slowly; then they throb with uncanny and haunting power.” —The Atlantic MonthlyThe seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century.Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

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  • The Myth of Sisyphus

    by Albert Camus ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A Nobel Prize-winning author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence.Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide—the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Either/Or

    A Fragment of Life

    by Alastair Hannay, Søren Kierkegaard ...
    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Beyond Good and Evil

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Translated by R. J. Hollingdale ...
    'One of the greatest books of a very great thinker' Michael TannerBeyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects traditional Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche seeks to demonstrate that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Basic Writings of Existentialism

    Edited by Gordon Marino ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon MarinoBasic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and commonly ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • A Personal Anthology

    by Jorge Luis Borges ...
    Handpicked works from the greatest Argentinian writer of the twentieth century. "Without Borges the modern Latin American novel simply would not exist" (Carlos Fuentes, author and diplomat).After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his work—short stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant "sketches," which, in Borges's ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Good & Evil

    Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Translated by Walter Kaufmann ...
    PhilosophyBeyond Good and Evil is one of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century. Like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which had immediately preceded it, Beyond Good and Evil represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy*—but in less flamboyant and more systematic form. The nine parts of the book are designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzsche’s ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Story of Philosophy

    by Will Durant, GP Editors ...
    Originally published in 1926, ‘The Story of Philosophy’ profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, written by Will Durant, an American writer, historian, philosopher, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.In this enlightening and eminently readable book, Will Durant accounts the lives, ideas and views of various critical philosophical thinkers throughout history. Starting with ... Read more

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  • A History of Reading

    by Alberto Manguel ...
    In this marvelous book, acclaimed around the world, Alberto Manguel takes us on a fascinating exploration of what it means to be a reader of books. A History of Reading is a brilliant reminder of why we cherish the act of reading—despite distractions throughout the ages, from the Inquisition to the lures of cyberspace. He shows us what happens when we read; who we become; and how reading teaches ... Read more

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  • History in English Words

    by Owen Barfield ...
    "In our language alone, not to speak of its many companions, the past history of humanity is spread out in an imperishable map, just as the history of the mineral earth lies embedded in the layers of its outer crust.... Language has preserved for us the inner, living history of our soul. It reveals the evolution of consciousness" --Owen BarfieldFor more than three-quarters of a century, Owen ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD