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  • How to Read a Book

    by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren ...
    With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.A CNN Book of the Week: “Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done.” –Farheed ZakariaOriginally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Capitalist Manifesto

    by Louis O. Kelso, Mortimer J. Adler ...
    In 1956, a U.S. lawyer-economist, Louis O. Kelso, created the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to enable the employees of a closely held newspaper chain to buy out its retiring owners. Two years later, Kelso and his co-author, the philosopher Mortimer J. Adler, explained the macro-economic theory on which the ESOP is based in this best-selling book, The Capitalist Manifesto."When you read this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mortimer J. Adler Collection

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    Mortimer Jerome Adler was an American educator, philosopher, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked with Aristotelian and Thomistic thought."Unlike many of my contemporaries, I never write books for my fellow professors to read. I have no interest in the academic audience at all. I'm interested in Joe Doakes. A general audience can read any book I write—and they do."The Mortimer J. Adler ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ten Philosophical Mistakes

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    An illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time).Ten Philosophical Mistakes examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences in our everyday lives. It teaches how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • How to Speak How to Listen

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    Series series A Guide to Effective Communication
    From the author of the bestselling How to Read a Book comes a comprehensive and practical guide for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.With over half a million copies in print of his “living classic” How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and academic Mortimer J. Adler set out to write an accompanying volume on speaking and listening, offering the impressive depth ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Aristotle for Everybody

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    Adler instructs the world in the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current, delightfully lucid way.Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler. Now Adler instructs the world in the "uncommon ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Paideia Proposal

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    The Paideia Proposal is a system of liberal education intended for all children. It was a response to what Adler characterized as the United States' antidemocratic or undemocratic educational system, a holdover from the 19th century, when the understanding of basic human rights fell short of 20th century expectations.The Paidea Proposal was based upon the following assumptions: 1) All children are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Warlord of France: How Nancy Wake Became the Rebellious WWII Spy Who Sabotaged the Reich and Hunted the Gestapo

    Heroes Who Changed History, #1

    by Blake J. Adler ...
    Series Book 1 - Heroes Who Changed History
    She was one of the most feared enemies of the Third Reich—and one of the most extraordinary women of World War II.Before she became the legendary "Warlord of France," Nancy Wake was a rebellious young woman who refused to accept the rise of Nazi tyranny. What began as a witness to the horrors of fascism became a remarkable journey of courage, deception, and resistance that would place a five ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Adler's Philosophical Dictionary

    125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers from Aristotle onward come to life in the latest work by the man TIME magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman." Is the human soul immortal? What does it mean to know ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Six Great Ideas

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    This enlightening study is the result of group discussions at Dr. Adler's annual seminar in Aspen, Colorado, and conversations between Dr. Adler and Bill moyers filmed for public television.Each summer, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • White House Mockingbird

    by Richard J. Adler ...
    White House Mockingbird is an illustrated story about Dick the mockingbird who really did live in the White House during President Jefferson's time in office. The president kept Dick’s cage in a special place in his study. Whenever he had free time, Jefferson and Dick were always side by side.Dick's life changes forever while still a fledgling after he falls out of his nest in the Virginia ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Angels and Us

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    A wonderfully enlightening work on the affinities between angels and human beings.Mortimer Adler has always been ahead of his time. In 1982, before the current revival of interest in angels, Dr. Adler published "The Angels and Us," an engaging look at the various images and hierarchies of angels (including guardian angels). Dr. Adler, the bestselling author of "Ten Philosophical Mistakes," ... Read more

    $12.35 USD