Jacob: 2030 books
In Search of Authenticity
Existentialism from Kierkegaard to Camus
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely at the literature and writings of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics.
Golomb's writings shows his passionate commitment...
by Jacob Compton
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Women in the town of Marquette, Michigan are found dead in their beds. Drained of all fluid form their bodies, the police make a quick arrest. The problem is they don't know how the man did it, so they turn it over to the D.A. Investigator Frost. Its up to him to figure out something that could not possibly happen.
by Jacob Needleman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of America's alternative spiritual movements is back in print with a new introduction by the author.
Originally published in 1970, The New Religions was the first full-scale study of alternative spirituality in America. It remains unparalleled...
George W. Bushisms V
New Ways to Harm Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
"I can only speak to myself."
True -- and yet we must listen. Sometimes his accidental wit speaks louder than any prepared statement.
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
"I always...
The American Soul
Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2003
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life.
The founders,...
Chosen People
The Rise of American Black Israelite Religions
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Named Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE Winnter of the Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Prize Winner of the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions Jacob S. Dorman offers new insights into the rise...
The Secret Epidemic
The Story of AIDS and Black America
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Half the people in the United States who are diagnosed with HIV are now African American. Through the eyes of those on the front lines of the crisis, journalist Jacob Levenson tells a story of race and public health that spans fifty years and reveals how AIDS has become one of the leading killers...
Palinisms
The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
"I don't know if I should Buenos Aires or Bonjour, or... this is such a melting pot. This is so beautiful. I love this diversity. Yeah. There were a whole bunch of guys named Tony in the photo line, I know that."
"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received...
They Knew They Were Right
The Rise of the Neocons
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
From its origins in 1930s Marxism to its unprecedented influence on George W. Bush's administration, neoconservatism has become one of the most powerful, reviled, and misunderstood intellectual movements in American history. But who are the neocons, and how did this obscure group of government officials,...
An Unknown World
Notes on the Meaning of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
What is the purpose of life on Earth? Philosopher Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to our existence as authentic human beings.
In...
George W. Bushisms
The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2001
"They misunderestimated me."
Or did they?
Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg.
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
"Families...
Tunisia Since the Arab Conquest
The Saga of a Westernized Muslim State
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
This comprehensive history of Tunisia covers an essential period in the country's development, from the Arab conquest of the seventh century to the Jasmine Revolution and the fall of Ben Ali's regime in 2010. Tunisia since the Arab Conquest describes the evolution of the Tunisian state, its place...
Stuyvesant (Illustrated)
A Franconia Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
This early work of juvenile fiction by Jacob Abbott was originally published in 1881. Along with many of Abbott's popular works, such as 'The Rollo Series', this publication is designed to entertain and morally inform the young reader.
My Never-Ending Acid Trip
Why I Still Hallucinate Years After Taking LSD
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Before Grade 12, Jacob Scheier took a lot of drugs: 200 hits of acid and more than 60 tablets of ecstasy. Then he decided to hit the books and get serious. But five years later, after starting to take medications for depression and anxiety, he became afflicted with disturbing flashbacks. In My Never-Ending...