Tom Butler: 23 books

Immortal Self-Centric Mindfulness The most important understanding seekers of spiritual maturity must come to is the difference between lucidity and hyperlucidity. Lucidity is the degree to which we are able to clearly sense information from our mostly unconscious mind. Hyperlucidity is a term...

「如果你沒有堅定的生活觀，閱讀這本書能讓你認識有力量的思想， 或者，最好能挑戰你現有的世界觀。」--湯姆•巴特勒－鮑登 本書涵蓋入門哲學四大主題：【思考】﹑【存在】﹑【行動】﹑【知識】 ‧自嘲懶惰的蒙田，《隨筆集》讀來就像是另類的缺點揭露大全。 ‧哲學家的刻板印象？尼采說，不哲學、不智慧才是真正的哲學家。 ‧蛤？柏拉圖口中的理想國，竟然是執行哲學家式的菁英政治。 ‧看盧梭如何用《社會契約論》擊潰「強權即是公理」的當代主流思想。 ‧從生理到心理，西蒙波娃用《第二性》全面攻破仇女情結。 ‧還有………………………………… 哲學是理性論證真理和知識，也是人生準則。哲學一詞起源於希臘文的philo「愛」及sophia「智慧」，是關於思考、存在及行動的欲望，以更好的方式看待世界。哲學不僅提供了解知識的概念，在個人的生活經驗上，哲學也給予我們嶄新且自由的方式去行動、思考和感知。作者湯姆•巴特勒－鮑登在《一次讀懂哲學經典》這本書中想要透過五十本哲學經典，帶領讀者認識哲學世界中啟發不同世代人們的各種觀點和思想。 透過作者所挑選的五十本哲學經典，建立哲學與個人之間的橋樑，不需要指定哪一學派、哪一位老師的哲學思想或名言，而是提點出這些思想對我們來說的特別影響，藉此提高人生的質量，能於廣大世界中為我們指引方向，於茫茫宇宙裡照亮我們所在之處。 哲學是活的，它所提出的問題持續存於人類存在的核心。讀者可以從《一次讀懂哲學經典》認識橫跨多個世紀的知名著作，在閱讀時可以盡情的隨意跳轉篇章，讓不同組合帶來意料之外的驚喜與收獲。 名家推薦 中央大學哲學研究所助理研究員...

How do you write a novel? Practising novelists and teachers of creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

Tourism and Indigenous Peoples is a unique text examining the role of indigenous societies in tourism and how they interact within the tourism nexus. Unlike other publications, this text focuses on the active role that indigenous peoples take in the industry, and uses international case studies and...

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Mexico is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gather all your senses and dive head-first into the ancient Maya world at exquisite...

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet******Trans-Siberian Railway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze through the window at the unfurling landscape as you pass, glimpse...

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Russiais your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Brush up on your Soviet and imperial history in Moscow and St Petersburg, explore European...

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s East Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feel the pounding of hooves as wildebeest stampede across the plains of the...