| 1. |  | Finding Beauty in a Broken World
from Pantheon
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
For those of us who love Williams' work the arrival of a new volume is better than birthday cake, and her latest onced again delivers the mix of environmental sense, ethical sensibility and fearlessness that has characterized her work for decades. She cuts to the heart of issues and hearts,... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Principles of Uncertainty
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $18.73
Customer Review:
I bought this book because I was fascinated by the illustrations, but I subsequently found the text to be absolutely mediocre and undeserving of more than a passing glance. The author ruminates repeatedly on who she, or anyone else for that matter, is. Also prevalent are musings along the lines of... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Architecture of Happiness (Vintage)
from Vintage
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Nicely written. This book manages to make us aware of simple material and architectural details that help us be happier and more pleased with the world and civilization we live in. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
from Bloomsbury Press
Price: $16.50
Customer Review:
This innovative book outlines two evolutionary forces in the development of art; natural and sexual selection. Initially I doubted if the author could make a case to support these ideas but he ultimately makes a compelling argument (some of his speculation reminded me of the work of Desmond Morris,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
from Sounds True, Incorporated
Price: $21.86
Customer Review:
BEAUTY is a book worth owning and reading again and again. Sometimes it feels like a meditation, and sometimes a scholarly paper, drawing on art and poetry and music to explicate its theme. These different approaches don't clash -- in fact they weave together incredibly well. O'Donohue's own writing... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, with Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds
from McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Price: $47.47
Customer Review:
Having taught Medical Ethics on the undergraduate level, I found this book to be helpful by giving a general acquaintance to students about the cases which have challenged and required extraordinary thought about how we establish our values about what it means to be human and what that means in the... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Future of the Image
from Verso
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
"The Future of the Image" by Jacques Ranciere offers an unique critique and perspective on contemporary art forms ranging from film to painting, photography and theater. As an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, Mr. Ranciere approaches the subject matter not as an art... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | Free Play Improvisation in Life and Art
from Tarcher
Customer Review:
I've never written a book review before in my life, but this is one case where it would be an injustice not to. I've been a musician for over 10 years now, and already I've struggle with just about every block to creativity there is, and enjoyed many of the fruits of overcoming them as well...And... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
from Imperfect Publishing
Price: $11.68
Customer Review:
a close friend of mine loaned me the book on saturday - i read it once on sunday, and again yesterday (monday)
the book is more powerful than i can describe in a review. 5-stars, no-brainer.. read this book!
the orientation is more ideological than demonstrative or critical.. the relative... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Biomedical Ethics (Biomedical Ethics (Mappes))
from McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Price: $73.66
Customer Review:
i was very much so surprised it came with the other book of core concepts and that i got both of them for that price thank u!... | 5.0 / 5.0
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