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1	The Practice of Everyday Life more books like this by Michel de Certeau, Steven F Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private ... see all copies from $7.39! new only from $13.99! \| SVS
2	Valkyrie more books like this by Philipp Freiherr Von Boeselager, Steven Rendall (Translator), Florence Fehrenbach add to wishlist The only firsthand account of the failed German military plot to kill Hitler--told by one of the key conspirators--gives eloquent voice to the courageous spirit of the men whose honor could not be dimmed by the diabolical propaganda of the Third Reich. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $11.21! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching, and Influence more books like this by Christoph Riedweg, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist Penetrates the intricate maze of lore surrounding the fundamental contributions of Pythagoras and provides a vivid overview of the life and teachings of a crucial Greek thinker and his most important followers. see all copies from $13.90! new only from $14.78! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag more books like this by Nicolas Werth, Steven Rendall (Translator), Jan T Gross (Foreword by) add to wishlist During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. Many of the victims were sent to labor camps, but ten thousand of them were dumped in a remote wasteland and left to fend for themselves. "Cannibal Island" reveals ... see all copies from $22.95! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
5	Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting more books like this by Harald Weinrich, Steven Randall (Translator), Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.64! new only from $5.64! \| first editions
6	The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments more books like this by Miroslav Verner, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist From the ancient culture that created the pyramids to the excavation sites that have been discovered to date, Verner, a preeminent Egyptologist, recounts the history of ancient Egypt and describes the religious and political beliefs that gave rise to its great monuments. Illustrations throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions
7	Jacob, Menahem, and Mimoun: A Family Epic more books like this by Marcel Benabou, Steven Rendall (Translator), Warren F Motte (Introduction by) add to wishlist This title is the 1998 National Jewish Book Award Winner for Autobiography/Memoir. "A dry wit and surprising pathos infuse this "family epic," which turns out to be "merely" the telling of Benabou's failed attempt at creating his literary masterpiece...The reader shares his initial hopefulness as he details his younger self's ambitious plans for a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
8	Resistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection more books like this by Norbert Gualde, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist A North Carolina woman dies of a flesh-eating bacterial disease. Thousands of people in West Africa are suffering from cholera. And antibiotics are rapidly becoming less and less effective at fighting what were once mild infections. The biggest threat to the future of human society may not be terrorist attacks or nuclear war, but rather ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
9	Distinguo: Reading Montaigne Differently more books like this by Steven Rendall add to wishlist Most modern critics (even those who have emphasized the 'evolution' of Montaigne's ideas) have sought to explain away the contradictions and incoherences of Montaigne's Essais. Distinguo: Reading Montaigne Differently investigates the role of these internal differences in the opinions recorded, in voices and modes of discourse, in logical levels, ... see all copies from $43.64! new only from $101.80! \| first editions \| SVS
10	To Write on Tamara? more books like this by Marcel Benabou, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist As stubborn, as surprising, as artful as life in its refusal to conform to a particular literary genre, Marcel Benabou's book is at once a memoir and a novel, a confession and a reflection on the prerogatives and imperatives of writing one's story. At its center, forever alluring and elusive, is the beautiful and ethereal Tamara, the exact ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
11 view cover	Washington and Rome: Catholicism in American Culture more books like this by Michael Zoller, Albert Wimmer (Translator), Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist With its historical consciousness, emphasis on institutionalized structures and combination of scepticism and assurance of grace, Catholicism seems to embody the opposite of the American cultural principle. This text re-examines notions of how Catholicism integrated with populist American culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.35! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding Hieroglyphics more books like this by Robert Sole, Dominique Valbelle, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist In July 1799, a French officer serving in Napoleon's Egyptian expedition unearthed a granite block bearing text in three different scripts -- Greek, demotic Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. Following the discovery, a remarkable competition ensued for possession of the stone as well as for decoding its inscription. Using all the elements of a detective ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $3.46! \| first editions
13 view cover	Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to Heidegger more books like this by Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art. Jean-Marie Schaeffer, one of France's leading aestheticians, explores the ... see all copies from $32.13! new only from $32.13! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines more books like this by Harald Weinrich, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist Life is short. This indisputable fact of existence has driven human ingenuity since antiquity, whether through efforts to lengthen our lives with medicine or shorten the amount of time we spend on work using technology. Alongside this struggle to manage the pressure of life's ultimate deadline, human perception of the passage and effects of time ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $24.89! \| SVS
15 view cover	Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society more books like this by Betty Rojtman, Steven Rendall (Translator), Professor Moshe Idel (Preface by) add to wishlist Using the tools of contemporary semiotic theory to analyze classical rabbinic hermeneutics and medieval mystical exegesis, Betty Rojtman unveils a modernity in these early forms of textual interpretation. The metaphor from rabbinic literature that describes the writing of the Torah - black fire on white fire - becomes, in Rojtman's analysis, a ... see all copies from $8.46! new only from $8.46! \| SVS
16 view cover	Lost in the Sacred: Why the Muslim World Stood Still more books like this by Dan Diner, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist "Lost in the Sacred" poses questions about the Muslim world that no other book by a Western writer has dared to ask. Focusing on the Arab Middle East, Dan Diner asks what caused the Muslim world to lag behind so dramatically. Is Western dominance to blame? Or is the problem even with Islam itself? These questions, however unsettling, need to be ... see all copies from $17.59! new only from $21.12! \| SVS
17 view cover	Dump This Book While You Still Can! more books like this by Marcel Benabou, Steven Rendall (Translator), Warren Motte (Introduction by) add to wishlist In one of the most thought-provoking and wry books by one of the most intriguing contemporary writers in French literature, readers become party to the dilemma of 'challenging' literature in a singularly involving and amusing fashion. Opening a book that has mysteriously appeared amid the clutter of his desk, the narrator finds himself exhorted ... see all copies from $2.55! new only from $72.34!
18 view cover	Morals and Politics more books like this by Hvsle, Vittorio Hosle, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist When Moral und Politik was first published in Germany it provoked heated debate both in and out of the classroom. It even prompted Vittorio Hosle's critics to publish a collection of essays that responded to his provocative arguments. Available for the first time in an English translation, Morals and Politics, a tour-de-force, is certain to once ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $63.79! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Dead Philosophers' Cafe: An Exchange of Letters for Children and Adults more books like this by Nora K Hosle, Vittorio Hosle, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist Eleven-year-old Nora K. received Jostein Gaarder's "Sophie's World" as a birthday present, and in it she read about Plato's theory of ideas. One problem especially intrigued her: What about the platonic idea of the dinosaur? Ideas are timeless and cannot die. The dinosaurs, however, became extinct ages ago. Does the idea of the dinosaur still ... see all copies from $5.22! new only from $22.45! \| SVS
20 view cover	Reason and Rationality more books like this by Jon Elster, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and ... see all copies from $14.94! new only from $14.94! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville more books like this by Charles Perrault, Steven R Rendall (Translator), Joan E Dejean (Introduction by) add to wishlist A beautiful marquise who is actually a man and a handsome marquis who is actually a young woman fall in love. Will they live happily ever after? see all copies from $7.42! new only from $7.42! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Ambivalences of Medieval Religious Drama more books like this by Rainer Warning, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist What is medieval religious drama, and what function does it serve in negotiating between the domains of theology and popular life? This book aims to answer these questions by studying three sets of these dramas: tenth-century Easter plays, twelfth-century Adam plays, and fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Passion plays. However, the author s intent ... see all copies from $29.15! new only from $65.95! \| first editions
23	Astrea more books like this by Honore D' Urfe, Honore D'Urfe, Steven Rendall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $39.00! new only from $44.88!
24 view cover	A Berlin Republic: Writings on Germany more books like this by Jurgen Habermas, Steven Rendall (Translator), Peter Uwe Hohendahl (Introduction by) add to wishlist A Berlin Republic brings together writings on the new, united Germany by one of their most original and trenchant commentators, J Habermas. Among other topics, he addresses the consequences of German history, the challenges and perils of the post-Wall era, and Germany's place in contemporary Europe. Here, as in his earlier The Past as Future, ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $31.32!
25 view cover	Shipwreck with Spectator: Paradigm of a Metaphor for Existence more books like this by Hans Blumenberg, Steven Rendall (Translator) add to wishlist This essay exemplifies Blumenberg's ideas about the ability of the historical study of metaphor to illuminate essential aspects of being human. Originally published in the same year as his "Work on Myth", "Shipwreck With Spectator" traces the evolution of the complex of metaphors related to the sea, to shipwreck and to the role of the spectator in ... see all copies from $50.00!

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