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Failures of Forgiveness Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better Myisha Cherry

Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world

The Darkened Light of Faith The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought Melvin L. Rogers

A powerful new account of what a group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American activists, intellectuals, and artists can teach us about democracy

Parfit Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality David Edmonds

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein鈥檚 Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism

The Politics of Language The Politics of Language David Beaver and Jason Stanley

A provocative case for the inherently political nature of language

Wonderstruck Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think Helen De Cruz

A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world

The Weirdness of the World The Weirdness of the World Eric Schwitzgebel

How all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the fundamental structure of the cosmos are bizarre鈥攁nd why that鈥檚 a good thing

Liberalism as a Way of Life Liberalism as a Way of Life Alexandre Lefebvre

Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life鈥攁nd how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously

Anxiety Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide Samir Chopra

How philosophy can teach us to be less anxious about being anxious by understanding that it鈥檚 an essential part of being human

On Gaslighting On Gaslighting Kate Abramson

A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting

Night Vision Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods Mariana Alessandri

A philosopher鈥檚 personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human

Henry at Work Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle

What Thoreau can teach us about working鈥攚hy we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningful

Begetting Begetting: What Does It Mean to Create a Child? Mara van der Lugt

An investigation of what it means to have children鈥攎orally, philosophically and emotionally

The Entanglement The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are Alva No毛

Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon鈥攁nd why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves

Of Rule and Office Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political Melissa Lane

A constitutionalist reading of Plato鈥檚 political thought

The State The State Philip Pettit

A major new account of the state and its importance by a leading political philosopher

How to Care about Animals How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small

An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals鈥攁nd our vital relationships with them

How to Focus How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction John Cassian

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one

Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophy of Mathematics 脴ystein Linnebo

A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading thinkers

Philosophy of Physics Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory Tim Maudlin

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world鈥檚 leading philosophers of physics