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Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus’s Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior

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By James B. Stockdale — 1993

When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale’s early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. See more...

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Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life

The New York Times bestselling author of The Element gives readers an inspirational and practical guide to self-improvement, happiness, creativity, and personal transformation. You, Your Child, and School is forthcoming from Viking.

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Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica
2025
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The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity

Who do you think you are? That’s a question bound up in another: What do you think you are? Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Such affiliations give contours to our sense of self, and shape our polarized world.

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Kwame Anthony Appiah
2019
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Black Skin, White Masks

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work.

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Frantz Fanon
2008
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Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success

In Resilience, Mark McGuinness explains why your reactions to rejection and criticism are completely understandable—and how to deal with them effectively.

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Mark McGuinness
2013
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The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Few philosophers have had a more profound influence on the course of modern philosophy than Bertrand Russell. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell is a comprehensive anthology of Russell’s most definitive essays written between 1903 and 1959.

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Bertrand Russell
2009
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A History of Western Philosophy

Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.

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Bertrand Russell
1967
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Metaphysics: The Fundamentals

Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.

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Robert C. Koons, Timothy Pickavance
2015
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The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

We are in crisis today. Our modern technological society has left too many of us—no matter our ages—feeling isolated and bereft of purpose. Previous frameworks for building community and finding meaning no longer support us.

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Ter Kuile Casper
2020
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.

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Tarana Burke (editor), Brené Brown (editor)
2021
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Mindset: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfil Your Potential (Updated Edition)

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea—the power of our mindset.

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Carol Dweck
2017
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