The ancient Taoist text Secret of the Golden Flower has been a source of mystery ever since Wilhelm and Jung brought it to the West. Paul Fredric offers a fresh analysis of the text based on his life-long experience as a student of the esoteric and meditation practitioner. The Secret of the Golden Flower is revealed as an instruction manual for unlocking a primal force of intelligence and energy within us that can lead to a higher level of conscious existence. In addition to the first awak...

Jean-Paul Sartre, at the height of his powers, debates with Italy’s leading intellectualsIn 1961, the prolific French intellectual Jean-Paul Sartre was invited to give a talk at the Gramsci Institute in Rome. In attendance were some of Italy’s leading Marxist thinkers, such as Enzo Paci, Cesare Luporini, and Galvano Della Volpe, whose contributions to the long and remarkable discussion that followed are collected in this volume, along with the lecture itself. Sartr...

A groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn The Prison-House of Language, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism. Combining a survey of these influential critical movements and a critique of their methodology,...

The Asteroid FrontierClassic Science Fiction at the Edge of SurvivalBeyond the planets lies a place where fortunes are won, ships disappear without a trace, and a single mistake can mean the end. Welcome to The Asteroid Frontier, where every journey is a test of courage, ingenuity, and survival.This collection of eight classic science fiction adventures ventures into the most dangerous reaches of the solar system, w...

Vintage Sci-Fi 5 - 20 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown and moreNice Girl with 5 Husbands by Fritz LeiberA Traveler in Time by August DerlethExhibit Piece by Philip K. DickThe Misplaced Battleship by Harry HarrisonThe Other Now by Murray LeinsterRabbits Have Long Ears by Lawrence F. WillardStrange Eden by Philip K. DickThe Crawlers by Phi...

The Will to Truth, which is to tempt us to many a hazardousenterprise, the famous Truthfulness of which all philosophers havehitherto spoken with respect, what questions has this Will to Truth notlaid before us! What strange, perplexing, questionable questions! It isalready a long story; yet it seems as if it were hardly commenced. Isit any wonder if we at last grow distrustful, lose patience, and turnimpatiently away? That this ...

A 19th century literary masterpiece, which uses Persian religious leader Zarathustra to pronounce the author’s views, including the introduction of the controversial Doctrine of the Obermensch, or “superman”, later perverted by Nazi propagandists.

Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means? You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard’s favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything from film and literature to world events and discover whether or not existentialism is still relevant today.You’ll find an introduction to existentialism and understand how it fits into the history of philosophy. This insightful guide will...

What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.Frank Close tells the story of how scientists have explored the elusive void, and the rich discoveries that the...

One of the leading twentieth-century French existentialist philosophers examines how human emotions shape our existence.In The Emotions: Outline of a Theory, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre attempts to understand the role emotions play in the human psyche. Sartre analyzes fear, lust, anguish, and melancholy while asserting that human beings begin to develop emotional capabilities from a very early age, which helps them identify and understand the emotio...