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Ethics and Science by 
Breaking Open the Box by 
Education and Democracy in the 21st Century by 
Make Just One Change by 
Remaking College by 
Thinking Skills for Professionals by
The box below presents works by the authors included in Reading the World, and other books about the themes discussed within it.
The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader by 
After Buddhism by "Some twenty-five centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in predominantly secular societies. What does it mean to adapt religious practices to secular contexts? Stephen Batchelor, an internationally known author and teacher, is committed to a secularized version of the Buddha's teachings. The time has come, he feels, to articulate a coherent ethical, contemplative, and philosophical vision of Buddhism for our age. After Buddhism, the culmination of four decades of study and practice in the Tibetan, Zen, and Theravada traditions, is his attempt to set the record straight about who the Buddha was and what he was trying to teach. Combining critical readings of the earliest canonical texts with narrative accounts of five members of the Buddha's inner circle, Batchelor depicts the Buddha as a pragmatic ethicist rather than a dogmatic metaphysician. He envisions Buddhism as a constantly evolving culture of awakening whose long survival is due to its capacity to reinvent itself and interact creatively with each society it encounters. This original and provocative book presents a new framework for understanding the remarkable spread of Buddhism in today's globalized world. It also reminds us of what was so startling about the Buddha's vision of human flourishing."--Publisher's description.
Thinking, Fast and Slow by 
John Quincy Adams Diaries, 1779-1821 by 
John Quincy Adams Diaries, 1821-1848 by 
Language and Mind by 
The Consolation of Philosophy by 
Hopes and Impediments by 
What Makes a Masterpiece by 
Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers by 
Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment (LOA #307) by 
The World Until Yesterday by 
An Autobiography, or, The Story of My Experiments With Truth by 
Creating a Learning Society by 
The Spirit of Hindu Law by 
How Children Learn the Meanings of Words by 
Tales from Earthsea by Thomas Nast, Cartoon in Harper's Weekly, October 7, 1871
Centennial College, Ad Campaign
Banksy, Slave Labour
If These Walls Could Talk by UN Women, The Autocomplete Truth
Global Carbon Emission Cartograms
Manual Oliver, The Last Lockdown
Hans Rosling, Factfulness
Willful Ignorance by Breaking Open the Box by 
MLA Handbook by The definitive source for questions on all aspects of MLA Style.
