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Riverside Editions Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Repaired; Heavy Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Spine Heavily Chipped; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: B22; 3-47656. EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY: Jack Stillinger, University of Illinois. CONTENTS: Introduction; Chronology; Select Bibliography; Chapter I Childhood, and Early Education; Chapter II Moral Influences in Early Youth. My Father's Character and Opinions; Chapter III Last Stage of Education, and First of Self-Education; Chapter IV Youthful Propagandism. The Westminster Review; Chapter V A Crisis in My Mental History. One Stage Onward; Chapter VI Commencement of the Most Valuable Friendship of My Life. My Father's Death. Writings and Other Proceedings up to 1840; Chapter VII General View of the Remainder of My Life; Index. EDITION: Riverside Editions, Under the General Editorship of Gordon N. Ray..… Read More

New York: The New Press Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1994. BOOK: Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Memoir. ALSO KNOWN AS: Originally published in France in 1992 as L'avenir dure longtemps, suivi de Les faits by Editions STOCK/IMEC. TRANSLATED BY: Richard Veasey. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Douglas Johnson; Editors' Foreword; The Future Lasts Forever; The Facts. SYNOPSIS: On November 16, 1980, Louis Althusser, while massaging his wife's neck, discovered he had strangled her. The world-renowned French philosopher was immediately confined to an insane asylum, and his murderous act was officially deemed "temporary insanity." Althusser's memoirs, written in his years of confinement, offer a far more complex and intriguing explanation. An instant bestseller in France, this powerful literary document is now available to American audiences for… Read More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher at Large. SYNOPSIS: "Fifteen years ago, when I was only seventy-five years old, I wrote my autobiography prematurely . . . Much has happened in my life since then . . . I am, therefore, impelled to take a second look in the rearview mirror, and hope that those who found the earlier volume engaging will be similarly entertained by this one." So begins A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror, Mortimer Adler's continuing intellectual autobiography, the record of the development and evolution of his mind, his personal philosophy, and his analytical powers. Here, the second volume of Dr. Adler's autobiography describes the editorial process that led to the second (and enormously controversial) edition of Great Books… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1983. Repaired; Previous Owner Markings (Graphic Stamp and Signature in Marker to Half Title Page, with Bleed Through to Title Page); Mildew Spots From Page 156 to Rear Cover Inclusive; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Heavily Soiled; Heavy Moisture Damage (Staining); Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. Reshad Feild, Author of The Last Barrier A Journey Through the World of Sufi Teaching. BOOK NUMBER: RD 457. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Reshad Feild, author of The Last Barrier, lives in Santa Cruz, California; he is a popular speaker in New Age circles in England, Canada, and the United States. REVIEWS: "Beautiful and moving, The Invisible Way is an enlightening exploration of the Sufi tradition, illuminating the nature of reality, the meaning of life and death, and the mystery of love. 'This volume continues the autobiographical account of Feild's spiritual search begun in The Last Barrier.… Read More