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26 produkter
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
A Memoir in Essays
Av Damon Young
Häftad, 2020
188 kr
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A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionA Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American HumorLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Independent Review of Books …
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
A Memoir in Essays
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2019
113 kr
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"A blazing memoir in essays" (Entertainment Weekly) that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be black (and a man) in America.An NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite of the YearA Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the …
How to Think About Exercise
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2014
153 kr
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It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In the office or at study we are 'mind workers', with superfluous bodies. In the gym we stretch, run and lift, but our minds are idle. Damon Young challenges this idea, revealing how fitness …
Distraction
A Philosopher's Guide to Being Free
Av Damon Young
Häftad, 2008
384 kr
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We all know what it is to be distracted - a feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. While it is not a new complaint, modern life is plagued by distractions. At work and at home, in relationships and in the bedroom, our attention is often torn between one thing and another. What …
That's How They Get You
An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
Inbunden, 2025
363 kr
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That's How They Get You
An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
Häftad, 2026
176 kr
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From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today • NOW IN PAPERBACK WITH A NEW STORY BY DAMON YOUNG “Crackling, hilarious. . . . You won’t want to miss …
Philosophy and the Martial Arts
Engagement
Inbunden, 2014
2736 kr
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This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significance of this fascinating subject for contemporary philosophy.The book is divided into three sections. The first section concerns what philosophical …
Philosophy and the Martial Arts
Engagement
Häftad, 2014
718 kr
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This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significance of this fascinating subject for contemporary philosophy.The book is divided into three sections. The first section concerns what philosophical …
Distraction
Av Damon Young
Inbunden, 2016
2504 kr
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Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than …
Distraction
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2014
762 kr
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Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than …
Distraction
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2014
762 kr
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Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than …
Philosophy and the Martial Arts
Engagement
E-bok, 2014
830 kr
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This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significance of this fascinating subject for contemporary philosophy. The book is divided into three sections. The first section concerns what philosophical …
Philosophy and the Martial Arts
Engagement
E-bok, 2014
849 kr
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This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significance of this fascinating subject for contemporary philosophy. The book is divided into three sections. The first section concerns what philosophical …
Your Degrees Won't Keep You Warm at Night
Guide to Dating, Mating and Fighting Crime
Av Damon Young, Panama Jackson
Häftad, 2011
268 kr
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Immortal Gestures
Journeys in the Unspoken
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2025
244 kr
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There is an old Buddhist adage: the teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. To achieve enlightenment, you are not supposed to look at the finger. You are supposed to look to the celestial light. I am asking you to look at the finger. The finger is also the moon. A tilted head. A finger to …
Distraction
Av Damon Young
Häftad, 2010
646 kr
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Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than …
Philosophy in the Garden
Av Damon Young
Inbunden, 2019
110 kr
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Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his ‘thought tree’?In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature’s most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the …
Immortal Gestures
Journeys in the Unspoken
Av Damon Young
Inbunden, 2025
145 kr
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There is an old Buddhist adage: the teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. To achieve enlightenment, you are not supposed to look at the finger. You are supposed to look to the celestial light.I am asking you to look at the finger. The finger is also the moon.A tilted head. A finger to …
Art of Reading
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2017
239 kr
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A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills — an ideal gift for the avid reader. ‘What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.’ As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, …
Philosophy in the Garden
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2019
22 kr
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Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his ‘thought tree’? In Philosophy in the Garden , Damon Young explores one of literature’s most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the …
On Getting Off
sex and philosophy
Av Damon Young
E-bok, 2020
186 kr
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The curious reader’s companion to sex. ‘Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.’ Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young …
How to Think About Exercise
Av Damon Young
Häftad, 2014
108 kr
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It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In the office or at study we are 'mind workers', with superfluous bodies. In the gym we stretch, run and lift, but our minds are idle. Damon Young challenges this idea, revealing how fitness …
