Russell Simmons, the original and eternal hip-hop mogul, is one of the most innovative and influential figures in modern American business and culture. When no one outside of inner-city New York had e…
Explores the religious and spiritual aspects of the popular animated show and its colorful host of characters, considering such topics as the moral dilemmas in the storylines, Lisa as the voice of Jes…
Shelve The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family
"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered:"How is it possible to find meaning in a f…
Shelve Movies and the Meaning of Life: Philosophers Take on Hollywood
Ko je leta 2007 prejel Prešernovo nagrado za življenjsko delo, je gledališki režiser Sebastijan Horvat o njem zapisal, da je igralec, ki igra na vse ali nič, vrvohodec brez varovalne mreže ter fanatik…
Shelve RAC - biografski roman o življenju Radka Poliča
Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable - legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood…
Shelve Escobar: The Inside Story Of Pablo Escobar, The World's Most Powerful Criminal
Malcolm X's cultural rebirth--his improbable second coming--brims with irony. The nineties are marked by intense and often angry debates about racial authenticity and "selling out," and the participan…
Shelve Making Malcolm: The Myth And Meaning Of Malcolm X
Accomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance in Europe as the year 1000 ap…
Shelve The Last Apocalypse: Europe at the Year 1000 A.D.
In antiquity there were divinities who demanded blood sacrifices. In the Middle Ages tales of the 'walking dead' and other bloodthirsty beings were as prevalent as the plague. Between then and now, fr…
Shelve Vampires : Restless Creatures of the Night (Discoveries)
Philosophy might make you think of dusty statues in togas or Zen masters meditating, but the philosophical world has far more to offer than ancient men in beards: it can also tell you everything there…
Shelve How to Outwit Aristotle: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy
