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Ralph Waldo Emerson transformed America by writing in an utterly unique, personal, and insistently optimistic voice about matters that concern us to this day: our lives alone and with others, the true sources of identity, and the specifically American promise of freedom and equality for all. A principal voice of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embodies an independent American intellectual tradition rooted in deep moral convictions and the...
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"The Hermeticism Philosophy Collection: Illustrated" presents a comprehensive anthology of key texts from the Hermetic tradition, accompanied by captivating illustrations. This collection includes some of the most influential works in Hermetic philosophy, including "The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean," "Corpus Hermeticum," "The Kybalion," "The Life and Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus," and "The Land of the Gods."
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This is the final volume of "Sleeping Moose Saga." by Atwood Cutting. Parts one and two followed two twentieth-century pioneers as they built their hand-hewn house and started a family. While living on their remote homestead they survived a couple of harsh winters, then took jobs in Fairbanks for two winters, returning each summer to continue working on their little farm at the end of the road.
Now the house is complete. Their beautiful home sits...
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ONE OF THE CENTRAL WORKS OF AMERICAN POETRY
First published in 1855, this poetry collection by American poet, Walt Whitman is a celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity, and spans the human element from the perspective of both the mind and the body. Instead of focusing on religion or spirituality, Leaves of Grass focuses mainly on celebrating the body, exalting nature, praising the senses, and the material world. He was greatly influenced...
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When the pandemic struck, nature writer David Gessner turned to Henry David Thoreau, the original social distancer, for lessons on how to live. Those lessons-of learning our own backyard, re—wilding, loving nature, self—reliance, and civil disobedience-hold a secret that could help save us as we face the greater crisis of climate.
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A TRANQUIL VOYAGE OF SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY
In Walden, (Or, Life in the Woods) Henry David Thoreau details his 1845 retreat into a cabin he built near Walden Pond. Set amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, it served as Thoreau's immersion into nature and escape from the distractions of social life. He stayed for two years, two months and two days.
Thoreau used his time at Walden Pond to write his first book, A Week on...
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