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Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
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Working

By Studs Terkel ,

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The Myth of Sisyphus
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The Myth of Sisyphus

By Albert Camus ,

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Existentialism Is a Humanism
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Existentialism Is a Humanism

By Jean-Paul Sartre , Carol Macomber (translator) ,

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The New York Trilogy
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The New York Trilogy

By Paul Auster ,

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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
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Tiny Beautiful Things

By Cheryl Strayed ,

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Nausea
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Nausea

By Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Howard (translator) ,

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Being and Time
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Being and Time

By Martin Heidegger , John MacQuarrie (translator) , Edward S. Robinson (translator)

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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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Waste and Want

By Susan Strasser , Alice Austen (photographer) ,

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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

By Walt Whitman ,

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The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
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The Concept of Anxiety

By Alastair Hannay , Søren Kierkegaard ,

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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
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The Gift of Therapy

By Irvin D. Yalom ,

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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

By Beauvoir Simone De , James Kirkup (translator) ,

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Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence
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Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence

By Emmanuel Levinas ,

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Being and Nothingness
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Being and Nothingness

By Jean-Paul Sartre ,

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The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods
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The Philosopher's Toolkit

By Peter S. Fosl , Julian Baggini ,

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Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
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Beautiful Shadow

By Andrew Wilson ,

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What Is Existentialism?
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What Is Existentialism?

By Simone de Beauvoir ,

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What Is Existentialism? Vol. I: History & Principles
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What Is Existentialism? Vol. I

By Frank Scalambrino ,

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Concluding Unscientific Postscript
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Concluding Unscientific Postscript

By Søren Kierkegaard , Walter Lowrie (translator) , Joseph Campbell (translator)

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A Sense of Urgency
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A Sense of Urgency

By John P. Kotter ,

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The Jargon of Authenticity
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The Jargon of Authenticity

By Theodor Adorno ,

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A Little Yellow Dog
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A Little Yellow Dog

By Walter Mosley ,

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Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen
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Jezebel

By Lesley Hazleton ,

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The Fall
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The Fall

By Albert Camus ,

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Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
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Ashes To Admin

By Evie King ,

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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
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Humanly Possible

By Sarah Bakewell ,

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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
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Why Does the World Exist?

By Jim Holt ,

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Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard
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Philosopher of the Heart

By Clare Carlisle ,

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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
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Bomb Shelter

By Mary Laura Philpott ,

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The Culture of Make Believe
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The Culture of Make Believe

By Derrick Jensen ,

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World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
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World on Fire

By Amy Chua ,

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Being and Nothingness
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Being and Nothingness

By Jean-Paul Sartre , Sarah Richmond (translator) ,

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She Had Some Horses
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She Had Some Horses

By Joy Harjo ,

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