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Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters – John-Mark Miravalle

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A profound exploration of the nature of beauty, why we need it, and why it is disappearing from the world.

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Restoring Pride: The Lost Virtue of Our Age – Richard Taylor

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In this book Richard Taylor defends a form of elitism, arguing that the good life is the prerogative of superior individuals who devote themselves to creativity and personal excellence.

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Altering Fate – Michael Lewis

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This book challenges the widely held view of "childhood determinism", exploring how our past is far less influential in shaping who we are now than we are often led to believe.

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How to Escape a Meaningless Life

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“One third of all the sorrow I must endure is unavoidable. It is the sorrow inherent in the human condition, the price we must pay for being sentient and self-conscious organisms, aspirants to liberation, but subject to the laws of nature and under orders to keep on marching, through irreversible time, through a world wholly […]

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The Undiscovered Self – Carl Jung

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The Undiscovered Self is an important reflection on how the rise of the modern, all-powerful State inhibits the development of strong individuals, destroys the communities that grant life meaning, and paves the way for totalitarian rule.

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The Power Elite – C. Wright Mills

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A classic exploration of political power in America. This book dispels many myths concerning who truly holds power in the USA and identifies an interlocking triangle of power centers that are responsible for shaping America and its people.

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The Breakdown of Nations – Leopold Kohr

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This book makes a persuasive case that the social, economic, and political problems plaguing the modern world are in large part attributable to the growth in power and size of the modern state.

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Solitude: A Return to the Self – Anthony Storr

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Solitude: A Return to Self is a bestselling meditation on the creative individual's need for solitude.

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