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John Dee was one of the greatest scientific minds of his time, but also one of the most controversial. He was a learned man in fields as varied as mathematics and astronomy, centuries before they became formalized fields of study, but he is better remembered for performing magic and alchemy. Instead of astronomy, he became renowned across England for astrology, and he was one of the country’s most notorious occult writers during his life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas “A timely, lucid and compelling...

John Bowlby is one of the most influential yet underappreciated figures in psychology, often overshadowed by the likes of Freud, Jung, and other giants. In Searching for Bowlby, author C.V. Wooster takes listeners on an immersive journey through the life, work, and legacy of the man who forever changed our understanding of human connection. This groundbreaking biography is the first to present Bowlby’s story as a richly detailed narrative, moving beyond the academic texts that have previously defined his work.

John Wycliffe was known as the “Morning Star” of the Reformation. His doctrines of strict adherence to the Bible and his attacks on the wealth and corruption of the Catholic Church would be the spark that would later ignite the fires of the Protestant Reformation.

John Locke, Philosoph und Mitbegründer der Aufklärung: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Fue un extraordinario filósofo, psicólogo y pedagogo estadounidense. Junto con Charles Sanders Peirce y William James, a Dewey se le conoce por ser uno de los fundadores de la filosofía del pragmatismo. Asimismo, fue, durante la primera mitad del Siglo XX, la figura más representativa de la pedagogía progresista en EE.UU.

Die bewegende Autobiografie eines der gefragtesten spirituellen Lehrer unserer Zeit – zum 70. Geburtstag von Pierre Stutz. Für alle, die selbst auf der Suche nach dem richtigen Weg für ein gelingendes Leben sind. Pierre Stutz zählt zu den bekanntesten spirituellen Lehrern im gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum. In seinen Vorträgen, Seminaren und in seinen über 40 Büchern geht es um Themen wie Achtsamkeit, die bewusste Auseinandersetzung mit seelischen Verwundungen, innere Versöhnung und die Suche nach einem eigenen, spirituellen Weg.