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Anger by Robert Thurman
$31.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Heated words, cool malice, deadly feuds, the furious rush of adrenaline - anger is clearly the most destructive of the seven deadly sins. It can ruin families, wreck one's health, and destroy peace of mind and at its worst, lead to murder, genocide, and war. In "Anger", Robert A. F. Thurman, best-sellin ...Show more
Envy by Joseph Epstein
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Malice that cannot speak its name, cold-blooded but secret hostility, impotent desire, hidden rancor and spite-all cluster at the center of envy. "Envy" clouds thought, writes Joseph Epstein clobbers generosity, precludes any hope of serenity, and ends in shriveling the heart. Of the seven deadly sins, ...Show more
Gluttony by Francine Prose
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
In America, notes acclaimed novelist Francine Prose, we are obsessed with food and diet. And what is this obsession with food except a struggle between sin and virtue, overeating and self-control - a struggle with the fierce temptations of gluttony. In "Gluttony", Francine Prose serves up a marvelous ba ...Show more
Greed by Phyllis Tickle
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Grasping, avarice, covetousness, miserliness, insatiable cupidity, overreaching ambition, desire spun out of control - the deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike. In this lively and generous book, Phyllis A. Tickle argues that Gr ...Show more
Lust by Simon Blackburn
$49.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
The aim of this volume is to rescue lust 'from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue'.
Lust by Simon Blackburn
$28.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid ...Show more
Pride by Michael Eric Dyson
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Of the seven deadly sins, pride is the only one with a virtuous side. It is certainly a good thing to have pride in one's country, in one's community, in oneself. But when taken too far, as Michael Eric Dyson shows in "Pride", these virtues become deadly sins. Dyson, named by "Ebony" magazine as one of ...Show more
Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Here is a rollicking parody of the self-help genre, one that skewers the couch-bound, apathetic mentality so pervasive in America today. With tongue in cheek, "Sloth" guides readers step-by-step toward a life of noncommittal inertia. "You have the right to be lazy," writes Wasserstein. "You can choose n ...Show more
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