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Books by Christopher Phillips
  | | Socrates Cafe A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by W. W. Norton & Company Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32298-9, ISBN: 0-393-32298-X ""A bracing, rollicking read about the spark that ignites when people start asking meaningful questions."—O Magazine Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. "Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living complexes, prisons, libraries, da ..." |
 | | Six Questions of Socrates(1st Edition) A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 2005 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32679-6, ISBN: 0-393-32679-9 "How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates. What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates's footsteps, Christopher Phillips―"Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree" (Utne Reader)―inves ..." |
 | | The Battle for Syria â International Rivalry in the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips 384 Pages, Published 2020 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-300-24991-0, ISBN: 0-300-24991-8 "Updated with two new chapters, this book exposes the profound influence of the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar in Syria's bloody conflict and explores the implications of the perceived decline of American power ..." |
 | | Freedom's Port The African American Community of Baltimore, 1790-1860 (Blacks in the New World) by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06618-4, ISBN: 0-252-06618-9 "Baltimore's African-American population--nearly 27,000 strong and more than 90 percent free in 1860--was the largest in the nation at that time. Christopher Phillips's Freedom's Port, the first book-length study of an urban black population in the antebellum Upper South, chronicles the growth and development of that community. He shows how it grew from a transient aggregate of individuals, many fresh from slavery, to a strong, overwhel ..." |
 | | Six Questions of Socrates(1st Edition) A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2004 by W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-393-05157-5, ISBN: 0-393-05157-9 "How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates. What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates' footsteps, Christopher Phillips investigates these same questions, beginning in the mark ..." |
 | | Socrates Cafe(1st Edition) A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2001 by W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-393-04956-5, ISBN: 0-393-04956-6 "For Christopher Phillips, philosophy is a passion: it is not so much a discipline to be learned as an experience to be lived. Taking his cue from Socrates, the inaugurator of the Western philosophical tradition, Phillips embarks on a search for truth and meaning through a series of conversations that is at once refreshing, humorous, troubling, confusing, encouraging, depressing, and provocative. What makes Plato's Socratic dialogues so ..." |
 | | Constitution Cafe Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution by Christopher Phillips, Brew For Jefferson's Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2011 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06480-3, ISBN: 0-393-06480-8 "The author of the Socrates Café trilogy hits the road once again—this time to inspire a new, nationwide Constitutional Convention.Energized by the initial optimism surrounding Obama's presidency and, conversely, the fierce partisanship in Congress, Christopher Phillips has set out to engage Americans in discussions surrounding our must fundamental rights and freedoms, with some help from Thomas Jefferson. A radical in his own day, Jeffe ..." |
 | | Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations(4th Edition) (Book & CD) by Amelia Phillips, Bill Nelson, Christopher Steuart, John Nelson, Nelson Phillips Steuart Paperback, 720 Pages, Published 2009 by Course Technology ISBN-13: 978-1-4354-9883-9, ISBN: 1-4354-9883-6 |
 | | Battleground 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, Published 2024 by Yale University Press 2024-02-27, New Haven ISBN-13: 978-0-300-26342-8, ISBN: 0-300-26342-2 |
 | | The Rivers Ran Backward(1st Edition) The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 528 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518723-6, ISBN: 0-19-518723-7 "Most Americans imagine the Civil War in terms of clear and defined boundaries of freedom and slavery: a straightforward division between the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and the free states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. However, residents of these western border states, Abraham Lincoln's home region, had far more ambiguous identities-and contested political loyalties-than we commonly assume. In The Rivers Ran Backward ..." |
 | | Civilian Specialists at War Britain's transport experts and the First World War (New Historical Perspectives) by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2020 by Univ Of London Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-909646-97-1, ISBN: 1-909646-97-0 "This book analyses the multiple connections between the military, the government and the senior executives of some of pre-war Britain's largest companies." |
 | | Civilian Specialists at War Britain's transport experts and the First World War (New Historical Perspectives) by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2020 by School Of Advanced Study, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-909646-90-2, ISBN: 1-909646-90-3 "Phillips analyzes the multiple connections between the army, the government, and the senior executives of some of prewar Britain's largest industrial enterprises, revealing that civilian transport experts were a key component of Britain's ..." |
 | | Socrates in Love(Reprint) Philosophy for a Die-Hard Romantic by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33067-0, ISBN: 0-393-33067-2 "“[Phillips takes] philosophy out of the ivory tower and into the street.”―Los Angeles Times Christopher Phillips goes to the heart of philosophy and Socratic discourse to discover what we’re all looking for: the kind of love that makes life worthwhile. That is, love not defined only as eros, or erotic love, but in all its classical varieties. Love of neighbor, love of country, love of God, love of life, and love of wisdom―each is clarif ..." |
 | | Missouri's Confederate(1st Edition) Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES) by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Missouri ISBN-13: 978-0-8262-1272-6, ISBN: 0-8262-1272-7 "Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) remains one of Missouri's most controversial historical figures. Elected Missouri's governor in 1860 after serving as a state legislator and Democratic party chief, Jackson was the force behind a movement for the neutral state's secession before a federal sortie exiled him from office. Although Jackson's administration was replaced by a temporary government that maintained allegiance to the Union, he le ..." |
 | | The Philosophy of Childing Unlocking Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason through the Wisdom of Our Youngest by Christopher Phillips Phd Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0326-1, ISBN: 1-5107-0326-8 "Weaving together philosophy, social science and neuroscience research, personal anecdotes and dialogues, The Philosophy of Childing takes a radically different approach to the traditional boundaries between childhood and adulthood to reveal how rather than lapse into adulthood, we can achieve what the Greeks of old call areteall-around excellencewhen we look to children and youth as a lodestar for our development.Childhood is our pri ..." |
 | | Programming Elastic MapReduce(1st Edition) Using AWS Services to Build an End-to-End Application by Kevin Schmidt, Christopher Phillips Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2013 by O'reilly Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4493-6362-8, ISBN: 1-4493-6362-8 "Although you don't need a large computing infrastructure to process massive amounts of data with Apache Hadoop, it can still be difficult to get started. This practical guide shows you how to quickly launch data analysis projects in the cloud by using Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), the hosted Hadoop framework in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Authors Kevin Schmidt and Christopher Phillips demonstrate best practices for using EMR and variou ..." |
 | | Constitution Cafe(1st Edition) Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution by Christopher Phillips Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2012 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-34226-0, ISBN: 0-393-34226-3 "“A provocative extension of Jefferson’s original plan.”―Kirkus Reviews Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch―to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would be dismayed that it’s considered untouchable these days. Taking up Jefferson’s cause, Christopher Phillips leads a motley group of Americans across the fruit ..." |
 | | Socrates in Love(1st Edition) Philosophy for a Passionate Heart by Christopher Phillips Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2007 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06017-1, ISBN: 0-393-06017-9 "A breakout book completing a trilogy of Socratic exploration by the inimitable Johnny Appleseed of philosophy. Christopher Phillips goes to the heart of philosophy and Socratic discourse to discover what we're all looking for: the kind of love that makes life worthwhile. Love here is not defined only or even primarily as eros, but in all its classic varietiesfrom love of family and love of neighbor to love of country, love of God, love ..." |
 | | Ceci Ann's Day of Why(1st Edition) by Christopher Phillips, Shino Arihara Hardcover, 30 Pages, Published 2006 by Tricycle Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58246-171-7, ISBN: 1-58246-171-6 "Christopher Philips-known for promoting the art of Socratic inquiry to adults and older children around the world-now turns his attention to the very young. Ceci Ann approaches her day with an open and questioning mind. Why? Why not! This winsome model for thoughtful conversations will encourage young readers toward critical thinking in the years ahead." |
 | | The Philosophers' Club by Christopher Phillips, Kim Doner Hardcover, 44 Pages, Published 2004 by Tricycle Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58246-039-0, ISBN: 1-58246-039-6 "What is silence? What is wisdom? How do you know you're here? Socratic dialogue—for kids? At least the answer to this last question is an easy, resounding Yes! The rest you'll have to think about and discuss with your friends, which is just what philosopher Christopher Phillips is hoping for. He has long been leading thinkers of all ages on a thoughtful and thought-filled quest for knowledge, and this picturebook models for young childr ..." |
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