Alexandra Hudson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." —Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
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Sartor Resartus
Thomas Carlyle
"Speech is of time, silence is of eternity. Thought will not work except in silence. Neither will virtue work except in secrecy." -Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus
Paperback, 2008
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ion
Plato
I read Plato’s Ion this morning. A magnificent depiction of the creative life— a sort of divine madness that brings others into our divine madness, too. Creators of vessels to communicate God’s beauty, nothing more or less. Have you read it recently? If not, worth a re read.
Paperback, 2021
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The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves
Alexandra Hudson
A person who read an advance copy of my book “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves” left me the highest compliment: “I lost count of the number of passages I marked for later meditation.” This is all could ever ask for or want!!! https://t.co/DeY1fcviUI
Hardcover, 2023
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Candide
Voltaire
Give me a play, movie or novel— anything! — that explores the problem of evil powerfully. I’ll start: Voltaire’s candide, milton’s paradise lost. Others?
Paperback, Mass Market, 1984
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
RT @NixonSucuc: @LexiOHudson ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave’ is one of the best and most dramatic
Paperback, 1995
$4.50$2.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Being and Time
Martin Heidegger
"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking." —Martin Heidegger, "Being and Time"
Paperback, 2008
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The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves
Alexandra Hudson
THE SOUL OF CIVILITY is available for pre order! Read the latest issue of @CivicRen1 to learn one of of the saddest stories of creative loss and greatness — and how to receive a free gift for pre ordering the book!
Hardcover, 2023
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Don Giovanni
Robin Norton-Hale
"He who feeds on heavenly food has no need to dine with men." —Mozart's Don Giovanni (or The Libertine Punished)
Paperback, 2012
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
Paperback, Mass Market, 2006
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