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Micah L. Issitt

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Born

in Lawrence, KS, The United States

Website

http://www.micahink.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Reference, Social Sciences

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Mark Kurlansky, E. O. Wilson, Timothy Miller, Michael Dregni, Lynn Mar ...more

Member Since

November 2007

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Micah Issitt was born in Kansas, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and now lives in Philadelphia, near a gas station.

Issitt plays guitar and sings, he makes things and he writes. Since 2004, Issitt has been working as a freelance writer/researcher.

Issitt works with academic publishers, libraries and research institutions to create easy to read articles and books translating complex issues for a general audience. The primary goal is to aid students, researchers and general readers to understand complex issues and to inspire them to pursue further research and reading.

His first book, Hippies (2009) is an informative investigation of hippie culture from a modern perspective, providing both an entertaining narrative and a useful reference tool f ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 39 ratings · 6 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Hippies: A Guide to an American Subculture 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goths: A Guide to an American Subculture 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Religion: The Greatest Mysteries and Symbols of the World's Religious Beliefs by Micah L. Issitt (Goodreads Author), Carlyn Main liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opinions Throughout History: Voters' Rights 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opinions Throughout History: The Environment 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weapons, Warfare & Military Technology: Ancient and Medieval Weapons and Warfare to C. 1500 / Modern Weapons and Warfare Since C. 1500 / Warfare; Culture and Concepts by Micah L. Issitt (Goodreads Author) (editor), Publisher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Environmental Debate: A Documentary History With Timeline, Glossary, and Appendices 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Hidden Religion : The Greatest Mysteries and Symbols of the World's Religious Beliefs)] [By (author) Micah L. Issitt ] published on (September, 2014) by Micah L. Issitt (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A person hears only what they understand.”
― Johann wolfgang von Goethe

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“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.”
― Johann wolfgang von Goethe

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“Talent develops in solitude, character develops in the stream of life.”
― Goethe, Schiller, Hebel, et al

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“The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself. ”
― Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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“...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source.”
― Billy Collins

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message 2: by aaronmaye

Sep 20, 2008 01:32PM

Hi Micah Lee,
Hope you are well!
Always,
Aaron Maye

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message 1: by Renee

Feb 20, 2008 07:54PM

Hey Micah, thanks for starting this goodreads phenomenon! it has taken off and it's especially great for those of us who don't use myspace and facebook. just wanted to give you props! nee dog