Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Peter Singer
4.06
Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition
'So the only question do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the…
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1. The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
By: Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold , Kerri A. Pierce
3.67
Format: 147 pages, Hardcover
Mathea Martinsen has never been good at dealing with other people. After a lifetime, her only real … read more
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"The breeze is cold and refreshing, I draw the night into my lungs and try to calm myself down."-Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
"...van, hogy az ember maga kell hogy értelmet adjon az értelmetlenségnek. Rendszerint ez a helyzet."-Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
"Perhaps I should stop seeing myself as an individual and start identifying myself with the totality, but I just can't do that."-Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
"I've knitted myself a hat, it's plum red with an appealing lace pattern, I figured that a few air holes would be nice now that it's spring. I put it on and feel like a cranberry in the snow, and I wo…"-Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
2. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
3. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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- nonfiction
4. Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout
By: Beryl Bender Birch
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
The official yoga program of the New York Road Runners club,Power Yogais a unique combination of dy… read more
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- nonfiction
- health
5. The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. N. Goenka
By: William Hart
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Ancient Meditation Technique that Brings Real Peace of MindVipassand-bhavand, "the development … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
6. Meditations on First Philosophy
By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
7. Eating Animals
By: Jonathan Safran Foer
4.12
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating… read more
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8. This is Not My Hat
By: Jon Klassen
3.91
Format: 631 pages, Hardcover
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly),… read more
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9. The Breast
By: Philip Roth
4.46
Format: 170 pages,
Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has bee… read more
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11. Light on Life
By: B.K.S. Iyengar , Douglas Abrams , None
3.83
Format: None pages,
B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be the most im… read more
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12. Anarchism - What it Really Stands For
By: Emma Goldman
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Pamphlet
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13. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
By: Thomas Ligotti , Ray Brassier
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to… read more
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14. Notes on ‘Camp’
By: Susan Sontag
3.97
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.' These two classic essays were the f… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"Camp which knows itself to be Camp ('camping') is usually less satisfying."-Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’
"Camp sees everything in quotation marks. It's not a lamp, but a 'lamp'; not a woman, but a 'woman'."-Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’
"To name a sensibility, to draw its contours and to recount its history, requires a deep sympathy modified by revulsion."-Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’
"What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine…"-Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’
15. The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
By: Leah Thomas
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A primer on intersectional environmentalism aimed at educating the next generation of activists on … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
16. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
By: Greta Thunberg
3.86
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- essays
"The real power belongs to the people."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"...But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
17. Create Dangerously
By: Albert Camus
3.84
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a respo… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
"Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars without dying, if possible."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"To paint a still life, a painter and an apple must confront and adjust to each other."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"Perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"But now the artist is in the amphitheatre. Of necessity, his voice is not quite the same; it is not nearly so firm."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
18. Küçük Yuvarlak Taşlar
By: Melisa Kesmez
4.34
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
“Toprak ayağımızın altında yumuşacık, kırmızı. Bacaklarımızı ısıran dikenlere aldırmıyoruz. Çalılar… read more
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19. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
By: Melanie Joy
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Introduction to Carnism. “An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for th… read more
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- health
- animals
- philosophy
- food
- nonfiction
- vegan
"We are the collateral damage of carnism; we pay for it with our health, our environment, and our taxes - $7.64 billion a year, to be exact."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Violent ideologies follow their own logic, the logic that sustains the system - a convoluted logic that unravels when it, itself, is labeled."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Why, exactly, is empathy "integral to our sense of self," and how might blocking our empathy toward certain species impact our capacity for empathy in general?"-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"To identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see something of them in yourself--even if the only thing you identify with is the desire to be free from suffering."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
20. Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
By: Amishi P. Jha
4.05
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Research shows we are missing 50 percent of our lives. Why? Because we aren’t paying attention. … read more
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- nonfiction
- health
21. This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
By: Ed Winters
4.64
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in. Our choices ca… read more
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- politics
- nutrition
- animals
- food
- nonfiction
- vegan
- environment
"Why do dairy farmers deserve public support but oat farmers who produce oat milk don't?"-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
"We have destroyed millions of years of evolution in the blink of an eye, quite literally bulldozing our way around this finite planet."-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
"It is ironic that we believe that empathy and complex emotions only really exist in humans but we then fail to empathize with the animals who suffer at our hands."-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
"Furthermore, it seems back to front to worry about the extinction of animals who have been selectively bred and don't exist naturally to begin with when our current system of animal agriculture is th…"-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
22. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
23. Is het voor een cijfer?
By: Johannes Visser
3.72
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Jongeren ervaren steeds meer stress door school. Niet zo gek, want scholen zijn cijferfabrieken gew… read more
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- essays
24. The Vigilante
By: John Steinbeck
3.50
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
'Everything was dead, everything unreal; the dark mob was made up of stiff lay-figures' One of A… read more
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25. The Breakthrough
By: Daphne du Maurier
3.59
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Dispatch the maimed, the old, the weak, destroy the very world itself, for what is the point of lif… read more
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"These involve programming it with a series of questions. The answers are then fed back into the computer, and are themselves used to modify the questions that follow."-Daphne du Maurier, The Breakthrough
26. Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: John Berger
3.93
Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition
'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'In this series of remarkable pieces f… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"Resmin ilk konusu hayvanlardı. Ve en baştan başlayıp Sümer, Asur, Mısır ve ilk dönem Yunan resminde devam eden bir çizgide, bu hayvanların tasvirleri olağanüstü derecede hakikidir. İnsan gövdesinin t…"-John Berger, Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible (Penguin Great Ideas)
27. Kapitalisme is seksisme
By: Doortje Smithuijsen
3.75
Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition
Jonge vrouwen bevinden zich in een onmogelijke spagaat. Ze willen carrière maken, maar ook een gezi… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Peter Singer
4.06
Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition
'So the only question do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the… read more
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- health
- politics
- nutrition
- animals
- philosophy
- food
- nonfiction
- vegan
- essays
- environment
29. The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
By: Matteo Pasquinelli
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial fact… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
30. When I Dare to Be Powerful
By: Audre Lorde
4.40
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
'Women so empowered are dangerous'Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet,… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
31. Uncanny and Improbable Events
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.73
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this person… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- essays
