How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess
By: Horatius
3.62
Format: None pages, ebook
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the se…
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1. Fragments
By: James Hillman , Heraclitus , Brooks Haxton
4.18
Format: 97 pages, Paperback
Fragments of wisdom from the ancient world In the sixth century b.c.—twenty-five hundred years b… read more
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"All is flux"-James Hillman, Fragments
"Character is destiny"-James Hillman, Fragments
"I went in search of myself."-James Hillman, Fragments
"Man's character is his fate."-James Hillman, Fragments
2. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
By: James B. Stockdale
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more
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"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
3. The Wild Iris
By: Louise Glück
4.18
Format: 65 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunnin… read more
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"things that can't move learn to see"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
" No one's despair is like my despair-- "-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"I'm tired of you, chaos of the living world--"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"What does the horse give you That I cannot give you?"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
4. Ecce Homo
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale
3.00
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to c… read more
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5. Sartre in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
2.96
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
Sarte's life and ideas presented in entertaining and accessible fashion--another title in our highl… read more
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6. Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
By: Apostolos Doxiadis , Christos H. Papadimitriou , Annie Di Donna , Alecos Papadatos
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
An innovative, dramatic graphic novel about the treacherous pursuit of the foundations of mathemati… read more
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7. On the Shortness of Life
By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more
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8. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
By: Will Durant , John Little
5.00
Format: 64 pages,
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9. Aristotle in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
3.75
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Aristotle wrote on everything from the shape of seashells to sterility, from speculations on the na… read more
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10. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
By: Gustave Doré , Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major… read more
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11. Nietzsche in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character.… read more
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12. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
By: Ryan Holiday
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more
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"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
13. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday's best… read more
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"Start small...on something big."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"History is written with blood, sweat, and tears, and it is etched into eternity by the quiet endurance of courageous people."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
14. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
15. The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
By: Robert Greene
4.27
Format: 463 pages, Paperback
Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human whethe… read more
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"Work at what connects to you emotionally and ideas will come to you."-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
"Immerse yourself in the world or the industry that you wish to master."-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
"Everyone has a thumbscrew, a gap in the castle wall. Once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage."-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
"If you work hard, you will make your way to the inner circle of knowledge. That is the end goal of mastery: an inside-out understanding."-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
16. Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics… read more
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"When good men come to bad ends,"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"No parent should outlive their children. To lose eight of them? So young? It staggers the mind. “Unfair"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"You owe it to yourself and to the world to actively engage with the brief moment you have with this planet. You cannot retreat exclusively into ideas. You must contribute."-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"It is a striking contrast, an emperor and a slave sharing and loving the same philosophy, the latter figure greatly influencing the former, but it is not a contradiction—nor would it have seemed odd …"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
17. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.27
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, h… read more
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18. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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19. How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess
By: Horatius
3.62
Format: None pages, ebook
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the se… read more
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- self help
20. The Truth of You: Poetry About Love, Life, Joy, and Sadness (The Souls Trilogy)
By: Iain S. Thomas
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
This is the truth of you. Because you are all I see. Because you are all I breathe. Because when I … read more
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21. Mother Nature Is Not Trying to Kill You: A Bushcraft Survival Guide
By: Rob Nelson
3.76
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Living With Mother Nature—and Other Things Learned in the Wild Prepare for all the worst case sc… read more
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