9 Top philosophy books like Attention Seeking by Adam Phillips

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Attention Seeking

By: Adam Phillips

3.57

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Well-connected and beloved author of literary psychoanalysis - with fans including Deborah Levy, Za…

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1. Iza's Ballad

By: Magda Szabó , George Szirtes

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the… read more

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"Niçin sevilen varlıkların yitirilmesi gerekiyor?"

-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad

"She didn’t really like classical music and there was no Vince to whisper in her ear and tell her what was beautiful about it. His descriptions were so clear. Handel was all scarlet ostrich feathers a…"

-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad

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2. 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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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3. Binbir Gece Masalları 1/1

By: Anonymous , Joseph-Charles Mardrus , Âlim Şerif Onaran

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Yuzlerce yil boyunca, Cin'den Kuzey Afrika'ya uzanan ve Cin, Cin Hindi, Hindistan, Iran, Irak, Turk… read more

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4. Bir Şeyler Eksik: Aşk, Cinsellik ve Hayat Hakkında Bilmek İstemediğimiz Şeyler

By: Bülent Somay

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

"Bu kitap psikanaliz hakkinda bir kitap degil; psikanalitik teoriden alinti ve tartismalarla ilerle… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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5. Büyülü Dağ (Büyülü Dağ, #1)

By: Thomas Mann , İris Kantemir

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Thomas Mann, yuzyilimiza damgasini vurmus bir yazar. Hitler'in etkin olmaya basladigi donemde Alman… read more

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  • philosophy
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6. Mutsuzluk Zamanlarında Mutluluk

By: Zehra Aksu Yılmazer , Wilhelm Genazino

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Aramizda bir sessizlik oluyor. Yatis pozisyonumuzu degistiriyoruz, yorgan hisirdiyor. Baslattigimiz… read more

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  • psychology
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7. The Complete Essays

By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech

4.23

Format: 1344 pages, Paperback

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The thing I fear most is fear."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"We should tend our freedom wisely."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

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8. The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

By: Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, an… read more

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9. Gecede

By: Leylâ Erbil

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Leyla Erbil'in oykulerinin ve romanlarinin odaginda hep bir kabus cekirdegi vardir. Bu cekirdek, ok… read more

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10. The Courage to Create

By: Rollo May

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the founta… read more

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11. Yesterday

By: Ágota Kristóf

3.85

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In spare, elegant prose, this modern novella recounts a troubled young man's flight from a judgment… read more

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12. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

13. Amulet

By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Amulet is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, By Night in Chile. The speaker is … read more

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14. On Disobedience and Other Essays

By: Erich Fromm

4.28

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fromm berkata, "Semua martir suci agama, martir kebebasan, martir ilmu pengetahuan sepanjang sejara… read more

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15. Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran

By: Shahrnush Parsipur , Kamran Talattof , Jocelyn Sharlet , None

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

Shortly after the 1989 publication of Women Without Menin her native Iran, Shahrnush Parsipur was a… read more

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16. Sevgili Arsız Ölüm

By: Latife Tekin

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"1957 yilinda Kayserinin Bunyan kasabasina bagli Karacefenk koyunde dogdum. Yurumeyi ogrenir ogrenm… read more

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17. In Praise of Love

By: Alain Badiou , Peter Bush , Nicolas Truong

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death. Caught between consumerism and casua… read more

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18. Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

By: Ágota Kristóf

3.65

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Una mujer le explica al doctor que su marido se ha partido el cráneo con un hacha al caerse de la c… read more

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"È lì, accanto al letto , sul tappeto. Ha una scure piantata nella testa. Vuole visitarlo? Sì, lo visiti pure. Un incidente davvero stupido, non trova? È caduto dal letto nel sonno, ed è caduto su que…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"– Allora a domani, Lucien, – dice. E prima di riattaccare aggiunge: – Trovo tutto ciò appassionante. Appassionante! C’è gente che usa certe parole con grande facilità. Io non potrei mai parlare così.…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"Chiudete bene la porta. Io arrivo senza rumore, con le mani guantate di nero. Non sono il tipo brutale. E neppure vorace e stupido. Sulle mie tempie e sui polsi potreste ammirare il disegno delicato …"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"A quei tempi consumavo un'enorme quantità di gesso, per via di una carenza di calcio. La cosa mi causava un po' di febbre, ma non ne ho mai approfittato per trascurare la scuola, poiché – come dico s…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

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19. Long Live the Post Horn!

By: Vigdis Hjorth

3.67

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much … read more

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"A letter is practically a gift."

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?’ . . . .accept that there’s so much we’ll never understand intellectually and try to live with things which don’t add up, that…"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

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20. The Agony of Eros

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.93

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Philosophy is the translation of the Eros into Logos"

-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros

"Such crises make it plain that capitalism - counter to widespread belief - is not a religion. Every religion operates with both debt (guilt) and relief (pardon). But capitalism only works with debt a…"

-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros

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21. Tarihin Yaşam İçin Yararı ve Sakıncası - Zamana Aykırı Bakışlar 2

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

4.04

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900): Geleneksel din, ahlak ve felsefe anlayışlarını kendine özg… read more

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"Kendisine de şaşırır insan, unutmayı öğrenemediği ve sürekli geçmişe bağlı kaldığı için: ne kadar uzağa, ne kadar hızla koşarsa koşsun, zinciri de koşar peşinden. Bir mucizedir bu, ha diyince gelir, …"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Tarihin Yaşam İçin Yararı ve Sakıncası - Zamana Aykırı Bakışlar 2

"Önünden otlayarak geçen sürüye iyice bak: bilmez dününü bugününü, oraya buraya sıçrar durur, habire otlar, dinlenir sonra, geviş getirir, sonra yine hoplayıp zıplamaya başlar, uzun süremez bağlılığı …"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Tarihin Yaşam İçin Yararı ve Sakıncası - Zamana Aykırı Bakışlar 2

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22. Rezonans Kanunu

By: Pierre Franckh

4.02

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Size hep ulaşılmaz görünen mutlu anları özlüyorsunuz. Evrendeki sonsuz zenginliğin bir parçası olma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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23. La società senza dolore: Perché abbiamo bandito la sofferenza dalle nostre vite

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.90

Format: 96 pages, ebook

Il mondo contemporaneo è terrorizzato dalla sofferenza. La paura del dolore è così pervasiva e diff… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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24. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Anne Ben Düştüm Mü?

By: Beliz GÜçbilmez

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Hayat çoğu zaman ‘Neden?’ sorumuza sağır, olup biteni bir mantığa oturtma çabamıza kayıtsızdır. Ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine

By: Seneca

4.06

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Bu kitap Seneca'nın D Vita Beata (Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine) ve De Brevitate Vitae (Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzer… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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27. La expulsión de lo distinto

By: Byung-Chul Han

4.02

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Los tiempos en los que existía el otro han pasado. El otro como amigo, el otro como infierno, el ot… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Según Alain Ehrenberg, el éxito de la depresión se basa en la pérdida de la relación con el conflicto. La actual cultura del rendimiento y la optimización no tolera que se invierta trabajo en un conf…"

-Byung-Chul Han, La expulsión de lo distinto

"El terror de lo igual alcanza hoy a todos los ámbitos vitales. Viajamos por todas partes sin tener ninguna experiencia. Uno se entera de todo sin adquirir ningún conocimiento. Se ansían vivencias y e…"

-Byung-Chul Han, La expulsión de lo distinto

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28. Attention Seeking

By: Adam Phillips

3.57

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Well-connected and beloved author of literary psychoanalysis - with fans including Deborah Levy, Za… read more

Similar categories in Adam Phillips's Attention Seeking book and Adam Phillips's Attention Seeking

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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29. Vivre ! Dans un monde imprévisible

By: Frédéric Lenoir

3.66

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

«  Il a suffi d’un virus lointain pour que le cours du monde et de nos vies soit bouleversé. ‘’Vivr… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ev, Kadınlar, Seks. by Margit Schreiner

30. Ev, Kadınlar, Seks.

By: Margit Schreiner

3.60

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Yirmi yıllık evlilikten sonra Resi –Marie Thérèse olan daha şık çift adını kullanmakta ısrarcıdır a… read more

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31. Sevmek Dedikleri

By: Margit Schreiner

3.52

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

“Sonunda öldürürüz annelerimizi çünkü artık yalan söylemek istemeyiz.” Avusturyalı yazar Margit … read more

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"Senin gibiydim ben de, benim gibi olacaksın sen de."

-Margit Schreiner, Sevmek Dedikleri

"Derler ki insan hayatta ilk nasıl sevildiyse öyle sever."

-Margit Schreiner, Sevmek Dedikleri

"Sonunda öldürürüz annelerimizi çünkü artık yalan söylemek istemeyiz."

-Margit Schreiner, Sevmek Dedikleri

"Yine geldin işte. Sanırım mutlu. Beni tanıyıp tanımaması da hiç önemli değil."

-Margit Schreiner, Sevmek Dedikleri

13 Top nonfiction books like Attention Seeking by Adam Phillips

Transform Your Habits

Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Bir Şeyler Eksik: Aşk, Cinsellik ve Hayat Hakkında Bilmek İstemediğimiz Şeyler

Bülent Somay

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech

4.23

Transform Your Habits

L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

Ágota Kristóf

4.11

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13 must-read fiction books like Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof by Ágota Kristóf

Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Asla Kimseyi Öldürmedi Benim Babam

Jean-Louis Fournier , Zafer Demez

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor

Melikşah Altuntaş

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

Ágota Kristóf

3.65

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