Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude
By: Meredith McKinney
4.37
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyō, whose aesthetics of nature, love, a…
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1. The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
By: Pico Iyer
3.68
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
When Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhis… read more
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2. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Nguyen Thi Hop , Mobi Ho
4.41
Format: 600 pages, Paperback
Presenting the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chi… read more
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"To be loved means to be recognized as existing."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"Everything depends on everything else. The One contains the many, and the many contains the One"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you would like to play the flute truly well, you must find your true self on the Path…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"He saw that the key to liberation would be to break through ignorance and to enter deeply into the heart of reality and attain a direct experience of it. Such knowledge would not be the knowledge of …"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
3. River of Stars: Selected Poems
By: Sam Hamill , Akiko Yosano , Keiko Matsui Gibson
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Yosano Akiko (1878-942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is… read more
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4. I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
By: Hafez , Daniel Ladinsky
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the renowned translator of The Gift, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to West… read more
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5. On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
By: Matsuo Bashō , Lucien Stryk
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and … read more
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6. Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World
By: Michael Hofmann , Kamo no Chōmei
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle pro… read more
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7. Redeployment
By: Phil Klay
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to unde… read more
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8. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Padmakara Translation Group , Śāntideva
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is … read more
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9. Shipwrecks
By: Akira Yoshimura , Mark Ealey
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of J… read more
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10. The Gate
By: Natsume Sōseki , Damian Flanagan , Francis Mathy
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, The Gatedescribes the everyday… read more
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11. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
By: Matsuo Bashō , None
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more
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12. One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan
By: John Stevens , Ryōkan
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hermit-monk Ryokan, long beloved in Japan both for his poetry and for his character, belongs in… read more
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13. Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan
By: John Stevens , Ryōkan
4.67
Format: None pages,
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758-1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature… read more
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14. 100 Poems from the Japanese
By: Kenneth Rexroth
3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
The poems are drawn chiefly from the traditional Manyoshu, Kokinshuand Hyakunin Isshucollections, b… read more
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15. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)
By: Alastair Reynolds
4.36
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more
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"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)
16. 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
17. A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w… read more
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"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
18. A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
By: Bruce Schneier
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It’s not just computers―hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times… read more
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19. Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
By: Sue Burke
3.91
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on… read more
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"Equality is not a fact, like the length of days... Equality is an idea, a belief, like beauty."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"A Pax day and night lasted about twenty Earth hours, and a Pax year about 490 Earth days. A year seemed like such a long time."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"I have a significant and inescapable communication to enter into with them. Animals never grow smarter, but I do. Ours will be a rewarding relationship."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"... what bothered them more were the pink slugs twenty centimeters long they found eating old carcasses. The slugs would attack anything and dissolved living flesh on contact."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
20. Bone Silence
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.89
Format: 603 pages, Hardcover
Return to the third book in the Revenger Trilogy, for another thrilling tale of set among the stars… read more
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21. Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude
By: Meredith McKinney
4.37
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyō, whose aesthetics of nature, love, a… read more
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- classics
- buddhism
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- japan
