Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
By: Bertrand Russell
3.99
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extreme…
Want to Read $ 13.77"In our age, mankind collectively has given itself over to a degree of hubris surpassing everything known in former ages."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
"The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle in a competitive society."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
"The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle to happiness in a competitive society."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
"In the outworks of our lives, we were almost strangers, but we shared a certain outlook on human life and human destiny, which, from the very first, made a bond of extreme strength . . . . At our very first meeting, we talked with continually increasing intimacy. We seemed to sink through layer after layer of what was superficial, till gradually both reached the central fire. It was an experience unlike any other that I have known. We looked into each other's eyes, half appalled and half intoxicated to find ourselves together in such a region. The emotion was as intense as passionate love, and at the same time all-embracing. I came away bewildered, and hardly able to find my way among ordinary affairs."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
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1. Portraits From Memory and Other Essays
By: Bertrand Russell
3.99
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
Bertrand Russell brushes sharply delineated portraits of notable writers, philosophers and politici… read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
- literature
- philosophy
- autobiography
- nonfiction
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"In our age, mankind collectively has given itself over to a degree of hubris surpassing everything known in former ages."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits From Memory and Other Essays
"The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle in a competitive society."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits From Memory and Other Essays
"The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle to happiness in a competitive society."-Bertrand Russell, Portraits From Memory and Other Essays
"In the outworks of our lives, we were almost strangers, but we shared a certain outlook on human life and human destiny, which, from the very first, made a bond of extreme strength . . . . At our ver…"-Bertrand Russell, Portraits From Memory and Other Essays
2. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
By: Sun-mi Hwang , Chi-Young Kim , Nomoco
3.99
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
A Korean Charlotte's Web This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs … read more
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- literature
"لا أدري لماذا حياتي صعبة هكذا. هل يحصل هذا معي لأن لدي حلمًا؟"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"كانت حياتي قاسية, لكنني كنت سعيدة جدًا, وتمكنت من البقاء حية بسبب ذلك الحلم"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"كان المكان هادئًا رغم انتهاء حياةٍ غاليةٍ على قلبها. كانت الأشجار والنجوم والقمر و العشب كلها هادئة, وكأنها تتظاهر بأنها لم تشاهد أي شيء."-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"Nur weil man zur selben Art gehört, heißt das nicht, dass man eine große glückliche Familie ist. Das Wichtigste ist, dass man sich versteht. Das ist Liebe!"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
3. What Is Art?
By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude
3.73
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
During the decades of his world fame as sage & preacher as well as author of War & Peace & Anna Kar… read more
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"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, it is impossible for me to live. And I cannot know that, and consequently it is impossible for me to live,"-Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?
"The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible."-Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?
"A true work of art is the revelation of a new conception of life arising in the artist's soul, which, when expressed, lights up the path along with humanity progresses"-Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?
"To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed in words, so to transmit that feeling th…"-Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?
4. Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
By: Iris Murdoch , George Steiner , Peter Conradi
4.13
Format: 546 pages, Paperback
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch also made significant contributions to … read more
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- literature
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"Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."-Iris Murdoch, Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
"Any society contains propaganda, but it is important to distinguish this from art and to preserve the purity and independence of the practice of art. A good society contains many different artists do…"-Iris Murdoch, Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
5. The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.34
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
Ursula K. Le Guin explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to w… read more
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"There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
"The premise is: everybody's like me and we all think alike. The corollary is: people who don't think like me don't matter."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
"A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
6. On the Abolition of All Political Parties
By: Czesław Miłosz , Simone Weil , Simon Leys
4.05
Format: 73 pages, Paperback
A brilliant woman who was a study in fiercely maintained contradictions, a star student who went to… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- essays
"When water is set in motion by a violent, impetuous current, it ceases to reflect images. Its surface is no longer level; it can no more measure densities. Whether it is moved by a single current or …"-Czesław Miłosz, On the Abolition of All Political Parties
7. The Woman in the Dunes
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
3.89
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, su… read more
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- literature
"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?"-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Aşa se spune, înfrangerea începe cu teama de a fi înfrant."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
8. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
9. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
10. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
11. A Confession
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.10
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
A Confession -- an essay by Leo Tolstoy on his religious thoughts -- shows the great author in proc… read more
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"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."-Leo Tolstoy, A Confession
"I united myself with my forefathers: the father, mother, and grandparents I loved. They and all my predecessors believed and lived, and they produced me."-Leo Tolstoy, A Confession
"I do not live when I loose belief in the existence of God. I should long ago have killed myself had I not had a dim hope of finding Him. I live really live only when I feel him and seek Him"-Leo Tolstoy, A Confession
"Faith is the strength of life. If a man lives he believes in something. If he did not believe that one must live for something, he would not live. If he does not see and recognize the illusory nature…"-Leo Tolstoy, A Confession
12. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
By: Meghan O'Gieblyn
4.27
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
A meditation on what it might mean to be human in an age of ever-accelerating technology. read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"As black-box technologies become more widespread, there have been no shortage of demands for increased transparency. In 2016 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation included in its st…"-Meghan O'Gieblyn, God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
13. Le Palais du désir
By: Naguib Mahfouz
4.23
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Était-il en train de lui arriver ce qui arrivait aux autres pères en cette drôle d'époque ? Il ente… read more
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"Laugh till you're exhausted."-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Palais du désir
"ولكن لا ينبغي لحي أن ييأس في هذه الدنيا من اللقاء."-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Palais du désir
"لو بعث الأنبياء اليوم ما اختاروا سوى العلم رسالة لهم."-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Palais du désir
"ليست الحقيقة قاسية، ولكن الانفلات من الجهل مؤلم كالولادة."-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Palais du désir
14. Le Jardin du passé
By: Naguib Mahfouz
4.28
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
D'un autre point de vue, l'amour lui paraissait une «dictature», chose que la vie égyptienne lui av… read more
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"لا يفرق بين رجل و رجل إلا إمرأة"-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Jardin du passé
"إن القلب في أهوائه لا يعرف المبادئ"-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Jardin du passé
"إذا لم يكن للحياة معنى فلم لا نخلق لها معنى؟!"-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Jardin du passé
"لماذا يأخذ ربنا الناس الطيبين ويترك الأرذال؟!"-Naguib Mahfouz, Le Jardin du passé
15. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
By: Bill Perkins
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more
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"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
