The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer (Volume I)
By: Francis de Sales
4.47
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
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1. Beauty in Thorns
By: Kate Forsyth
3.97
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
A spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphael… read more
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2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
3. On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: John Ruskin
3.83
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Two of Ruskin's famous essays: "The Nature of the Gothic" and "The Work of Iron" from his book The … read more
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"To banish imperfection is to destroy expression."-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"The demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art."-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"If the pleasure of change is too often repeated, it ceases to be delightful, for the change itself becomes monotonous, and we are driven to seek delight in extreme and fantastic degrees of it. This i…"-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"Just because we are something better than birds or bees, our buildings must confess that we have not reached the perfection we can imagine, and can not rest in the condition we have attained. If we p…"-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
4. Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
By: Jesse Itzler
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy S… read more
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5. Travesuras de la niña mala
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
?Cual es el verdadero rostro del amor? Ricardo ve cumplido, a una edad muy temprana, el sueno que e… read more
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6. La salvación de lo bello
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Lo pulido, lo liso, lo impecable, son la sena de identidad de nuestra epoca. Son lo que tienen en c… read more
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7. Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
By: Lance Dodes
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Dr. Dodes's approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of 'powerlessn… read more
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8. Superhuman by Habit: A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time
By: Tynan
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition
Our willpower is limited, yet we rely on it every day to get our tasks done. Even if we build willp… read more
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9. Patriotism
By: Yukio Mishima , Geoffrey W. Sargent
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
One of the most powerful short stories ever written: Yukio Mishima's masterpiece about the erotics … read more
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10. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
11. Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Joanna Macy , Anita Barrows
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he h… read more
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13. The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
By: Grant Cardone
3.60
Format: None pages,
Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams!While most people operate with… read more
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14. The King of the Golden River
By: John Ruskin , None
3.44
Format: 326 pages,
Little gem of Victorian literature, written in 1842 and published in 1851, tells a tale of the two … read more
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15. The Screwtape Letters
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more
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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
16. Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
By: David Mamet
4.32
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The purpose of theater, like magic like religion...ids to inspire cleansing awe. With bracing direc… read more
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17. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
By: Gary Paulsen
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction
By: John Guy
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Guy's V… read more
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19. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
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"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
20. How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
By: Katy Milkman
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Wall Street Journal bestseller "A welcome revelation." --The Financial Times Award-winning W… read more
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21. A Certain Hunger
By: Chelsea G. Summers
3.77
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Doro… read more
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"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger
"I enjoy a man who’s kissed with a yeasty beastliness."-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger
"Junk food was rebellion, rebellion was femininity, femininity was junk."-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger
"I knew from a young age that motherhood was a cage I never wanted to inhabit."-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger
22. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
By: Anna Lembke
3.91
Format: 304 pages, ebook
This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delic… read more
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"The reason we’re all so miserable may be because we’re working so hard to avoid being miserable."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"The paradox is that hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake, leads to anhedonia, which is the inability to enjoy pleasure of any kind."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"With prolonged and repeated exposure to pleasurable stimuli, our capacity to tolerate pain decreases, and our threshold for experiencing pleasure increases."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"Beyond extreme examples of running from pain, we’ve lost the ability to tolerate even minor forms of discomfort. We’re constantly seeking to distract ourselves from the present moment, to be entertai…"-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
23. Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King
By: David Woodman
3.89
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
Edward the Confessor, one of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, is in part a figure of myths cr… read more
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24. The Devil is Afraid of Me
By: Gabriele Amorth
3.67
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
“We can do nothing against you because you are too protected!” So declared a frustrated host of … read more
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25. The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer (Volume I)
By: Francis de Sales
4.47
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
The saintly bishop, Founder, and Doctor of the Church, St. Francis de Sales, is known throughout th… read more
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26. Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
By: Peter Hollins
3.65
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
Following through and finishing what you start- more valuable skills than you realize. They are a c… read more
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27. Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction
By: William Doyle
3.57
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Aristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all Europe… read more
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28. What Will Hell Be Like?
By: Alfonso María de Liguori
4.41
Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition
Selections from St. Alphonsus' writings. Covers virtually every aspect of Hell. Shows it exists, de… read more
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29. Inchor
By: Aladea
3.57
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Inchor will permit you to defy all the sorrow you once buried deep within you, now riddled within y… read more
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30. John Ruskin
By: Francis O'Gorman
4.00
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorian critics of art and society - his art criticism includ… read more
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31. Napoleon Bonaparte (Pocket Giants)
By: William Doyle
3.36
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
In the space of less than twenty years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure ori… read more
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