The Truth of Rebirth: And Why it Matters for Buddhist Practice
By: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
4.26
Format: 47 pages, ebook
A short treatise explaining that the Buddha did not teach the doctrine of rebirth because he was bl…
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1. Mindfulness in Plain English
By: Henepola Gunaratana
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
With his distinctive clarity and wit, "Bhante G" takes us step by step through the myths, realities… 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. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
4. The Tibetan Book of the Dead
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thupten Jinpa , Padmasambhava , Graham Coleman , Karma Lingpa , Gyurme Dorje , None
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text on the journey through living and dying. … read more
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5. Intuitive Awareness Ajahn Sumedho
By: Ajahn Sumedho
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
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6. The Interpretation of Dreams
By: Sigmund Freud
3.86
Format: 136 pages,
The Interpretation of Dreams 1st appeared in German in 11/1899 as Die Traumdeutung (publisher postd… read more
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7. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more
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8. Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
3.57
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more
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"I’m tired to the death."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"LINDA [with infinite patience]"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"Be liked and you will never want."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
9. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
10. The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings
By: None , None
5.00
Format: 229 pages,
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11. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Bhikkhu Bodhi
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
The works of the Buddha can feel vast, and it is sometimes difficult for even longtime students to … read more
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12. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more
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"Everything is in your own heart."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest miracle is to be alive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
13. Venerable Ācariya Mun Bhuridatta Thera: A Spiritual Biography
By: Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno , Silaratano Bhikkhu
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Ajaan Mun is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered during his life… read more
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14. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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15. Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree: The Buddha's Teachings on Voidness
By: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
"In this remarkable book, Ajahn Buddhadasa teaches us beautifully, profoundly, and simply the meani… read more
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16. Cat's Cradle
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on o… read more
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17. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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18. Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
By: Frank Herbert
3.86
Format: 669 pages, Paperback
Book five in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more
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"Tedbirler al, ama onların gölgesinde yaşama."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Hatred was as dangerous an emotion as love. The capacity for hatred was the capacity for its opposite."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us, do we?"-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent mutual regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
19. God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
By: Frank Herbert
3.88
Format: 587 pages, Paperback
Book four in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more
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"But you invite ..."-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
"In the wrong hands,"-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
"Only fools prefer the past!"-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
"For what do you hunger, Lord?"-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
20. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more
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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
21. Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
By: Frank Herbert
3.89
Format: 609 pages, Paperback
Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adv… read more
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"What does a mirror look at?"-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
"I am not the river I am the net."-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
"Face your fears or they will climb over your back."-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
"Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded."-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
22. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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"She was told she had typhoid fever. Right away, as I still do today, I looked up the disease in medical books and read all about it."-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
"Although my mother didn't know anything about science, she had a great influence on me as well. In particular, she had a wonderful sense of humor, and I learned from her that the highest form of unde…"-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doin…"-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
"Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it compl…"-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
23. Stillness Flowing: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah
By: Ajahn Jayasaro
4.63
Format: 850 pages, Hardcover
This important work details the life and teachings of Luang Por Chah, also known as Ajahn Chah, and… read more
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24. Meditations of the Pali Tradition: Illuminating Buddhist Doctrine, History, and Practice
By: L. S. Cousins
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A groundbreaking and detailed presentation of the rich system of meditation traditions that have co… read more
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25. The Truth of Rebirth: And Why it Matters for Buddhist Practice
By: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
4.26
Format: 47 pages, ebook
A short treatise explaining that the Buddha did not teach the doctrine of rebirth because he was bl… read more
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26. Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
By: Henepola Gunaratana
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English invites us to explore the joyful benefits of… read more
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"One who sincerely seeks inner peace and happiness sees the power of loving friendliness."-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"Loving friendliness motivates you to behave kindly to all beings at all times and to speak gently in their presence and their absence"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"We should practice metta in all these activities. Anger, resentment or disappointment can arise at any time over the course of the day. We risk perpetuating our confused way of relating to others if …"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"We'll find that practicing metta changes our behavior at every level. Of course we can only do our own personal practice of metta, just as other people must do their own practice. And when we do so o…"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
27. Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide
By: Analayo
4.69
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Buddhist meditator and scholar, Bhikkhu Anālayo, this is a thorough-going guide to the ear… read more
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28. Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy (The Teachings of the Buddha)
By: Nyanaponika Thera
4.62
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings… read more
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29. The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee
By: Ajaan Lee
4.11
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. (revised Dec. 12, 2014) Phra… read more
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"When you sit in meditation, close only your eyes. Keep your mind bright and alert, like a tree that closes its leaves and thus doesn’t obstruct our view of the stars."-Ajaan Lee, The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee
"I wanted to collect money to help the hospital, and today—January 10, 1960—as I leave the hospital after staying here 45 days, we’ve collected 31,535 baht, which shows that even when ill, I can be of…"-Ajaan Lee, The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee
"Thinking about this, I was struck by their instincts for self-preservation, and how clever they were: They simply kept themselves quiet in a pile of fallen leaves. And so I made a comparison for myse…"-Ajaan Lee, The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee
"Hearing this, the thought occurred to me, ‘No one is interested in a dead person. Because I live in the forest, I should play dead. Whoever praises me or attacks me, I’ll have to be still—quiet in th…"-Ajaan Lee, The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee
30. Keeping The Breath In Mind
By: Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
4.02
Format: 60 pages, Paperback
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31. Patipada: Venerable Ācariya Mun's Path of Practice
By: Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
5.00
Format: 583 pages, Paperback
The Companion Volume to Venerable Acariya Mun's: A Spiritual Biography In this book, Ajaan Mah… read more
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