Three Japanese Buddhist Monks (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Saigyō
3.81
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the b…
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1. The First Ten Books
By: Confucius
3.37
Format: 59 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Belki de tüm zamanların en çok okunan düşünürü olan Konfüçyüs, hayattaki en büyük gayenin "Yol"u ta… read more
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2. One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu
By: Fujiwara no Teika , Blue Flute
4.13
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
The Hyakunin Isshu is a poetry anthology beloved by generations of Japanese since it was compiled i… read more
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- poetry
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3. Hell Screen
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.20
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
"There can be no doubt that Akutagawa had more individuality than any other writer of his time and… read more
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"He was said to have survived starvation by eating human flesh, after which he had the strength to tear out the antlers of a living stag with his bare hands."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy b…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say? - the sun itself had crashed to earth, spewing its heavenly fire…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
4. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By: T.S. Eliot , Edward Gorey
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since t… read more
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- poetry
- classics
5. Botchan
By: Natsume Sōseki , Joel Cohn
3.64
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Like The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan, a hilarious tale about … read more
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"الواقع أن البشر هم أقل ما يمكن الاعتماد عليه في هذا العالم."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Really, there’s nothing in the world as undependable as human beings."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Ketika manusia bebas memutuskan untuk menghormatimu, hadiah yang kaumiliki lebih mahal nilainya daripada apapun."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
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- essays
7. Politics and the English Language
By: George Orwell
3.17
Format: None pages, ebook
"Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticises the "ugly a… read more
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8. Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
By: Alan W. Watts , Mark Watts
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mark Watts compiled this book from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lecture… read more
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9. The City and the Stars
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.08
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel. Men had… read more
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"When the reality was depressing, men tried to console themselves with myth."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"Does it not seem strange to you, began Yarlan Zey, that though the skies are open to us, we have tried to bury ourselves in the Earth? It is the beginning of the sickness whose ending you have seen i…"-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
10. On the Shortness of Life
By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more
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11. More Than Human
By: Theodore Sturgeon
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts and make a man blow his brains out… read more
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12. Bushido: The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics
By: Nitobe Inazō
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Code of the warrior. The traditional japanese text as written by Dr. Inazo Nitobe in 1904 edite… read more
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13. Why I Write
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unp… read more
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14. Mr Palomar
By: Italo Calvino
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
<<Rileggendo il tutto, m'accorgo che la storia di Palomarsi puo riassumere in due frasi: "Un uomo s… read more
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15. 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
16. Zen: The Art of Simple Living
By: Shunmyō Masuno
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Zen is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life . . . In clear, practical and easy to f… read more
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17. What Is Existentialism?
By: Simone de Beauvoir
3.91
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and … read more
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18. One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Aristotle
3.60
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A selection of writings on how to achieve a more ethical society and way of life, from one of Ancie… read more
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19. How To Be a Stoic (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Epictetus
3.69
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen… read more
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20. Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
By: Dalai Lama XIV
4.44
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
The first volume in a multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation… read more
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"The fundamental nature of the mind is pure and stable. The innate, subtle mind of clear light, which is the basis of the cultivation of positive states of mind, is stable in that it continues eternal…"-Dalai Lama XIV, Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
21. Three Japanese Buddhist Monks (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Saigyō
3.81
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the b… read more
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