6 Top philosophy books like How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Galen

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How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Galen

3.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the…

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1. 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)

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2. Do the Work

By: Steven Pressfield

3.97

Format: 109 pages, Audio CD

Do the Work Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the… read more

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"The enemy is Resistance."

-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

"Start before you're ready."

-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

"Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart."

-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

"The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it."

-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

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3. 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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4. The Abbess of Crewe

By: Muriel Spark

3.94

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

This is a satirical fantasy about ecclesiastical and other kinds of politics. The author has also w… read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. On the Beach

By: Nevil Shute

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in south… read more

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8. 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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9. Go Suck a Lemon: Strategies for Improving Your Emotional Intelligence

By: Michael Cornwall

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

"People are not disturbed by things; they are disturbed by their view of things." Epictetus Emotion… read more

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10. Visions of Purgatory: A Private Revelation

By: Anonymous

3.79

Format: 477 pages,

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11. The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent & Other Essays

By: John Erskine

3.60

Format: 137 pages,

Excerpt from The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: And Other Essays The title essay, originally r… read more

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12. 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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13. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

14. Ficciones

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more

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15. Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca , Robin Campbell

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more

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16. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

By: Steven Pressfield , Robert McKee

4.08

Format: None pages,

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17. 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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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. 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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20. Roadkill

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.09

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Three 20-somethings are all that stands between an otherworldly threat and the survival of Earth in… read more

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21. The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals (Live a Disciplined Life Book 1)

By: Peter Hollins

4.11

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Your best intentions are not enough. Learn to scientifically engineer a disciplined life, become re… read more

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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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26. The Apostles and Their Times

By: Mike Aquilina

4.18

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Here is an unflinching look at the lives and sacrifices of those first Christians who were given th… read more

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27. Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions, #523)

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

3.91

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò … read more

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28. 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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29. How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Galen

3.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the… read more

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30. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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31. The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By: Craig A Boyd

3.76

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae , to the painti… read more

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4.22

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4.22

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3.93

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