Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
By: Andrew Holecek
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a…
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1. The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Peter Levitt
4.42
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. In The Heart of Understanding, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a lucid… read more
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"If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"If you don't understand and you love, that is not love; it is something else."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"Views, knowledge, and even wisdom are solid, and can block the way of understanding."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
2. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
By: Chögyam Trungpa
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the comm… read more
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- religion
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"Eventually we must give up trying to be something special."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"Self-deception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
3. Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
By: Miklós Nyiszli , Bruno Bettelheim , Tibère Kremer , Richard Seaver
4.31
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwi… read more
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"We had learned that nothing lasts and that no value is absolute. The only exception to that rule: freedom."-Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
"Los médicos entienden perfectamente el destino cruel que les ha tocado y son conscientes de la imposibilidad de escapar, pero a pesar de ello se dedican a ayudar, con absoluta abnegación, a los que e…"-Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
"The bodies were not lying here and there throughout the room, but piled in a mass to the ceiling. The reason for this was that the gas first inundated the lower layers of air and rose slowly towards …"-Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
4. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
5. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
By: Ayya Khema , Zoketsu Norman Fischer
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddh… read more
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- religion
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6. Aesop's Fables
By: Aesop , Laura Harris , Laura Gibbs
2.50
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since… read more
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7. The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Present and Future Enlightenment
By: Joseph Selbie , David Steinmetz
4.03
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced kno… read more
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8. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more
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9. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
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10. Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
By: William Scott Wilson , None
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hagakure("In the Shadow of Leaves") is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of s… read more
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11. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more
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12. Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
By: Michael Newton
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
This remarkable book uncovers--for the first time--the mystery of life in the spirit world after de… read more
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13. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
14. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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15. Good Life, Good Death
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? Many have asked these … read more
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16. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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17. How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
By: David Richo
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a… read more
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18. The Light Beyond: The extraordinary sequel to the classic Life After Life
By: Raymond A. Moody Jr.
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
'The Light Beyond' is based on more than a thousand case studies of adults and children who clinica… read more
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19. 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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20. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Jeff Cox
4.21
Format: 539 pages,
Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goalis the gripping novel which is transforming managem… read more
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21. The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium
By: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
The author of the bestselling Flow(more than 125,000 copies sold) offers an intelligent, inspiring … read more
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22. After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
By: Bruce Greyson
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the natu… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- death
23. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
By: Sarah Polley
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more
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"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
24. Stillness Is the Key
By: Ryan Holiday
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more
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"Build a life you don't need to escape from."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
25. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
By: Mike Rinder
4.31
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more
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"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
26. Decoding Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics
By: Bernardo Kastrup
4.40
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
First proposed more than 200 years ago, Schopenhauer's extraordinarily prescient metaphysics if und… read more
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- spirituality
27. The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more
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- spirituality
"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
28. Them
By: Whitley Strieber
4.04
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
"Them," is a new, mystery-busting vision of the close encounter experience--which is VERY different… read more
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29. The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
By: Steven Pressfield
4.14
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
"No one's insights about the craft and journey of being an artist have guided me in the day-to-day … read more
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"The artist's journey is internal (page 34): I don't care about the view outside. My focus is interior. The book or movie I'm writing is playing inside my head."-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
"An artist has a point of view (page 23): In other words, the director knew what movie he was making. He knew what it was about (subject). He knew what he wanted it to look and sound like (voice, medi…"-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
"The artist learns how to let go (page 80): I couldn't stop my eye from returning to those abandoned paintings. I asked Bob if he ever hauled any back out and tried again to make them work. "I used to…"-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
"The artist's journey is a journey of dreams (page 49): The conventional truism is "Write what you know." But something mysterious and wonderful happens when we write what we don't know. The Muse ente…"-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
30. Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
By: Andrew Holecek
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a… read more
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- death
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
31. Breathe In, Breathe Out: Restore Your Health, Reset Your Mind and Find Happiness Through Breathwork
By: Stuart Sandeman
4.09
Format: None pages, ebook
It’s time to get your breath back.Since tragic loss brought him to breathwork, Stuart Sandeman has … read more
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