9 best-selling nonfiction books like Practical Insight Meditation by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

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Practical Insight Meditation

By: Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

1972 edition presents an " in depth examination of the Satipatthana mindfulness meditation, its bas…

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

By: Joseph Goldstein

4.38

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fru… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. Journeys Out of the Body: The Classic Work on Out-Of-Body Experience

By: Robert A. Monroe

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

The definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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4. Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

By: Stephen LaBerge , Howard Rheingold

2.70

Format: None pages,

"[A] solid how-to book...For amateur dream researchers, this is a must." WHOLE EARTH REVIEW This bo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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5. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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6. Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide, #3)

By: Douglas Adams

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads-so… read more

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7. Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom

By: Joseph Goldstein

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The fruit of some twenty years' experience leading Buddhist meditation retreats, this book touches … read more

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8. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

By: Carlos Castaneda

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Decades ago the University of California Press published a remarkable manuscript by an anthropology… read more

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9. Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

By: None

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

* Author posits that enlightenment is an attainable goal* Argues that meditation is a method for ex… read more

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10. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

11. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

By: Jordan Ellenberg

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world a… read more

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12. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fictio… read more

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13. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more

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14. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more

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15. 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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16. Journey to Ixtlan

By: Carlos Castaneda

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

In Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time a… read more

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17. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. The Fire Kasina: Questions and Answers on Retreat with Practice Notes and Commentary

By: Shannon Stein

4.09

Format: 156 pages, ebook

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  • buddhism
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19. Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas

By: Leigh Brasington

4.38

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

A practical guidebook for meditators interested in achieving the states of bliss and deep focus ass… read more

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  • buddhism
  • eastern philosophy
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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20. Practical Insight Meditation

By: Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

1972 edition presents an " in depth examination of the Satipatthana mindfulness meditation, its bas… read more

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21. Living Is No Laughing Matter: A Primer On Existential Optimism

By: Michael Hogan

4.69

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

How did death camp inmates such as Viktor Frankl, Elie Wiesel and Bruno Bettelheim not only survive… read more

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Joseph Goldstein

4.38

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Journeys Out of the Body: The Classic Work on Out-Of-Body Experience

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4.08

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Stephen LaBerge , Howard Rheingold

2.70

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