How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: John Cassian
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one Distraction isn’t a new problem. We…
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1. Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars f… read more
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"[A] healthy respect for tradition[;]...a kind of default survival behavior"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
"Wherever you go, there we are. It wasn't true. But it made him feel better. That was what words could do."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
"He was not interested in what they were doing, not any of it— it was both ugly and abstract, a continuous manipulation of people devoid of any of the tangible rewards that so much work had. That’s po…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
"The triviality of the current scene usually put her off, but now she supposed that the politics of the moment always looked petty and stupid; only later did it take on the look of respectable statecr…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
2. Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.95
Format: 624 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to a… read more
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"Take this moment right here, and ask yourself, What is now lacking?"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
"Guerilla climatology. What do you call that, climatage? Attack meteorology?"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
"That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
"Revolution suspends habit as well as law. But just as nature abhors a vacuum, people abhor anarchy."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
3. On the Marble Cliffs
By: Stuart Hood , George Steiner , Ernst Jünger
3.80
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the ro… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
"The downfall of order brings good to none."-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"Such are the cellars over which the proud castles of tyranny rise and above which the aromas of their feast swirl: putrid caves of a gruesome kind in which the depraved rabble regales itself with the…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"We cannot count on seeing our work completed here below, and happy is the man whose will is not too painfully invested in his efforts. No house is built, no plan created, in which ruin is not the cor…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"I had often doubted; now I was convinced: there were still noble beings among us in whose hearts knowledge of the higher order was preserved and perpetuated. A lofty example enjoins us to follow, and…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
4. The Sunset Limited
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement wher… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
5. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (Spiritual Theology #2)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to … read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
6. The Good Lord Bird
By: James McBride
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy … read more
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- audiobook
7. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
8. The Cloud of Unknowing
By: Anonymous , James Walsh
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Widely considered a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality, The Cloud of Unknowing is an a… read more
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- classics
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
9. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
By: Clayton M. Christensen , Harvard Business Publishing
3.68
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. If you read nothin… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
10. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
By: Mason Currey
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in … read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
11. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
By: J.D. Salinger
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker ? RAISE H… read more
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12. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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- classics
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
13. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
By: Sherry Turkle
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Consider Facebook--it's human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing t… read more
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14. The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.50
Format: 144 pages,
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15. The Way of a Pilgrim
By: Anonymous , Thomas Hopko , None
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ova knjiga nije drugo nego upravo pokusaj opisati osobno iskustvo jednog ruskog poboznika - bogotra… read more
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16. Abandonment to Divine Providence
By: Jean-Pierre de Caussade
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
French writer JEAN PIERRE DE CAUSSADE (1675-1751) believed that the present moment is holy and that… read more
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17. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- self help
- psychology
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
18. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
By: Rich Villodas
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and conquered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
19. On Women
By: Susan Sontag
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on ag… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
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"Dividing time into Past, Present, and Future suggests that reality is distributed equally among three parts, but in fact the past is the most real of all. The future is, inevitably, an accumulation o…"-Susan Sontag, On Women
20. The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu
By: Katja Pantzar
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy … read more
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- audiobook
21. The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
By: Hilke Schellmann
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Based on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real world test results… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
By: John Kaag
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking w… read more
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- audiobook
"As it turns out, to ‘become who you are’ is not about finding a ‘who’ you have always been looking for. It is not about separating ‘you’ off from everything else. And it is not about existing as you …"-John Kaag, Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
23. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.27
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, h… read more
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- psychology
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24. Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard
By: Clare Carlisle
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Søren Kierkegaard is one of the most passionate and challenging of all modern philosophers, and is … read more
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25. Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios
By: Mike Glover
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former Green Beret’s indispensable course in preparedness, teaching the keys… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Why? The Purpose of the Universe
By: Philip Goff
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, West… read more
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- audiobook
27. The Devil's Best Trick: How the Face of Evil Disappeared
By: Randall Sullivan
3.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Part true crime story, part historical account, part religious and literary analysis, an investigat… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: John Cassian
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one Distraction isn’t a new problem. We… read more
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- classics
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- philosophy
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
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29. Magic in Merlin's Realm: A History of Occult Politics in Britain
By: Francis Young
4.11
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such b… read more
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30. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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