10 Best nonfiction books like The Essence of Buddhism by E. Haldeman-Julius

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The Essence of Buddhism

By: E. Haldeman-Julius

3.64

Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition

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1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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2. Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.31

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral … read more

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"I did not refer to the legends themselves,"

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"Repression and revolt feed and devour each other."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"Still, even when false, legends can be most informative."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"One may learn a great deal of a people by the stories they tell of others."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

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3. 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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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"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

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4. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

By: Ryan Holiday

4.15

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aureli… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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5. The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.09

Format: 129 pages,

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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6. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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7. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

By: David Graeber

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

By: Michael Parenti

4.41

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, rev… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

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9. The Upanishads: Translations from the Sanskrit

By: Anonymous , Juan Mascaró

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages an… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

10. Grendel

By: John Gardner

4.03

Format: 606 pages,

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tel… read more

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11. Songs of Kabir

By: Rabindranath Tagore , Kabir

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.32

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Everything is in your own heart."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

"The greatest miracle is to be alive."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

13. 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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14. Critique of Practical Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Mary J. Gregor

4.16

Format: None pages, paper

This seminal text in the history of moral philosophy elaborates the basic themes of Kant's moral th… read more

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15. Speak

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more

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"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

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16. Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1-3)

By: Liu Cixin

4.63

Format: 1884 pages, Kindle Edition

This discounted ebundle includes: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death’s End"Wildly imagi… read more

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  • philosophy
"You’re one of the calmest people I’ve ever met."

-Liu Cixin, Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1-3)

"The ultimate fate of all intelligent beings has always been to become as grand as their thoughts."

-Liu Cixin, Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1-3)

"I wouldn’t usually bother the girls I liked. I believed in what Goethe said: ‘If I love you, what business is it of yours?"

-Liu Cixin, Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1-3)

"Momentos como aquel eran los de mayor soledad. En el profundo silencio de la medianoche, el universo se revelaba a quien estuviese escuchando como una vasta desolación."

-Liu Cixin, Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1-3)

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17. Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

By: Daniel Quinn

4.01

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search f… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • spirituality
"With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?"

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer"

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity’s captive."

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way."

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

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18. The Essence of Buddhism

By: E. Haldeman-Julius

3.64

Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help

11 Top philosophy books like The Essence of Buddhism by E. Haldeman-Julius

Transform Your Habits

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ryan Holiday

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.09

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6 Top philosophy books like Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) by Daniel Quinn

Transform Your Habits

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Updated With a New Epilogue)

Riane Eisler

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke , James Noel Smith

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The One-Straw Revolution

Masanobu Fukuoka

4.34

Transform Your Habits

How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human

Eduardo Kohn

4.71

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