5 Best classics books like The Gospel in Tolstoy: Selections from His Short Stories, Spiritual Writings & Novels by Leo Tolstoy

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The Gospel in Tolstoy: Selections from His Short Stories, Spiritual Writings & Novels

By: Leo Tolstoy

4.52

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

We know of no better introduction to the spiritual vision of one of the greatest writers of all tim…

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1. Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

By: William Walker Atkinson , Three Initiates , Tre Iniziati

4.25

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The precepts of Hermetic philosophy remained shrouded in secrecy for more than 2,000 years, clouded… read more

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"The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations...."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the …"

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

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2. Endless Night

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especial… read more

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  • classics
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3. Beastly Things (Commissario Brunetti, #21)

By: Donna Leon

4.20

Format: None pages,

When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing onl… read more

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4. Falling in Love (Commissario Brunetti, #24)

By: Donna Leon

3.57

Format: None pages,

Donna Leon's Death at La Fenice, the first novel in her beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti series, … read more

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5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By: Betty Smith

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty S… read more

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6. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Six people reunite to remember beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. The loving… read more

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7. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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8. The Tao of Pooh

By: Benjamin Hoff , Ernest H. Shepard

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Wisdom of Pooh. Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and th… read more

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"I think, therefore I am... confused."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world"

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more

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10. By Its Cover (Commissario Brunetti, #23)

By: Donna Leon

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Few detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon . . . . O… read more

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11. The Golden Egg (Commissario Brunetti, #22)

By: Donna Leon

4.04

Format: None pages,

Over the years, the Donna Leon's best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has conquered the h… read more

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12. Crooked House

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides li… read more

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13. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

By: Mary Roach

3.84

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? … read more

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"The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There's a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels."

-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

"Californians are like, 'Lions are everywhere now!'" What's on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology."

-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

"So I’m curious, how far does the Pope think we should go in the direction of respecting and correcting the natural world and it’s wild inhabitants. Before I arrived the PIL media manager sent me a co…"

-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

"We are irrational in our species-​specific devotions. I know a man who won’t eat octopus because of its intelligence. Yet he eats pork and buys glue traps for rats, though rats and pigs are highly in…"

-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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14. Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

By: Donna Leon

4.09

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly in… read more

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"He slowed his pace to hers, and they walked automatically, neither of them having to hesitate about where to turn or which bridge to take: the unconscious navigation of the average Venetian is surpas…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"In Campo Manin, the bodies of dead shops lined the way to the canal. There was a dead Middle Eastern fast-food place, a dead sporting goods shop, a dead clothes shop with two dead mannequins in the w…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"While del Balzo spoke, Brunetti turned off his ears and observed the speaking man, a habit he had developed during years of interrogating suspects, listening to witnesses, or sometimes hearing his ch…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"Have you been reading the letters of Rosa Luxemburg again, Donatella?’ Brunetti asked in a normal voice. She laughed her bright laugh, a sound he delighted in hearing because to be thought clever or …"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

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15. Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

By: Rod Dreher

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survi… read more

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16. Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)

By: Donna Leon

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

* 9 hours, 46 minutes * In 'TRANSIENT DESIRES', the 30th novel in Donna Leon's masterful series,… read more

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"There had been no noise from any other part of the apartment, but that didn’t exclude the possibility of Paolo’s presence, especially if she had given her soul over to reading. He sometimes told her …"

-Donna Leon, Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)

"The area confirmed his feelings about Giudecca: bleak cement buildings, crudely rectangular, devoid of any attempt at embellishment or adornment: cubes for living in, worsened – at least in his eyes …"

-Donna Leon, Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)

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17. The Gospel in Tolstoy: Selections from His Short Stories, Spiritual Writings & Novels

By: Leo Tolstoy

4.52

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

We know of no better introduction to the spiritual vision of one of the greatest writers of all tim… read more

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  • spirituality
Cover of Trace Elements (Commissario Brunetti 29) by Donna Leon

18. Trace Elements (Commissario Brunetti 29)

By: Donna Leon

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘They killed him. It was bad money.’ A dying hospice patient gasps these cryptic words about her re… read more

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