Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey
By: David Schneider
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Drag queen, junkie, alcoholic, commune leader - and, finally, Buddhist teacher: these words describ…
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1. The End of Your Life Book Club
By: Will Schwalbe
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"The thing about Americans,"-Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club
"All readers have reading in common."-Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club
"everyone doesn’t have to do everything."-Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club
"I like books. I don't read them. But I like them."-Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club
2. Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
By: Norman Fischer
4.48
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A prominent Zen teacher offers a “direct, penetrating, and powerful” perspective on a popular mind … read more
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- buddhism
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Meditation is doing what you are doing - whether you are doing formal meditation or child care."-Norman Fischer, Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
3. Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple
By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Kaoru Nonomura
3.41
Format: None pages,
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4. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
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- buddhism
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- spirituality
"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
5. How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
By: Dōgen , Kosho Uchiyama , Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen--perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosoph… read more
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6. The Artist's Way
By: Julia Cameron
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more
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- nonfiction
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7. The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Larry Dossey , Rachel Neumann
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In order to understand why people pray, The Energy of Prayerexamines the applications and effective… read more
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8. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey s… read more
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9. The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender
By: Zenju Earthlyn Manuel , None
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
"What does liberation mean when I have incarnated in a particular body, with a particular shape, co… read more
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10. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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11. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us … read more
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12. Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
By: None
3.82
Format: None pages,
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13. Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion
By: Charlotte Joko Beck , None
3.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Life is rising up to meet us at every moment. The question is: Are we there to meet it or not? Dian… read more
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14. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
By: Shohaku Okumura , Thomas Wright , Kosho Uchiyama , None
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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15. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
By: Jung Chang
3.68
Format: 113 pages,
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and th… read more
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16. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.07
Format: 457 pages, Hardcover
Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more
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17. We Spread
By: Iain Reid
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A new work of philosophical suspense. Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for deca… read more
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"The love I'd felt for him faded and detached. There was nothing to hold it in place. No more mystery. Nothing to learn. Wonder was replaced with awareness. By the end, it wasn't just familiarity. I h…"-Iain Reid, We Spread
"We do not all blend together. We are not ruined, helpless, a burden. We are not the elderly. We are not old people. Now, still, we're unique. Distinct. Regardless of what we've produced or what happe…"-Iain Reid, We Spread
18. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
19. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
By: Amy Bloom
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two… read more
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- biography
- memoir
20. Becoming the Boogeyman
By: Richard Chizmar
4.13
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale… read more
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21. How We Live Is How We Die
By: Pema Chodron
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more
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22. A Black and Endless Sky
By: Matthew Lyons
3.33
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Night Will Find Us comes a white-knuckled horror-thriller set across the Ame… read more
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23. The Colony
By: Audrey Magee
4.11
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west c… read more
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24. The Sane Society
By: Erich Fromm
4.26
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
Social psychologist Erich Fromm’s seminal exploration of the profound ills of modern society, and h… read more
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- nonfiction
"Solidarity isn't merely a task, it is a pleasure and the best assurance of security."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The absolutely alienated individual worships at the altar of an idol, and it makes little difference by what names this idol is known."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
25. The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors
By: Lama Rod Owens
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more j… read more
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26. China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen
By: David Hinton
4.13
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by ren… read more
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27. Buddha Is the Center of Gravity
By: Teisho of Joshu Sasaki-Roslu at Lama Foundation
3.58
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Book of Discourse (Teishos) by a Zen Master who taught at the Lama Foundation. Beautiful psychedeli… read more
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- zen
28. Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey
By: David Schneider
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Drag queen, junkie, alcoholic, commune leader - and, finally, Buddhist teacher: these words describ… read more
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29. Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
By: Helen Tworkov
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the woman who helped introduce Buddhism to the West and founded Tricycle magazine comes a bril… read more
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30. Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage
By: Christopher Ives
3.67
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Discover how hiking can be a kind of spiritual pilgrimage — calming our minds , enhancing our sense… read more
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31. The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love
By: Paula Arai
4.32
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Accessible and adaptable Japanese Buddhist rituals to infuse your life with purpose, healing, and g… read more
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