Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
By: James B. Stockdale
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more
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"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
2. Gay Gigante: Una historia sobre el miedo
By: Gabriel Ebensperger
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Un nino que se siente extrano en un mundo que le resulta adverso. Un nino que canta Yuri mientras j… read more
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3. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
By: William B. Irvine
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more
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4. 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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5. The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation
By: Ernie Colón , Jane Mayer , Sid Jacobson , None
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"The more who learn the truth the better off the country will be, because there is no better safegu… read more
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7. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
By: Seneca , James Romm
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more
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8. Marx: A Very Short Introduction
By: Peter Singer
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's t… read more
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9. The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
By: Marcus Aurelius , Pierre Hadot , Michael Chase
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Meditations of Marcus Aureliusare treasured today--as they have been over the centuries--as an … read more
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10. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
By: Ryan Holiday
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more
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"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
11. The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
By: Nate Zinsser
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Believe and be unshakable. The Director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program shares th… read more
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"Confidence is a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously."-Nate Zinsser, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
12. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
By: Harold Schechter
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more
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13. Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics… read more
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"When good men come to bad ends,"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"No parent should outlive their children. To lose eight of them? So young? It staggers the mind. “Unfair"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"You owe it to yourself and to the world to actively engage with the brief moment you have with this planet. You cannot retreat exclusively into ideas. You must contribute."-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
"It is a striking contrast, an emperor and a slave sharing and loving the same philosophy, the latter figure greatly influencing the former, but it is not a contradiction—nor would it have seemed odd …"-Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
14. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
By: Zena Hitz
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life … read more
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"The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
"For those of us without the strength or the insight to choose for ourselves such quiet, withdrawn places, failure is perhaps the best-trod route to inwardness."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
15. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
By: Derf Backderf
4.47
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more
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16. Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
By: David Fideler
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Se… read more
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17. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
By: Thomas E. Ricks
4.08
Format: 416 pages, ebook
New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the p… read more
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"It is a cliché, and a bad one, that generals try to “fight the last war"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"...Populism tends to look good from a distance, but close up it can be frightening."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"As an inhabitant of a Mississippi River town happily shouts out in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , “You pays your money and you makes your choice!"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"More than anything else, I have learned in researching this book that America is a moving target, a goal that must always be pursued but never quite reached."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
18. The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.97
Format: None pages, Audiobook
What Socrates’s greatest failure reveals about an ancient question: Can we teach our leaders to be … read more
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19. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin
By: Andrew S. Weiss
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more
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20. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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21. Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Logicomix , Donald J. Robertson's Verissimus is a riveting graphic novel on the… read more
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