Vacío y plenitud
By: François Cheng
4.06
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Vacío y plenitud es una de esas obras fundamentales que permiten acceder a la comprensión de la pin…
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1. Zaï zaï zaï zaï
By: Fabcaro
4.37
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
" Les filles, c'est papa... Écoutez, je ne rentrerai pas à la maison ce soir... et peut-être même p… read more
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2. Empire of Signs
By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
With this book, Barthes offers a broad-ranging meditation on the culture, society, art, literature,… read more
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"The text does not gloss the images, which do not illustrate the text."-Roland Barthes, Empire of Signs
"In this manner , we are told, the system of the imaginary is spread circularly, by detours and returns the length of an empty subject."-Roland Barthes, Empire of Signs
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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"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
4. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
By: Leonard Koren
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Describes the principles of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic associated with Japanese tea ceremonies… read more
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6. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- philosophy
- art
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7. Praise of Folly
By: Erasmus , Betty Radice , A.H.T. Levi
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist move… read more
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- philosophy
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8. Confessions of a Mask
By: Yukio Mishima
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more
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9. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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- philosophy
10. La vorágine
By: José Eustasio Rivera , Montserrat Ordóñez
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sin duda, la eleccion y desarrollo del personaje-narrador de La voraginehan sido la base del exito … read more
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11. Tropic of Cancer
By: Henry Miller
0.00
Format: None pages,
Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obsc… read more
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12. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Hour of the Star
By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero
4.09
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more
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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
14. Concerning the Spiritual in Art
By: Wassily Kandinsky
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this … read more
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15. Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
By: Silvia Federici
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Literary Nonfiction. CALIBAN AND THE WITCH is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism… read more
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16. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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17. Zen in the Art of Archery
By: R.F.C. Hull , None , Eugen Herrigel , Φοίβος Ι. Πιομπίνος
3.76
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Pro… read more
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18. Vivre vite
By: Brigitte Giraud
3.58
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"J'ai été aimantée par cette double mission impossible. Acheter la maison et retrouver les armes ca… read more
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19. Yoga
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.87
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more
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- nonfiction
- france
20. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- philosophy
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
21. Time Shelter
By: Georgi Gospodinov
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more
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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"There is no time machine except the human being."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
22. El peligro de estar cuerda
By: Rosa Montero
4.13
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Partiendo de su experiencia personal y de la lectura de numerosos libros de psicología, neurocienci… read more
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"Y se llega a sufrir tanto que en algunos momentos hasta preferirías estar muerto, un perfecto ejemplo de razonamiento cortocircuitado: te espanta la muerte y para no sufrir ese espanto escogerías mor…"-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda
"Tengo un problema de falta de atención, lo cual, contra lo que muchos creen, no quiere decir que no puedas concentrarte, sino que te concentras tanto en algunos pensamientos que te olvidas de todo lo…"-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda
23. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
24. El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
By: Irene Vallejo
4.26
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefa… read more
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- nonfiction
"Los libros nos convierten en herederos de todos los relatos: los mejores, los peores, los ambiguos, los problemáticos, los de doble filo. Disponer de todos ellos es bueno para pensar, y permite elegi…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"Ler é um ritual que implica gestos, posições, objetos, espaços, materiais, movimentos, modulações de luz. Para imaginarmos como liam os nossos antepassados, precisamos de conhecer, em cada época, ess…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"desde os primeiros séculos da escrita até à idade Média, a norma era ler em voz alta, para si próprio ou para os outros, e os escritores pronunciavam as frases à medida que as escreviam ouvindo assim…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
25. Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges
By: Léonie Bischoff
4.20
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Début des années 30. Anaïs Nin vit en banlieue parisienne et lutte contre l’angoisse de sa vie d’ép… read more
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- nonfiction
- france
26. Obra maestra
By: Juan Tallón
3.72
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
¿Cómo pudo desaparecer de un almacén del Museo Reina Sofía una enorme escultura de Richard Serra de… read more
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27. Lectura fácil
By: Cristina Morales
4.06
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Adminis… read more
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"Igual que hemos subvertido el hecho de que siempre limpiaran o cocinaran las tías, debemos subvertir el hecho de que siempre escriba el escritor."-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"al estirarle un brazo, hice crujir yo las costuras de la camisa de Ibrahim, y va el tío y me dice que perdón. ¿Perdón por qué? ¿Por ir vestido? Será que se están pidiendo perdón a ellos mismos por at…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"Rather than yielding to power in despondence and defeat, we can radicalise against it. We can become so thoroughly repellent that they wouldn’t dare tell us to overcome our adversity, so repellent th…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"La profesora repitió la disimulada orden. Era disimulada por dos motivos: primero, porque no dijo "Quitaos los calcetines" sino "Nos quitamos los calcetines", es decir, que no dio la orden sino que e…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
28. Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yū Miri
3.47
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more
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"There’s that sound again."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
29. Vacío y plenitud
By: François Cheng
4.06
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Vacío y plenitud es una de esas obras fundamentales que permiten acceder a la comprensión de la pin… read more
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