6 must-read nonfiction books like One Minute Nonsense by Anthony de Mello

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One Minute Nonsense

By: Anthony de Mello

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pages clean and unmarked. Shelf wear from time on shelf like you would see on a major chain. Immedi…

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Cover of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim

1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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  • philosophy
"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cover of Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb

2. Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

By: Robin Hobb

4.18

Format: None pages, None

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one youn… read more

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"Fa!"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"But in my heart, when I said “my king,"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus, Reginald Snell

3. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Cover of Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4) by Terry Pratchett

4. Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, whe… read more

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5. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more

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6. Steppenwolf

By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more

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7. The Truth (Discworld, #25)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Mass Market Paperback

William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with… read more

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8. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

By: Neil Gaiman

4.02

Format: 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, G… read more

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"As we write we summon little demons."

-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

"He was the boy with the book. Always and forever."

-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

"It was love, I knew, and it tasted like champagne in my mind."

-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

" Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."

-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Cover of The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) by Terry Pratchett

9. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.29

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here. "Another world is… read more

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"Crivens!"

-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

"That'll do"

-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

"Witches are naturally nosy,"

-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

"(...) or there will be a reckoning!"

-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

10. Strata

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS. Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one de… read more

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11. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more

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12. A Walk in the Woods

By: Bill Bryson

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more

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13. Internet

By: Mikko Hyppönen

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Internet on parasta ja pahinta mitä meille on tapahtunut. Suomen tunnetuin tietoturva-asiantunti… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

14. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

By: Johann Hari

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We live in a culture that is constantly amping us up with stress and stimulation."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"We are now exposed to ten times the amount of artificial light that people were exposed to just fifty years ago."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"If you see the world through fragments, your empathy often doesn’t kick in, in the way that it does when you engage with something in a sustained, focused way."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

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15. Radalla

By: Iida Sofia Hirvonen

3.38

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

"Jotain oli juuri glitchaamassa.” Tekstilajien rajoja hämärtävää proosaa ajasta, jolloin todelli… read more

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16. Äitiä etsimässä

By: Kaj Korkea-aho

4.25

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

Ainutlaatuinen kertomus kahden miehen matkasta isiksi kuvaa vanhemmuuden kipeimpiä ja kauneimpia pi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Vaivan arvoista – esseitä poikkeuskirjallisuudesta

By: Ville-Juhani Sutinen

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Miksi me luemme pitkiä ja vaikeita kirjoja? Onko se pelkkää kulttuurista snobbailua, vai antavatko … read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. One Minute Nonsense

By: Anthony de Mello

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pages clean and unmarked. Shelf wear from time on shelf like you would see on a major chain. Immedi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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