5 must-read buddhism books like Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter by Lucien Stryk

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Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter

By: Lucien Stryk

3.47

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This anthology, jointly translated by a Japanese scholar and an American poet, is the largest and m…

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1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

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2. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taki… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
"I’m forever realizing things too late."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"A friend to kill time is a friend sublime."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"The light of morning decomposes everything."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

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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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  • poetry
  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
"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

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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
  • nonfiction
  • zen
"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

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5. Un altro giro di giostra

By: Tiziano Terzani

3.50

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

Viaggiare e sempre stato per Tiziano Terzani un modo di vivere e cosi, quando gli viene annunciato … read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

By: Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Zen Flesh, Zen Boneswas published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire genera… read more

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  • poetry
  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • zen
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7. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

By: Ed Yong

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

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8. The Summer Book

By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more

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9. Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction

10. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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11. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain

4.19

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

12. Zen in the Art of Writing

By: Ray Bradbury

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more

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13. Le otto montagne

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more

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14. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

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15. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane

3.64

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more

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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

16. Il sergente nella neve

By: Mario Rigoni Stern , Eraldo Affinati

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

I ricordi della ritirata di Russia scritti in un lager tedesco dall'alpino Rigoni Stern nell'invern… read more

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17. The Book of Tea

By: Kakuzō Okakura

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more

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18. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

By: Yoel Hoffmann , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, s… read more

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19. Letter to a Child Never Born

By: Oriana Fallaci

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twent… read more

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20. The Art of Happiness

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Howard C. Cutler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else aroun… read more

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21. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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22. Un buon posto in cui fermarsi

By: Matteo Bussola

3.99

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A volte la vita ci colpisce fino ad abbatterci. E se invece di rialzarci, provassimo a guardare il … read more

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"La vita non è una montagna da scalare, un treno da non perdere, un obiettivo da centrare, ma è una piccola stanza da arredare con cura. Non è una cima da raggiungere a tutti i costi. E' la scelta di …"

-Matteo Bussola, Un buon posto in cui fermarsi

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23. How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more

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  • japanese literature
"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

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24. L'incredibile viaggio delle piante

By: Stefano Mancuso

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Come le piante navigano intorno al mondo, come portano la vita su isole sterili, come sono state in… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

25. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

Format: 173 pages, ebook

The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

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26. Goro Goro. La pesca della stella, il viaggio di Daruma e altre storie giapponesi

By: Laura Imai Messina

4.15

Format: 155 pages, Hardcover

Sai qual è il detto più celebre nelle terre di Yamato, un Paese davvero lontano lontano? Cadi sett… read more

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  • japanese literature
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27. 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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  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
"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

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28. La nazione delle piante

By: Stefano Mancuso

3.96

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Finalmente la Nazione delle Piante, la più importante, diffusa e potente nazione della Terra, prend… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. La tribù degli alberi

By: Stefano Mancuso

3.31

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

C’è una voce che sale dal bosco: è quella di un vecchio albero che vive lí da sempre, e adesso vuol… read more

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30. La pianta del mondo

By: Stefano Mancuso

4.09

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Un giorno al compositore inglese Sir Edward Elgar venne chiesto da dove provenisse la sua musica. L… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter

By: Lucien Stryk

3.47

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This anthology, jointly translated by a Japanese scholar and an American poet, is the largest and m… read more

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3.70

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Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

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