The Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
By: Traleg Kyabgon
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A clear and concise introduction to the teachings and philosophies of the three main vehicles of Bu…
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1. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
By: Douglas Adams
4.37
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy * The Restaurant at the End of the Universe * Life, the Un… read more
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"Funny", he intoned funerally, "how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it suddenly does."-Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
"Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does."-Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
"Your arrival on the planet has caused considerable excitement. It has already been hailed, so I gather, as the third most improbable event in the history of the Universe."-Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
2. Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
By: Margaret Atwood
3.90
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real w… read more
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"Art was a kind of demonic possession. Art would dance you to death. It would move in and take you over, and then destroy you."-Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
"I had a boyfriend once who sent me--in a plastic bag, so it wouldn't drip--a real cow's heart with a real arrow stuck through it. As you may divine, he knew I was interested in poetry."-Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
"There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté."-Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
"There was also, as it turned out, the dismay of my parents to be reckoned with: their tolerance about caterpillars and beetles and other non-human life forms did not quite extend to artists."-Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
3. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
By: Ayya Khema , Zoketsu Norman Fischer
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddh… read more
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4. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
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5. You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Sherab Chödzin Kohn
3.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this book Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, author, and meditation master, distills the es… read more
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6. Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
By: Maxwell Maltz
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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7. 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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8. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
9. Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
By: Edward O. Wilson
3.76
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to pr… read more
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10. Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
By: Stephen Batchelor
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism for beginners and practitioners alike In this… read more
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11. Book of Life, The: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
By: J. Krishnamurti
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
365 Daily Meditations on Freedom, Personal Transformation, Living Fully, and Much More, from the Ma… read more
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12. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
By: Jon Ronson
4.19
Format: 45 pages,
They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed on on the street toda… read more
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13. The Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more
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"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
14. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
By: Annie Duke
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more
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15. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
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16. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more
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"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
17. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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18. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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19. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Dearly
By: Margaret Atwood
3.74
Format: 124 pages, Hardcover
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"If there were no emptiness, there would be no life."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Lwy nie wiedzą, że są lwami. Nie wiedzą, jak bardzo są odważne"."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Many things that are not what you want arrive in the disguise of flowers."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Here are the tulips, budded and full-blown, their swoops and dips, their gloss and poses, the satin of their darks."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
21. The Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
By: Traleg Kyabgon
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A clear and concise introduction to the teachings and philosophies of the three main vehicles of Bu… read more
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