The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life
By: Dzigar Kongtrül III
4.58
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Practical instruction in a Tibetan Buddhist method for developing radical compassion--from a contem…
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1. Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
By: Pema Chödrön
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Is it possible to live well when the very ground we stand on is shaky? Yes, says everyone's favorit… read more
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- philosophy
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"Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news."-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
"If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your st…"-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
"We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfix…"-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
"When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality…"-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
2. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
By: Steve Martin
3.88
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more
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- nonfiction
"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"How many people have never raised their hand before?"-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
3. Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
By: Pema Chödrön
3.86
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
In this book Pema Chodron shows us how to break free of destructive patterns in our lives and exper… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
4. Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha
By: Chögyam Trungpa
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Based on the author's talks at Naropa University, this volume introduces the reader to the principl… read more
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5. Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more
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6. Enlightened Courage: A Commentary on the Seven Point Mind Training
By: Padmakara Translation Group , Dilgo Khyentse
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Commentary on the Seven Point Mind Training, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Atisha. read more
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- philosophy
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7. Reflections on Silver River: Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
By: Ken I McLeod
3.33
Format: 120 pages,
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8. Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
By: Pema Chödrön
4.01
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compa… read more
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9. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
By: Lindsay C. Gibson
4.39
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering… read more
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- psychology
"Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing your emotional life force by getting his or her needs met …"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a re…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"How many people get to be awake and aware for the emergence of the person they were always meant to be? How many people get to have two lifetimes in one? So tell me, is it worth the pain to get to li…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"No child can be good enough to evoke love from a highly self-involved parent. Nevertheless, these children come to believe that the price of making a connection is to put other people first and treat…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
10. The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva
By: Matthieu Ricard , Padmakara Translation Group , Dilgo Khyentse
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
What would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is t… read more
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11. The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind
By: Ken Wilber , Traleg Kyabgon
4.23
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
For many centuries Indian and Tibetan Buddhists have employed this collection of pithy, penetrating… read more
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12. The Four Immeasurables: Cultivating A Boundless Heart
By: B. Alan Wallace
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
This book is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relation… read more
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13. Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
By: Chögyam Trungpa
4.29
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Warning: Using this book could be hazardous to your ego! The slogans it contains are designed to aw… read more
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14. The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion
By: Ken McLeod , Jamgon Kongtrul
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate … read more
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15. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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16. Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
By: Michael A. Singer
4.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The book you need right now is finally here! From beloved spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer—autho… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
- psychology
17. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
18. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
19. Little Monsters
By: Adrienne Brodeur
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complica… read more
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"Our scars are what make us unique. Nothing broken is ever lost."-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters
"Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it."-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters
"To stare into the spiral of a shell was to see the swirl of a galaxy, the logarithmic spiral of life itself, the intertwined miracle of art and science."-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters
20. It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
By: Ramani Durvasula
4.58
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
A transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from p… read more
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- psychology
"You may have had the belief that to forgive is divine but have come to learn that to discern may be transcendent."-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
"Radical acceptance of the injustice is part of this process-it not fair, I cannot change it; I can, however, chart a different and authentic course forward and learn from this. Be kind to yourself, t…"-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
"I am tired of people calling those of us who get stuck in these cycles "codependent" or "addicted" to the narcissistic relationship. It's not that. If you have any empathy, have normal cognitive func…"-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
21. Unwinding Anxiety
By: Judson Brewer
3.91
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and … read more
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22. How We Live Is How We Die
By: Pema Chodron
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
23. The Dalai Lama's Cat and The Four Paws of Spiritual Success (The Dalai Lama's Cat #4)
By: David Michie
4.55
Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition
The Dalai Lama's Cat is back: irreverent, vain--and as delightfully insightful as ever! "If you… read more
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24. Fellowship Point
By: Alice Elliott Dark
4.07
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she… read more
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"I had been judicious in my warnings and instructions, phrasing them so as not to scare her, or inhibit her. I'm determined not to teach her to fear everything, as we were taught, or that manners are …"-Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point
25. We Are the Light
By: Matthew Quick
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS. Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb… read more
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"The best part of my soul loves the best part of your soul."-Matthew Quick, We Are the Light
26. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
By: Yongey Mingyur
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more
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"Actually, everything is in-between."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
27. Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
By: Pema Chödrön
4.36
Format: 187 pages, Hardcover
In her first new book of spiritual teachings in many years, Pema Chödrön offers new wisdom, heartfe… read more
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- psychology
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"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the wor…"-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
28. Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom
By: Sharon Salzberg
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times … read more
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29. You Belong: A Call for Connection
By: Sebene Selassie
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From much-admired meditation expert and Western Buddhist thought leader, You Belong is a social and… read more
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30. Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate Action
By: Pema Chödrön
4.40
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spirit… read more
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31. The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life
By: Dzigar Kongtrül III
4.58
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Practical instruction in a Tibetan Buddhist method for developing radical compassion--from a contem… read more
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