Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to Life (Guides to the Good Life)
By: Stephen C. Angle
3.61
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Ancient and enduring, rich and wide-ranging, the tradition of Confucianism offers profound insights…
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1. Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
By: Edward Slingerland
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive s… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- china
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2. A Tale for the Time Being
By: Ruth Ozeki
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and h… read more
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"Maketa,"-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Live. For Now. For the time being."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"True freedom comes from being unknown."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Forget the clock. It has no power over time."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- nonfiction
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
4. Roadside Picnic
By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None
4.14
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more
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"Keep your head high,"-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
5. A Pale View of Hills
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.79
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571225378. In his highly acclaim… read more
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"Sisters are supposed to be people you’re close to, aren’t they. You may not like them much, but you’re still close to them."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"It doesn’t matter how old someone is, it’s what they’ve experienced that counts. People can get to be a hundred and not experience a thing."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"I’ve come to appreciate cooking over the years. It’s an art, I’m convinced of it, just as noble as painting or poetry. It’s not appreciated simply because the product disappears so quickly"-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"The Americans, they never understood the way things were in Japan. Not for one moment have they understood. Their ways may be fine for Americans, but in Japan things are different, very different."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
6. An Artist of the Floating World
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.77
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art so… read more
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"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something. #Page: 120"-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
7. The Buried Giant
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.58
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's… read more
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"Are you still there, Axl?"-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"The Giant, once buried, now stirs."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"The Giant, once well buried, now stirs."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"A wound that healed slowly, but heal it did."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
8. 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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"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
9. We
By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more
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"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
10. H is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more
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11. The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life
By: Christine Gross-Loh , Michael Puett
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
**International Bestseller** For the first time an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildl… read more
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12. Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
By: James C. Scott
3.56
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and person… read more
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13. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
By: Brad Warner
4.33
Format: None pages,
Hardcore Zenis not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen mas… read more
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14. Gorgias
By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more
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15. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
By: James C. Scott
4.20
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning t… read more
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- nonfiction
"An urban space where the police are the sole agents of order is a very dangerous place."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"Just as the general design of the city militates against an autonomous public life, so the design of the residential city militates against individuality."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"The authorized histories of revolutions, as Milovan Djilas points out, “describe the revolution as if it were the fruit of the previously planned action of its leaders."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"After seizing state power, the victors have a powerful interest in moving the revolution out of the streets and into the museums and schoolbooks as quick as possible, lest the people decide to repeat…"-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
16. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
By: Alan W. Watts
0.00
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our… read more
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17. Blood on Snow (Blood on Snow, #1)
By: Jo Nesbø , Neil Smith
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a fast, tight, darkly lyrical s… read more
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18. Earthlings
By: Sayaka Murata
3.60
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witc… read more
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"Sobreviver, haja o que houver."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"O senso comum é uma doença contagiosa e é difícil manter a infecção sozinho."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"I thought that when I grew up society would brainwash me, but it didn't work."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"Até quando eu teria de sobreviver? Será que algum dia poderia apenas viver e não sobreviver?"-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
19. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
20. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
By: Michael Easter
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more
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- self help
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
21. Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self
By: Jay L. Garfield
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why you don't have a self--and why that's a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a … read more
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22. The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism
By: John Gray
3.54
Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition
Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un… read more
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23. Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD
By: Tamara Rosier
4.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't work in the same way as a "normal" or neurotypical brain does … read more
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- self help
24. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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25. Tiempos recios
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
LA NUEVA NOVELA DE MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA Una historia de conspiraciones … read more
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26. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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- nonfiction
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27. Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism
By: Slavoj Žižek
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing i… read more
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- nonfiction
28. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
By: Jessica McCabe
4.52
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more
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- self help
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
29. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
By: Kieran Setiya
3.56
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you … read more
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"The way in which you relate to the activities that matter most to you is by trying to complete them and so expel them from your life. Your days are devoted to ending, one by one, the activities that …"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"In philosophers' terms, the shift in perspective is not temporal, but "epistemic": it has to do with knowledge. Emotionally, there is a fundamental difference between knowing that I will miss out on …"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"When the demands of life are pressing, too urgent to be ignored, it would be a mistake to devote all day to contemplation, reading Wordsworth, or playing golf. Being mortal, think of mortal things. Y…"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"We can escape the self-destructive cycle of pursuit, resolution, and renewal, of attainments archived or unachieved. The way out is to find sufficient value in atelic activities, activities that have…"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
30. How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.74
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choos… read more
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31. Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to Life (Guides to the Good Life)
By: Stephen C. Angle
3.61
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Ancient and enduring, rich and wide-ranging, the tradition of Confucianism offers profound insights… read more
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- china
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