6 Best philosophy books like The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry by Lucien Stryk

Cover of The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry by Lucien Stryk

The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

By: Lucien Stryk

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jointly translated by a Japanese scholar and an American poet, this collection spans 1500 years - f…

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Cover of Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Robert A. Maguire

1. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

Cover of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

2. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Nyogen Senzaki, Paul Reps

3. 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

Similar categories in Nyogen Senzaki's Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings book and Lucien Stryk's The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

  • poetry
  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
Cover of The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass

4. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Stephen Mitchell , Robert Hass

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parallel German text and English translation. The influence and popularity of Rilke's poetry in Ame… read more

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  • poetry
  • philosophy
Cover of The Tale of Genji by Royall Tyler, Murasaki Shikibu

5. The Tale of Genji

By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more

Similar categories in Royall Tyler's The Tale of Genji book and Lucien Stryk's The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke, Joanna Macy, Anita Barrows

6. Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Joanna Macy , Anita Barrows

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he h… read more

Similar categories in Rainer Maria Rilke's Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God book and Lucien Stryk's The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

  • poetry
  • philosophy
Cover of Salvatore Quasimodo: Selected Poetry by Salvatore Quasimodo, Patrick    Barron

7. Salvatore Quasimodo: Selected Poetry

By: Salvatore Quasimodo , Patrick Barron

3.89

Format: 197 pages, ebook

Alla mia terra - To My Earth; Cavalli di luna e di vulcani - Horses of Moon and of Volcanoes; Ride … read more

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  • poetry

8. Sonnets to Orpheus

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mary Dows Herter Norton

3.48

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheuswere "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up an… read more

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9. Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more

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Cover of القرآن الكريم by Anonymous

10. القرآن الكريم

By: Anonymous

4.38

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally … read more

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  • poetry
  • philosophy
"We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"إن المؤمن ليدرك بحسن الخلق درجة الصائم والقائم"

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

11. The Waste Land and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Few readers need any introduction to the work of the most influential poet of the twentieth century… read more

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Cover of The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War by John "Chick" Donohue

12. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

By: John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more

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Cover of The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry by Lucien Stryk

13. The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

By: Lucien Stryk

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jointly translated by a Japanese scholar and an American poet, this collection spans 1500 years - f… read more

Similar categories in Lucien Stryk's The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry book and Lucien Stryk's The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

  • poetry
  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • china
Cover of AGE AGO by Alan Myers

14. AGE AGO

By: Alan Myers

3.81

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Representative selections from the great Russian poets of the nineteenth century, chosen by the uni… read more

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  • poetry

7 Best poetry books like The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry by Lucien Stryk

Transform Your Habits

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke , Stephen Mitchell , Robert Hass

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

Rainer Maria Rilke , Joanna Macy , Anita Barrows

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Salvatore Quasimodo: Selected Poetry

Salvatore Quasimodo , Patrick Barron

3.89

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Transform Your Habits

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Wayne Coffey , Jim Craig , Ken Morrow

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself

Tim Kennedy

4.57

Transform Your Habits

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

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