8 best-selling philosophy books like The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha's Path to Freedom by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

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The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha's Path to Freedom

By: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

4.11

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

Asking challenging questions leads to powerful insights. That’s the premise of this first book by B…

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1. Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours

By: Shirzad Chamine

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In his popular Stanford University lectures, Shirzad Chamine reveals how to achieve one’s true pote… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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2. A Tríade do Tempo

By: Christian Barbosa

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considerado o maior especialista em gestao do tempo no Brasil, Christian Barbosa oferece uma soluca… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Artist's Way

By: Julia Cameron

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
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4. Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

By: Eric Swanson , None

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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5. Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living

By: Surya Das , Lama Surya Das

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In 2006 His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who calls Lama Surya Das the American Lama, said to an America… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
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  • spirituality
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6. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

By: John O'Donohue

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging. John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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7. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi

4.34

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of pers… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

8. Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom

By: Joseph Goldstein

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The fruit of some twenty years' experience leading Buddhist meditation retreats, this book touches … read more

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9. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

By: Kate Bowler

3.80

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

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10. 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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  • psychology
"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)

11. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness

By: None , Mark Epstein

4.04

Format: 226 pages,

For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego… read more

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12. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

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13. Becoming Enlightened

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Jeffrey Hopkins

4.16

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

In Becoming Enlightened, His Holiness the Dalai Lama powerfully explores the foundation of Buddhism… read more

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14. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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15. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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16. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**New York Times  Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • psychology
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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18. The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Martha N. Beck

4.17

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “ integrity ”— needed now … read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • psychology
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19. 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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  • psychology
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20. SPEECH THERAPY: 52 Pick-Me-Ups to Get You through Many of Life’s What-the-Fucks

By: The Captain

4.20

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Incorporating sound advice with humor that both cuts and heals, The Captain’s tone is straightforwa… read more

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21. The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha's Path to Freedom

By: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

4.11

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

Asking challenging questions leads to powerful insights. That’s the premise of this first book by B… read more

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7 Top religion books like The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha's Path to Freedom by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

Transform Your Habits

Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

Eric Swanson , None

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living

Surya Das , Lama Surya Das

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

John O'Donohue

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

Kate Bowler

3.80

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16 must-read nonfiction books like Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun Gandhi

Transform Your Habits

The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger

Leonard Scheff , Susan Edmiston

3.00

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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