The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
By: Karen Armstrong
4.03
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an ex…
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1. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
By: Jack Weatherford
4.03
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
Thru history the world’s great conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but als… read more
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2. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
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3. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
By: Craig Childs
3.50
Format: 31 pages,
The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native pe… read more
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4. The Gnostic Gospels
By: Elaine Pagels
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminou… read more
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5. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
By: Daniel Goleman
4.11
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Emotional Intelligencewas an international phenomenon, appearing on theNew York Timesbestseller lis… read more
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6. Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidence
By: Joseph Mazur
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Imagine this: you are browsing used books in a bookstore hundreds of miles from home when you come … read more
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7. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
8. Jesus and the Disinherited
By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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9. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
10. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
By: Susan Magsamen
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more
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11. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
By: Daniel Kahneman
3.66
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a groundbreaking… read more
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12. Fascism: A Warning
By: Madeleine K. Albright
4.25
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes tod… read more
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"...to be defenseless did not mean to be without honor."-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning
"Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)"-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning
"Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was “bully,"-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning
"A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields."-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning
13. Happiness Battle
By: Joo Youngha
3.87
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Sepasang suami istri ditemukan dalam kondisi mengenaskan di Apartemen High Prestige supermewah di G… read more
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14. Floating Hotel
By: Grace Curtis
3.70
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more
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15. The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
By: Michael Bungay Stanier
4.14
Format: 224 pages, paperback
From the author of the runaway bestseller The Coaching Habit comes an authoritative guide to gettin… read more
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16. The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
By: Eric Weiner
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectua… read more
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"No wonder so many philosophers walked. Socrates, of course, liked nothing more than strolling in the agora. Nietzsche regularly embarked on spirited two-hour jaunts in the Swiss Alps, convinced “all …"-Eric Weiner, The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
17. The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science
By: Alan Lightman
3.88
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answer to the question, Ca… read more
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18. The Book of Rumi: 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight, and Inform
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
3.51
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
Philip Pullman, author of 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, has remarked that "after nourishment, shelt… read more
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19. The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
By: Amy-Jill Levine
3.94
Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition
Examine the most difficult teachings of Jesus with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. Jesus provided his d… read more
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20. The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
By: Karen Armstrong
4.03
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an ex… read more
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