The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
By: Gene Reeves
4.12
Format: 501 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Society of the Spectacle
By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord
4.02
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more
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"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
2. What the Buddha Taught
By: Walpola Rahula , None
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more
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"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
3. Mother Night
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.23
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a darin… read more
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"When you're dead you're dead."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"It’s all I’ve seen, all I’ve been through,"-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
4. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
By: Ryan Holiday
4.15
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aureli… read more
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5. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more
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6. Das Kapital
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more
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7. 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
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8. A Happy Death
By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi
4.15
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more
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9. The Tibetan Book of the Dead
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thupten Jinpa , Padmasambhava , Graham Coleman , Karma Lingpa , Gyurme Dorje , None
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text on the journey through living and dying. … read more
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10. The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
By: Gene Reeves
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Lotus Sutra is regarded as one of the world's great religious scriptures and most influential t… read more
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11. Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Breathe! You Are Aliveoffers the Buddha's sixteen basic exercises for conscious breathing. read more
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12. The Upanishads: Translations from the Sanskrit
By: Anonymous , Juan Mascaró
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages an… read more
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13. You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Sherab Chödzin Kohn
3.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this book Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, author, and meditation master, distills the es… read more
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14. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
By: Leil Lowndes
3.78
Format: 112 pages, ebook
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills."-- Larry King "The lost a… read more
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15. The God Delusion
By: Richard Dawkins
3.90
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of beli… read more
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"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"نؤمن بنظريةالتطور لان الادلة تدعمها وسنرفضها بين ليلة وضحاها عندما تظهر ادلة تنفيها"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"لا تلقن اطفالك بل علمهم طريقة التفكير المستقلة وكيفية التاكد من الادلة وكيف يمكنهم مخالفتك فى الرأي"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
16. The Heart Sutra
By: Red Pine
3.43
Format: 331 pages,
The short text of The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-… read more
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17. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Padmakara Translation Group , Śāntideva
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is … read more
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18. What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
By: Norman Fischer , Susan Moon
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
An accessible and enjoyable introduction to Zen Buddhist practice--in a reader-friendly question-an… read more
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19. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more
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"Everything is in your own heart."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest miracle is to be alive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
20. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture
By: Unknown , Robert A.F. Thurman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
This book presents the major teachings of Mah y na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humoro… read more
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21. The Diamond Sutra
By: Red Pine , None
4.00
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts … read more
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22. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
By: Shohaku Okumura , Thomas Wright , Kosho Uchiyama , None
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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23. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
By: Philip B. Yampolsky , Hui-Neng , None
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The "Platform Sutra" records the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one … read more
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24. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
25. The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
By: John Blofeld , None , None
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Paperback
This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang … read more
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26. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
By: Daniel Immerwahr
4.46
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more
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"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
27. 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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"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
28. So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014-2018
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.17
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
"It's hard to think of another living author who has written so well for so long in so many styles … read more
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29. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wis… read more
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"Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"We can make the most of the Earth and benefit from its beauty, but in such a way that we respect the Earth, just as a bee respects the flower."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"You trust that you contain the whole cosmos; you are made of stars. And that is why you respect yourself and offer reverence to yourself. And, when you look at another person, you see that they are a…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"This is the attitude of bodhisattvas: to practice meditation not only for yourself, but for the world, to relieve the suffering. And, when others suffer less, you suffer less. When you suffer less, t…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
30. Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
By: Shohaku Okumura
4.62
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned a… read more
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31. Three Zen Sutras: The Heart, The Diamond, and The Platform Sutras
By: Red Pine
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
A pocket-sized presentation of the 3 most venerated sutras of Zen the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, … read more
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