The Buddha’s Teachings: An Introduction
By: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
3.99
Format: 33 pages, ebook
The Buddha’s Teachings: An Introduction. A short introduction to the basic concepts and values unde…
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1. 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
2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more
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"Would you walk away from Omelas?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
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3. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. The Watcher
By: Charles Maclean
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. Living Buddha, Living Christ
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." -- Thich Nhat Hanh … read more
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6. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
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7. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
By: Dan Simmons
3.77
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more
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8. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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9. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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10. Awareness Itself
By: Thanissaro Bhikkhu , None
4.00
Format: 96 pages, ebook
Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (1915-1986) was a devoted student of Ajaan Lee's. After Ajaan Lee's death, Ajaan… read more
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11. Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
By: Simon Critchley
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philoso… read more
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12. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
13. 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
14. House of Suns
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a… read more
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15. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.14
Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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16. The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
By: Dan Simmons
4.00
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The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forev… read more
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17. Marx: A Very Short Introduction
By: Peter Singer
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's t… read more
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18. Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
By: Dan Simmons
4.19
Format: 563 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the worl… read more
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"The support and covering craft in orbit were also decimated, sir.’ ‘Decimated?’ The pain is making de Soya angry. ‘That means one in ten, Captain. Are ten percent of ship’s personnel on the casualty …"-Dan Simmons, Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
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19. The Dawn of Yangchen (The Yangchen Novels, #1)
By: F.C. Yee
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi and Av… read more
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"Let a problem least for too long and people begin to believe it's not a problem."-F.C. Yee, The Dawn of Yangchen (The Yangchen Novels, #1)
"Ah, the faint grain of sand, the merciless hound at our heels, the spoke of the season's wheel"-F.C. Yee, The Dawn of Yangchen (The Yangchen Novels, #1)
20. Stone Blind
By: Natalie Haynes
3.82
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
A fresh take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee y… read more
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"The sea gods keep their secrets deep; they always have."-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
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"And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone cannot be saved."-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
21. The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)
By: F.C. Yee
4.36
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
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22. The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)
By: F.C. Yee
4.44
Format: 442 pages, Hardcover
F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The … read more
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23. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
24. The Buddha’s Teachings: An Introduction
By: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
3.99
Format: 33 pages, ebook
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