Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality
By: Julian Baggini
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness? Ever felt as though life would be simp…
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1. Nausea
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth
3.94
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more
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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
2. Bleak House
By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Nicola Bradbury
4.02
Format: 1017 pages, Paperback
The complex story of a notorious law-suit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic… read more
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"You can be nothing better than yourself; be that [...]"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I find the nights long, for I sleep but little, and think much."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I am not at all respectable, and I don't want to be. Odd perhaps, but so it is!"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
3. 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
By: Brianna Wiest
3.76
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writi… read more
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"Hold yourself to your standard."-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"Anything other than ideal is not failure. It’s life."-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"We all start as strangers, but we forget that we rarely choose who ends up a stranger, too"-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler"-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
4. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
By: Shaun Bythell
3.72
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more
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"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
5. The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
By: Alan Lightman
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreamsand Mr g,a meditation on the unexpected ways in which… read more
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6. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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7. At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
By: Sarah Bakewell
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar… read more
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8. Amok Koşucusu
By: Stefan Zweig , Nafer Ermiş
3.99
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Amok Koşucusu doktor olarak yardıma ihtiyaç duyan bir insana el uzatmanın vicdani yükümlülüğüyle ke… read more
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9. The Age of Innocence
By: Edith Wharton , Maureen Howard
2.64
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocenceis Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of des… read more
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10. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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11. 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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"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"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?
12. Krishnamurti's Journal
By: J. Krishnamurti , Mary Lutyens
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
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13. A Little History of Philosophy
By: Nigel Warburton
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the… read more
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14. Outer Dark
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
A woman bears her brother's child, a boy, the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he… read more
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15. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
By: David McRaney
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more
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"I couldn’t shake the idea that I, too, was probably one conversation away from changing my own mind about something, maybe a lot of things. But I also recalled how many conversations I’d had that onl…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
"Before scientists began researching the Leadership LAB’s technique, few studies supported the possibility that campaigns could change voters’ views on polarized, partisan, politically controversial i…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
16. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
By: Anil Seth
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons wo… read more
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17. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
By: Ethan Kross
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
AN AWARD-WINNING PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF OUR INNER VOICE AND SHOWS HOW WE CAN HARN… read more
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"When supporting others, we need to offer the comfort of Kirk and the intellect of Spock."-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"The same brain circuitry that becomes active when we are attracted to someone or consume desirable substances (everything from cocaine to chocolate) also activates when we share information about our…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"We often think of fight or flight as the main defensive reaction human beings turn to when faced with a threat. When under stress, we flee or hunker down for the impending battle. While this reaction…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
18. Treacle Walker
By: Alan Garner
3.13
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more
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19. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
By: Hadley Freeman
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more
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"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
20. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
By: David Robson
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, reve… read more
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21. The Wild Silence
By: Raynor Winn
3.98
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to The Salt Path. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After … read more
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"At what point in our lives does cynicism take over from instinct? When we stop feeling the softness of rain on our face and start worrying about being wet?…When do we make that switch from being part…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
"Wat is toch dat moment in ons leven dat cynisme de overhand krijgt over intuïtie? Wanneer maakt het voelen van de zachtheid van regendruppels in ons gezicht plaats voor de bezorgdheid dat we nat word…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
22. The History of Philosophy
By: A.C. Grayling
4.08
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some o… read more
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23. The God Desire
By: David Baddiel
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more
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"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
24. 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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25. One Day I Shall Astonish the World
By: Nina Stibbe
3.49
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of Love, Nina , a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb … read more
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26. The 6 Habits of Growth
By: Brendon Burchard
4.01
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 4 minutes The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple … read more
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27. Light Perpetual
By: Francis Spufford
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed and award‑winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…… read more
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28. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family
By: Daniel Finkelstein
4.63
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more
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29. How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
By: Ellen Hendriksen
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you'll ever read about how to con… read more
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"Meeting people"-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
"friendship is fostered, not found."-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
"We like people more when they’re imperfect."-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
"As one of my clients, Anthony, exclaimed after we stood on a subway platform for an hour of looking at faces, “But wait, these are just people!"-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
30. Dinosaur Philosophy
By: James Stewart
4.48
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
from the international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy , @dinosaurcouch including exclusiv… read more
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31. Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality
By: Julian Baggini
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness? Ever felt as though life would be simp… read more
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