Dancing with the Dead: The Essential Red Pine Translations
By: Red Pine
4.60
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Featuring An essential collection from the leading figure of Chinese poetry translation, presenting…
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1. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.01
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungr… read more
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"Master, I go hunting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Bu bir taş. Gerçek Lisan’da ise “tolk"-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"To light a candle is to cast a shadow..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Encender una vela es proyectar una sombra..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
2. Hsin Hsin Ming
By: Seng-ts'an , Richard A. Clarke , Gyokusei Jikihara
3.97
Format: 570 pages,
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- philosophy
- poetry
3. Ariel: The Restored Edition
By: Sylvia Plath , Frieda Hughes
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left beh… read more
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- poetry
4. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Nguyen Thi Hop , Mobi Ho
4.41
Format: 600 pages, Paperback
Presenting the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chi… read more
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- philosophy
"To be loved means to be recognized as existing."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"Everything depends on everything else. The One contains the many, and the many contains the One"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you would like to play the flute truly well, you must find your true self on the Path…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"He saw that the key to liberation would be to break through ignorance and to enter deeply into the heart of reality and attain a direct experience of it. Such knowledge would not be the knowledge of …"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
5. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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- poetry
6. 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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7. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more
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8. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
By: Thomas C. Foster
3.17
Format: 319 pages,
What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden r… read more
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9. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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10. The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
By: Ian Johnson
4.04
Format: 431 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today--its h… read more
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11. The Dharma Bums
By: Jack Kerouac
4.71
Format: None pages,
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more
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12. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits
By: Bill Porter , None
1.00
Format: 64 pages,
Bill Porter (Red Pine) trekked through China's remote Chungnan Mountains in search of hermits. Less… read more
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13. Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan
By: John Stevens , Ryōkan
4.67
Format: None pages,
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758-1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature… read more
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14. Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.13
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award… read more
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"When the Papayuna is pining you need to call home."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"She looks like her face caught fire and they beat it out with a rake"-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Maybe it's like Mac says. Ever man winds up with the horse that suits him."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Each man is the bard of his own existence. This is how he is joined to the world."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
15. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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16. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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17. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
18. Deaf Republic
By: Ilya Kaminsky
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occ… read more
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"A man should smell better than his country"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"I do not hear gunshots, but watch birds splash over the backyards of the suburbs. How bright is the sky as the avenue spins on its axis. How bright is the sky (forgive me) how bright."-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
19. Wilding
By: Isabella Tree
4.46
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was… read more
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"People have a famously soft spot for pigs. Intelligent, inquisitive, imperious, myopic, sociable, gluttonous, grunting, ungainly, it is easy to recognize ourselves in them."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"The great concerns of our time – climate change, natural resources, food production, water control and conservation, and human health – all boil down to the condition of the soil."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"Over the years modern farming has reduced soil to....‘dirt’ – a sterile medium in which plants struggle to grow without artificial fertilizers. It is a self-perpetuating cycle of destruction and chem…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"But the world of academia is a strange, sometimes counterproductive and often sluggish place. Where one may expect it to be open and responsive to new thinking, it can be oddly conservative and resis…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
20. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more
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"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
21. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
22. Like a Rolling Stone
By: Jann S. Wenner
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offe… read more
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23. Rememberings
By: Sinéad O'Connor
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made he… read more
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"When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God."-Sinéad O'Connor, Rememberings
24. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future
By: Ian Johnson
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Using history to challenge Communist Party rule. China's Underground Historians and their Battl… read more
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25. The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
By: Greta Thunberg
4.40
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, … read more
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"The richest 1 per cent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the people who make up the poorest half of humanity."-Greta Thunberg, The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
"The transformation we need in order to stay below 1.5 C or even 2 C of warming may not be politically possible today. But we are the ones who determine what will be politically possible tomorrow."-Greta Thunberg, The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
26. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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27. This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
By: Martin Hägglund
4.08
Format: 452 pages, Hardcover
A profound, original, and accessible book that offers a new secular vision of how we can lead our l… read more
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- philosophy
"To be finite means primarily two things: to be dependent on others and to live in relation to death. (4)"-Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
"As soon as you remove the sense of finitude and vulnerability, you remove the vitality of any possible love relationship. (43)"-Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
"What ultimately matters from a religious perspective is not freedom but salvation; what ultimately matters is not to lead a life but to be saved from being alive."-Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
"What we believe deep in our hearts—the hymn ["We Shall Overcome"] avows—is not that God will save us but that we shall overcome our subordination through collective action. (372)"-Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
28. The Zen Way of Recovery: An Illuminated Path Out of the Darkness of Addiction
By: Laura Burges
4.29
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
An accessible, compassionate guide to Buddhist principles and practices that can help support recov… read more
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29. Choosing to Be Simple: Collected Poems of Tao Yuanming
By: Tao Yuanming
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Navigating the uncertainty of a divided China wracked by warfare and corruption, Tao Yuanming’s poe… read more
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- poetry
30. Dancing with the Dead: The Essential Red Pine Translations
By: Red Pine
4.60
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Featuring An essential collection from the leading figure of Chinese poetry translation, presenting… read more
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- philosophy
- poetry
31. Patriot: A Memoir
By: Alexei Navalny
4.50
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate pric… read more
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"If you have a criminal conviction, you are barred from running for office."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"All schooboys had been to the stores and had noticed the long queues, and knew that the most used word in the Soviet lexicon was "shortage."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"A serious political leader cannot simply decide to turn his back on a huge number of his fellow citizens because he personally dislikes their views."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
