Great Ideas Writings From the Zen (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Wumen Huikai
3.58
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
These are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and f…
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1. Heart of a Dog
By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov
4.10
Format: 123 pages, Paperback
This satirical novel tells the story of the surgical transformation of a dog into a man, and is an … read more
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"A dog's spirit dies hard."-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
"One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry."-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
"Why bother to learn to read when you can smell meat a mile away?"-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
"İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmayan herkes, her şey için zaman bulabilir."-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
2. 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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- philosophy
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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
3. 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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- buddhism
- zen
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"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
4. Mutsuz Olmak
By: Tanıl Bora , Wilhelm Schmid
3.67
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for 9789750514135 İnsanların, sürekli mutlu olmaları gerekti… read more
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- philosophy
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5. Seven Years in Tibet
By: Heinrich Harrer
4.10
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and … read more
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- china
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- buddhism
"The name Kyirong means “the village of happiness,"-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"There are times when visible poverty has its advantages."-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred."-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and the beating of their wings as they fly over Lhasa in the clear, cold moonlight.…"-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
6. 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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- china
"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
7. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
8. The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
By: Erin Meyer
4.34
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this ins… read more
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- nonfiction
"Try seeing, feeling, and tasting the water you swim in the way a land animal might perceive it. You may find the experience fascinating -- and mind-expanding."-Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
"This is the philosophy of low - context communication in a nutshell: Tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them ,then tell them what you’ve told them."-Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
"This is where I learned the traditional American rule for successfully transferring a powerful message to an audience: tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what y…"-Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
"You may find yourself reacting defensively when you hear what others have said about the culture you call your own. It isn't true: my culture is not a bit like that. At the risk of pouring oil on the…"-Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
9. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
10. Liseden Arkadaşlar
By: Selçuk Aydemir
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Mahalle kulturunun son demlerinin yasandigi yillar... Ilk arkadasliklarin okuldan degil de apartman… read more
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11. 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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- classics
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
12. 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
By: Benjamin Todd
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
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13. Mahalleden Arkadaşlar
By: Selçuk Aydemir
4.20
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Tabletlerin, akilli telefonlarin olmadigi 90'lar... Belki de cocuklarin "cocuk"oldugu, "cocuk gibi"… read more
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14. On the Shortness of Life
By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more
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16. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
By: Lafcadio Hearn
3.85
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
"Kwaidan" translates from the Japanese as weird tales, which perfectly describes these haunting sto… read more
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17. The Book of Tea
By: Kakuzō Okakura
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more
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18. The Drowned World
By: Martin Amis , J.G. Ballard
4.50
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
First published in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terr… read more
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19. Infinite Jest
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' ha… read more
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20. The Cheap Eaters
By: Thomas Bernhard
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
In this short novel, a monomaniacal 'scientist' more or less deliberately alienates himself from so… read more
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21. Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü
By: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Siirlerinde sembolist bir dil kullanan Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar romanlarinda gercekci ve sosyal sorunla… read more
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22. Feed Them Silence
By: Lee Mandelo
3.52
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more
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23. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
By: Olga Ravn
3.67
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more
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"This is not a human, but a coworker."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
24. The Books of Jacob
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.02
Format: 965 pages, Hardcover
The Nobel Prize-winner's richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise… read more
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"A thing that is not talked about ceases to exist."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Literatura to szczególny rodzaj wiedzy, to... (...) ... doskonałość form nieprecyzyjnych."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Gdy przepisujemy i cytujemy, budujemy gmach wiedzy i rozmnażamy ją jak moje warzywa czy jabłonki. Przepisywanie jest jak szczepienie drzewa; cytowanie – jak wysiewanie nasion."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"If human beings had only known how to truly preserve their knowledge of the world, if they had just engraved it into rock, into crystals, into diamond and in so doing, passed it on to their descendan…"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
25. No es un río
By: Selva Almada
3.95
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beb… read more
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26. El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
By: Irene Vallejo
4.26
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefa… read more
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- nonfiction
"Los libros nos convierten en herederos de todos los relatos: los mejores, los peores, los ambiguos, los problemáticos, los de doble filo. Disponer de todos ellos es bueno para pensar, y permite elegi…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"Ler é um ritual que implica gestos, posições, objetos, espaços, materiais, movimentos, modulações de luz. Para imaginarmos como liam os nossos antepassados, precisamos de conhecer, em cada época, ess…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"desde os primeiros séculos da escrita até à idade Média, a norma era ler em voz alta, para si próprio ou para os outros, e os escritores pronunciavam as frases à medida que as escreviam ouvindo assim…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
27. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
28. The Art of Solitude
By: Stephen Batchelor
3.63
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
When world renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his t… read more
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"The world is here to surprise us. My most lasting insights have occurred off the [meditation] cushion, not on it."-Stephen Batchelor, The Art of Solitude
"That is why it is not enough to remove oneself from people, not enough to go somewhere else. We have to remove ourselves from the habits of the populace that are within us. We have to isolate our own…"-Stephen Batchelor, The Art of Solitude
29. Filosofía del budismo Zen
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.73
Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition
Byung-Chul Han busca hacer explícita la filosofía que está implícita en el budismo Zen, y lo hace a… read more
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- japan
30. MARTIN LUTHER KING A TOUGH MIND AND A TENDER HEART /ANGLAIS (GREAT IDEAS)
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
4.40
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an ab… read more
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31. Great Ideas Writings From the Zen (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Wumen Huikai
3.58
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
These are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and f… read more
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