Why We Hate Cheap Things (Essay Books)
By: The School of Life
3.58
Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition
We don’t think we hate cheap things, of course, but we often behave as if we do. We rarely properly…
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1. Autobiography of a Yogi
By: Paramahansa Yogananda
4.24
Format: 503 pages, Paperback
This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures … read more
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"Who am I? The great inquiry indeed."-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
"Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo"-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
"You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained."-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
"The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery"-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
2. Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội
By: Phùng Quán
4.70
Format: 723 pages,
"Tuổi thơ dữ dội" là một tác phẩm truyện dài bảy phần của nhà văn Phùng Quán. Truyện được khởi thảo… read more
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"Mạ mình bán bún bò mà cũng được làm vào trong cái thơ... Cậu tốt quá!"-Phùng Quán, Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội
"Mạ tớ bán bún bò mà cũng được cậu làm vào trong cái thơ... Cậu tốt quá!"-Phùng Quán, Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội
"Mạ mình bán bún bò mà cũng được cậu làm vào trong cái thơ... Cậu tốt quá"-Phùng Quán, Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội
"Mạ mình bán bún bò mà cũng được cậu làm vào trong cái thơ... Cậu tốt quá!"-Phùng Quán, Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội
3. Storia di un gatto e del topo che diventò suo amico
By: Luis Sepúlveda , Ilide Carmignani , Simona Mulazzani
4.09
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
A Monaco, Max è cresciuto insieme al suo gatto Mix, con cui ha raggiunto un legame molto profondo. … read more
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4. Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness
By: Shasta Nelson
4.19
Format: 294 pages,
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- nonfiction
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5. Free Will
By: Sam Harris
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more
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- philosophy
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6. Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
By: Laurie Colwin
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Share the unsurpassed pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food with this bel… read more
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7. Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
By: Sadhguru
3.86
Format: 256 pages,
The latest book, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy, is published by Spiegel & Grau/Random Ho… read more
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8. The Art of Travel
By: Alain de Botton
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Any Baedeker will tell us wherewe ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us howand why… read more
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9. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
By: Sam Harris
3.99
Format: 512 pages,
Sam Harris' first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion… read more
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10. The Egg and Other Stories
By: Andy Weir
3.00
Format: 112 pages, Audiobook
Collected for the first time anywhere, the nine tales in The Egg and Other Stories highlight Andy W… read more
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11. Starter for Ten
By: David Nicholls
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first ter… read more
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12. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
By: Sam Harris
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a gu… read more
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13. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
By: Dan Ariely
3.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent a… read more
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14. Nếu biết trăm năm là hữu hạn
By: Phạm Công Luận , Đặng Nguyễn Đông Vy , Phạm Lữ Ân
3.62
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Chi xuat hien von ven trong hon bon muoi bai viet tren chuyen muc Cam thuc cua Ban nguyet san 2! (s… read more
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15. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
3.72
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more
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- psychology
16. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
By: Ali Abdaal
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more
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- psychology
- self help
17. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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- nonfiction
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
18. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
By: Steven Bartlett
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more
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19. The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
By: William B. Irvine
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Ancient Stoic insights combined with modern psychological research help us overcome—and even benefi… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
20. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
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"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
22. The Cat Who Taught Zen
By: James Norbury
4.32
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a b… read more
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"What we want is seldom what we need. And what we need is almost never what we want."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"I once heard someone say, it was not the journey or the destination that mattered most, but the company."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"If something isn’t right, just telling your friend can make it seem better, even though they might not know how to fix it."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"It is better to begin the journey, make some mistakes and correct your course, than to wait until everything is perfect and never even start"-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
23. Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
By: Sadhguru
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of "karma" that offers the key to happi… read more
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"What is happening within you and how you experience your life is entirely your making – your karma."-Sadhguru, Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
24. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
4.23
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of … read more
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"The bottom line is that, much as in rich countries, we have no accepted recipe for how to make growth happen in poor countries. Even the experts seem to have accepted this. In 2006, the World Bank as…"-Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
25. A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
By: Heather E. Heying
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Our differences are fascinating, but our similarities make us human."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Love develops for every evolutionary pairing that requires devotion."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Pain is information about the environment, and how your body is responding to it."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Male and female are complementary states, and there is a healthy natural tension between them."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
26. Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
By: Melanie Mitchell
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping examination of the current state of artificial intelligence and how it is remaking our w… read more
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- nonfiction
"Hofstadter... fears that AI might show us that the human qualities we most value are disappointingly simple to mechanize."-Melanie Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
27. Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
By: Richard Pink
4.07
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
An empowering and witty guide to banishing shame and living your fullest life with ADHD—plus tips f… read more
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- psychology
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"No one can hate themselves into a version of themselves that they like"-Richard Pink, Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
28. Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
By: Liz Fosslien
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the duo behind the bestselling book No Hard Feelings and the wildly popular @LizandMollie Inst… read more
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29. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Why We Hate Cheap Things (Essay Books)
By: The School of Life
3.58
Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition
We don’t think we hate cheap things, of course, but we often behave as if we do. We rarely properly… read more
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31. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
By: Oliver Burkeman
4.51
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more
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