Essays in Idleness and Hojoki (Penguin Classics) by Kenko Chomei(1994-07-08)
By: Kenko Chomei
3.61
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1. Schoolgirl
By: Osamu Dazai , Allison Markin Powell , Adam L. Kern , None
4.02
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into t… read more
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"I yearned for everything long gone."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Good night. I'm Cinderella without her prince. Do you know where to find me in Tokyo? You won't see me again."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
2. A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
By: Yoshida Kenkō , Meredith McKinney
3.74
Format: 51 pages, Paperback
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune wi… read more
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"It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"Knowledge leads to deception; talent and ability only serve to increase earthly desires."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky"-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
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
"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
4. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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5. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
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"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
6. Kitchen
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus
3.66
Format: 296 pages,
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more
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7. Cloud Atlas
By: David Mitchell
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Cloud Atlasbegins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to hi… read more
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8. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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9. The Diary of Lady Murasaki
By: Murasaki Shikibu , Richard Bowring
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'When I go out to sit on the veranda and gaze, I sem to be always conjuring up visions of the past'… read more
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10. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
By: Yukio Mishima , Ivan Morris
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting… read more
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11. Meditations
By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more
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12. The Pillow Book
By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the … read more
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14. Amrita
By: Banana Yoshimoto
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconve… read more
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15. On Bullshit
By: Harry G. Frankfurt
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is s… read more
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16. Moshi moshi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Gala Maria Follaco
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Dopo aver perso il padre in quello che ha tutta l'aria di essere stato un doppio suicidio d'amore, … read more
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17. Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
By: Donald Keene , Yoshida Kenkō , 兼好法師
3.86
Format: 416 pages,
Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness,with their timeless relevance and ch… read more
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18. Sun and Steel
By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket
In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more
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19. Augustus
By: John Williams
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustusi… read more
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20. The Setting Sun
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more
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21. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
22. Tao: The Watercourse Way
By: Alan W. Watts , Chungliang Al Huang , None
4.17
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A lucid discussion of Taoism and the Chinese language . . . profound, reflective, and enlightening.… read more
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"[S]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"Trust in human nature is acceptance of the good-and-bad of it, and it is hard to trust those who do not admit their own weakness."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and senses must be watched with patience and respect."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"[W]hen "the rule of law" becomes absolutized and everything is done by the book or the computer, people call out in desperation for the intervention of a reasonable human being."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
23. Bushido: The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics
By: Nitobe Inazō
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Code of the warrior. The traditional japanese text as written by Dr. Inazo Nitobe in 1904 edite… read more
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24. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
By: Matsuo Bashō , None
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more
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25. Kokoro
By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan
3.77
Format: None pages,
Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more
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26. Song of Kali
By: Dan Simmons
1.33
Format: 397 pages,
"O terrible wife of Siva / Your tongue is drinking the blood, / O dark Mother! O unclad Mother." It… read more
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27. 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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28. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
29. Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho
By: Meredith McKinney
4.05
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand y… read more
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30. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
By: Jay Rubin
4.12
Format: 566 pages, Hardcover
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami. This fantas… read more
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"The bones came jumbled together from the kitchen... there was no way of telling my parents from my Brothers and Sisters. I put them all in the same urn. Sometimes, late at night, I hold them in my ha…"-Jay Rubin, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
31. Essays in Idleness and Hojoki (Penguin Classics) by Kenko Chomei(1994-07-08)
By: Kenko Chomei
3.61
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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