8 Best philosophy books like Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry David Thoreau

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

By: Henry David Thoreau

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in New England woods remains an inspirat…

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1. Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

By: Peyami Safa

4.03

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Peyami Safa'nın şaheserlerinden Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu, Türk edebiyatında "insan ruhunun derinli… read more

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  • classics
"Nüzhet bana yalan söyledi. Dünyanın hiç bir Nüzhet'i yalan söylememelidir."

-Peyami Safa, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

"Fakat bir taraftan da beşeri ihtiraslarımızda yenildikçe tabiatı özlediğimizi, ondan biraz kuvvet alınca yeniden büyük kavgaya girişeceğimizi anlamıyor değildim ve..."

-Peyami Safa, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

"...Ve içimde geri dönmek korkusu var. Hiçbir şey hatırlamak istemiyorum. Elimi cebime sokarken, bana iki gün evvelini hatırlatacak bir kâğıt parçasına, bir şeye rastlamaktan bile korkuyorum."

-Peyami Safa, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

"Ben de gülümsedim ve çılgın bir sevinçle hâdisenin üstüne abanıyor, gayr-i hakikî bir nokta arıyordum; fakat bir kere, inanmanın şehveti başladıktan sonra, hakikat olduğuna iman edilen şeyi bütün işt…"

-Peyami Safa, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

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2. Woman Much Missed

By: Thomas Hardy

3.59

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

'Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me...' After the death of his wife Emma, a grief… read more

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  • classics
"Soon will be growing Green blades from her mound, And daisies be showing Like stars on the ground, Till she form part of them - Ay - the sweet heart of them, Loved beyond measure With a child's pleas…"

-Thomas Hardy, Woman Much Missed

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3. 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
  • nonfiction
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4. The Garden of The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Garden of The Prophet, which Gibran intended as a companion to his masterpiece The Prophet, is … read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
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5. Sakin Olmak: Yaşlanırken Kazandıklarımız

By: Tanıl Bora , Wilhelm Schmid

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Her gecen gun hizlanan hayatlarimizda, bugun artik sakinlige yer yok. Sukunet modern dunyanin kural… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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6. Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis

3.75

Format: 132 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
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7. The Wife of Bath

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Peter G. Beidler

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies … read more

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  • classics
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8. Korkuyu Beklerken

By: Oğuz Atay

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Oguz Atay'in hikayeleri, gundelik hayati kavrayis derinligi, anlatim zenginligi ve okuru alip gotur… read more

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  • classics
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9. A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Paul McCarthy

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

O leitor tem nas suas maos um conjunto de pequenas obras-primas de um dos maiores escritores japone… read more

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  • classics
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10. Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan

By: Marco Polo

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction

11. Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

By: Henry David Thoreau

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in New England woods remains an inspirat… read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • environment

12. Proof

By: David Auburn

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more

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13. Young Goodman Brown

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more

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14. Antarctica

By: Claire Keegan

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more

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"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

15. What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

By: Thomas Nagel

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy, the distinguished author of Mortal Questi… read more

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16. Göğü Delen Adam

By: Erich Scheurmann , None , None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Papalagi denince beyazlar ya da yabancilar anlasilir. Ama sozcugu sozcugune cevrilirse gogu delen a… read more

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17. Why I Write

By: George Orwell

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unp… read more

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18. A Model of Christian Charity

By: John Winthrop

3.42

Format: None pages,

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19. Reflections on the Guillotine

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An essay on capital punishment by the 1957 Nobel Prize winner. read more

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20. Bir Çöküşün Öyküsü

By: Stefan Zweig , Regaip Minareci

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Bu son derece carpici cokus oykusu, XV. Louis doneminde Fransiz sarayinda epey etkili olmus aristok… read more

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21. Rappaccini's Daughter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

4.01

Format: 532 pages,

Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror story, "Rappaccini's Daughter" is an inspired tale of creation … read more

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22. Flush

By: Virginia Woolf , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening p… read more

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23. Exteriors

By: Annie Ernaux

3.57

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Taking the form of random journal entries over the course of seven years, Exteriors concentrates on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
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24. I Remain in Darkness

By: Annie Ernaux

3.99

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Written in journal form, Annie Ernaux's account of … read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Where are the eyes of my childhood, those fearful eyes she had thirty years ago, the eyes that made me?"

-Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness

"As I bend forward to check the safety catch of my mother's wheelchair, she leans over and kisses my hair. How can I survive that kiss, such love, my mother, my mother."

-Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness

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25. Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

By: Lucy Jones

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet na… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • environment
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26. What Is Existentialism?

By: Simone de Beauvoir

3.91

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and … read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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27. Kendiyle Dost Olmak Hayatı Nasıl Kolaylaştırır?

By: Wilhelm Schmid

3.56

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

Başkalarıyla ilişkimizde, zaman zaman mola alabilir, araya mesafe koyabilir, hatta gerekirse karşım… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Diğerleri

By: Mahir Ünsal Eriş

3.79

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Gece tıkırtıları, uykuları kaçanlar, endişeden ya da heyecandan uyuyamayanlar, çatı katlarında bir … read more

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29. Ain't I a Woman?

By: Sojourner Truth

4.17

Format: 106 pages, Paperback

'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man … read more

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  • classics
  • memoir
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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30. Cheri

By: Jo Ann Beard

4.23

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterpiece of fiction and memory, Cheri is a heart-breaking but glorious celebration of all the … read more

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31. Göçüp Gidenler Koleksiyoncusu

By: Şermin Yaşar

4.25

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Hayat ne biriktirir bizim için? Kırık dökük aşklar, yaşanmamışlıklar, olmamışlıklar, bir çocuklu… read more

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Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

Peyami Safa

4.03

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Thomas Hardy

3.59

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The Garden of The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

3.82

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Common Sense

Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis

3.75

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Antarctica

Claire Keegan

3.86

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Anne Enright

3.55

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Max Porter

3.63

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John Boyne

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