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What do readers say about The Story of B?
an extended socratic dialogue makes great sense lots of great moments of insight semi-sequelFrom the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning bestseller Ishmael and its sequel, My Ishmael, comes a powerful novel with one of the most profound spiritual testaments of our time
"A compelling 'humantale' that will unglue, stun, shock, a... More details on The Story of B
I’ve never kept (or been tempted to keep) a diary of any kind, and I’m not even sure I’m going to keep this one, but I thought I’d better try. I find it’s a peculiar business, because, though I’m supp...
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What do readers say about Siddhartha?
an allegorical novel the search for enlightenment simple, lyrical style simplicity of the proseThis allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young man on his search for enlightenment.... More details on Siddhartha
SIDDHARTHA, the handsome son of the Brahmin, the young falcon, grew up together with his friend Govinda, the Brahmin’s son, in the shadow of the house, in the sun of the riverbank near the boats, in t...
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What do readers say about Sapiens?
the remote, observational tone fun and provocative its twist on perspective engaging, clear writing style#1 New York Times Bestseller
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution-a #1 international bestseller-that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understa... More details on Sapiens
About 300,000 years after their appearance, matter and energy started to coalesce into complex structures, called atoms, which then combined into molecules. The story of atoms, molecules and their int...
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What do readers say about Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?
serious, serious writing how we live an autobiographical novel a poser's bookThis lyrical, evocative, thought-provoking journal of a man's quest for truth - and for himself - has touched and changed an entire generation.
At its heart, the story is all too simple: a man and his son take a lengthy motorcycle trip through Ameri... More details on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. The wind, even at sixty miles an hour, is warm and humid. When it's this hot and ...
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What do readers say about Sophie's World?
extremely abbreviated form bizarre, compelling, fascinating a history of philosophy fun, educational novelA page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.
One day fourteen-year-old ... More details on Sophie's World
Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school. She had walked the first part of the way with Joanna. They had been discussing robots. Joanna thought the human brain was like an advanced computer. So...
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What do readers say about Braiding Sweetgrass?
flowery and poetic prose action-oriented environmentalist memoir reflectiveness and immediacy full of beautiful storiesA New York Times Bestseller
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A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Named a Best Essay Collection of the Decade by Literary Hub... More details on Braiding Sweetgrass
Hurtling downward, she saw only dark water below. But in that emptiness there were many eyes gazing up at the sudden shaft of light. They saw there a small object, a mere dust mote in the beam. As it ...
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What do readers say about The Overstory?
long and meandering bloated and overwrought sad and morbid absolutely gorgeous proseTHE GLOBAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLER and WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it' Barack Obama
'Really, just one of the best novels, period' Ann Patchett
A wondrous, exhilarating novel abou... More details on The Overstory
People are hurling stones at the giant trunks. The nuts fall all around them in a divine hail. It happens in countless places this Sunday, from Georgia to Maine. Up in Concord, Thoreau takes part. He ...
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What do readers say about The Monkey Wrench Gang?
an anarchic edge an ecological tale to protect our earth environmentalism avenger group'Revolutionary ... An extravagant, finely written tale of ecological sabotage' The New York Times
Audacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece - a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom a... More details on The Monkey Wrench Gang
When a new bridge between two sovereign states of the United States has been completed, it is time for speech. For flags, bands and electronically amplified techno-industrial rhetoric. For the public ...
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What do readers say about Man's Search for Meaning?
important and meaningful book human life and health very practical and educational direct and simple termsWe needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ulti... More details on Man's Search for Meaning
ON JANUARY 27, 2006, the sixty-first anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where 1.5 million people died, nations around the world observed the first International Holocaust Remem...
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What do readers say about Demian?
coming of age book a wonderful novel a bildungsroman one of my favorite hesse's talesA powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's masterpiece of youthful rebellion-with a foreword and cover art by James Franco
A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing ... More details on Demian
All sorts of sights and smells come back to me, rise up from within me, to touch me with an ache and a blissful shudder—dark streets and bright streets, houses and towers, clocks striking the hour, pe...
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