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  • Stories of an alchemist

    The extraordinary childhood years of the founder of Damanhur in 33 tales

    by Oberto Airaudi ...
    These stories are evidently, all together, a Book of Alchemy that I hope is also a bit amusing: a new way to teach, perhaps, in life. In the manifestation of natural powers, in the excesses during their use during the formation and growth of everyone, many forces, subtle and not, show up suddenly and equally quickly disappear, in order to be replaced by other experiences still. The extraordinary ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Cosmic Trigger II

    Down to Earth

    by Robert Anton Wilson ...
    Book 2 - Cosmic Trigger
    The first book in the Cosmic Trigger trilogy reveals the enlightening secret of the Illuminati while presenting the daunting metaphor of Chapel Perilous where the unprepared can get lost in a spirited journey. Volume Two of the series presents the metaphor of the Bridge and the lessons of Bob's early life that brought him to the wisdom of the Model Agnostic's perspective. In Bob's typical wide ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Analects of Confucius

    A Philosophical Translation

    by Roger T. Ames, Henry Rosemont Jr. ...
    "To quietly persevere in storing up what is learned, to continue studying without respite, to instruct others without growing weary--is this not me?"--ConfuciusConfucius is recognized as China's first and greatest teacher, and his ideas have been the fertile soil in which the Chinese cultural tradition has flourished. Now, here is a translation of the recorded thoughts and deeds that best remember ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • At the Existentialist Café

    Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others

    by Sarah Bakewell ...
    Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a spirited account of a major intellectual movement of the twentieth century and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it, by the best-selling author of How to Live Sarah Bakewell.Paris, 1933: three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are the young Jean-Paul Sartre, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Walking the Wisdom Path

    Lectures in the Jnana Marga

    by Swami Aseshananda, Babaji Bob Kindler ...
    Swami Aseshananda lived and taught in America for some forty years; he was Sri Sarada Devi’s last living monastic disciple up until his passing in 1996. He imbibed both the transcendent viewpoint of Advaita Vedanta and the practical teachings of Christianity in his life, combining them into a transformative message for the Western culture and the world at large — which he gave out untiringly and ... Read more

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  • 天台智者大師全集 六妙法門 疏文斷句

    by 王 穆提 ...
    天台大師於都下瓦官寺略出此法門六妙門者，蓋是內行之根本，三乘得道之要逕。故釋迦初詣道樹，跏趺坐草，內思安般：一、數；二、隨；三、止；四、觀；五、還；六、淨，因此萬行開發，降魔成道。當知佛為物軌，示跡若斯，三乘正士豈不同遊此路？所言六者，即是數法。約數明禪，故言六也。如佛或約一數辯禪，所謂一行三昧；或約二數，謂一止，二觀；或約三數，謂三三昧；或約四數，所謂四禪；或約五數，謂五門禪；或約六數，謂六妙門；或約七數，謂七依定；或約八數，謂八背捨；或約九數，謂九次第定；或約十數，謂十禪支。如是等，乃至百千萬億阿僧祇不可說諸三昧門，悉是約數說諸禪也。雖數有多少，窮其法相，莫不悉相收攝。以眾生機悟不同，故有增減之數，分別利物。今言六者，即是約數法而標章也。妙者，其意乃多，若論正意，即是滅諦涅槃。故滅四行中言滅、止、妙、離。涅槃非斷非常，有而難契，無而易得，故言妙也。六法能通，故名為門。門雖有六，會妙不殊 ... Read more

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  • At the Risk of Thinking

    An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva

    by Prof Alice Jardine ...
    series Psychoanalytic Horizons
    A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearFinalist for the 2021 Prose Awards (Biography & Autobiography category)At the Risk of Thinkingis the first biography of Julia Kristeva--one of the most celebrated intellectuals in the world. Alice Jardine brings Kristeva's work to a broader readership by connecting Kristeva's personal journey, from her childhood in Communist Bulgaria to her adult life ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Cosmic Trigger III

    My Life After Death

    by Robert Anton Wilson ...
    Book 3 - Cosmic Trigger
    The first volume of the Cosmic Trigger series describes in vivid elucidation the perils of a spiritual journey. Volume two of the series presents the author's "bridge" - how did Bob grow into his expanded perspective of Multiverse. In this third and final volume, Bob digs even deeper and uncovers the masks of reality and the reality of masks. Warning: this book may reveal more about what is "real" ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heidegger's Poietic Writings

    From Contributions to Philosophy to The Event

    by Daniela Vallega-Neu ...
    series Studies in Continental Thought
    “A landmark achievement in Heidegger scholarship . . . displays a rigorous, thoughtful, and nuanced understanding of the whole of Heidegger’s notebooks.” —Andrew J. Mitchell, author of The Fourfold: Reading the Late HeideggerEngaging the development of Heidegger’s non-public writings on “the event” between 1936 and 1941, Daniela Vallega-Neu reveals what Heidegger’s private writings kept hidden. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Experiments with Truth

    by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ...
    Four or five years ago, at the instance of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography. I made the start, but scarcely had I turned over the first sheet when riots broke out in Bombay and the work remained at a standstill. it is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • TIBETAN SAGE

    by T. Lobsang Rampa, James M. Brand ...
    TIBETAN SAGEBy T. Lobsang RampaSynopsisExplore the depths of the unknown with the masterful Lama as he probes the history of the Earth -- Past, Present and Distant Future! Along with his trusted guided Rampa reenters the cave of the ancients and is taken on a tour of the Hall of Records. Here he is permitted to observe ancient events as well as view scenes from our planet's chaotic future soon to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Autobiography of A Yogi

    by Paramhansa Yogananda ...
    Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West. The book begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak in a religious congress in ... Read more

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  • फ्रोम द डायरी ऑफ़ ए मिडिल क्लास बॉय

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    by Ashok Kumawat ...
    इस पुस्तक में मैंने अपने कॉलेज जीवन के संघर्षों का वर्णन किया है। मैंने इस पुस्तक को लिखने का फैसला तब किया जब दोस्तों की कमी के कारण मुझे विश्वविद्यालय के अंतिम सेमेस्टर की परीक्षाओं के बारे में पता नहीं चला और मेरी परीक्षा छूट गई। कई संघर्षों के बाद, मैंने अंतिम सेमेस्टर की परीक्षा दी और इस पुस्तक में अपने कॉलेज के अनुभव लिखे। ... Read more

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  • Son of Life

    by Kalle Mahto ...
    We will never find a rich life if we are seeking it in the wrong places. True glory resides within us.Mystique interests people because it is so rare. You need to have come far in your spiritual path to understand this almost forgotten, yet baffling, topic. This book speaks of large riddles, such as who we are and where humanity is going. This book sheds light on different religions, where they ... Read more

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  • Meditations

    by Marcus Aurelius ...
    Wisdom from one of the greatest philosophical minds in all of Roman historyDivided into twelve books, these meditations chronicle Aurelius’s personal quest for self-improvement. This enduring text from one of history’s greatest warriors and leaders has been compared to St. Augustine’s Confessions for its timelessness, clarity, and candor. These writings, composed between 161 and 180 CE, set forth ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Price of Peace

    Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

    by Zachary D. Carter ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas“A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal* ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Walden

    by Henry David Thoreau, Wyatt North ...
    This edition of Walden is specially formatted with illustrations and a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents.Henry David Thoreau was born David Henry Thoreau on July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. Mr. Thoreau was an author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, transcendentalist, and philosopher. Thoreaus works intertwine his love of history philosophy and nature. Many of his theories about ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life

    by Jonathan Sperber ...
    Karl Marx is a magisterial and defining biography that vividly explores not only the man himself but also the revolutionary times in which he lived.Between his birth in 1818 and his death sixty-five years later, Karl Marx became one of Western civilization’s most influential political philosophers. Two centuries on, he is still revered as a prophet of the modern world, yet he is also blamed for ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

    by Daisy Dunn ...
    “A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to LiveWhen Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Harvard Psychedelic Club

    How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America

    by Don Lattin ...
    “[Don Lattin] has created a stimulating and thoroughly engrossing read.” —Dennis McNally, author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, and Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and AmericaIt is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of the four men described in Don Lattin’s The Harvard Psychedelic Club. Huston Smith, tirelessly working to promote ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How to Live

    Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

    by Sarah Bakewell ...
    Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy?This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Story of Philosophy

    by Will Durant ...
    This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers**—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.**Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Socrates

    A Man for Our Times

    by Paul Johnson ...
    A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy.Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp his powerful actions and ideas.In his highly ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Complete Marcus Aurelius: The Meditations

    The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

    by Marcus Aurelius ...
    series Texts From Ancient Rome
    Marcus Aurelius was Emperor of Rome from 161 AD until 180 AD, and is remembered as the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and also one of the most important of the "Stoic" school of philosophers."Meditations" was originally titled "To Myself", and was not intended to be made widely read, but was rather written by Marcus Aurelius for his own edification. It was written in Greek whilst on Campaign ... Read more

    $2.99 USD