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THE #1 BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON - NOW WITH A NEW PREFACE You have never read a book like this before--a book that comes along once in a lifetime to change lives forever. In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into...

With great wit and stunning intellect - drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam - Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others.

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's 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 Sophie Amundsen comes home...

Octavio Paz Explained: Identity, Solitude, Mexican Culture, Surrealism, Language, Time, Love, Politics, and the Search for Meaning in Modern Life is a powerful and accessible deep dive into one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers and Nobel Prize winning writers. Blending philosophy, cultural analysis, and poetic insight, this book explores how Paz confronted the biggest questions of human existence: Who are we? Why do we feel alone? And how can we find meaning in a fragmented modern world? Through clear and engaging chapters, you will explore Paz’s groundbreaking ideas ...

This program features a new introduction read by Daniel Goleman and a bonus dialogue between the author and Jon Kabat-Zinn. It is the tenth anniversary since the first publication of Daniel Goleman's groundbreaking bestseller, Emotional Intelligence which maps the territory where IQ meets EQ...

The inspiring guide to letting go of competition, reducing stress, and living a happier, more authentic life – from the 15-million-copy bestselling author of the Japanese self-help phenomenon, The Courage to Be Disliked Are you exhausted from trying to be exceptional? It’s time to break the...

Unlock the Hidden Language of non-verbal Human Interaction! In 'The Art Of Reading People,' Spiritwalker unveils a captivating fusion of spiritual intuition, life skills and military intelligence training, inviting you on a transformative journey through the intricate world of non-verbal communication. Drawing from decades of awakened living, highly refined intuition, life skills and extensive military counterintelligence expertise, Spiritwalker presents a groundbreaking guide that transcends traditional understanding. Explore the depths of intuition, psychic insight, and practical ...

In The Eight Limbs of Yoga for Modern Times, you'll discover how to integrate the wisdom of yoga into your daily routine—whether you're a yoga teacher, a devoted practitioner, or someone seeking deeper meaning in life.

For the first time in audio, Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece—an extraordinary novel based on the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the Emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius, this work is as extraordinary for its...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find—and a plan to discover your life’s deepest purpose. If you struggle to discern life’s meaning, you’re not...

Audiobook narrated by Gary Thomas. Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments--and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies--to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God. It's time to strip away the frustration of a one-size-fits-all...

The contributions of Greek thought to science and to philosophy is widely recognized. However, its instrumental role in the spread of Christianity is often overlooked. In this work, B.F. Cocker has given a comprehensive review of Greek philosophy from the Christian perspective. He shows how the development of philosophy prepared humanity for the reception of the Christian doctrine and the faith of salvation.

Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio. In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who...

An unparalleled group of prominent scholars from wide-ranging disciplines detail ongoing efforts to impose ideological restrictions on science and scholarship throughout western society. From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. As this group of prominent scholars ranging across many different disciplines and political leanings detail, the very future of free inquiry and scientific progress is at risk.

The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students.

"There's joy in self-described "satellite nerd" James Bridle's British-accented voice as he narrates this audiobook about consciousness and the search for planetary intelligence." - AudioFile Magazine This audiobook is read by the author. Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s...

Two copy-clerks. One park bench. An unlimited inheritance. A catastrophic idea. When Bouvard and Pécuchet meet on a Paris bench in 1838 and discover they have each written their name in the band of their hat, they form a friendship that will last a lifetime — and consume it entirely. Inheriting a fortune, they retire to the Norman countryside with a bold ambition: to master every field of human knowledge. They begin with agriculture. It fails. Then chemistry. Then medicine, archaeology, history, philosophy, and religion. Each new subject is approached with identical enthusiasm; each ends...

Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for presenting traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life through stories told by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening - and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible.

For two thousand years, the West has lived on an inheritance it has half forgotten. The infinite worth of every human life. The duty of the strong to protect the weak. The belief that conscience answers to a law above the state, that mercy outranks power, that even the poorest beggar carries an eternal dignity. We treat these as the natural common sense of mankind. They are nothing of the kind. They were the strange and revolutionary claims of a persecuted faith, and they remade the world. The Soul of Our Civilization tells that story not in the words of a single modern author, but in the ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. Now Robert D. Richardson Jr. brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord.