Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
Written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Translated by William Scott Wilson
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $19.95
Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of
Hagakure, a series of texts written by an eighteenth-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of
bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, conduct...
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The Book of Five Rings
Written by Miyamoto Musashi
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $7.99
The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes...
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The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edited by Brooks Atkinson
Introduction by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 880 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $16.95
Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau The definitive collection of Emerson’s major speeches, essays, and poetry,
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life’s work of a true “American Scholar.” As one of the architects...
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The Basic Works of Aristotle
Written by Aristotle
Edited by Richard McKeon
Introduction by C.D.C. Reeve
Format: Trade Paperback, 1520 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $21.95
Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon’s
The Basic Works of Aristotle–constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random House hardcover for sixty years–has long been considered the...
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Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
Written by Stephen Cope
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2000
Price: $17.00
Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in our stress-filled lives. Far fewer are aware of the full promise of yoga as a 4,000-year-old practical path of liberation—a path that fits the needs of modern Western seekers with startling precision...
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For Common Things
Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $9.99
Jedediah Purdy calls
For Common Things his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these pages--which have already garnered a flurry of attention among readers and in the media--constitute a passionate and persuasive testament to the value of political, social, and community reengagement. Drawing on a wide range of literary...
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The Art of War
Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: October 26, 1988
Price: $12.95
Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher,
The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it as been by military leaders since ancient times...
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Religion for Atheists
A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.00
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? Alain de Botton’s bold and provocative book argues that we can benefit from the wisdom and power of religion—without having to believe in any of it.
He suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it—because the...
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