Awakening the Buddha Within
Eight Steps to Enlightenment
Written by Lama Surya Das

Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $15.99

Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.

The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of... Read more >

Shambhala
The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Written by Chogyam Trungpa

Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $7.99

<p style="line-height: 150%;"> There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world’s problems. It doesn’t belong to any one culture or region or religious tradition—though it can be found in many of them throughout history. It’s what Chögyam Trungpa called the sacred path of the warrior. The sacred... Read more >

The Art of Travel

Written by Alain De Botton

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $16.00

Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the... Read more >

Tao Te Ching

Written by Lao Tzu

Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $7.99

Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or “The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue,” is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature. Traditionally attributed to the near-legendary “Old Master,” Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the... Read more >

Meditations
A New Translation
Written by Marcus Aurelius
Translated by Gregory Hays

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $10.00

A new translation, with an Introduction, by Gregory Hays
 
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121–180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161—and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical...

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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 25, 1997
Price: $16.00

David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even... Read more >

The Archaeology of Knowledge

Written by Michel Foucault

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1982
Price: $15.00

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Art of Peace

Written by John Stevens

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: November 10, 1992
Price: $7.95

These inspirational teachings show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. Drawn from the talks and writings of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the popular Japanese martial art known as Aikido, The Art of Peace, presented here in a pocket-sized edition, offers... Read more >

Tao Te Ching
A New Translation
Written by Lao Tzu
Translated by William Scott Wilson

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $19.95

Renowned translator William Scott Wilson has rendered Lao Tzu's classic in the most authentic way possible, using both the ancient text and the even older Great Seal script used during Lao Tzu's time. The result is a new and nuanced translation, accompanied by Chinese ink paintings and ancillary material. Wilson includes... Read more >

Kill as Few Patients as Possible
And Fifty-Six Other Essays on How to Be the World's Best Doctor
Written by Oscar London

Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.99

This oft-quoted all-time favorite of the medical community will gladden--and strengthen--the hearts of patients, doctors, and anyone entering medical study, internship, or practice. With unassailable logic and rapier wit, the sage Dr. Oscar London muses on the challenges and joys of doctoring, and imparts timeless truths, reality checks, and poignant insights... Read more >