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  • Mammoth

    by Eva Baltasar ...
    Translated by Julia Sanches ...
    Mammoth's protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She's inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything else down to essentials. She seduces men at random, swaps her urban habitat for an isolated farmhouse, befriends a shepherd, nurses lambs, battles stray cats, waits tables, cleans house, and dabbles in sex work – all in pursuit of life in the raw. This ... Read more

    $14.79 USD

  • Boulder

    by Eva Baltasar ...
    Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname 'Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can't bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesn't know how to say no – and so finds ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Permafrost

    by Eva Baltasar ...
    Translated by Julia Sanches ...
    Permafrost's no-bullshit lesbian narrator is an uninhibited lover, a no-hope employee, and a some-time suicidal student of her own dislocated self. As she tries to break out of the roles set for her by a controlling, overprotective mother, a relentlessly positive sister, and a society which imposes a gut-wrenching pressure to conform, she contemplates the so-called will to live when that life is ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Renaissance Philosophy

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom; Reflections: Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims; and Maxims and Reflections

    by Baltasar Gracián, François Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
    Wisdom for today's world from three great thinkers of the Renaissance era.This collection of three philosophical works by Renaissance men offers timeless advice on how to prosper and live morally in business, romance, religion, and society. Although written in the Renaissance era, these guides still resonate today and are collected here for easy reference.In The Art of Worldly Wisdom, Baltasar ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    by Baltasar Gracián ...
    Baroque philosopher Balthasar Gracian’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom consists of three hundred maxims spanning a wide range of topics relating to all aspects of life and human behavior. Gracian was a Spanish Jesuit Priest whose sermons and writings were disapproved of by his superiors. Admired by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche for the depth and subtlety of his observations, Gracian’s collection of pithy ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    by Baltasar Gracián ...
    Life guidance from a famed Renaissance man.This influential work of philosophy by one of the great thinkers of the Renaissance era advises people of all walks of life how to approach political, professional, and personal situations in a dog-eat-dog world. Comprised of three hundred pithy aphorisms, it offers thought-provoking and accessible advice. Some subjects include " Never Compete," " The Art ... Read more

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  • The Etiquette Collection

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom; Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette; and Emily Post's Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home

    by Baltasar Gracián, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emily Post ...
    Three timeless books on the art of living gracefully—from a Renaissance philosopher, a beloved first lady, and the original matron of American manners.The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Seventeenth-century Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracián advises people of all walks of life on how to approach political, professional, and personal situations in a dog-eat-dog world. Comprised of three hundred pithy ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    A Pocket Oracle

    by Baltasar Gracian ...
    Translated by Christopher Maurer ...
    A centuries-old rediscovered masterpiece of 300 adages on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest, as astonishingly appropriate today as it was in seventeenth-century Spain“The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a book of strategies for knowing, judging, and acting: for making one’s way in the world and achieving distinction and perfection. . . . Like all aphorisms, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • physics and metaphysics

    the grotesque soliloquy of an amoral politician

    by Baltasar ...
    ...The bathroom, .... you know, the loo, yes, that’s it... The more I seclude myself in a hole I’m familiar with, the better. The loo is the only environment in which I can feel relatively serene.Ah, ... fear, terror, ... the mere memory of that awful fact frightens me to death.I make sure, in the loo, ... that there is always enough toilet paper left,for I use it to wipe the sweat off my face as ... Read more

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  • eso-exoteria

    allegorical writings and drawings (con testo a fronte in italiano)

    by Baltasar ...
    ...What I am about to dance, is a roundabout dance, around myself.A dervish-like dance, a circular dance, a silent dance ... that disorients me, unbalances me, and sets before me, while I continue to see an image of myself, the truth on my inability to know the Truth. My knowledge blurred by ignorance, by prejudice, and by lies...“I am the Gate, whoever enters through me will be saved” were the ... Read more

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  • The Written Property: A Freelance Writer's Guide to Copyright

    by Imelda Morales, Atty. Mark Robert Dy, Anthony John Balisi, Lovelle G. Almazar, Leslie Ann Jose-Castillo, Liezl Formilleza-Dunuan, Issa Uycoco-Basa, Cecile J. Baltasar, Excel Dyquiangco, Concepcion Macatuno, Kate Jam V. Placido ...
    The Written Property is an essential guide for freelance writers in the Philippines who want to protect their work through copyright. Written in an easy-to-understand format, this book covers all the key aspects of copyright law and how it applies to freelance writers. From defining copyright to registration and infringement, this comprehensive guide offers practical advice and tips on how to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THE ART OF WORDLY WISDOM - Gracian

    by Baltasar Gracian ...
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom is considered a masterpiece of Spanish Baroque literature. The work presents a collection of aphorisms, with commentary on various subjects, offering advice and guidance on how to live the best life and evolve as a human being. Written in 1647 by Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601 - 1658), a Spanish writer, thinker, and Jesuit, it is a work belonging to didactic prose. The ... Read more

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