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Wisdom to Live By

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Wisdom to Live By by Confucius is a timeless collection of philosophical teachings that offer guidance on leading a balanced, meaningful, and virtuous life. Rooted in ancient Chinese philosophy, this book presents insights that remain deeply relevant in today’s fast-paced and complex world.Through simple yet profound reflections, Confucius explores themes of morality, discipline, relationships, ... Read more

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Wisdom to Live By by Confucius is a timeless collection of philosophical teachings that offer guidance on leading a balanced, meaningful, and virtuous life. Rooted in ancient Chinese philosophy, this book presents insights that remain deeply relevant in today’s fast-paced and complex world.Through simple yet profound reflections, Confucius explores themes of morality, discipline, relationships,
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The Analects of Confucius

Short Sayings From China's Most Influential Teacher on How to Live, Lead, and Treat Other People

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The Analects isn't a single argument — it's a collection of short conversations and sayings attributed to Confucius and his students, covering how to govern justly, how to treat family, how to become a better person one habit at a time, and why character matters more than cleverness. There's no system to memorize, just a teacher's answers to real questions from real students, recorded by the ... Read more

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The Analects isn't a single argument — it's a collection of short conversations and sayings attributed to Confucius and his students, covering how to govern justly, how to treat family, how to become a better person one habit at a time, and why character matters more than cleverness. There's no system to memorize, just a teacher's answers to real questions from real students, recorded by the
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The Doctrine of the Mean

The Confucian Text on Why Balance, Not Extremes, Is the Foundation of a Good Life

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One of the Four Books at the core of Confucian education, The Doctrine of the Mean argues that virtue isn't found in extremes — not in excess, not in deficiency, but in the disciplined balance between them. It's a short, dense text about sincerity, self-restraint, and how a person's inner state shows up in everything they do, from ruling a country to raising a child.Translated by James Legge, ... Read more

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One of the Four Books at the core of Confucian education, The Doctrine of the Mean argues that virtue isn't found in extremes — not in excess, not in deficiency, but in the disciplined balance between them. It's a short, dense text about sincerity, self-restraint, and how a person's inner state shows up in everything they do, from ruling a country to raising a child.Translated by James Legge,
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 3

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Despite the disappearances of both his mom and dad, Tsubasa hasn’t given up on uncovering the Ichinose family’s secrets! A photo album might hold the key to the family’s past, so Tsubasa and his remaining family set out to find the places the pictures were taken. However, just as it seems like they might finally be closing in on answers, the fake Kakeru reveals something that Tsubasa will regret ... Read more

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Despite the disappearances of both his mom and dad, Tsubasa hasn’t given up on uncovering the Ichinose family’s secrets! A photo album might hold the key to the family’s past, so Tsubasa and his remaining family set out to find the places the pictures were taken. However, just as it seems like they might finally be closing in on answers, the fake Kakeru reveals something that Tsubasa will regret
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 1

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After waking up in the hospital, Tsubasa Ichinose learns that he and his family were in a car accident that has left them all suffering from amnesia. Despite not knowing anything about each other, Tsubasa and his family begin bonding as they explore the kind of family they must have been. However, upon returning home to a messy house filled with locked doors, it starts becoming clear that the ... Read more

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After waking up in the hospital, Tsubasa Ichinose learns that he and his family were in a car accident that has left them all suffering from amnesia. Despite not knowing anything about each other, Tsubasa and his family begin bonding as they explore the kind of family they must have been. However, upon returning home to a messy house filled with locked doors, it starts becoming clear that the
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 2

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Tsubasa’s sister, Shiori, is mad, and Tsubasa just doesn’t understand why—all he wanted to do was help! But after a heart-to-heart with his dad, he’s able to better understand his own feelings as he heads out to confront the grown man that Shiori’s dating. But even as brother and sister strengthen their bond, another secret is set to tear the family apart again. ... Read more

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Tsubasa’s sister, Shiori, is mad, and Tsubasa just doesn’t understand why—all he wanted to do was help! But after a heart-to-heart with his dad, he’s able to better understand his own feelings as he heads out to confront the grown man that Shiori’s dating. But even as brother and sister strengthen their bond, another secret is set to tear the family apart again.
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 5

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Tsubasa couldn’t be happier living with Sota, Kenta, and Ayano! They don’t yell, they don’t fight, they don’t argue—every day is just perfect! However, as Sota tries to patch over Kenta’s troubling behavior with smiles and endless positivity, Tsubasa begins to see that there is no escape from the interpersonal struggles that all families face—even if you insist you aren’t one. ... Read more

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Tsubasa couldn’t be happier living with Sota, Kenta, and Ayano! They don’t yell, they don’t fight, they don’t argue—every day is just perfect! However, as Sota tries to patch over Kenta’s troubling behavior with smiles and endless positivity, Tsubasa begins to see that there is no escape from the interpersonal struggles that all families face—even if you insist you aren’t one.
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 6

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Tsubasa has finally had enough of trying to live inside a dream. No matter how ideal a life he and his family pretend to have, they can’t erase the struggles and frustrations they have. Now only one question remains: Can Tsubasa convince them to give up this hopeless pursuit and accept the bittersweet truth of reality, or will he be drawn back into the dream? ... Read more

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Tsubasa has finally had enough of trying to live inside a dream. No matter how ideal a life he and his family pretend to have, they can’t erase the struggles and frustrations they have. Now only one question remains: Can Tsubasa convince them to give up this hopeless pursuit and accept the bittersweet truth of reality, or will he be drawn back into the dream?
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The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, Vol. 4

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Tsubasa’s finally awake, having recovered from his years-long coma, and while his mom and dad are happy to have him home, Shiori is less than thrilled to see her amnesiac big brother again. But even as Tsubasa tries to adjust to living in reality again, it seems fragments of his coma dream continue to linger in his sleep—and someone in the family doesn’t want him asking why. ... Read more

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Tsubasa’s finally awake, having recovered from his years-long coma, and while his mom and dad are happy to have him home, Shiori is less than thrilled to see her amnesiac big brother again. But even as Tsubasa tries to adjust to living in reality again, it seems fragments of his coma dream continue to linger in his sleep—and someone in the family doesn’t want him asking why.
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The Confucius Collection

by Confucius ...

Explore the enduring wisdom of one of history's greatest philosophers in this remarkable collection of timeless teachings and classic texts. Discover "The Confucius Collection," a comprehensive anthology celebrating the ideas and enduring legacy of Confucius, whose teachings have shaped Chinese philosophy, ethics, education, and political thought for more than two millennia. This collection offers ... Read more

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Explore the enduring wisdom of one of history's greatest philosophers in this remarkable collection of timeless teachings and classic texts. Discover "The Confucius Collection," a comprehensive anthology celebrating the ideas and enduring legacy of Confucius, whose teachings have shaped Chinese philosophy, ethics, education, and political thought for more than two millennia. This collection offers
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Between Crown and Enlightenment: Great Figures of the 17th Century

15 Fascinating Life Stories of Extraordinary People

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The 17th century was a time of great contrasts. While powerful rulers expanded their empires and established magnificent courts, scientists, philosophers, and explorers revolutionized our understanding of the world. Art and culture flourished impressively during the Baroque era. This audiobook tells the fascinating life stories of 15 extraordinary figures—from Louis XIV, the Sun King, to Isaac ... Read more

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The 17th century was a time of great contrasts. While powerful rulers expanded their empires and established magnificent courts, scientists, philosophers, and explorers revolutionized our understanding of the world. Art and culture flourished impressively during the Baroque era. This audiobook tells the fascinating life stories of 15 extraordinary figures—from Louis XIV, the Sun King, to Isaac
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The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes: The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

by Charles Darwin, John Milton, Molière, Anonymous, Plato, Adam Smith, Francis Bacon, Aesop, Oliver Goldsmith, Epictetus, Benjamin Franklin, Confucius, Virgil, Christopher Marlowe, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Carlyle, Saint Augustine, Aristophanes, William Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Tacitus, Sophocles, Plutarch, Dante Alighieri, Edmund Burke, Cicero, John Dryden, Grimm Brothers, Robert Burns, William Penn, Izaak Walton, Thomas Browne, Charles Eliot, Lord Byron, . Homer, . Voltaire, John Woolman, Jane Austen, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas á Kempis, Pliny the Younger, Miguel Cervantes De Saavedra, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Alessandro Manzoni, Richard Henry Dana Jr, John Stuart Mill, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Bunyan, René Descartes, Thomas Malory, Christian, Blaise Pascal, Ivan Turgenev ...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus ... Read more

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The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus
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