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  • DIVINITY SCHOOL

    by Elizabeth Pyjov, Luis Fernández Cifuentes ...
    This collection of poems offers a Buddhist reinterpretation of Judeo-Christian theology, examining core religious concepts and figures through an Eastern philosophical lens.It presents alternative perspectives on well-known biblical narratives, such as the roles of God, Eve, Christ, and the apostles, often emphasizing themes of non-duality, doubt as a twin of belief, and the limitations of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • The Path

    What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

    by Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh ...
    For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas—like the fallacy of the authentic self—can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the most popular at Harvard? Because it challenges all our modern assumptions about what it takes to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Huainanzi

    Edited by John Major, Sarah Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, Harold Roth ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Compiled by scholars at the court of Liu An, king of Huainan, in the second century B.C.E, The Huainanzi is a tightly organized, sophisticated articulation of Western Han philosophy and statecraft. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, brilliantly synthesizing for readers past and present the full spectrum of early ... Read more

    $94.49 USD

  • The Analects

    An Illustrated Edition

    by Confucius ...
    Translated by Brian Bruya ...
    Series series The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics
    For the first time in one volume, The Analects illustrated by bestselling cartoonist C. C. TsaiC. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. This volume presents Tsai's delightful graphic adaptation of The Analects, one of the most influential books of all time and a work that continues ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Why We Play

    An Anthropological Study

    by Roberte Hamayon ...
    Translated by Damien Simon ...
    Whether it’s childhood make-believe, the theater, sports, or even market speculation, play is one of humanity’s seemingly purest activities: a form of entertainment and leisure and a chance to explore the world and its possibilities in an imagined environment or construct. But as Roberte Hamayon shows in this book, play has implications that go even further than that. Exploring play’s many ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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    The Path

    What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

    by Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh ...
    Narrated by Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 12 min

    For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas—like the fallacy of the authentic self—can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the most popular at Harvard? Because it challenges all our modern assumptions about what it takes to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Practice of Wisdom

    Five Quests

    by Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, Michael Puett ...
    Narrated by Sandra Churchill, Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 15 min

    In moments of uncertainty, to whom do we turn for solace and insight? How can we endure and overcome our own suffering? Harvard University professors Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, and Michael Puett turn to great thinkers, artists, and religious traditions not for definitive answers, but for lessons we can bring to our own quests for wisdom. Wisdom, they find, is not an ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi

    Selected Passages from the Chinese Philosophers in The Path

    An ebook companion to The Path by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh that puts together a broad selection of translated excerpts from the ancient works of Chinese philosophy discussed in the book.This free ebook gives readers a chance to deepen their understanding of The Path by Michael Puett & Christine Gross-Loh by reading translated excerpts from the original works of Chinese philosophy ... Read more

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    It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful

    How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

    by Jack Lowery ...
    Narrated by Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 9 min

    An “unsparing account” (NPR) of art collective Gran Fury, which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propagandaIn the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was annihilating queer people, intravenous drug users, and communities of color in America, and disinformation about the disease ran rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

    by Sri Swami Satchidananda ...
    This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic Sutras (thought-threads), at least 4,000 years old, cover the yogic teachings on ethics, meditation, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Miyamoto Musashi

    His Life and Writings

    by Kenji Tokitsu ...
    Translated by Sherab Ch÷dzin Kohn ...
    A comprehensive study of the life, philosophies, fighting strategies, and works of the legendary samurai warrior who wrote The Book of Five RingsMiyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the fifteenth century, was a renowned samurai warrior. He has become a martial arts icon, known not just as an undefeated dueler, but also as a master of battlefield strategy. Kenji Tokitsu turns a critical eye on ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • New Lao Tzu

    by Ray Grigg ...
    A new interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, this book is a celebration of the Way of Harmony and Balance. Ray Grigg transforms what has been traditionally called the Tao Te Ching, what he calls the Lao Tzu, from the mysterious to the meaningful. He accomplishes this by abandoning the historical convention of a literal reading of the Chinese texts. The result is a poetic expression of ancient wisdom ... Read more

    $8.09 USD