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My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
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Accompanying a manuscript Dr. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me." The late Dr. Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color...

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Short Stories From Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
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The sixteen short stories collected here were written between 1891 and 1917 by the Bengali poet, writer, painter, musician and mystic, Sir Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Throughout these stories, Tagore's main interest is people and the kaleidoscope of human emotions, as men and women struggle with the restrictions and prohibitions of contemporary Hindu society...

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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
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This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel...

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Nobel Prize for Literature Classics: The Stranger, the Plague by Albert Camus
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
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Simplified Chinese edition of two of the best of Albert Camus: The Stranger, The Plague. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc...

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The Double and The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
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The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have given us the definitive version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s strikingly original short novels, The Double and The Gambler...

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Eternal Husband, And Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
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A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. One of the esteemed Russian author's most powerful and accessible tales, it employs his favorite themes of mental torture and neurosis. Captivating and highly revealing, it explores love, guilt, and hatred...

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Abel Sanchez and Other Stories by Miguel de Unamuno
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
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A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a...

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La coscienza di Zeno. Senilità. Una vita by Italo Svevo
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Seduction of the Minotaur by Anaïs Nin
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“Some voyages have their inception in the blueprint of a dream, some in the urgency of contradicting a dream. Lillian’s recurrent dream of a ship that could not reach the water, that sailed laboriously, pushed by her with great effort, through city streets, had determined her course toward the sea, as if she would give this ship, once and for all, its proper sea bed…...

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The Sublimes by Yuriy Mamleev
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
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The Sublimes, translated by award-winning Marian Schwartz, the novel that revolutionised Russian literature “Yuri Mamleyev’s grim and crazy novel revolutionized Russian literature.” – Le Monde “This book will change your perception of the human nature. This is literature in its boldest, art in its pure sense, – uncompromising and limitless...

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The Seducer's Diary by Edna Hatlestad Hong, Howard Vincent Hong
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
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The Seducer's Diary records Johannes's discovery of a girl with the Shakespearean name Cordelia, whom he sets out to control. Intricately, meticulously, cunningly, the seduction proceeds. No detail is too small to escape Johannes. "She sits on the sofa by the tea table and I sit on a chair at her side. This position has an intimate quality and at the same time a detaching dignity...

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions by Alcoholics Anonymous
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
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Librarian's Note: This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0916856011 / 9780916856014 Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by A.A. members and groups around the world. Bill W.'s 24 essays on the Steps and the Traditions discuss the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which the fellowship functions. The basic text clarifies the Steps which constitute the A.A...

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The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale, Maria Elena Concha
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I'd like to tell you about the strangest secret in the world... Live this new way, and the floodgates of abundance will open and pour over you more riches than you may have dreamed existed.Money? Yes, lots of it. But what's more important, you'll have peace. You'll be in that wonderful minority who lead calm, cheerful, successful lives. Start today...

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The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
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Central to God's character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God's holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don't quite know what to do with words like "awe" or "fear." R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life...

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Happiness Diary by Nicolae Steinhardt
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The Happiness DiaryThe first edition was confiscated by the Securitate in 1972, and restituted in 1975, after censorship intervention. Meanwhile, he had finished writing a second version of the book, which is in its turn confiscated in 1984...

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Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way by Fred Rogers
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
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An inspiring collection of thoughts to take with us on the paths we travel in life.For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share...

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... trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager by Viktor E. Frankl
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
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Der 1945 niedergelegte Bericht »Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager« und die 1946 geschriebene dramatische Skizze »Synchronisation in Birkenwald«, die in diesem Band zusammengefaßt sind, wollen nicht Mitleid erregen oder Anklage erheben. Noch weniger geht es um die Situation des Grauens...

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Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
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From the Introduction: "In 1970, Bruce sustained a rather severe injury to his back. His doctors ordered him to discontinue the practice of martial arts and to remain in bed to allow his back heal. This was probably the most trying and dispiriting time in Bruce's life...

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Be Here Now by Ram Dass
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Describes one man's transformation upon his acceptance of the principles of Yoga & gives a modern restatement of the importance of the spiritual side of human nature. Illustrated...

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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church by The Episcopal Church
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
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This is the standard Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church together with The Psalter or Psalms of David according to use in the Episcopal Church in the United States as authorized in 1979...

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Mastery by Robert Greene
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself...

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Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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Incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy The extensively revised English translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to Anscombe’s original translation Footnoted remarks in the earlier...

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The Joyous Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative; in his words, this is a book of 'exuberance, restlessness, contrariety and April showers'...

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Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill, Mark Victor Hansen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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Napoleon Hill wrote this book in 1938, just after publication of his all-time bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. This powerful tale has never been published, considered too controversial by his family and friends...

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The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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A hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective.In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies of ministry with stories from diverse cultures and religious traditions in preparing a new model for ministry...

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Thompson Chain Reference Bible-KJV-Handi Size by Kirkbride Bible & Technology
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76 Bible helps Outlines Archaeological supplement India paper 5 7/8 X 8 % Font size:...

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The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise...

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The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life by Epictetus, Ancient Renewal
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Life's Missing Instruction ManualEpictetus (c. 50-135 CE) was brought as a slave to Rome, where he became a great teacher, deeply influencing the future emperor Marcus Aurelius among many others. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical--aimed at relieving human suffering here and now.And Epictetus knew suffering...

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The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer
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Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the SoulÂ® series, turns to the principles he's studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be...

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The Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandino
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'The greatest miracle in the world' contains the Memorandum from God to you. A great inspirational writer tells his story - a narrative that will hold you spellbound as it reveals exciting new secrets for your personal happiness and success...

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