Seven Star Communications, 2006. Reprint. Paper Back. Written around 500 B.C., the 'Tao Teh Ching' is one of the most frequently translated and most cherished works in the world. 'The Complete Works of Lao Tzu' by Hua-Ching Ni is a remarkable elucidation of the famed 'Tao Teh Ching', the core..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1960. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback, a Doubleday Anchor first issue in soft cover. Leaning spine with darkening and creases. Dust stains, soiling, creased corner. Previous owner's name in ink on cover verso. Pencilled underlining scattered heavily throughout text. [420 pages plus three page..... More
Routledge, 2004. Trade Paperback. First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Octavo. Lightly shelf worn. Tan stain to textblock fore-edge. [217 pages]. More
Other Press, March 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2016" From the best-selling author of How to Live, a spirited account of one of the twentieth century's major intellectual movements and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it Paris, 1933: three contemporaries meet..... More
Simon & Schuster, December 1995. Paper Back. First published in English in 1965, The Reawakening is Primo Levi's bestselling sequel to his classic memoir of the Holocaust, Survival in Auschwitz. The Reawakening is the inspiring story of Levi's liberation from the German death camp in January 1945 by the Red..... More
Doubleday Books, March 2008. Hardcover. A beautiful collection of blessings to support you through both the ordinary and extraordinary events of life, from the author of the bestselling Anam Cara "John O'Donohue is a man of the soul."--Times (London) To Bless the Space Between Us is a compelling blend of..... More
Harvest Books, April 1977. Trade Paperback. C.S. Lewis's reputation as a religious writer is rivaled by his skill as a writer of fiction, to which the interplanetary trilogy and the seven "Chronicles of Narnia" bear witness. The present volume collects all of his shorter fiction: "The Dark Tower" and "The..... More
Harper Perennial, February 1982. Trade Paperback. "To read Heidegger is to set out on an adventure. The essays in this volume--intriguing, challenging, and often baffling to the reader--call him always to abandon all superficial scanning and to enter wholeheartedly into the serious pursuit of thinking.... "Heidegger is not a 'primitive'..... More
Penguin Classics, June 1982. Trade Paperback. A masterly analysis of how and why power must be used in a market society to preserve peace and prosperity. Written at a time of great political turmoil in England, it has profoundly influenced political thought over the centuries. More
Anchor Doubleday, January 1956. First Edition. Trade Paperback. A Doubleday Anchor Original. Stated, First Edition. Darkened spine. Dust stained covers front and rear. Worn edges. Textblock edges dust stained especially top edge. [350 pages]. More
Doubleday Anchor, 1962. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with previous owner's name inked half title page. Pencil underlining scattered through text here and there. [314 pages]. More
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, August 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and..... More
Anchor, September 2010. Trade Paperback. In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who..... More
New World Library, March 2001. Hardcover. This translation of the epic mystical poem uses everyday prose to walk the reader through difficult concepts. Jack Hawley's Gita is not an abstract classic but a "universal love song" that covers a wide range of topics, from healing inner pain to celebrating life..... More
privately published / The Hazen Foundation, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. Light grey paper with sun bleached spine and margins. Black lettering and decorations front panel. Area at bottom of front panel is bubbled. Spine is without text. Textured cream colored end papers. addendum slip was glued to bottom of title..... More
S.n., January 1967. Cloth. Octavo. Grey cloth covered boards with black lettering and decorations front panel. Spine is blank. Dust stains. Lightly worn at board edges. Pale blue end papers. Hakuin self portrait frontispiece and other black & white illustrations bundled together at end of text (11 drawings in total..... More
Penguin Books, August 2017. Hardcover. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 1.5 MILLION+ COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE "Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai." ?Business Insider "One of the unintended--yet positive--consequences of the [pandemic] is that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives. Use this..... More
Modern Library, January 1949. Hardcover. Solid binding, mildly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy green cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt at spine; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket ($1.95 orig. price) shows mild to moderate edge-wear w/ chipping and closed tears present; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure..... More
Modern Library, January 1950. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy red cloth boards w/ black and gilt design/lettering; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket ($1.95 orig. price) mildly edge-worn w/ slight chipping and closed tears present, mild scuffing at jacket rear; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further..... More
Gramercy, March 1988. Hardcover. Sixty classic fairy tales, including such childhood favorites as Hansel and Gretel, the Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, and more, are all here in this delightful collection that features the extraordinary artwork of Arthur Rackham in 16 full-color plates as well as black and white..... More
HarperCollins, January 1993. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Sparse pen markings present, some dog-eared pages; A great reading copy. More
Continnuum-3pl, April 1998. Paper Back. Essays discuss reason and understanding, interpretation, language, meaning, the human sciences, social sciences, and general hermeneutic theory. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings w/ a few pages dog-eared; An excellent reading copy. More
Shambhala Publications, March 1978. Paper Back. 'Removing Rosicrucianism from the realm of occultist studies, the author discusses the Rosicrucian Enlightenment as a stage in European culture intermediate between the Renaissance and the 17th-century scientific revolution--a phase in which the Hermetic-Cabalist tradition was influenced by the tradition of alchemy. Dr. Yates's..... More
HarperSanFrancisco, May 1984. Trade Paperback. Gathered here for the first time in one comprehensive volume are excerpted ancient holy texts from Judeo-Christian traditions that were excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments. The Other Bible is a unique sourcebook of essential selections from Jewish Psudepigrapha, early..... More
Rowman and Littlefield, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Dust jacket mildly edge-worn/rubbed, jacket spine significantly sun-faded w/ title illegible; ; An excellent copy, despite jacket flaws. More
