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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living 350 reviews
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
It was great
+ My Number 1 Recommended Book
+ Skim the parts by Cutler
+ An excellent book for finding inner peace
+ The best book he's written
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Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future 75 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche
Vintage, 1989
What was on Zarathustra's mind on those mountains?
+ FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: "...PUTTING HIS FINGER ON BAD ARTS OF INTERPRETATION" (start here with Nietzsche)
+ Way Beyond Good & Evil
Beyond Good and Evil clarifies much of what is left in the air in Thus Spoke Zarathustra and hinted at in the Gay Science. It helps to be familiar with TSZ, or at least the Gay Science coming into reading this text, given the subtlety of the allusions to his former writings and concepts, and the ...
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American Psycho 1078 reviews
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
Not for those with a weak stomach!
+ important, but...be warned
I had been meaning to read this book for a long time, and I must say that I am glad to have finally read it. There is horror and gore in this book, but the only purpose is not to make you sick. Pat Bateman exists in a society that most of us will never understand. His ability to keep up appearances ...
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The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses & Ringless Carousers15 reviews
Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro
Ten Speed Press, 2004
From Dork to Dirk
+ Lover? Not "SEX?"
+ A fun read, if a little too "Clever"
+ The Most Helpful Book of All Time
+ Superior Sequel
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The Dharma Bums150 reviews
Jack Kerouac
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976
Back to the future
+ Tresure Found
+ Beatizen
+ Traveling, Hiking, Buddhism
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In152 reviews
Roger Fisher, William L. Ury
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991
Great
+ More pie
+ Getting to yes
+ Getting To Yes - An Education In Negotiating Effectively
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Thus Spake Zarathustra (Dover Thrift Editions)104 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche
Dover Publications, 1999
An incredibly misunderstood genius!!
+ "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."-Nietzsche
+ Strenght from the ashes
+ brilliant and creative mind
+ Algora pub./T. Wayne trans. edition is best
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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (Perennial Classics)61 reviews
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004
Politically Incorrect, Yet Spiritually Relevant
+ An Exit through the Chemical Door in the Wall
+ The light of Eternity
+ A Classic
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The Essence of Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart2 reviews
Radmila Moacanin
Wisdom Publications, 2003
Prescription for the 21st Century
+ Good start; makes valid points; opens the door
Wisdom Publications has issued a new 2003 edition of the 1986 classic by Radmila Moacanin. In 22 pages, she provides with exquisite clarity the most concise summary available of Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism. This compelling overview will provide both a novice and an experienced ...
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God's Debris: A Thought Experiment181 reviews
Scott Adams
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004
Should you read this?
+ Pop-Epicureanism
+ It's thought experiment (for GOD's sake)
+ A meaningful exercise
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Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)1156 reviews
Neale Donald Walsch
Putnam Adult, 1996
Life-Changing Book!
+ Very Interesting Book
I picked this book up when I was in the middle of a conflict of the mind. I needed some guidance beyond family, friends and even religion. I learned to listen to my hidden feelings, which is my truth, to help me solve my own problems. I did not need to seek outside counsel. I knew in my heart, what ...
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The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality46 reviews
Dalai Lama
Broadway, 2005
A profound and insightful book.
+ Very Astute
+ His Holiness studies science to look for connections to Buddhism
+ An intelligent & sincere bridge builder.
+ Hello, Dalai
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The Hedonism Handbook: Mastering The Lost Arts Of Leisure And Pleasure20 reviews
Michael Flocker
Da Capo Press, 2004
Hedonism Handbook
+ Axiology For Fun
+ Properly Balanced...
An entertaining read containing a lot of very funny material but,on another level,a lot of good advice for maximizing the quality and quantity of pleasure we can draw into our life.A great gift for friends who need reminding to stop and smell the flowers.Abook to keep on the bedside table!
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Cosmic Banditos62 reviews
A. C. Weisbecker
NAL Trade, 2001
Great
+ It really is that funny
+ Crazy Good
+ Who wudda thunk...
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West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief25 reviews
Steven Kotler
Bloomsbury USA, 2006
BUY IT.
+ The Lao Tzu Of Malibu
+ Wet Hot American Spiritual Journey
+ Groping towards meaning ...
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The Rum Diary : A Novel129 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Thompson Can't BE Beat!
+ GONZO
+ Great first book
+ Unexpectedly Satisfying
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The Religion War25 reviews
Scott Adams
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004
The Religion War - A logic experiment?
+ A mindgasm of philosophical proportions
+ Good sequel
This follow-up from God's debris in not a "thought experiment" but a fiction that relies on some of the concepts previously discussed in God's Debris. This novel has the Avatar attempting to stop a religious world war that would rip apart the human race. Some of Adam's conclusions seem so logical ...
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Bone Games: Extreme Sports, Shamanism, Zen, and the Search for Transcendence 5 reviews
Rob Schultheis
Breakaway Books, 1999
an old favourite
+ Outstanding read
+ Excellent
+ Between Endorphin Addiction and The Will to Power
+ Spiritual/psychological analysis of extreme athletes.
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On the Road629 reviews
Jack Kerouac
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976
Kerouac's Masterpiece
+ A True Classic
This is by far Kerouac's best work. It details his adventures with Neil Cassiday in way only Kerouac could. This book defines the beat movement and defines, for me at least how the world was long before I was born. Being only 20 years old I cannot imagine hitch hiking across the country, in the ...
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Chomsky for Beginners (Writers and Readers Beginners Documentary Comic Book, 80)16 reviews
David Cogswell
Writers & Readers Publishing, 1996
A True 'Beginners' Book
+ Nice visual introduction to Chomsky
+ from the back cover of the book:
I have been meaning to write a review for this book for a very long time... For me, this is the quintessential beginner's book on Chomsky... As both my husband and I are avid political activists, we have been occasionally frustrated, and quite often saddened, by the fact that so many people we meet ...
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