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Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 208 pages
"Best known as one of our most astonishing and enduring contemporary novelists, Kurt Vonnegut was also a celebrated commencement address giver. He himself never graduated college, so his words to any class of graduating seniors always carried the delight, and gentle irony, of someone savoring an achievement he himself had not had occasion to savor on his own behalf. Selected and introduced by fell
The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
Arthur C Brooks
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
Antonin Sertillanges · 266 pages
First published in 1920, The Intellectual Life has been repeatedly reprinted and continues to inspire and instruct young scholars.
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman · 304 pages
The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav · 256 pages
"With lucidity and elegance, Zukav explains that we are evolving from a species that pursues power based upon the perceptions of the five senses -- external power -- into a species that pursues authentic power -- power that is based upon the perceptions and values of the spirit. He shows how the pursuit of external power has produced our survival-of-the-fittest understanding of evolution, generate
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B Peterson · 416 pages
What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate a
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
M. Scott Peck · 316 pages
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. Avoiding resolution results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, Dr M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday · 241 pages
Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back. Ego Is the En
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
John Wooden, Steve Jamison · 201 pages
The former basketball coach at UCLA shares his personal philosophy on family, achievement, success, and excellence.
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Jay Heinrichs · 326 pages
Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionNas well as Honest Abe's Shameless Trick of lowering an audience's expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it's also replete with contemporar
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty
Harry Browne · 387 pages
The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life
Noble Smith · 224 pages
Draws on the philosophies of Hobbit lore to counsel readers on how to live rich and satisfying lives, exploring such ideas as the benefits of simple pleasures with friends, giving to others, and carrying burdens without becoming overwhelmed.
Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
Wayne W. Dyer · 405 pages
A translation and application of the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching, which will bring peace, happiness, and contentment to all who reads this.
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Bruce Lee, John Little · 228 pages
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
David Brooks · 424 pages
From the influential and hugely popular "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author of "Bobos in Paradise" comes a landmark exploration of how human beings and communities succeed.
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
Susan Wise Bauer · 510 pages
"The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition."--Amazon.com.
The Courage To Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Read by Noah Galvin, Graeme Malcolm and January LaVoy. 6 hours, 28 minutes unabridged.
Toward a Psychology of Being
Abraham H. Maslow · 184 pages
First published in 1962, ‘Toward a Psychology of Being’ was written by Abraham H. Maslow, an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.\ This book develops on Maslow’s key theories of motivation and self-actualization, which were firs
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle · 316 pages
The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, The Power of NowWith his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now." In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson · 224 pages
In this book, blogger and former internet entrepreneur Mark Manson explains in simple, no expletives barred terms how to achieve happiness by caring more about fewer things and not caring at all about more. He explains how the metrics we use to define ourselves may be the very things holding us back. By redefining our metrics, questioning ourselves and doubting everything, we may be able to