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Awake in the World: Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life

10 best books like Awake in the World: Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life (Michael Stone): The Sheltering Sky, The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose, Letters to a Young Poet, Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus, Side by Side, What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics, Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, The Gods of Gotham, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

The Sheltering Sky
AuthorPaul Bowles
ISBN0141023422
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa, The Sheltering Sky is at once...
The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
AuthorOprah Winfrey
ISBN1250307503
Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, "Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible."

That journey starts right here.

In her latest book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah...
Letters to a Young Poet
AuthorRainer Maria Rilke
ISBN0486422453
In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters — an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind...
Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
AuthorRainer Maria Rilke
ISBN0618565892
Who's turned us around like this,
so that whatever we do, we always have
the look of someone going away? Just as a man
on the last hill showing him his whole valley
one last time, turns, and stops, and lingers -
so we live, and are forever leaving. (70)


When was the last...
Side by Side
AuthorJenni L. Walsh
ISBN0765398451
"A deftly researched, compassionate rendering of Bonnie Parker, one of the most fascinating women in recent history. With great empathy and skill Walsh portrays Bonnie's collision course with disaster, allowing us to ride shotgun all the way. And what a compelling ride it is!" - Ariel Lawhon, author...
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
AuthorAdam Becker
ISBN0465096050
The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed...
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
AuthorRichard P. Rumelt
ISBN0307886255
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world
 
Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100...
The Gods of Gotham
AuthorLyndsay Faye
ISBN0399158375
1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever.

Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
AuthorPatañjali
ISBN0609609599
“A wonderful translation, full of contemporary insight yet luminous with eternal truth.”—Jacob Needleman

The Yoga Sutras were cast in their present form in India around the third century b.c. Yoga is from the Sanskrit root meaning “union,” and a sutra is a thread or aphoristic...
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
AuthorMargareta Magnusson
ISBN1501173243
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.

In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating...
Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim
AuthorAnton Gill
Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious art patrons of the twentieth century.

After her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic, the young heiress came into a small...
A Wood of One's Own
AuthorRuth Pavey
ISBN0715652230
After years of living in London's urban jungle, Ruth Pavey dreamt of reconnecting with the British countryside. In pursuit of a haven from the unrest of city life, she embarked on a journey to find the perfect plot of land on which to plant a wood. But creating this would-be sanctuary proved more daunting...
Talmud Jmmanuel
AuthorBilly Meier
ISBN0971152330
Jerusalem, 1963 ? A Greek Catholic priest, Isa Rashid, discovers a small cave in the slope of a nearby hill. His Swiss friend, ?Billy? Eduard Albert Meier, removes the rubble partially obscuring the entryway, crawls inside, and exhumes a set of ancient scrolls wrapped in animal skin and encased in a...
Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances
AuthorArne Glimcher
ISBN0714859966
Agnes Martin's career spanned over seven decades. Though a major influence on Minimalist painters, Martin saw her own work, more closely related to Abstract Expressionism, her paintings being 'meditations on innocence, beauty, happiness and love.' More than 130 of these works can be found in this...
The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty
AuthorSoetsu Yanagi
ISBN0870119486
This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu...
The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought
AuthorJaroslav Pelikan
ISBN0316697702
This world treasury is a collection of some of the greatest and most profound pieces of religious, contemplative and inspirational writings of our time. The contributors represent a range of perspectives from the early 19th century to the present day. They include such figures as Albert Camus, Friedrich...
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
AuthorAja Raden
ISBN0062334697
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious.

What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account...
Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life
AuthorGabrielle Bernstein
ISBN1501168967
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein comes a clear, proactive, step-by-step process to release the beliefs that hold you back from living a better life.

This six-step practice offers many promises. Petty resentments will disappear, compassion will replace attack,...
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